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:
Encounters takes you DownUnder this week up close to the iconoclastic Australian animal- the amazing kangaroo See you there!
Thanks to the movies almost everybody has heard the amazing voices of the Kookaburra, the Australian magpie. Listen to the conductors of the dawn opera in the Australian Outback on this episode of Encounters DownUnder. See you there!
Elizabeth Arnold heads to a remote island in the Bering Sea to up close and personal with some ferocious sounding and looking beach loungers - the northern fur seals. Be careful not to get too close on this episode of Encounters! !
Richard Nelson continues the Encounters DownUnder Series with the most unlikely of creatures the platypus - an egg laying mammal, with poisionous spurs on its legs that can sense electrical impulses with its leathery beak. See you there, mates!
Heat up with Richard Nelson as he heads to Australia to begin his Encounters Down Under Series. In this episode you'll want to bear your snake gators as you will be following around one of the world's largest lizards in poisoinous snake country. G'day and See ya there!
Why the expression "bird brains" when ravens are some of the most clever thinkers around?Listen to why many indigenous cultures believe the raven to posess magical qualities and why scientists are intrigued with raven brains.
Head under ground with producer Ed Schoefeld as we go into some of North America's deepest caves. Find out why indigenous people and geologists are so excited about these under ground caverns.
Find out about one of North Amerca's oldest inhabitants - The Muskox. Sit on a grassy vista with host Richard Nelson as you hear about how these animals manage to survive in extreme cold and how they protect each other from predators.
This week on Encounters join host Richard Nelson as he revisits polar bears. This time he explores how the changing global climate is quickly changing the world of polar bears. See you there!
This week on Encounters head up North to Cold Foot, Alaska, a community of 10 people just inside the Arctic Circle. Producer Lisa Busch explores what it means to live on the frontier in the Last Frontier. She visits a family living on the edge of civilization and wilderness and discovers that the frontier may be a state of mind as well as a geographic location. See you there!
Go on a winter walk with host Richard Nelson as he describes what it takes to survive and thrive in some of the world's lowest temperatures. Learn how the challenge of the cold can be exhilirating and how indigenous people of the North have adapted to freezing temperatures.
Follow in the footsteps of a grizzly bear journeying into the heart of a beautiful wild island. Host Richard Nelson explores the rewards of commitment to a home place in Alaska drawing wisdom and guidance from Alaska Native traditions, and savoring the greatest of Alaska's riches the vast and unencumbered land. See you there!
Head out on a midnight kayak paddle to go star gazing with host Richard Nelson as he explores the biggest, most humbling natural feature that we all share -- The NIGHT SKY. See you there!
Go hunting for Sitka Black Tail deer with host Richard Nelson who has lived among some of the most impressive indigenous hunting communities in the Arctic.
Take a walk along a salmon stream while some grizzly bears feed on wild Alaska salmon. Host Richard Nelson explores the complex relationship between the ancient Tongass forest, the amazing salmon that swim in the forest streams and the grizzly bears that live there.
