Encounters: Radio Experiences in the North
- Location: Sitka, Alaska
- http://www.encountersnorth.org
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
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.
- From: Encounters: Radio Experiences in the North
- Updated: May 04, 2011
Pieces
- Added: Sep 10, 2009
- Length: 28:56
- Purchases: 4
Bought by KMXT, KDUR, PRX Remix, Remix Radio, and KVSC
- Added: Sep 01, 2009
- Length: 28:56
- Purchases: 5
Bought by KDUR, KMXT, KHNS, and Remix Radio
- Added: Aug 26, 2009
- Length: 28:56
- Purchases: 4
Bought by KDUR, PRX Remix, KRUA, and Remix Radio
- Added: Aug 24, 2009
- Length: 28:55
- Purchases: 4
Bought by KDUR, KMXT, WHCP-LP Cambridge, WMNF, and Remix Radio
- Added: Aug 24, 2009
- Length: 28:55
- Purchases: 5
Bought by RadioFreePalmer, WWNO, RadioFreePalmer, KUAF Public Radio, KICI Iowa City and more
- Added: Aug 21, 2009
- Length: 29:00
- Purchases: 19
Bought by KCHU, KTRT RADIO INC, KMXT, KDUR, XRAY.fm and more
- Added: Aug 12, 2009
- Length: 28:57
- Purchases: 9
Bought by KCHU, KBUT Crested Butte, Colo., KTRT RADIO INC, KDUR, KMXT and more
- Added: Aug 11, 2009
- Length: 28:56
- Purchases: 10
Bought by KCHU, KTRT RADIO INC, KDUR, KMXT, WHCP-LP Cambridge and more
- Added: Jun 09, 2009
- Length: 28:56
- Purchases: 8
Bought by KCHU, KTRT RADIO INC, KDUR, KMXT, WMNF and more
- Added: Jun 01, 2009
- Length: 29:02
- Purchases: 6