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Canadian author Jean McNeil reflects on her journey from Cape Breton Island to Antarctica in a conversation that explores grief, climate change and honouring the earth through her latest novel, ‘Latitudes’.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. 

Georgina Godwin speaks to Guadalupe Nettel about her award-winning writing, life between Mexico and France, partial blindness and how human and animal behaviour inspires the themes in her latest work, ‘The Accidentals’.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. 

Karim Kattan joins Georgina Godwin to discuss his upbringing in Bethlehem, putting Palestine in his own words and writing ‘The Palace on the Higher Hill’.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. 

Laurie Taylor talks to Helen Sampson, Professor in the School of Social Sciences at Cardiff University, about her voyage into the lives and work of seafarers. 25 years of fieldwork on merchant cargo ships has given her an unusual insight into the changing realities of life onboar ... Show More

July 19, 1869. Naturalist John Muir watches the sun rise over the Sierra Nevada mountains. He’ll write in his journal of the stirring birds, glowing treetops, and even rocks that “seem to thrill with life.” He’s so taken with this landscape that he’ll decide to stay in the Yosemi ... Show More

On this episode of Our American Stories, Lowell Lytle was one of the few people who actually visited the Titanic’s wreck at the bottom of the North Atlantic. He also spent years bringing its story to life, portraying Captain Smith at Titanic museums around the world. While Lowell ... Show More

Robert sits down with Jack O'Brien to tell the story about Eliza Fraser, who survived being shipwrecked thanks to the indigenous people of an island her lies helped destroy.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. 

Title: The Letters Left BehindLevel: Advanced (C1)#Story : When Emily inherits her grandmother’s Victorian house, she discovers a locked wooden box in the attic. Inside are letters written by her grandmother, Rose, to a man named Thomas, revealing a profound love that spanned con ... Show More

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

Glaciers have shaped the world's landscapes and continue to affect earth's climate just as human caused climate change impacts them. Datshiane Navanayagam talks to two women dedicating their lives to the study of these giant ice structures. Jemma Wadham is a glacier biogeoechemis ... Show More

New Podcast from the COLD Team: The last glimmers of hope fade as the search for Eric Robinson enters its final stage. The Duchesne County sheriff, running out of time and money, makes one last push to find him. Searchers brave the weather and the wilderness in the hopes of sendi ... Show More

Ayant découvert un manuscrit runique ancien, un savant, son neveu et leur guide entreprennent un voyage vers le centre de la Terre en y entrant par un volcan islandais éteint. (De Wikipedia.)A Journey to the Centre of the Earth, also translated as A Journey to the Interior of the ... Show More

Title: The Ghost of the LakeLevel: Advanced (C1)#Story :Evelyn, a curious young woman drawn to the mysteries of the supernatural, finds herself at the edge of a lake known for ghostly tales. Intrigued by the local legends of a haunting, she decides to spend the night camping by t ... Show More