The question sounds modern: what happens when an undersea cable breaks in the middle of nowhere? The answer begins with a listener question and moves back to 1866, when the Great Eastern went looking for a cable lost during the previous year’s...
Pikes Peak has no apostrophe. Neither does Harpers Ferry. That is not sloppy typography on somebody’s map. It is a ruling, and since 1890 the federal government has approved apostrophes in exactly six natural feature names. Getting to six...
Twelvemile Creek drains more than twice the land area of the Reedy River, and on a typical day it carries close to twice the water. Same corner of South Carolina, forty five minutes apart. One is a creek. One is a river. That should be the end of...
Season 8 of The Outfall starts with a set of coordinates, a fence line, and a wife who wisely stayed in the car. What comes next is bigger, quieter, and a lot stranger than where it began. New episodes begin in June.
For 400 years, people reported eerie blue lights dancing over marshes, which science often dismissed as folklore. Now, a stunning new paper from Stanford scientists proves the lights were real. The cause is stranger than any ghost story and connects...
For over a century, sailors used oil to survive deadly storms. When deployed properly, oil could create what mariners called a “charmed circle” of relative calm around a ship in rough seas. This wasn’t folklore—it was standard...
🎙️ Show Notes When OpenAI’s Sam Altman claimed each ChatGPT query uses just 1/15th of a teaspoon of water, it sparked a heated debate about AI’s environmental impact. We brought ChatGPT, Claude, and Google’s Gemini into the studio...
This is your official teaser for Season 7 of The Outfall. From wildfire crises to nanobubbles and Cold War secrets, this season uncovers the hidden forces shaping the world beneath our feet. Full episodes begin June 6—subscribe now and get ready to...
This five-minute water short reveals the crucial but little-known role water plays in protecting the Space Shuttle during launches. Discover the untold story of how NASA engineers ingeniously used water and clever engineering to avert a catastrophic...
Ever stumble across something so intriguing that it sparks a whole new avenue of questions? Get ready to be surprised as The Outfall dives into the obscure rabbit holes and unique backstories hidden in plain sight all around us. From high-stakes...