Show Notes
We’re cleaning out the proverbial fridge, but instead of old food, it’s fantastic and forgotten questions from the Outside/Inbox. Conversation topics include Taylor’s humiliatingly old headlamp, the olfactory experience of a dead whale and, of course, the answers to the following queries…
Why do dogs like to roll in dead stuff?
Do humans have a mating season?
Why do so many deer collisions happen in November?
When did headlamps start to have red light?
I live next to a highway. What can I do about the noise pollution?
In the final Lord of the Rings movie, there’s a crust that forms on top of the lava that the ring is thrown onto. Is that legit?
Featuring Christopher Schell, Eric Nystrom, and Erica Walker.
Thanks to our listeners who called in: Dusty, Kyle, Claire, Amanda, Gretchen, Zach, and Sabrina.
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LINKS
If you want to learn more about noise pollution listen to our episode “Shhhh! It’s the sound and silence episode.”
Check out for yourself what those clunky old mining headlamps used to look like.
CREDITS
Produced by Marina Henke, Felix Poon, and Nate Hegyi. For full credits and transcript, visit outsideinradio.org Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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