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Encounters North Podcast Encounters North
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Encounters: Radio Experiences of the North, with its wildly exuberant and brilliant host, Richard Nelson, first aired on Public Radio Stations in 2000. Since that first show, enthralled audiences have accompanied Richard on his adventures into the heart of nature, from riding a wind whipped spruce tree in an Alaskan gale, to hearing polar bears feast and roar over a pile of whale bones, to listening to the exquisite song of a Swainson’s thrush on the soft air of an arctic evening. Rapt listeners have learned about Native traditions and knowledge of the natural world, and have celebrated the awe and wonder of nature and the interconnections of all life.
The show aired for ten years on public radio—with over 100 episodes. They are more engaging and important than ever.
Brought to you by Encounters North (www.encountersnorth.org), Encounters is a production of KCAW in Sitka, AK. The show is hosted by Richard Nelson and edited and produced by Lisa Busch, with special consulting by Ken Fate. Theme music by Outback.
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Koala
On a small island off the southern coast of Australia, spend some time with Richard and one of the world’s all-time favorite wild animals.
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Deer and People
Join Richard Nelson along a kelp-fringed stretch of the Alaska coast, with a beautiful Sitka black-tailed deer. Explore the ancient, many-dimensioned relationship between humans and deer.
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Snow
Join Richard Nelson near Fairbanks, Alaska, tromping through a winter wonderland. Another “lost” episode rediscovered and coming out to play for the first time since 2004!
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Hunting
Join Richard Nelson in a snow-blanketed muskeg, as he talks about a winter subsistence activity that’s been going on along the southeast coast of Alaska for many thousands of years.
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Ice
Richard Nelson gliding on a beam of moonlight, out on the lake ice in Southeast Alaska. A rediscovered gem from the very first season of Encounters.
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Bald Eagle
Join host Richard Nelson and 1,200 bald eagles, taking advantage of a late run of salmon in the Chilkat River in Southeast Alaska.