Jesabel Y Eddie

Before Hurricane Maria hit in September of 2017, Puerto Rico's rickety electric grid was a notorious headache. After the storm, it was a crisis.

This is the story of how a pair of star-crossed lovers came to see nuclear as the unlikely solution to Puerto Rico's energy woes, and how their vision for the island might be changing the way we approach power... even if their plan never comes to pass.


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Outside/In was produced this week by Sam Evans-Brown with help from Taylor Quimby, Jimmy Gutierrez, and Justine Paradis.

Erika Janik is our executive producer.

Our theme music is by Breakmaster Cylinder.

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