Outside Podcast: Getting Past Our Fear of Sharks

Recent months have seen a media frenzy around the return of great white sharks to the waters surrounding Cape Cod.

And with good reason: over the summer, great whites were routinely spotted off the iconic vacation destination’s most popular beaches.

In 2018, a Cape boogie boarder died after being bitten by a shark—the first fatal attack in Massachusetts since 1936. But behind the headlines about freaked-out tourists and angry locals, the real story on the Cape is about how we learn to live with fear—or, just maybe, get past it. Produced in collaboration with our friends at the Outside/In podcast, this episode investigates the extreme reactions we have to living alongside one of the world’s most terrifying predators.

 

Outside’s longstanding literary storytelling tradition comes to life in audio with features that will both entertain and inform listeners. We launched in March 2016 with our first series, Science of Survival, which was developed in partnership with PRX, distributors of the idolized This American Life and The Moth Radio Hour, among others. We have since expanded our show and now offer a range of story formats, including interviews with the biggest figures in sports, adventure, and politics, as well as reports from our correspondents in the field.


Science Topics
Biology, Zoology
Animals
Sharks & Rays
High School
9th Grade, 10th Grade, 11th Grade, 12th Grade, Adults

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