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Patricia Schultz of “1000 Places to See Before You Die” fame has authored a different kind of book this time.
“WHY WE TRAVEL: 100 Reasons to Get Up...
- Added: Sep 16, 2022
- Length: 10:25
Today we’re answering a question about sustainable travel. What’s the best way to take a trip down the East Coast?
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- Added: Apr 04, 2022
- Length: 02:44
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These days, it’s popular for countries to make pledges about when they’ll be carbon neutral. But there’s one country that’s already there. Actually...
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- Added: Dec 15, 2021
- Length: 03:53
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Bestselling, award-winning historian Nathaniel Philbrick's "Travels with George" is a blended account of two road trips separated by about 230 year...
- Added: Nov 04, 2021
- Length: 08:47
The answer lies in drag: every time you double the speed you travel in a car, the energy you use quadruples. That’s because you’re fighting against...
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- Added: Jun 24, 2020
- Length: 04:02
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It depends. When you’re driving slowly around town, it’s better to keep your windows down. But on the highway, it’s better to turn on the AC.
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- Added: Jun 24, 2020
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In general, if you're traveling alone, driving creates two times the emissions of flying in a plane. Driving with just two people in the car makes ...
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- Added: Jun 05, 2020
- Length: 03:42
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Technically yes. There are some car hobbyists who have done this, but there's no streamlined approach to converting your car. The process would be ...
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- Added: May 29, 2020
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Will McGrath, author of "Everything Lost is Found Again: Four Seasons in Lesotho," tells the story of the twenty months he & his wife spent in Leso...
- Added: Jun 21, 2019
- Length: 09:59
Booktalk. After a long and adventurous naval career, marine historian Andrew Jampoler has authored 7 books that are often about obscure pieces of ...
- Added: Jan 19, 2019
- Length: 09:50
“Homage to Humanity” is a stunning coffee table book that contains more than 500 pages and photographs of indigenous tribes from around the world. ...
- Added: Jan 11, 2019
- Length: 09:51
In “Himalayan Bound: One Family’s Quest to Save Their Animals–And an Ancient Way of Life” New Mexico-based Michael Benanav travels to northern Indi...
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- Added: Jan 19, 2018
- Length: 09:49
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Lennard, who has been riding and fixing bikes for 50 years, is the author of 8 books, including “Zinn and the Art of…” titles about bicycle mainte...
- Added: Jul 26, 2017
- Length: 09:46
With 1,200 pages and hundreds of color photographs, this classic sourcebook has had many praised spin-offs from calendars to tv shows. In this upda...
- Added: Apr 03, 2017
- Length: 09:59
Ted has ridden the rails with hoboes, crossed the border with Mexican immigrants, and sliced beef in a meat-packing plant. Considered the master o...
- Added: Dec 16, 2016
- Length: 09:54
This European-born couple who have called Australia home for many decades created the first in the Lonely Planet series of guide books more than 40...
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- Added: Jul 11, 2014
- Length: 09:48
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Spending too much time on Facebook or compulsively checking your smartphone might seem innocuous. But, as more people find it difficult to put the...
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- Added: Jan 07, 2013
- Length: 05:55
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The Ins and Outs of Getting Away Without Going Anywhere
- Added: Aug 28, 2008
- Length: 05:31
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- Added: Nov 06, 2007
- Length: 04:58
A woman who usually does her "birding" in New York City's Central Park shares some of her reactions after experiencing the Sandhill Crane migration...
- Added: Apr 15, 2007
- Length: 02:51
A look at the economics of the World's Longest Yard Sale through Alabama, Georgia, Tennessee and Kentucky
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- Added: Nov 17, 2006
- Length: 02:30
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Will building a bridge just for animals over a mountain highway save wildlife?
- Added: Mar 15, 2006
- Length: 05:17
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- Added: Feb 17, 2006
- Length: 20:45
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- Added: Jan 24, 2006
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A report on the growing number of volunteers who help out Mother Teresa's charities.
- Added: Apr 13, 2005
- Length: 03:46
