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Outside/In

NHPR

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

4.7 • 1.5K Ratings

🗓️ 24 June 2026

⏱️ 35 minutes

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Summary

A listener recently asked, “Has the entire surface of earth at some point or another been covered in poop?” Turns out, there are some questions that even we can’t answer. In this installment of our regular mailbag segment, the Outside/Inbox, we do our best to take on your zany inquiries, or find experts who can. Here are this week’s questions: Why was there a sudden spike in “dangerous carbon monoxide levels” during a snowstorm in New Hampshire? Is there any official recognition for hiking the Appalachian Trail, Pacific Crest Trail, and the Continental Divide Trail? Why are live scorpions allowed in the mail? Why do kids (and adults) chant “Do it! Do it! Do it!” and other chants? Do all predators have forward-facing eyes? Featuring Kathleen Simmons, Carlos Santibanez-Lopez, and Barb Lake. Produced by Felix Poon, Marina Henke, 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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0:00.0	Testing, testing one, two.
0:02.3	Should we go into it?
0:03.2	Should we do a little zip zaps off first?
0:05.3	Oh yeah, let's do a clap.
0:07.0	Yeah, there we go.
0:08.2	I'm going to count down from three and then clap on zero.
0:11.5	Three, two, one, clap.
0:15.0	Okay, good enough.
0:15.6	Is clap on zero?
0:16.9	I was ready for zero.
0:21.3	This is Outside In, a show where curiosity in the natural world collide.
0:25.0	I am Nate Hedgy, and I have my outside in team here with me, Marina Hanky.
0:31.0	Hello.
0:31.6	Felix Boone.
0:32.4	Hello.
0:33.0	Taylor Quimby.
0:33.7	Hey.
0:34.4	So, Felix, we are all gathered here because you wanted to kick us off by playing us a
0:40.1	voicemail. We recently got from a listener, right? That is right. This is from Emma calling from
0:45.8	Massachusetts. This is a question I've been thinking about for a while, and I really think you are
0:51.6	the best team to figure it out.
1:03.1	I want to know, has the entire surface of Earth at some point or another been covered in poop?
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