Tim SkoogSound Designer and Producer, On PointTim Skoog is a sound designer and producer for On Point.Recently publishedThe power of solitudeBeing alone often gets a bad rap. But research shows alone time can actually boost overall well-being, increasing our emotional regulation, contentment and creativity.ResumeOn Point47:22Jun 3, 2024Rebroadcast: U.S. military barracks are in shambles. Will the government take action? A recent report by the U.S. Government Accountability Office reveals poor living conditions inside military barracks – from mold and exposed sewage, to broken windows, nonexistent HVAC systems and more.ResumeOn Point47:21May 27, 2024Palestinian civilians on their daily fight for survivalSome Palestinians have been able to flee Gaza. But millions are still there as the Israeli military moves on Rafah, and there’s still no agreement to pause the war.ResumeOn Point47:10May 9, 2024'The evidence was disappointingly poor': The full interview with Dr. Hilary CassIn March, Britain’s National Health Service announced it will no longer routinely prescribe puberty blockers to gender questioning young people under the age of 18. In her first U.S. broadcast...ResumeOn Point57:54May 8, 2024'Cass Review' author: More 'caution' advised for gender-affirming care for youthA groundbreaking review out of the UK finds “poor” or “low quality” evidence for using puberty blockers and hormones to help gender-distressed young people. Dr. Hilary Cass, who led that...ResumeOn Point47:34May 8, 2024Advertisement'Pig-butchering': The online scam that's raked in $75 billion and countingThe pig-butchering scam. It's a criminal industry that targets the vulnerable, engages in human trafficking, and exploits weaknesses in digital currency. How does it work?ResumeOn Point47:32Apr 3, 2024Finance companies have a new customer: The wrongfully convictedExonerees are turning to the private sector to provide them with urgently needed cash. But with interest rates so high, it could end up being a new form of confinement.ResumeOn Point46:53Mar 20, 2024The goal: Can the U.S. actually meet its ambitious climate targets?Given the environmental, political, and human costs of accelerating mineral mining, can the United States reach its clean energy goals? It's the final episode of our special series "Elements of...ResumeOn Point47:22Mar 15, 2024The promise of nickel: Power and prosperity in IndonesiaTo electrify our economy, the world needs more nickel. And Indonesia has it. Can nickel pave the road to prosperity? In part four of “Elements of energy," hear how the...ResumeOn Point47:30Mar 14, 2024The human cost of cobalt: Modern slavery in the Democratic Republic of the CongoMost of the world’s cobalt is extracted in the Democratic Republic of Congo. But to get it, hundreds of thousands of Congolese people labor with no other means to survive....ResumeOn Point46:33Mar 13, 2024Next Page
The power of solitudeBeing alone often gets a bad rap. But research shows alone time can actually boost overall well-being, increasing our emotional regulation, contentment and creativity.ResumeOn Point47:22Jun 3, 2024
Rebroadcast: U.S. military barracks are in shambles. Will the government take action? A recent report by the U.S. Government Accountability Office reveals poor living conditions inside military barracks – from mold and exposed sewage, to broken windows, nonexistent HVAC systems and more.ResumeOn Point47:21May 27, 2024
Palestinian civilians on their daily fight for survivalSome Palestinians have been able to flee Gaza. But millions are still there as the Israeli military moves on Rafah, and there’s still no agreement to pause the war.ResumeOn Point47:10May 9, 2024
'The evidence was disappointingly poor': The full interview with Dr. Hilary CassIn March, Britain’s National Health Service announced it will no longer routinely prescribe puberty blockers to gender questioning young people under the age of 18. In her first U.S. broadcast...ResumeOn Point57:54May 8, 2024
'Cass Review' author: More 'caution' advised for gender-affirming care for youthA groundbreaking review out of the UK finds “poor” or “low quality” evidence for using puberty blockers and hormones to help gender-distressed young people. Dr. Hilary Cass, who led that...ResumeOn Point47:34May 8, 2024
'Pig-butchering': The online scam that's raked in $75 billion and countingThe pig-butchering scam. It's a criminal industry that targets the vulnerable, engages in human trafficking, and exploits weaknesses in digital currency. How does it work?ResumeOn Point47:32Apr 3, 2024
Finance companies have a new customer: The wrongfully convictedExonerees are turning to the private sector to provide them with urgently needed cash. But with interest rates so high, it could end up being a new form of confinement.ResumeOn Point46:53Mar 20, 2024
The goal: Can the U.S. actually meet its ambitious climate targets?Given the environmental, political, and human costs of accelerating mineral mining, can the United States reach its clean energy goals? It's the final episode of our special series "Elements of...ResumeOn Point47:22Mar 15, 2024
The promise of nickel: Power and prosperity in IndonesiaTo electrify our economy, the world needs more nickel. And Indonesia has it. Can nickel pave the road to prosperity? In part four of “Elements of energy," hear how the...ResumeOn Point47:30Mar 14, 2024
The human cost of cobalt: Modern slavery in the Democratic Republic of the CongoMost of the world’s cobalt is extracted in the Democratic Republic of Congo. But to get it, hundreds of thousands of Congolese people labor with no other means to survive....ResumeOn Point46:33Mar 13, 2024