Episode – 2177 : The 1984-85 Ethiopian Famine Podcast Transcript In the 1980s, images of starving children in Ethiopia shocked the world and triggered one of the largest humanitarian responses […]
Episode – 2138 : Colorado River: The River That Built the American West
Episode – 2138 : Colorado River: The River That Built the American West Podcast Transcript Over 1,400 miles, the Colorado River has carved some of the most dramatic landscapes on […]
Episode – 2112 : The World’s Worst Located Cities
Episode – 2112 : The World’s Worst Located Cities Podcast Transcript All over the world, there are cities and towns. Some of those have become major urban areas that are […]
Episode – 2099 : The African Great Lakes: Ancient Waters That Shape Modern Africa
Episode – 2099 : The African Great Lakes: Ancient Waters That Shape Modern Africa Podcast Transcript The African Great Lakes are some of the largest bodies of freshwater on Earth, […]
Episode – 2094 : The Rise, Fall, and Possible Rise of Maslin Agriculture
Episode – 2094 : The Rise, Fall, and Possible Rise of Maslin Agriculture Podcast Transcript For thousands of years, farmers didn’t plant just one crop; they planted many together in […]
Episode – 2081 : The Persian Gulf
Episode – 2081 : The Persian Gulf Podcast Transcript For thousands of years, a narrow body of water between Arabia and Persia has shaped the fate of empires, economies, and […]
Episode – 2076 : North Sentinel Island
Episode – 2076 : North Sentinel Island Podcast Transcript In the Indian Ocean lies an island notorious for its extreme isolation from the outside world: North Sentinel Island. The Sentinelese, […]
Episode – 2037 : Everything You Never Really Cared To Know About Groundhog Day
Episode – 2037 : Everything You Never Really Cared To Know About Groundhog Day Podcast Transcript Every February 2nd, a small ceremony takes place in the town of Punxsutawney, Pennsylvania. […]
Episode – 2036 : Questions and Answers: Volume 39
Episode – 2036 : Questions and Answers: Volume 39 Podcast Transcript February is upon us. It is a time when we in the United States predict the weather on the […]
Episode – 2016 : The Honey Hunters of the Sundarbans
Episode – 2016 : The Honey Hunters of the Sundarbans Podcast Transcript The Sundarbans is the world’s largest mangrove forest and a UNESCO World Heritage site spanning the border of […]
Episode – 1939 : Challenger Deep and the Mariana Trench
Episode – 1939 : Challenger Deep and the Mariana Trench Podcast Transcript Located in an arc sweeping to the east and south of the Marina Islands and Guam is the […]
Episode – 1934 : The Younger Dryas
Episode – 1934 : The Younger Dryas Podcast Transcript Around 12,900 years ago, the last ice age was ending. Things were warming up, and the glaciers were starting to recede.…and […]
Episode – 1898 : Dendrochronology
Episode – 1898 : Dendrochronology Podcast Transcript One of the most essential aspects of archeology is dating objects from the past, and one of the most critical tools in dating […]
Episode – 1731 : Questions and Answers: Volume 29
Episode – 1731 : Questions and Answers: Volume 29 hr class=”wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity”/> Podcast Transcript If you happen to live in the Northern Hemisphere, April is a time when days get […]
Episode – 1719 : The History of Whaling
Episode – 1719 : The History of Whaling hr class=”wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity”/> Podcast Transcript Whaling is something that humans have engaged in for thousands of years. For most of that time, […]
Episode – 1679 : Natural Gas Explained: Past, Present, and Future
Episode – 1679 : Natural Gas Explained: Past, Present, and Future Podcast Transcript One of the most common and versatile forms of energy in the world is natural gas. Natural […]
Episode – 1612 : The Electrical Grid
Episode – 1612 : The Electrical Grid Podcast Transcript The modern world runs on electricity. That isn’t a throwaway statement. If we remove electricity, our civilization will quickly fall apart. […]
Episode – 1567 : The Solar Cycle
Episode – 1567 : The Solar Cycle Approximately every eleven years, our sun experiences a cycle in which its magnetic poles flip. During this cycle, solar flares and sunspot activity […]
Episode – 1518 : Questions and Answers: Volume 22
Episode – 1518 : Questions and Answers: Volume 22 Podcast Transcript Thirty days hath September, and on 29 of those days, I’ll run normal episodes.But for one day, I will […]
Episode – 1504 : The Arctic and the North Pole
Episode – 1504 : The Arctic and the North Pole Podcast Transcript Located above 66°33? Latitude North is the region we call the Arctic. The Arctic is unlike any other […]