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EPISODE · Feb 24, 2026 · 43 MIN

Are We Wimps in Snow?

from The Curiosity Desk · host GBH News

As we all dig out from the blizzard, we talk to meteorologist Dave Epstein about this storm and this winter generally compare to the historical record. The essential question, have several mild winters made us lose our edge when it comes to serious cold and snow? And librarians from the GBH Archives plow through (ahem...) decades of GBH tape to share gems from wintry television and radio from years past.

As we all dig out from the blizzard, we talk to meteorologist Dave Epstein about this storm and this winter generally compare to the historical record. The essential question, have several mild winters made us lose our edge when it comes to serious cold and snow?  And librarians from the GBH Archives plow through (ahem...) decades of GBH tape to share gems from wintry television and radio from years past.

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