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In this episode of 80 Days: an exploration podcast, we’ll be talking about Faroe Islands, an autonomous group of islands in the North East Atlantic. Home to almost 50,000 people and with historical links to Denm ... Show More
Oct 2024
Season 3, Episode 12: Christina Gerhardt, Sea Change: An Atlas of Islands in a Rising Ocean; With Special Guest, Simona Marinescu
Send us a textJoin Professors Jeffrey Sachs, Christina Gerhardt and UN Senior Advisor on Small Island Developing States, Simona Marinescu as they discuss human induced global warming, the implications of rising sea levels, and Gerhardt’s book, Sea Change: An Atlas of Islands in a ... Show More
37m 34s
Nov 2024
L’île de Seeland, entre déesse et géantes – d’après la mythologie nordique
Parmi les mythologies qui peuplent nos imaginaires, la mythologie nordique est des plus riches. Les recueils du XIIIe siècles, déroulent les naissances, les guerres et les hauts faits, des divinités et des royaumes. Leurs aventures ont nourri, des siècles durant, une vision commu ... Show More
18m 17s
Jul 2024
Utopie, refuge ou isolement : vivre sur une île
Sicile, Ponant, Féroé, Madagascar, Tuvalu... Situés aux quatre coins du monde, ces territoires ont tous pour point commun d’être entourés d’eau. Des paysages paradisiaques qui attirent chaque année de nombreux touristes. Pourquoi les îles nous fascinent-elles ? Et du côté des po ... Show More
48m 30s
Jan 2025
The Danish Empire - without Greenland?
<p>Denmark, as Danes like to tell you, is a little country. But it used to be a much bigger country, a bit of an empire. Norway was once part of Denmark. Iceland was once part of Denmark. The southern half of Sweden and a bit of northern Germany used to be part of Denmark. What i ... Show More
7m 54s
Oct 15
Unearthed! in Autumn 2025, Part 2
<p>Part 2 of this installment of Unearthed! features animals, swords, art, shoes, shipwrecks, and the miscellany category of potpourri.</p> <p><strong>Research:</strong></p> <ul> <li>Abrams, G., Auguste, P., Pirson, S. et al. Earliest evidence of Neanderthal multifunctional bone ... Show More
39m 15s
Feb 2025
231. Colonising Ireland: Henry VIII, Elizabeth I, & The Tudor Conquest (Ep 1)
Ireland is the only country in Western Europe that has experienced being colonised in the modern era. It was used by England as a laboratory for imperialism, and was the site of bloody colonial wars for centuries, yet many people in the neighbouring United Kingdom have little und ... Show More
38m 19s