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 – 0831 : Rapa Nui (Easter Island)
Episode – 0831 : Rapa Nui (Easter Island) Podcast Transcript Located in the South Pacific Ocean is one of the most isolated islands in the world. It is over a […]
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 – 0783 : The River Congo
Episode – 0783 : The River Congo Podcast Transcript Located in the heart of the African continent is one of the world’s largest rivers: the Congo. The Congo basin covers […]
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 – 0729 : The Mississippi River
Episode – 0729 : The Mississippi River Podcast Transcript Located in the heart of North America is one of the most important rivers. It isn’t the longest river in the […]
Episode – 0723 : The Galapagos Islands
Episode – 0723 : The Galapagos Islands Podcast Transcript Located approximately 560 miles or 900 kilometers off the coast of Ecuador lies a chain of islands that are like no […]
Episode – 0720 : Geothermal Energy
Episode – 0720 : Geothermal Energy Podcast Transcript Wherever you happen to be listening to this show, at some level beneath your feet the rocks in the Earth reach a […]
Episode – 0711 : The Atacama Desert
Episode – 0711 : The Atacama Desert Podcast Transcript Situated in the north of the nation of Chile lies one of the most extreme environments on Planet Earth. The Atacama […]
Episode – 0710 : TORNADOES!
Episode – 0710 : TORNADOES! Podcast Transcript Over 2,000 times a year, all over the world, a meteorological phenomenon strikes the Earth with devastating consequences. They can strike without warning […]
Episode – 0698 : Terra Nullius
Episode – 0698 : Terra Nullius Podcast Transcript Imagine you want to start a brand new country. Only, you don’t want to go through the messy process of starting a […]
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 – 0669 : All About Solar Power
Episode – 0669 : All About Solar Power Podcast Transcript In 1839, a French scientist by the name of Edmond Becquerel was experimenting with an electrochemical cell when he discovered […]
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 – 0590 : More Than You Ever Really Wanted to Know About Sewers
Episode – 0590 : More Than You Ever Really Wanted to Know About Sewers Podcast Transcript Sometimes the most important things are things we don’t even want to think about […]
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 […]
Episode – 0584 : How Tides Work
Episode – 0584 : How Tides Work Podcast Transcript Every single day, the oceans of the world go through a cycle with two high tides and two low tides. For […]