Encounters North Podcast

About Encounters North Podcast

Encounters: Radio Experiences of the North, with its wildly exuberant and brilliant host, Richard Nelson, first aired on Public Radio Stations in 2000. Since that first show, enthralled audiences have accompanied Richard on his adventures into the heart of nature, from riding a wind whipped spruce tree in an Alaskan gale, to hearing polar bears feast and roar over a pile of whale bones, to listening to the exquisite song of a Swainson’s thrush on the soft air of an arctic evening. Rapt listeners have learned about Native traditions and knowledge of the natural world, and have celebrated the awe and wonder of nature and the interconnections of all life. The show aired for ten years on public radio—with over 100 episodes. They are more engaging and important than ever. Brought to you by Encounters North (www.encountersnorth.org), Encounters is a production of KCAW in Sitka, AK. The show is hosted by Richard Nelson and edited and produced by Lisa Busch, with special consulting by Ken Fate. Theme music by Outback.

Publisher

Encounters North

Category

education · kids & family · science

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

10 Dec 2020

Latest episode

10 Mar 2023

Latest episodes

45 episodes in the feed.

1. 

   10 Mar 2023

   Koala

   On a small island off the southern coast of Australia, spend some time with Richard and one of the world’s all-time favorite wild animals.

2. 

   3 Feb 2023

   Deer and People

   Join Richard Nelson along a kelp-fringed stretch of the Alaska coast, with a beautiful Sitka black-tailed deer.  Explore the ancient, many-dimensioned relationship between humans and deer.

3. 

   20 Jan 2023

   Snow

   Join Richard Nelson near Fairbanks, Alaska, tromping through a winter wonderland. Another “lost” episode rediscovered and coming out to play for the first time since 2004!

Reach and audience

Public platform figures. Ratings count people who left a rating, not total listeners.

Apple Podcasts (US)

5.0 / 5

23 ratings

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Guest appearances

Does not typically book guests

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