Encounters Podcast

Rain

lisabusch@gci.net (Richard Nelson) — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 21:04:27 +0000

What to do on a rainy day? - how about listening to the rain on a tent or taking a walk in the rain to learn about its important connection to the earth.

Peregrine

lisabusch@gci.net (Richard Nelson) — Thu, 15 Oct 2009 21:04:27 +0000

Peregrine falcons are the fastest animals in the world. Watch and listen to these amazing predatory birds whom are back from the edge of extinction!

Humpback Whale

lisabusch@gci.net (Richard Nelson) — Mon, 05 Oct 2009 21:04:27 +0000

The underwater song of the humpback whale is one of the most unusual sounds there is. Get your adrenaline pumping as host Richard Nelson goes along with researcher Jan Straley to observe a group of humpback whales bubblenet feeding.

Trumpeter Swan

lisabusch@gci.net (Richard Nelson) — Mon, 27 Sep 2009 21:04:27 +0000

The honk of the trumpeter swan reminds us that summer is officially over and birds are flying south.

Wolf

lisabusch@gci.net (Richard Nelson) — Mon, 20 Sep 2009 21:04:27 +0000

Listen to the quintessential Cry of the Wild on this episode of Encounters. Watch a small group of wolves play and pounce as you listen to Richard Nelson tell you about this animal that has come to represent all that is wild.

Sealion

lisabusch@gci.net (Richard Nelson) — Mon, 13 Sep 2009 21:04:27 +0000

Go for a paddle with a pod of sealions and get close enough to smell their fishy breath on this episode of Encounters.

Elk

lisabusch@gci.net (Richard Nelson) — Mon, 07 Sep 2009 21:04:27 +0000

Head up to autumn in the Yukon in Canada this week to hear the annual Elk rut. Find out what makes Elk the icon of hunters and nature lovers all around the country and get a first hand listen to their amazing bugle call.

Salmon

lisabusch@gci.net (Richard Nelson) — Mon, 10 Aug 2009 21:04:27 +0000

Instead of heading uptown, head upstream this week with Richard Nelson as he gets into a salmon stream to experience the amazing annual life cycle event of wild Alaskan salmon.

Eider and Walrus

lisabusch@gci.net (Richard Nelson) — Mon, 03 Aug 2009 21:04:27 +0000

Get relief from the summer heat and jump aboard a U.S. Coast Guard ice breaker with host Elizabeth Arnold. Experience life on board a 400 foot floating laboratory as an array of scientists study eiders(ducks) and walrus.

Wilderness

lisabusch@gci.net (Richard Nelson) — Mon, 27 Jul 2009 21:04:27 +0000

On a sandy beach on an island off the Alaskan coast host Richard Nelson makes a camp fire and discusses what is special about wild places and how wild places can humble us and remind us what is important about the world around us.

Bear Safety

lisabusch@gci.net (Richard Nelson) — Mon, 20 Jul 2009 21:04:27 +0000

Grizzly country can quicken the pulse of anyone who enters it. In this episode, Richard Nelson keeps a sharp on a gathering of grizzlies - or coastal brown bears -in the Katmai country of Alaska. These are some of the biggest bears on earth and nowhere are they more abundant than in the sumer meadows of Katmai. Learn about portable electric fences, cooking away from camp and other tricks to stay safe around one of the most feared and esteemed animals in the Alaskan wilderness.

Mountain Goat

lisabusch@gci.net (Richard Nelson) — Mon, 13 jul 2009 21:04:27 +0000

This Encounters segment takes listeners to new heights as we perch on the sheer face of an Alaskan mountain to observe a herd of mountain goats. Richard Nelson explains how these thiicly furred, pur white animals elude predators by scrambling around on rugged, rocky ledges high above the waters of Glacier Bay.

Wood Frogs

lisabusch@gci.net (Richard Nelson) — Mon, 06 Jul 2009 21:04:27 +0000

Listen to the sounds of early summer where wood frogs croak in the Alaskan North Country. Their croak mark the beginning of summer, but what makes them truly amazing happens in the winter. These amphibians can freeze their entire body – including their heart and their lungs. How do they do it.? Join Richard Nelson on a trip up North to get a closer listen to these remarkable beings.

Mosquito

lisabusch@gci.net (Richard Nelson) — Mon, 15 Jun 2009 21:04:27 +0000

Listen to the mantra of pure misery, the theme song of exasperation as Richard Nelson lands in the Gates of the Arctic National Park to do a story on what some call the Alaska State bird: the mosquito. Learn how Koyukon Indian people have managed to survive among these creatures and what they eat when there is no human flesh.

