What Is It About The Weather

What Is It About The Weather


Latest Episodes

Did You Want To Be A Weatherperson?
February 10, 2017

What did you want to be when you were a kid?  Did you want to be a weatherperson?  Did you know that the National Weatherperson’s Day was this week?  what famous people dabbled in the world of weather?  All this and more this week!

Why Are Meteorologists So Complicated?
February 03, 2017

Does weather seem complicated to you?  Do you feel that meteorologists go out of their way to make things complicated?  How complicated is telling the future?

What Season Is Your Tire?
January 27, 2017

Have you ever thought about how weather has evolved something as seeming simple as a tire?  Weather can huge impacts of transportation around the globe and often finds its way into the news when major distributions occur.  However,

What’s In Your Weather Dictionary
January 20, 2017

What terms that you use to describe weather are unique to your country or even local community?  In this episode explore the pros and cons of weather terms that are attached to specific areas. Want to read a bit more about this topic?

Do Dogs Make Good Weather Forecasters?
January 13, 2017

Have you ever noticed your dog behaves a certain way before severe weather?  Is it really the weather driving the behavior or something else?  We explore this idea in the latest episode. Want to read a bit more about this week’s topics?

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January 06, 2017

We have looked at different ways weather has shaped history, has the opposite occurred?  In the latest episode we explore the role of the telegraph in shaping weather forecasting. Want to read a bit more, check out these stories from today’s episode: M...

What If There Was No Snow?
December 30, 2016

Have you ever imagined a world without snow?  Would we be having this conversation if snow or ice did not exist?  In this latest episode we explore the role of frozen water on our lives today.    

What Is It About Snow?
December 23, 2016

Why do we have such a fascination with snow?  Could it be the anticipation of snow days?  Is It something more primal or more nuanced?  Join us in this episode where we explore our complex relationship with the white stuff.

How Many People Does It Take To Forecast The Weather?
December 16, 2016

Technology and weather have a rich symbiotic relationship.  The idea of numerical weather prediction existed before modern day computers and a ‘human’ computer was even hypothesized to do the needed calculations.  In current time,

I’m Dreaming Of A White Halloween, Wait What?
December 09, 2016

Have you ever wondered how weather impacts both the gifts you give and receive?  Maybe you should be singing about a White Halloween instead of a White Christmas.  Join us as we explore the various connections between weather and shopping behavior as w...