Episode – 1352 : Krakatoa Podcast Transcript On the morning of August 27, 1883, one of the most destructive natural disasters of the 19th century occurred between the islands of […]
Episode – 1305 : Angkor
Episode – 1305 : Angkor Podcast Transcript Located in Central Cambodia, north of the great Tonle Sap Lake, lies the former city of Angkor. Today, the city is nothing but […]
Episode – 1240 : Ocean Currents
Episode – 1240 : Ocean Currents Podcast Transcript The surface of the Earth is 70 percent water. If you just looked at a map and saw a sea of blue, […]
Episode – 1143 : Oxygen
Episode – 1143 : Oxygen Podcast Transcript All around you, in the air and the ground, is the most common element on Earth: Oxygen. As you are certainly well aware, […]
Episode – 1141 : Antarctica’s Dry Valleys
Episode – 1141 : Antarctica’s Dry Valleys Podcast transcript Many places on Earth have extreme climates. However, there is one place on Earth that has a climate so extreme that […]
Episode – 1118 : Mount Fuji
Episode – 1118 : Mount Fuji Podcast Transcript Located on the island of Honshu, in the middle of the Japanese archipelago, lies one of the most important and iconic places […]
Episode – 1105 : The Silurian Hypothesis
Episode – 1105 : The Silurian Hypothesis Podcast Transcript The universe is billions of years old. If, in the future, humanity were to explore the galaxy and visit other planets […]
Episode – 1061 : The East African Rift
Episode – 1061 : The East African Rift Podcast Transcript Today there is a giant rift that is tearing the continent of Africa apart. ..and I mean this quite literally […]
Episode – 1041 : Thorium
Episode – 1041 : Thorium Podcast Transcript Located in the 90th place on the periodic table is the element Thorium. Thorium, as with every element, has unique properties, making it […]
Episode – 0904 : The Little Ice Age
Episode – 0904 : The Little Ice Age Podcast Transcript Approximately 700 years ago, something happened to the Earth’s climate. The world started to cool down. It wasn’t dramatic enough […]
Episode – 0874 : Weather Forecasting
Episode – 0874 : Weather Forecasting Podcast Transcript Almost every day, you might check the weather forecast to see what the temperature will be like in the near future or […]
Episode – 0844 : The Maldives
Episode – 0844 : The Maldives Podcast Transcript Located just southwest of the southern tip of India lies one of the only countries in the world consisting solely of coral […]
Episode – 0818 : Hurricanes and Typhoons
Episode – 0818 : Hurricanes and Typhoons Podcast Transcript Every year parts of the planet are hit by devastating typhoons and hurricanes. They can cause billions of dollars of damage […]
Episode – 0758 : The Republic of the Marshall Islands
Episode – 0758 : The Republic of the Marshall Islands Podcast Transcript Located between Hawaii and Guam in the middle of the Pacific Ocean is one of the smallest countries […]
Episode – 0739 : Greenland
Episode – 0739 : Greenland Podcast Transcript It is the world’s largest island, has the closest point of land to the North Pole, and is the least densely populated political […]
Episode – 0680 : How Worried Should We Be About Asteroids?
Episode – 0680 : How Worried Should We Be About Asteroids? Podcast Transcript About 66 million years ago, a massive asteroid collided with the Earth near the Yucatan Peninsula in […]
Episode – 0653 : Ice Ages
Episode – 0653 : Ice Ages Podcast Transcript Five different times during the Earth’s history, the planet has entered a prolonged period of reduced temperatures. When this happens, massive ice […]
Episode – 0652 : The Real-Life Lord of the Flies
Episode – 0652 : The Real-Life Lord of the Flies Podcast Transcript In William Golding’s 1954 novel, the Lord of the Flies, a group of young boys find themselves on […]
Episode – 0643 : One Word: Plastics
Episode – 0643 : One Word: Plastics Podcast Transcript At the 1862 London International Exhibition, an inventor by the name of Andrew Parkes introduced a new product based on cellulose […]
Episode – 0589 : The Wonderful World of Stromatolites
Episode – 0589 : The Wonderful World of Stromatolites Podcast Transcript If you measure the success of a lifeform by how long they manage to exist on Earth, then by […]