Chilkoot Bear

lisabusch@gci.net (Richard Nelson) — Mon, 01 Jun 2009 21:04:27 +0000

Many people have mixed emotions about black bears - we fear them but they fascinate us. On this episode of Encounters, Richard Nelson meanders a salmon spawning river in Alaska to experience mostly fascination of these special creatures.

Killer Whale

lisabusch@gci.net (Richard Nelson) — Mon, 01 Jun 2009 21:04:27 +0000

Travel to Southeast Alaska for the exciting and unusual adventure of being up close to a pod of killer whales. Leave your field glasses at home, but bring your ears to hear for yourself what makes these marine mammals so fascinating.

Ice Algae

lisabusch@gci.net (Richard Nelson) — Mon, 18 May 2009 21:04:27 +0000

Hear the ice smash to the sides of the U.S. Icebreaker The Healy as host Elizabeth Arnold gets a front row seat to Arctic science in the Bering Sea. Paying attention to what is happening with the small plant life that live below the ice could tell us a great deal about how climate change will impact the rest of the Bering Sea and the rich fisheries that depend on life there.

Hummingbird

lisabusch@gci.net (Richard Nelson) — Mon, 18 May 2009 21:04:27 +0000

Listen to the buzz and whirl of one of the most amazing little packages in nature - the hummingbird. Richard Nelson captures these little hummers in some great acrobatics as he watches them during a stop over in Southeast Alaska.

Shorebirds

lisabusch@gci.net (Richard Nelson) — Mon, 11 May 2009 21:04:27 +0000

Duck for cover as you witness the incredible migration of hundreds of thousands of shorebirds heading north to their breeding grounds. Richard Nelson goes to the Copper River Delta to witness one of the most spectacular bird migrations in North America. See you there!.

Porcupine

lisabusch@gci.net (Richard Nelson) — Sat, 02 May 2009 21:04:27 +0000

Find out why porcupine love is a little prickly when you go for a walk in the woods with Encounters host Richard Nelson and a porcupine.

Harp Seals

lisabusch@gci.net (Richard Nelson) — Sat, 25 Apr 2009 21:04:27 +0000

Award winning reporter Jeb Sharp is in eastern Quebec during the pupping season of the Harp Seals. Made famous by the hunt for their pelts that became the emblem of environmental conflict, scientists are now concerned how these critters will fare when there is less sea ice!

Glacier

lisabusch@gci.net (Richard Nelson) — Sun, 19 Apr 2009 21:04:27 +0000

Hear glaciers calve right before your very ears as Richard Nelson paddles unsettlingly close to one of mother nature's most thrilling actions in Glacier Bay National Park See you there!

Patch Dynamics

lisabusch@gci.net (Richard Nelson) — Sun, 12 Apr 2009 21:04:27 +0000

Head up to the Pribilof Islands and out in the Bering Sea with this week's host Elizabeth Arnold as she reports on a new way of looking at one of the world's richest areas for sea life. Climb up steep cliffs to watch arctic fox and sea birds and head down to the beaches to hear sea lions as she talks with scientists about a comprehensive scientific approach called patch dynamics that aims to help us understand how changing climate might impact this special place. See you there!

Dipper

lisabusch@gci.net (Richard Nelson) — Sun, 05 Apr 2009 21:04:27 +0000

Though the ground is still covered with snow it is Spring in the North Country. Host Richard Nelson watches a tiny Dipper as it makes its way around a stream that is cold with the melting snow. See you there!

Shearwater

lisabusch@gci.net (Richard Nelson) — Sat, 28 Mar 2009 21:04:27 +0000

The sky blackens with short tail shearwaters as Richard Nelson sits off the coast of a Tasmanian island to watch in amazement at the homecoming journey that these amazing birds make half way around the world each year. It is a journey that connects Australia with the Northland. See you there!

Lyrebird

lisabusch@gci.net (Richard Nelson) — Sun, 22 Mar 2009 21:04:27 +0000

Believed to have one of the most beautiful songs in the animal kingdom, the Lyrebird takes flight on this episode of Encounters. See you there!

Wombat

lisabusch@gci.net (Richard Nelson) — Sun, 22 Mar 2009 21:04:27 +0000

Head out to the rugged island of Tasmania to a grassy meadow on a sunny day to observe one of the areas's most famous creatures - the wombat. Find out about this unusual marsupial's love ritual and watch these quiet creatures graze. See you there!

Parrot

lisabusch@gci.net (Richard Nelson) — Sun, 15 Mar 2009 21:04:27 +0000

Encounters heads out to see and hear parrots in the wilds of Australia.Watch them fly and hear them sing. See you there!

Kangaroo

lisabusch@gci.net (Richard Nelson) — Mon, 02 Mar 2009 21:04:27 +0000

Encounters takes you DownUnder this week up close to the iconoclastic Australian animal- the amazing kangaroo See you there!

