Nudge-Off Results! Plus, The Forest for the Treesap [Replay]

The winner of our “Battle of Tiny Proportions” is revealed! Plus, one of our favorite episodes about the pace of technology: The Forest for the Treesap.

Mysteries are brewing in the sugar shack. Changes are coming to New England’s sugar bushes. And the very identity of a product that we’ve been crafting in basically the same way for centuries, could be on the verge of a radical shift. But a shift towards what?

The Forest for the Treesap was originally published in 2018. For an awesome web write-up, click here.

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CREDITS

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

Erika Janik is our Executive Producer.

Our theme music is by Breakmaster Cylinder.

Additional music by Blue Dot Sessions.

Special thanks this week to Mark Cannella, Pascal Theriault, and Leslie Marx… especially Leslie, whose book the Economics of Collusion inspired a whole digression into the American Potato Cartel that wound up on the cutting room floor.

If you’ve got a question for our Ask Sam hotline, give us a call! We’re always looking for rabbit holes to dive down into. Leave us a voicemail at: 1-844-GO-OTTER (844-466-8837). Don’t forget to leave a number so we can call you back.