O/I Trivia: Natural Selection

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Society & Culture, Documentary, Natural Sciences, Nature, Science

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🗓️ 1 October 2025

⏱️ 32 minutes

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What do pastries have to do with environmental justice? Cat butts with the climate crisis? And what US president ate a half-chewed piece of salmon leftover from a bear on reality TV? Grab a pencil (and maybe a pint?) and get ready for the inaugural Outside/In trivia episode we’re calling “Natural Selection.” We’ve got a game called “Guess That Animal!” We’re testing our panel’s knowledge on the environment in movies and music. And, maybe, we’ll learn a thing or two along the way about environmental policy, past and present. Produced by Felix Poon. For full credits and transcript, visit outsideinradio.org. SUPPORT Outside/In is made possible with listener support. Click here to become a sustaining member of Outside/In. Follow Outside/In on Instagram or join our private discussion group on Facebook. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Nate's the one who's going to start, but you know, just to just a just to warm up.
0:03.6	How's everyone doing today? How are we feeling? Good, caffeinated, ready to go. It's still morning here in Alaska, so I'm doing morning trivia. It's morning in Alaska. Morning in Alaska. Trivia's always done at nighttime, right? If it's good, yeah. Yeah, exactly. If it's going to be fun. Okay, so nighttime vibes.
0:23.1	It's nighttime right now.
0:24.8	Yeah. it's good, yeah. Yeah, exactly. If it's going to be fun.
0:22.8	Okay, so nighttime vibes.
0:24.4	It's nighttime right now.
0:25.0	Yeah.
0:26.9	It's like I have a cocktail in here.
0:27.3	Yeah. That would be so great.
0:28.2	I would love a cocktail.
0:32.4	Hey, hey, I am Nate Hedgy, and this is Outside In, a show where Curiosity and the
0:37.0	natural world collide.
0:39.0	And today, these two worlds are going to be colliding in one of my favorite formats, random trivia questions.
0:46.7	Now, I've said on the show before that I love a good brew pub trivia night, so here we are, minus the beers, lots of coffee instead.
0:53.1	And today, our game master will be none other
0:55.9	than producer Felix Poon. Felix, have you ever done this before? Never. No, this is my first time.
1:02.6	Are you excited? Do you feel confident about your questions? Oh, I feel confident. I feel confident.
1:07.5	Besides myself, we have two other contestants. Justine Paradis. Justine, hello.
1:11.9	Hi, hi. And a special guest from our NHPR sister podcast, Civics 101, we've got co-host, Hannah McCarthy.
1:20.7	Hannah, I know you've done trivia episodes on your show. How are you on environmental topics?
1:26.1	Well, we're going to find out. I will. I'll say right at the top here. I tend to get anxious during trivia, and even if I know the answer, I'm not going to know it. So just so everyone knows, I really do know all the answers. Same here, Hannah. Same here. See, I feel like I always do bad at trivia. It's not just like, I just like it. I like seeing other people shine. I'm so excited to see you all shine and to see me fail miserably.
1:52.4	Aw. Okay, Felix, take it away. Okay, so I figured I'd warm us all up with a practice question.
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