What’s the Story: The Sri Lanka Podcast

David Swarbrick & Nestor de Silva @ The Ceylon Press
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  1. Sri Lanka’s Sea Mammals | The Mermaid That Wasn’t

    5d ago

    Sri Lanka’s Sea Mammals | The Mermaid That Wasn’t

    Which sea mammals can Sri Lanka rightly claim as its own – and did the Portuguese really find a mermaid on the shores of Mannar 500 years ago?

    26 min
  2. Sri Lanka’s Skinks | Inscrutable Angels

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    Sri Lanka’s Skinks | Inscrutable Angels

    Sri Lanka’s skinks have a degree of subtleness that propels that immaterial attribute into the outer galaxy - fallen angels, perfect for being not what they seem. But how can you ever tell them apart?

    32 min
  3. Sri Lanka’s Bears, Buffaloes & Boars | The 3 Great “B’s”

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    Sri Lanka’s Bears, Buffaloes & Boars | The 3 Great “B’s”

    Of Sri Lanka’s bears, buffaloes and boars, which animal is its Bach?  Which its Bhrams?  And which is its heroic Beethoven?

    17 min
  4. Sri Lanka’s Bats | Ordered Disorder

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    Sri Lanka’s Bats | Ordered Disorder

    Though occupying barely 1% of the world's total landmass, Sri Lanka hosts well over 2% of its recognised bat species.   But are there 28 species here?  Or 29?  Or 37?  How exactly do you count bats?

    19 min
  5. Sri Lanka’s Extinct Mammals | In Search Of A Lost World

    5d ago

    Sri Lanka’s Extinct Mammals | In Search Of A Lost World

    Sri Lanka was once home to tigers, lions, rhinos and hippos.  But where are they to be found today?  And what might disappear next?

    18 min
  6. Sri Lanka’s Second Lambakanna Kings Part 5 | The Devastation

    6d ago

    Sri Lanka’s Second Lambakanna Kings Part 5 | The Devastation

    The destruction of the 1500-year-old Anuradhapuran kingdom fell due – but was it destroyed by problems of its own making – or by a force so overwhelming that no power could ever hope to withstand?

    17 min
  7. Sri Lanka’s Second Lambakanna Kings Part 4 | The Long Goodbye

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    Sri Lanka’s Second Lambakanna Kings Part 4 | The Long Goodbye

    The Lambakanna king, Sena II, pulled victory from disaster.  Sri Lanka became one of the dominant powers in the Indian Ocean.  So how did it get from there to the doors of desolation in barely 125 years?

    23 min
  8. Sri Lanka’s Second Lambakanna Kings Part 3 | Walking on Air

    6d ago

    Sri Lanka’s Second Lambakanna Kings Part 3 | Walking on Air

    How was it that, even as life seemed at its easiest, the plush and kind middle years of later Lambakanna rule almost came to an abrupt halt - courtesy of an Indian invasion?

    29 min
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