Points North

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Points North

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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    Complete With His Language

    Kenny Pheasant first became a teacher of Anishinaabemowin at 14 years-old, teaching customers from behind the meat counter at a grocery store. Now, it's his life mission to get more people speaking the Great Lakes’ original and endangered language.

    15 min

  2. 6 DÉC.

    The Iceman Giveth, The Iceman Taketh

    This is a tale of two cyclists, one legendary race, and an unlikely rivalry.

    19 min

  3. 22 NOV.

    Saving David

    One minute David Holtfreter was kayaking on Lake Michigan; the next he was in the water, fighting for his life. A fisherman saw David struggling from the shore and swam out about 200 yards to rescue him. But in the rescue commotion that followed, David wasn’t able to give the stranger a proper “thank you.”

    22 min

  4. 8 NOV.

    Presenting Atlas Obscura: The Mysterious Sinkholes of Mount Baldy

    One family’s visit to a famous Indiana sand dune turns into a wild tale of a missing boy and mysterious tunnels.

    12 min

  5. 25 OCT.

    The Biggest Buck That Maybe Never Was

    In 1998, a hunter named Mitch Rompola claimed he’d shot the biggest whitetail in North America. It was all over the news, and people waited in anticipation for it to be entered in the record books. But then Mitch just went silent. And instead of becoming a famous hunter, he became an infamous one.

    18 min

  6. 11 OCT.

    A New Hope for Anishinaabemowin

    Last December, Theresa Eischen was watching the news when a story caught her attention. The original Star Wars film was being translated into Anishinaabemowin, an endangered language. Theresa had zero voice acting experience, but she loves Star Wars and is fluent in Anishinaabemowin. So she auditioned to voice Princess Leia. It was a long shot.

    15 min

  7. 27 SEPT.

    The Last to Leave

    A researcher in Ohio was surrounded by hundreds of dead ash trees. They had been wiped out by this beetle called the emerald ash borer. But then, in that same forest, she found a lone tree thriving. Could this tree be the key to saving ash from extinction?

    15 min

  8. 13 SEPT.

    Labor of Mixed Emotions

    For more than 20 years, Nic Theisen has spent his days on his hands and knees in the dirt farming. It’s a tough way to make a living, and for years Nic didn’t always know if the farm would make it. Until something big changed.

    17 min
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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.

Informations

  • Création
    Interlochen Public Radio
  • Années d’activité
    2019 - 2024
  • Épisodes
    79
  • Classification
    Contenu explicite
  • Site web de l’émission
    Points North

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