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This holiday season on World Ocean Radio we return with a special reading of "Christmas at Sea", an evocative poem by Robert Louis Stevenson writte...
- Added: Dec 20, 2023
- Length: 04:03
On this episode, we talked about the book "Dissonant Landscapes," which explores how Icelandic musicians are often discussed in relationship to the...
- Added: Nov 11, 2023
- Length: 28:30
HOUR ONE: 'As Read By The Author' - One of the most fun things we get to do is bring the soundscape of a novel to life — cue the monsters, the stor...
- Added: Jun 03, 2022
- Length: 01:59:01
Our annual gift to World Ocean Radio listeners. In this episode, host Peter Neill reads "At the Fishhouses" by Elizabeth Bishop, a poem from 1955 t...
- Added: Dec 27, 2021
- Length: 04:40
Writer Amitov Ghosh’s new book explores how the past informs our future, but can we learn from it?
- Added: Dec 17, 2021
- Length: 06:00
- Added: Dec 13, 2021
- Length: 02:00
- Purchases: 1
- Added: Nov 17, 2020
- Length: 03:14
This week on World Ocean Radio we review a new book by photographer George Steinmetz with essays by Andrew Revkin. "The Human Planet: Earth at the ...
- Added: Jun 29, 2020
- Length: 04:34
This week on World Ocean Radio we have a special reading of "Christmas at Sea", an evocative poem by Robert Louis Stevenson written in 1883. Steven...
Bought by WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass.
- Added: Dec 24, 2019
- Length: 03:23
- Purchases: 1
Amitav Ghosh’s newest novel Gun Island is a story about both two of his great themes - migration and climate.
- Added: Sep 10, 2019
- Length: 06:00
'Tis the season for our end-of-year episode. Each year at the holidays, World Ocean Radio host Peter Neill reads At The Fishhouses, a poem by Eliza...
- Added: Dec 26, 2018
- Length: 04:34
In this week's episode of World Ocean Radio, host Peter Neill reads “The Fish,” a poem by Marianne Moore from a collection entitled "American Sea W...
- Added: Feb 14, 2017
- Length: 04:11
At each year's end, World Ocean Radio host Peter Neill reads "At The Fishhouses" by Elizabeth Bishop. This perennial favorite poem was chosen not o...
- Added: Dec 27, 2016
- Length: 04:51
Fourth in a four-part series on authors who write about the ocean and the natural world.
- Added: May 24, 2016
- Length: 05:12
In the third of a four-part series on writers who have shaped his interest in the ocean and the natural world, host Peter Neill reads from essayist...
Bought by KRZA
- Added: May 16, 2016
- Length: 05:03
- Purchases: 1
In the first of a four-part series on writers who have shaped his interest in Nature and the ocean, host Peter Neill highlights the work of 20th ce...
Bought by KGUA
- Added: May 03, 2016
- Length: 05:11
- Purchases: 1
At the close of each year, World Ocean Radio host Peter Neill reads "At The Fishhouses" by Elizabeth Bishop. This poem was chosen not only for its ...
Bought by Raven Radio
- Added: Dec 29, 2015
- Length: 04:57
- Purchases: 1
World Ocean Radio host Peter Neill recently witnessed a beautiful full moon rise from an island perch in Maine. The silent, stealthy way that it ro...
- Added: Sep 14, 2015
- Length: 05:11
The Japanese word "Mottainai" refers to the essence of things, and suggests that objects do not exist in isolation, rather that they are intrinsica...
- Added: Feb 02, 2015
- Length: 05:31
At the close of each year, World Ocean Radio host Peter Neill reads "At The Fishhouses" by Elizabeth Bishop. This poem was chosen not only for its ...
- Added: Dec 22, 2014
- Length: 05:11
In this episode of World Ocean Radio, host Peter Neill will introduce World Ocean Journal, a new bi-annual e-magazine on ocean culture, issues and ...
- Added: Jan 15, 2014
- Length: 04:55
At the close of each year, World Ocean Radio host Peter Neill reads "At The Fishhouses" by Elizabeth Bishop. This poem was chosen above all others ...
- Added: Dec 27, 2013
- Length: 05:09
Francine Sterle is the author of 2006 book "Nude In Winter," which was a finalist for the LA Times Book of the Year. She has also published two oth...
- Added: Jan 29, 2013
- Length: 02:40
Yahya Fredrickson got his undergraduate degree from Moorehead State University, his MFA in Creative Writing from the University of Montana, and his...
- Added: Jan 24, 2013
- Length: 02:44
Aaron Brown talks about the subtle quirks that give life in Minnesota its nuances and its hardships in his review of author Chris Niskanen's book, ...
Bought by WTIP
- Added: Jan 22, 2013
- Length: 03:47
- Purchases: 1