Kookaburra

lisabusch@gci.net (Richard Nelson) — Mon, 23 Feb 2009 21:04:27 +0000

Thanks to the movies almost everybody has heard the amazing voices of the Kookaburra, the Australian magpie. Listen to the conductors of the dawn opera in the Australian Outback on this episode of Encounters DownUnder. See you there!

Fur Seals

lisabusch@gci.net (Richard Nelson) — Mon, 16 Feb 2009 21:04:27 +0000

Elizabeth Arnold heads to a remote island in the Bering Sea to up close and personal with some ferocious sounding and looking beach loungers - the northern fur seals. Be careful not to get too close on this episode of Encounters! !

Platypus

lisabusch@gci.net (Richard Nelson) — Tue, 10 Feb 2009 21:04:27 +0000

Richard Nelson continues the Encounters DownUnder Series with the most unlikely of creatures the platypus - an egg laying mammal, with poisionous spurs on its legs that can sense electrical impulses with its leathery beak. See you there, mates!

Goanna

lisabusch@gci.net (Richard Nelson) — Tue, 03 Feb 2009 21:04:27 +0000

Heat up with Richard Nelson as he heads to Australia to begin his Encounters Down Under Series. In this episode you'll want to bear your snake gators as you will be following around one of the world's largest lizards in poisoinous snake country. G'day and See ya there!

Raven and Science

lisabusch@gci.net (Richard Nelson) — Tue, 03 Feb 2009 21:04:27 +0000

Why the expression "bird brains" when ravens are some of the most clever thinkers around?Listen to why many indigenous cultures believe the raven to posess magical qualities and why scientists are intrigued with raven brains.

Caves

lisabusch@gci.net (Richard Nelson) — Tue, 03 Feb 2009 21:04:27 +0000

Head under ground with producer Ed Schoefeld as we go into some of North America's deepest caves. Find out why indigenous people and geologists are so excited about these under ground caverns.

Muskox

lisabusch@gci.net (Richard Nelson) — Mon, 26 Jan 2009 21:04:27 +0000

Find out about one of North Amerca's oldest inhabitants - The Muskox. Sit on a grassy vista with host Richard Nelson as you hear about how these animals manage to survive in extreme cold and how they protect each other from predators.

Polar Bears and Climate Change

lisabusch@gci.net (Richard Nelson) — Tue, 20 Jan 2009 01:18:30 +0000

This week on Encounters join host Richard Nelson as he revisits polar bears. This time he explores how the changing global climate is quickly changing the world of polar bears. See you there!

Frontierism

lisabusch@gci.net (Richard Nelson) — Tue, 06 Jan 2009 01:13:37 +0000

This week on Encounters head up North to Cold Foot, Alaska, a community of 10 people just inside the Arctic Circle. Producer Lisa Busch explores what it means to live on the frontier in the Last Frontier. She visits a family living on the edge of civilization and wilderness and discovers that the frontier may be a state of mind as well as a geographic location. See you there!

Encounters Cold

lisabusch@gci.net (Richard Nelson) — Sun, 28 Dec 2008 23:54:15 +0000

Go on a winter walk with host Richard Nelson as he describes what it takes to survive and thrive in some of the world's lowest temperatures. Learn how the challenge of the cold can be exhilirating and how indigenous people of the North have adapted to freezing temperatures.

Encounters Place

lisabusch@gci.net (Richard Nelson) — Fri, 19 Dec 2008 01:02:39 +0000

Follow in the footsteps of a grizzly bear journeying into the heart of a beautiful wild island. Host Richard Nelson explores the rewards of commitment to a home place in Alaska drawing wisdom and guidance from Alaska Native traditions, and savoring the greatest of Alaska's riches the vast and unencumbered land. See you there!

Encounters Hunting

lisabusch@gci.net (Richard Nelson) — Thu, 04 Dec 2008 00:00:00 +0000

Go hunting for Sitka Black Tail deer with host Richard Nelson who has lived among some of the most impressive indigenous hunting communities in the Arctic.

Encounters Night Sky

lisabusch@gci.net (Richard Nelson) — Thu, 11 Dec 2008 00:00:00 +0000

Head out on a midnight kayak paddle to go star gazing with host Richard Nelson as he explores the biggest, most humbling natural feature that we all share -- The NIGHT SKY. See you there!

Tongass Bears and Salmon

lisabusch@gci.net (Richard Nelson) — Thu, 27 Nov 2008 00:00:00 +0000

Take a walk along a salmon stream while some grizzly bears feed on wild Alaska salmon. Host Richard Nelson explores the complex relationship between the ancient Tongass forest, the amazing salmon that swim in the forest streams and the grizzly bears that live there.