Encounters Podcast
Summary: Where else on public radio programming can you hear polar bears growl, peregrine falcons cry and killer whales splash? In an ever increasingly urban world Encounters weekly program. Now in its fourth season, Encounters takes you to some of the wildest places on earth.
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- Artist: Richard Nelson
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Podcasts:
Russian Eskimo people reach across the Bering Sea for an important cultural exchange in Alaska. Elizabeth Arnold reports on shared issues of polar bears in villages and on how Russian Native people are taking actio to prevent walrus stampedes.
The jays are some of the most intelligent beings in the animal world. They are clever and ubiquitous. Listen to why the Koyukon people advise us to remember that these birds know more than we do.
Alone at last! Go to a wilderness area with Lisa Busch in search of a moment alone... the kind that Congress had in mind back in 1964 when they passed the Wilderness Act.
The voice of the Swanson's Thrush is considered by many to have the most beautiful song of any bird in North America. But there are 75 species of thrushes and many compete for that title. Join Richard Nelson as he listens to thrushes and tells us all we ever wanted to know about these lovely birds.
The voice of the Sandhill Crane epitomizes everything that Alaska is about. Hear this the one of a kind sound in Delta Junction at a fabulously close range.
The Tasmanian Devil is one of the world's most famous wild animals, but hardly anyone would recognize one in the wild. Join host Richard Nelson in Tasmania as you catch a rare glimpse in the wild of these special creatures.
Some people will tell you that the Tasmanian Tiger is long extinct, but others will assure you that it still lurks like a shadow or a dream on the wild island of Tasmania. One of the world's most strange and elusive animals on this episode of Encounters.
Get up close to a bunch of polar bears as they feed on the remains of a bowhead whale. Listen to what makes these marine mammals such great hunters and why they are so revered by the indigenous cultures of the north.
On this Encounters DownUnder segmentRichard Nelson heads out on a hot Australian night in Darwin to look for one of the worst invasive species Australia has ever seen - the Cane Toad.
Richard Nelson guides us through a lovely valley in the Brooks Range mountains as we track one of the most mysterious and difficult animals to find - the Alaska wolverine.
Go on a search for a fascinating animal called a Pika. Listen to the chirping voices of the collared Pika in the steep mountains of the Alaska Range. This hobbit of a creature looks something like a guinea pig with bright black eyes but sounds like a bird.
