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Points North Interlochen Public Radio
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5.0 • 169 Ratings
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Points North is an award-winning podcast about the land, water, and inhabitants of the Great Lakes.
Through narrative, sound-rich journalism that is deeply rooted in a sense of place, each episode entertains, informs, and surprises listeners everywhere.
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Pedaling to the Beat of His Own Drum
There’s this biker in the Upper Peninsula. Seems like everybody knows him or knows of him. He competes in some of the most challenging mountain bike races, but he doesn’t even ride a mountain bike. He competes on a single-speed BMX bike. Why does he do it?
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Presenting Curious City: Lake Michigan’s Legendary ‘Shark Attack’
We think of the Great Lakes as shark-free, but as legend has it, a young boy named George Lawson was attacked by a shark while swimming in Lake Michigan near Chicago in 1955. Is this story true or just a bunch of bull shark?
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Copper Country’s Conundrum
Copper is a key metal for renewable energy, and experts say we’re going to need a lot more of it to transition to clean energy. Michigan’s Upper Peninsula is Copper Country. Some see copper mining as an economic boon for the region, but others worry it could come at the cost of some of the Great Lakes’ most pristine wild spaces.
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To Catch An Arsonist
It’s a dry spring – 1984 in Wisconsin – and all these suspicious fires are popping up. A conservation warden named Dave is pretty sure it’s arson, but he can’t catch a break. So, he and a pilot decide to get creative.
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A Struggle for Justice
More than 120 years ago, a Native American village in northern Michigan was burned down at the behest of a white land speculator. Now, the descendants of that village want the federal government to know they’re still here.
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Presenting Out There: Too Good To Be True?
Donna Martino stuck a photograph from the newspaper of a handsome kayaker on her fridge. A few months later, Donna matched with the guy on a dating website, and they decided to go out. This story is about what happens when two strangers take a chance on each other.
Customer Reviews
A fantastic show about the people and place of the Great Lakes
Highly recommend! This show brings the Great Lakes region to life with colorful, original reporting and always reminds me just how special my homeland is, even from afar.
Just What I Was Looking For!
Discovered this podcast today, and binged it while working. Super informative, yet, easy to listen to. Keep up the great work!
Superb storytelling
And who comes up with the ideas for the stories?
The many different ways to use fish, the arsonists, the Olympian from the UP (that one made me laugh AND cry), the beleaguered tribe that can’t reclaim its land, the copper conundrum (great job capturing so many sides of that situation): such a delight!
Thank you and keep up the great work!