Encounters: Radio Experiences in the North

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Where else on public radio programming can you hear polar bears growl, peregrine falcons cry and killer whales splash? In an ever increasingly urban world, Encounters: Experiences in the North brings the sounds of the northern wild to the radio for a rare, entertaining and informative weekly program. Now in its fifth season, Encounters is heard throughout Alaska and around the nation. Alaska’s acclaimed cultural anthropologist and award winning nature writer, Richard Nelson and seasoned NPR senior correspondent Elizabeth Arnold host Encounters. Each 29- minute segment contains a tight weave of scientific and indigenous perspectives as Nelson bubbles over with boundless enthusiasm for all things wild. Because it is recorded live to tape, Encounters has a refreshing immediacy that makes for exciting and entertaining listening.

Series

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39 Pieces

This series is hosted by award winning NPR reporter Elizabeth Arnold and cultural anthropologist Richard Nelson. Through a heavy dose of natural sound, direct experience and outdoor experiences, each 29-minute episode take listeners into the wild. Now in its fifth season, Encounters has a cult-like following in Alaska and is now available nationally.


Pieces

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Let Richard Nelson guide you through a lovely valley in the Brooks Range in search of the elusive wolverine.

Bought by KDUR


  • Added: Feb 10, 2010
  • Length: 58:00
  • Purchases: 1

  • Added: Jan 07, 2010
  • Length: 58:00
  • Purchases: 6
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Learn about porcupine love

Bought by KDUR and KHNS


  • Added: Dec 15, 2009
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 2
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Do you have ANY idea what a muskox sounds like?

Bought by KDUR, KMXT, PRX Remix, and Remix Radio


  • Added: Dec 02, 2009
  • Length: 29:03
  • Purchases: 4
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Butchering a deer is not red neck

Bought by KDUR and KMXT


  • Added: Nov 20, 2009
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 2
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Head to the frontlines of global warming with host Elizabeth Arnold

Bought by KDUR, PRX Remix, and WMNF


  • Added: Nov 10, 2009
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 3
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Don't worry if your clothes aren't waterproof, your ears definitely are!

Bought by KDUR, PRX Remix, and WMNF


  • Added: Oct 31, 2009
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 3
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Beware of stinky whale breathe as you get mighty close to these gentle giants with a permitted whale biologist and host Richard Nelson

Bought by KMXT, KDUR, KMXT, and KHNS


  • Added: Oct 07, 2009
  • Length: 28:56
  • Purchases: 4
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The honking of the Trumpeter Swan is a sign of fall.

Bought by KMXT and KDUR


  • Added: Sep 23, 2009
  • Length: 28:56
  • Purchases: 2
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Hear the call of the wild on this unusual Encounters episode!

Bought by KDUR, KMXT, KHNS, WTIP, and CKMO


  • Added: Sep 17, 2009
  • Length: 28:56
  • Purchases: 5