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Episode Number 242 – July 17th –  Meteor shower season, Dodos were not dumb, warning is hard, solar power, how old is your brain, and where are you really from?

This week's guest: Neilah & Jade Sunrise CreationStation Summer Workers

Links to this week’s stories: 

Broward County Library CreationStation Podcast Feedback Survey (surveymonkey.com)

Listener Article:
Meteor Shower Season

https://www.space.com/stargazing/meteor-showers/the-perseid-meteor-shower-kicks-off-summer-shooting-star-season-this-week-heres-how-to-see-it

Notthat dumb:
https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20250714-why-history-got-the-dodo-so-absurdly-wrong

Planning is complicated, Warning even more:

https://theconversation.com/why-it-can-be-hard-to-warn-people-about-dangers-like-floods-communication-researchers-explain-the-role-of-human-behavior-260780

Solar Power:

Recycling is hard:

https://theconversation.com/why-recycling-solar-panels-is-harder-than-you-might-think-an-electrical-engineer-explains-259115

New cash for farmers:

https://theconversation.com/california-farmers-identify-a-hot-new-cash-crop-solar-power-259653

How old is your brain?

https://www.npr.org/sections/shots-health-news/2025/07/16/nx-s1-5468647/healthy-brain-aging-alzheimers-sleep-science

The quiz:

https://mindcrowd.org/

Bonus link:

Podcast series – Where are you really from?

https://globalvoices.org/special/where-are-you-really-from/

https://www.broward.org/Library/Pages/CreationStation.aspx

Broward County Library CreationStation Podcast Feedback Survey (surveymonkey.com)