Matthew Cloutier
Matthew Cloutier is a producer for TED Radio Hour. While at the show, he has focused on stories about science and the natural world, ranging from operating Mars rovers to exploring Antarctica's hidden life. He has also pitched these kinds of episodes, including "Through The Looking Glass" and "Migration."
Cloutier began in January 2020 as the intern for TED Radio Hour, following which he expanded into social media and audience engagement. He created a series of activities and lessons to pair with show segments. He began producing at his current capacity in the fall of 2020.
Prior to NPR, Cloutier worked for the independent station WPKN in Bridgeport, Connecticut.
He graduated from Middlebury College in 2019 with a degree in Environmental Studies and never outgrew his childhood obsessions with dinosaurs, moths and sea life.
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In the 90s, Kristine Tompkins and her late husband began buying swaths of land in South America. Their plan to create national parks through private enterprise had no precedent. That didn't stop them.
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Most Americans are disengaged at work, a fifth are phoning it in or planning to quit. Pete Stavros says private equity has the answer, turn companies around by granting employees free shares of stock.
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MIT sociologist Sherry Turkle shares her new research into "artificial intimacy"—the emotional connections humans form with chatbots... and the impact of these relationships on our health. -
Rice feeds the world—but it uses more water and emits more methane than any other crop. Jim Whitaker and his daughter, Jessica Whitaker Allen, are changing that on their Arkansas family farm.
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Dr. Amy Baxter says you can’t just shut down pain with a pill. But we’re not helpless either — by understanding how pain works, we can use various other treatments to get some relief.
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As mines meet mineral demands for electric vehicles, they put communities and ecosystems at risk. Sustainability researcher Elsa Dominish says the EV industry cannot repeat fossil fuel's mistakes. -
Journalist Melissa Dahl went on a mission, researching the nature of "cringe." She hoped to free herself from awkward moments. Instead, she learned from them.
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While your body fights germs, you feel depressed, anti-social, even lethargic. Social neuroscientist Keely Muscatell offers an evolutionary explanation for why your mood and immune system are linked. -
Everything in the solar system is made of different rocks and materials, except the Earth and Moon. They're like twins. It's a mystery that planetary scientist Sarah T. Stewart set out to solve. -
Global warming, pollution, deforestation—it's easy to feel a sense of doom about our planet. But data scientist Hannah Ritchie says the numbers on sustainability are more hopeful than we might assume.
