Stop Shopping, Zoom Towns, The Oregon Trail

Published: Oct. 20, 2021, 8 p.m.

The tug of war between consumption and economic recession. Then, what’s happening to the outdoorsy towns that are being flooded by young people working remotely by day and recreating outdoors after hours? And, a classic game becomes the favorite of a whole new generation. Also, on today’s show: what people who spent 40 days underground learned about the passage of time; the answers to why women haven’t evolved larger pelvic bones so that babies could be born more easily.