Justine Paradis
Senior Producer, Outside/InJustine Paradis is an award-winning audio producer and environment reporter. For Outside/In, her reporting includes a tale of music and mutual aid in Appalachia after the devastation of Hurricane Helene, the story of the real-life Oregon dunes which inspired Dune, and an exploration of the meaning of trees in Israel/Palestine. Her episode on cold water dipping in Maine was selected as an On Air Fest Official Select and Third Coast Festival finalist. She has contributed stories and reporting to Drilled, Imperfect Paradise, Threshold, The Europeans, and more. Her work has also been honored with PMJA, Edward R. Murrow, and Hearken awards.
Born and raised on Nantucket island, Massachusetts, she will always love the smell of low tide.
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When we rake and remove the leaves, does that disrupt the nutrient recycling that would normally occur? -
We follow a scientific mission to one of Antarctica’s most remote glaciers. -
There's an old French folk adage which translates as “the best doctor is the mouth of the dog.” Is there something to that? -
Humans dream up a lot of dragons, from Beowulf's dragon to the Aztec feathered serpent, Quetzelcoatl, divine Chinese beings like Qinglong, and, eventually, J.R.R. Tolkien’s Smaug. Where do these stories come from? -
The proposed cuts to federal science funding in the United States are profound, and if they come to pass, it’s not clear what American science will look like on the other side. -
"Most languages in the world are spoken by a small number of people in a relatively local place, and their language is probably really adapted to the kinds of things that they care about… and the way that they need to communicate." -
Mississippi-born writer Kiese Laymon on the beauty of his grandma’s garden, Emmett Till, Maurice Sendak, and his first children’s book, City Summer, Country Summer. -
What do childhood memories, angora sweaters, and pregnancy tests have in common? Bunny rabbits. -
Enter the fascinating world of venom, where deadly stakes are intertwined with the possibility of wondrous healing. -
We sing along at concerts. We chant at protests. We belt it out at birthday parties. Why do humans sing together?
