Tim SkoogSound Designer and Producer, On PointTim Skoog is a sound designer and producer for On Point.Recently published'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, 2024AdvertisementThe copper tradeoff: Protecting today's lands versus preserving tomorrow's climateCopper is key to our green energy future, but copper extraction is deeply harmful to the environment now. Episode two of On Point’s special series “Elements of energy” explores how...ResumeOn Point47:29Mar 12, 2024The lithium boom: What's holding back a lithium rush in the U.S.?The U.S. sits on some of the largest lithium reserves in the world. It’s a key element for clean energy. The start of On Point’s weeklong exploration “Elements of energy”...ResumeOn Point47:28Mar 11, 2024Lessons from Poland’s democratic resurgenceFor almost a decade, Poland's democracy was in retreat. But last fall, Poland successfully elected a pro-democracy government coalition. What can the rest of the world learn?ResumeOn Point46:52Mar 7, 2024U.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 Point47:28Feb 29, 2024What we lose if snow disappearsSnowpack is getting less reliable in American winters. And in many places, that's not just an environmental problem, but an emotional one, too.ResumeOn Point47:19Feb 9, 2024Next Page
'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
The copper tradeoff: Protecting today's lands versus preserving tomorrow's climateCopper is key to our green energy future, but copper extraction is deeply harmful to the environment now. Episode two of On Point’s special series “Elements of energy” explores how...ResumeOn Point47:29Mar 12, 2024
The lithium boom: What's holding back a lithium rush in the U.S.?The U.S. sits on some of the largest lithium reserves in the world. It’s a key element for clean energy. The start of On Point’s weeklong exploration “Elements of energy”...ResumeOn Point47:28Mar 11, 2024
Lessons from Poland’s democratic resurgenceFor almost a decade, Poland's democracy was in retreat. But last fall, Poland successfully elected a pro-democracy government coalition. What can the rest of the world learn?ResumeOn Point46:52Mar 7, 2024
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 Point47:28Feb 29, 2024
What we lose if snow disappearsSnowpack is getting less reliable in American winters. And in many places, that's not just an environmental problem, but an emotional one, too.ResumeOn Point47:19Feb 9, 2024
