Felix Poon
Producer/Reporter, Outside/InFelix Poon first came to NHPR in 2020 as an intern, producing episodes for Outside/In, Civics 101, and The Second Greatest Show on Earth. He went to work for Gimlet Media’s How to Save a Planet before returning in 2021 as a producer for Outside/In. Felix’s Outside/In episode Ginkgo Love was featured on Spotify's Best Podcasts of 2020.
He got his bachelors and masters degrees in sociology, with a certificate in Asian American studies, and a minor in Chinese. He’s an alumnus of the 2019 Transom Traveling Workshop in Detroit.
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We’re talking about the original climate mystery known as El Niño. What is it? How did it get its name? And what's it got to do with climate change?
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Why do we see seagulls at fast food restaurants? Shouldn’t they be at sea?
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Synthetic clothes are made from fossil fuels, and cotton is water intensive. But figuring out what fabrics are best for the environment may be missing the point.
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Plants communicate with each other, but can it really be called “talking?”
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The truth is more complicated.
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Electric vehicles are part of the solution to climate change. But what if they’re also part of the problem?
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We need to electrify transportation if we’re going to avoid the worst climate impacts? Will we make it in time?
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Green roofs may be as old as the Hanging Gardens of Babylon, but they’re also a key climate solution.
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Consider the woodchuck, aka groundhog, aka whistlepig, and all the reasons to celebrate them for more than just one day a year
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The third rail of environmental activism, the unlikely last-minute deal at COP27, and why tearing down renewable energy is sometimes a good thing.