About this podcast
Join National Weather Desk Meteorologist Emily Gracey every week as she leads listeners on an exciting voyage exploring a diverse range of topics related to weather, climate, space, and beyond. The podcast offers exclusive interviews with leading experts on topics that you wouldn't usually come across in a typical weather broadcast. It’ll enlighten, entertain, and educate, whether you’re a novice weather follower to the most passionate weather geek.
Episodes
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- A Special Message from Emily Gracey · 4 minIn this final episode of Off the Radar, host Emily Gracey reflects on how the podcast started back in April 2023, how it grew into more than 150 episodes, and the unexpected…
- I Was There: A Look Back at Hurricane Katrina · 22 minAs hurricane season approaches, this repeat episode revisits one of our most memorable and moving conversations about the human impact of extreme weather. Emily goes off the…
- From the Vault: Concerts & Climate Activism with AJR's Adam Met · 42 minAdam Met, best known as the bassist for chart-topping band AJR, is as active offstage as he is on it. In this repeat episode, Emily revisits her conversation with the climate…
- Love Canal Pt. 2 - Surviving Tragedy · 37 minIn Part 2 of our Earth Day special, we're returning to Niagara Falls, NY, where residents of the idyllic-sounding Love Canal community confronted tragedy. Last week, we talked to…
- Love Canal Pt. 1 - A Ticking Time Bomb · 53 minFor Earth Day this year, we're heading to Niagara Falls, New York, where the idyllic-sounding Love Canal community holds a dark secret: a neighborhood was built on top of a toxic…
- The 2026 Hurricane Season Outlook · 18 minWhat is the forecast for the 2026 hurricane season? In this episode, we break down the newly-released 2026 Atlantic hurricane season outlook from Colorado State University…
- Lightning: The Science, the Safety, and the Surprises · 50 minOn a hot afternoon in 1970, a single lightning strike on a Florida football field changed lives and reshaped how we think about storm safety. In this episode of Off the Radar…
- Artemis: A Return to the Moon... and Beyond · 29 minFor the first time in more than 50 years, humans are preparing to venture back into deep space. With the launch of Artemis II, part of NASA’s Artemis program, four astronauts…
- Understanding Severe Weather Outlooks · 45 minWas last week’s severe weather forecast a “bust” - or was it just misunderstood? The Storm Prediction Center is making changes to how it communicates severe weather risk, with a…
- The Man Who Killed Pluto · 36 minFor seventy-six years, Pluto was a planet. Then, in 2005, astronomer Dr. Mike Brown discovered Eris - a distant icy world roughly the same size as Pluto - forcing astronomers to…
- Aircraft Icing: Lessons Written in Tragedy · 47 minEvery winter, aircraft depart in snow and freezing rain under a simple but unforgiving rule: a clean aircraft flies. That rule was shaped by tragedy. In this episode, we revisit…
- The Blizzard of 2026: Behind the Forecast · 54 minOne week after the Blizzard of 2026 buried parts of the Northeast under more than three feet of snow, we’re going behind the forecast. On this episode of Off the Radar, Emily…
- Alaska’s Climate Crisis Part 2: The Human Cost · 16 minIn Part One of this series, meteorologist Emily Gracey examined the science behind Alaska’s rapidly changing climate - the warming trends, disappearing sea ice, and extreme…
- How Thirsty is Generative AI? · 32 minBehind every chatbot response, AI-generated image, and large language model is a vast network of data centers consuming enormous amounts of electricity and water. In this…
- Can the Winter Olympics Survive in a Warming World? · 26 minFor more than a century, the Winter Olympics have depended on cold, reliable conditions. But as the planet warms, that foundation is becoming harder to find. As the Games return…
- The Year Ahead: A Sit-down with NWS Director Ken Graham · 17 minThe future of weather forecasting is being built right now. Recorded on site at the annual meeting of the American Meteorological Society in Houston, this conversation with Ken…
- Climate Melodies: Turning Data into Sound · 31 minClimate science is most often communicated through charts, graphs, and visual models. But data does not have to be seen to be understood. In this episode, meteorologist Emily…
- Alaska's Climate Crisis Part 1: The Science · 37 minAlaska is warming faster than any other U.S. state- nearly four times the global rate. Permafrost that's been frozen for thousands of years is thawing. Villages are sinking…
- IVT: The Invisible Force Behind Deadly Floods · 42 minWhen catastrophic flooding hits, we usually look at rainfall totals and records broken. But what if the most important number comes before the rain ever starts? In this episode…
- Arctic Alarm: Inside NOAA's 2025 Report Card · 25 minNOAA has just released its 2025 Arctic Report Card, and the findings are stark: the Arctic is warming more than twice as fast as the rest of the planet, with this year setting…
