Hey everybody, Emily Quang here, shortwave reporter, and Britt Hansen shortwave producer.

And before we came together to make this amazing science podcast, we made public radio.

Yeah, Emily and I both got our start reporting at NPR Member Stations, me at North Country

Public Radio in Canton, New York, and me at KCAW in Sitka, Alaska.

Both of these are rural communities that rely on public radio.

It's there I learned how to smoothly queue up records and shovel snow, office satellite

dish, and where I learned to cover bass fishing tournaments on the St. Lawrence River and

file FOIA requests at City Hall, and there are reporters just like us, working their

tails off in your city and community to bring you news that hits close to home.

So today, the last day of the year is also the very last day to give to NPR's annual

fundraising campaign.

Do not miss this opportunity.

We love this fundraiser because it's an amazing chance to support your local member station,

which in turn supports us.

Yes, so go to donate.nbr.org slash short and give.

Again, that's donate.nbr.org slash short.

And thank you so much for all of your generosity and support with this.

Coming up, we've got something special for you.

An episode from the NPR Politics podcast about how climate and health policy might look

under the incoming Biden administration.

Enjoy.

Hey there is the NPR Politics podcast.

...