Overheard Season 4

For centuries, the Northwest Passage, the long-sought sea route connecting the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans through northern Canada, was a holy grail of Arctic exploration. Even now, sailing through it isn’t guaranteed. Mark Synnott, a National Geographic Explorer, writer, and adv ...  Show more

There’s a lost continent waiting to be explored, and it’s right below our feet. We’ll dig into the deep human relationship to the underground—and why we understand it from an instinctive point of view, but not so much from a physical one. (Hint: We’re afraid of the dark.) In an e ...  Show more

<div>Earth’s history is marked with the rise and fall of many great civilizations, all of whom had their own ways of living and thoughts on dying. Today we travel to South America to learn about the ancient Inca Capacocha ritual, uncover what lies within the world’s high ...  Show more

<div>This week we travel overseas and back in time to visit Galapagos National Park. Floreana, a small island in the archipelago has acted as a siren, lulling people from all over the world to her shores. Although her call was heard by many - some wanted her all to themselves. Co ...  Show more

To understand the world you need to understand the ocean. That’s the argument of physicist Helen Czerski who has long studied the complex ecosystems and forces that drive the ‘blue machine’ which covers 71% of our planet. Czerski joins Intelligence Squared to discuss her new book ...  Show more

*2023 Webby Nominee: Best Limited Series*Welcome to REP, a bold, wide-ranging investigative podcast, brought to you by award-winning journalist Noor Tagouri (Sold in America)REP is an exploration into the concepts of Representation and Objectivity in Media.Noor began by examining ...  Show more