Once in a blue moon

Outside/In

NHPR

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

4.7 • 1.5K Ratings

🗓️ 2 January 2025

⏱️ 29 minutes

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Summary

The next blue moon isn’t until May 2026, but luckily for you, you won’t have to wait that long to hear the Outside/In team answering listeners’ questions. This time, we’re exploring why blue moons are cool (or even what the heck a blue moon even is) and other seasonably appropriate curiosities. What’s all the fuss about a blue moon? Should we leave the leaves? Which is a more sustainable choice: real or fake Christmas trees? What happens to Christmas tree stumps? What does all that road salt do to the environment? Featuring Asmeret Asefaw Berhe, Tim Gaudreau, Victoria Meert, and Sujay Kaushal. Thanks to Outside/In listeners Zoe, Janet, Gio, Alexi, Prudence, Wendy, Mo, and Devon for their questions and contributions. 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. LINKS Check out this study on the long-term impacts of leaf litter removal in suburban yards. Looking for a creative and cute way to keep leaves in your lawn or garden? Consider building a “bug snug.” Read about the mad dash for salt that rescued the 2014 Sochi Olympics’ ski events (NYT). Learn more about the turn to beet juice and beer-based de-icers to reduce the harm of excess salt to the environment (AP News) CREDITS Host: Nate Hegyi Reported, produced, and mixed by Felix Poon, Justine Paradis, and Marina Henke. Edited by Taylor Quimby, Rebecca Lavoie, and Justine Paradis. Our staff includes Kate Dario. Executive producer: Taylor Quimby Rebecca Lavoie is NHPR’s Director of On-Demand Audio Music by Blue Dot Sessions, Jules Gaia, and Jharee. Our theme music is by Breakmaster Cylinder. Outside/In is a production of New Hampshire Public Radio Submit a question to the “Outside/Inbox.” We answer queries about the natural world, climate change, sustainability, and human evolution. You can send a voice memo to outsidein@nhpr.org or leave a message on our hotline, 1-844-GO-OTTER (844-466-8837). Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	The sky is so clear.
0:05.0	It reminds me almost of when you're in the desert, the sky is just really crisp.
0:10.0	And you don't see that much in New England, but it feels like that tonight.
0:13.0	It's beautiful.
0:14.0	Yeah.
0:15.0	Okay, so Felix, we are at NHPR's holiday party.
0:19.0	Yeah, outside. We abandoned the crowd.
0:21.2	Yes, exactly. For peaceful moments.
0:22.9	Are we just out here for like fresh air? What are we doing out here?
0:25.7	Well, I wanted to come out here to look at the moon together.
0:29.7	Oh, that's, that's very sweet.
0:32.5	It's very romantic.
0:33.1	It's very romantic. Yeah. I think it's a full moon. It looks like a full moon.
0:37.1	It's almost full, but it's not quite.
0:38.9	Yeah.
0:39.2	But does it look special at all to you? Like, I feel like there's always some new name for special moons.
0:45.5	Like, super blue, fragileistic.
0:49.3	I feel like, I feel like there's a lot of stories in the news about moons.
0:53.1	Like, is it a blood moon or
0:55.0	super moon or blue moon? It's a nice moon. That's nice moon. That's what I call it. Do you even know
1:01.8	what all those other names mean? No, I know the blue moon's an Elvis Presley song and all the others
1:06.7	are really cool names for things I don't understand. Yeah. Well, I just recently learned it.
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