Plastic rain, plastic rain

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🗓️ 9 April 2025

⏱️ 27 minutes

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We (mostly) got rid of acid rain, but now there’s another scary thing falling from the sky. This episode was produced by Avishay Artsy, edited by Jolie Myers, fact-checked by Miles Bryan, engineered by Patrick Boyd and Andrea Kristinsdottir, and hosted by Sean Rameswaram. Further reading: We got rid of acid rain. Now something scarier is falling from the sky. Transcript at vox.com/today-explained-podcast Support Today, Explained by becoming a Vox Member today: http://www.vox.com/members Photo by Christopher Furlong/Getty Images. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	It's springtime. Happy springtime. Maybe your 401k is looking more like an FMLK. Maybe you're putting those plans to buy a house or a condo on hold. Maybe you're worried about a recession. I certainly am. But at least we've got springtime, you guys.
0:23.4	You ever go out in the rain in the springtime?
0:25.2	Feel a little sense of renewal.
0:26.4	Humor.
0:28.6	All the possibilities ahead.
0:30.5	Tilt your head back.
0:33.1	Close your eyes, Andy Dufrein style.
0:40.3	Maybe even open your mouth and take in a few drops of that high quality H2O. Maybe don't do that.
0:42.3	It turns out there's plastic in that rain.
0:46.3	Not like big chunks of plastic, our old arch-nemesis microplastics are in the rain, and we are going to explain.
1:00.1	Thumbtack presents the ins and outs of caring for your home.
1:04.9	Out.
1:05.7	Uncertainty.
1:06.9	Self-doubt.
1:08.1	Stressing about not knowing where to start.
1:11.5	In. Plans and guides that make it easy to get home projects done.
1:16.8	Out. Word art. Sorry, live laugh lovers.
1:21.6	In, knowing what to do, when to do it, and who to hire.
1:26.3	Start caring for your home with confidence.
1:29.3	Download Thumbtack today.
1:33.3	The world's hardest problems can't wait.
1:35.3	Food security, energy resilience, the digital divide,
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