Granite Geek

Musings and stories by the Concord Monitor's Granite Geek, reporter David Brooks.

Episode 66: Antibiotic resistance is scary stuff

Granite Geek discusses why antibiotic resistance is a problem and what Dartmouth researchers are doing to help fix it. 

03-05
07:21

Episode 65: Privacy and digital assistants

Granite Geek discusses how people have, perhaps unknowingly, ceded privacy by installing digital devices that monitor their home. 

02-19
08:19

Episode 64: Low tech voting for the win

Granite Geek David Brooks explains how New Hampshire's dated ballot-counting technology actually makes elections pretty secure from being hacked. 

02-14
05:49

Episode 63: Optimizing airtravel

An inconveniently timed flight inspires Granite Geek to look at variables of scheduling airplanes. 

02-06
06:05

Episode 62: Science Cafe talks about voting

Granite Geek recaps this month's Science Cafe and looks ahead to February. 

01-24
07:30

Episode 61: Gas stations folding

Granite Geek discusses the drop in gas stations and why gas-powered cars might be starting to have the same "range anxiety" as EVs. 

01-09
05:22

Episode 60: Save the apples

Granite Geek discusses a project in New Hampshire to save the old, weird apple varieties in the area. 

12-19
07:10

Episode 59: 'Monitor' readers use ranked choice voting to thin Democratic field (theoretically)

In mid-November, the Monitor tried to test ranked-choice voting by printing a pretend Democratic primary ballot and seeing what readers thought. The response was far more than anticipated. 

12-10
10:20

Episode 58: What is ranked choice voting?

Granite Geek explains how ranked-choice voting works and how you can practice. 

11-13
06:04

Episode 53: 3D printing is alive and well, in soft form

Granite Geek looks at a 3D printing conference at Dartmouth College and what it says about a technology that has gone through the whole hype cycle.  

08-13
05:39

Episode 52: Trees in streams can be good

Granite Geek explains why some foresters are adding trees and branches to smaller streams. 

08-06
06:05

Episode 51: Online review believability

Granite Geek discusses a Dartmouth study that looked at what people thought of Tripadvisor reviews. 

07-31
06:08

Episode 51: Amherst Zero-Carbon Housing

Granite Geek David Brooks tells you about a planned housing development in Amherst, N.H., that is taking an innovative approach to carbon. The homes would be carbon neutral and the surrounding farm would help make the development carbon negative.

07-23
08:50

Episode 50: Arsenic and Old New Hampshire

N.H. recently tightened its arsenic regulations to 5 parts per billion, leading the way in the country. Arsenic is naturally occurring in groundwater and linked to illnesses such as bladder cancer. 

07-16
04:07

Episode 49: Apollo 11 Science Cafe

To celebrate the 50th anniversary of the Apollo 11 moon landing, Granite Geek will be hosting an extra special Science Cafe at the McAulliffe-Shepard Discovery Center. 

07-08
03:53

Episode 48: Augmented reality as sight assistance

Granite Geek takes a look at new tech adopted at the Manchester Boston Regional Airport where people who have sight impairments can have an app give auditory directions about what is around. 

07-03
05:29

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