Abby Wendle

Abby Wendle appears in the following:

How 'Period Pills' Could Solve the Abortion Debate

Monday, September 26, 2022

Abby Wendle and Cari Sietstra join with a 'thought experiment' on how so-called period pills could offer another option for those who do not wish to be pregnant in a post-Roe USA.

Encore: The Weatherman

Monday, December 20, 2021

A meteorologist goes up against Alabama's deadly tornadoes, as NPR's Invisibilia explores our relationship with uncertainty.

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U.S. Disaster Response Scrambles To Protect People From Both Hurricanes And COVID-19

Wednesday, July 22, 2020

Hotel rooms would be "ideal" for housing an overflow of evacuees from shelters practicing social distancing, but few towns have them lined up in the southeast, where coronavirus infections are raging.

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More People Are Applying For Marriage Licenses Despite The Pandemic

Monday, April 27, 2020

Court clerks are reporting a spike in applications for marriage licenses, despite the COVID-19 restrictions and closed courthouses.

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Human Life Is Literally Quieter Due To Coronavirus Lockdown

Tuesday, April 14, 2020

Humans around the world are stuck inside due to the coronavirus. How is the natural world reacting in the absence of all the noise we usually make?

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How A 2011 Tornado Outbreak Changed One Of Alabama's Top Weathermen

Friday, March 22, 2019

A meteorologist goes up against Alabama's deadly tornadoes, as NPR's Invisibilia explores our relationship with uncertainty.

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When You Talk In Your Sleep, Are You Talking To Your Secret Self?

Thursday, June 22, 2017

After hearing recordings of herself giggling and cheerfully talking in her sleep, Tanya Marquardt, who always thought of herself as tough and brooding, begins to connect with her other self.

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America's Elite Cows Don't Give Birth — Their Surrogates Do

Friday, May 29, 2015

Panda, standing six feet tall and weighing almost a ton, is everything a show cow should be: broad-backed and round-rumped, with sturdy legs holding up her heft. Her hide — thick and black, with splotches of creamy white — fits her name.

"She's a big-time cow," says Dan Byers, owner ...

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Why Food Companies Should Be More Afraid Of Water Scarcity

Monday, May 11, 2015

America's biggest food production companies face a growing threat of water scarcity, according to a new report from Ceres, an environmental sustainability group.

Producing food, after all, requires more water than almost any other business on Earth. And the outlook isn't pretty: One-third of food is grown in areas ...

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Pain From The Grain: Corn Belt Towns Languish As Prices Drop

Wednesday, March 18, 2015

Some farmers won't break even this planting season, and may have to tap into their savings. Many Corn Belt towns depend largely on these farmers and businesses linked to farming.

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From War To Plow: Why USDA Wants Veterans To Take Up Farming

Tuesday, March 03, 2015

Sara Creech has grown dependent on farming. She started out planting an orchard of fruit trees: apples, peaches, cherries and pears. She added berry bushes and rows of vegetables.

And then she bought her first chickens.

"A lot of people call chickens the gateway animal," says Creech, who lives in ...

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Why Some States Want To Legalize Raw Milk Sales

Friday, February 20, 2015

The federal government banned the sale of raw milk across state lines nearly three decades ago because it poses a threat to public health. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the American Academy of Pediatrics and the American Medical Association all strongly advise people not to drink it.

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Cheap Crops Mean Tight Times For Midwest's Fledgling Farmers

Wednesday, December 10, 2014

Recent years were a good time to invest for beginning farmers, who run a quarter of U.S. farms. But with some crop prices crashing, paying back debts may require hard conversations and delayed dreams.

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Once A Year, Farmers Go Back To Picking Corn By Hand — For Fun

Saturday, October 18, 2014

Frank Hennenfent is a typical Illinois farmer. At this time of year, he spends countless hours in an air-conditioned, GPS-equipped combine – an enormous machine that can harvest as many as 12 rows of corn at a time.

But in late September, Hennenfent was going back to the basics. He ...

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