A government bureaucrat builds a website that saves a billion gallons in gas. The minuscule Irish invention that enables the industrial revolution. An innovation for doctor’s gloves kicks off women’s liberation. An ill wind leads to America being stuck with the gallon forever.

On this episode, we present a series of small “nudges” (but not actual nudges) that have had profound impacts for the environment… or maybe not the environment, maybe just generally.

Outside/In was produced this week by

Sam Evans-Brown, Taylor Quimby, Justine Paradis, Sara Ernst, Jimmy Gutierrez and Erika Janik.

Music in this episode came from Blue Dot Sessions.

Our theme music is by Breakmaster Cylinder.

Outside/In is a production of NHPR.