Labor of Mixed Emotions

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Labor of Mixed Emotions

Points North

published about a year ago

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94 episodes

#Society #News #Interlochen Public Radio #Science #Conversations #Natural Sciences #Social Sciences #Environment #Documentaries #Great Lakes

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The Longest Paddle 23:47

6 days ago23:47

23:47

After Traci Lynn Martin’s mom died, she knew she couldn’t keep putting off her dream: becoming the first person to kayak around the Great Lakes in one year. _______________________ Join the Points North Fan Club today! For just $5/month, you can support the show you love, and we'll send you a Points North beanie, bumper sticker, and some other fun stuff in return. Subscribe to the Points North Newsletter for more Great Lakes news. And follow us on Instagram .…

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My Lakes Are Better Than Your Lakes 16:20

19 days ago16:20

16:20

Minnesota and Wisconsin are bitter rivals at just about everything. So in 2019, when Wisconsin’s secretary of tourism claimed Wisconsin had more lakes than Minnesota, the embers of an age-old debate were stoked. Minnesota is known as the “Land of 10,000 Lakes”, but does Wisconsin really have more? _______________________ Join the Points North Fan Club today! For just $5/month, you can support the show you love, and we'll send you a Points North beanie, bumper sticker, and some other fun stuff in return. Subscribe to the Points North Newsletter for more Great Lakes news. And follow us on Instagram .…

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Between Myth and Migration 25:12

5 weeks ago25:12

25:12

Cougars are making a comeback. The iconic wildcat hasn’t had a breeding population in the Great Lakes states since the early 1900s, but now they’re moving east. Experts say they could be back soon. Some people swear they already are. _______________________ Join the Points North Fan Club today! For just $5/month, you can support the show you love, and we'll send you a Points North beanie, bumper sticker, and some other fun stuff in return. Subscribe to the Points North Newsletter for more Great Lakes news. And follow us on Instagram .…

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Some Things Never Change 27:19

7 weeks ago27:19

27:19

Inside rustic cabins and yurts at the Porcupine Mountains Wilderness State Park there are log books. For more than 70 years, visitors have written in them. We went into this time capsule to see if people’s experiences here had changed much over the changing decades. _______________________ Join the Points North Fan Club today! For just $5/month, you can support the show you love, and we'll send you a Points North beanie, bumper sticker, and some other fun stuff in return. Subscribe to the Points North Newsletter for more Great Lakes news. And follow us on Instagram .…

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Bear Trouble 18:02

9 weeks ago18:02

18:02

When a black bear in Minnesota woke up from hibernation in the middle of winter and attacked three people and a dog, researchers were left with one question: Why? _______ Join the Points North Fan Club today! For just $5/month, you can support the show you love, and we'll send you a Points North beanie, bumper sticker, and some other fun stuff in return. Subscribe to the Points North Newsletter for more Great Lakes news. And follow us on Instagram .…

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Presenting REAP/SOW: Buzzkill 28:55

11 weeks ago28:55

28:55

Americans stepped up to do something about dying bees. Beekeeping is all the rage right now. But what if all those backyard colonies are making the problem worse?

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Back to the Boundary Waters 23:04

13 weeks ago23:04

23:04

Erik Grams has been taking trips to the Boundary Waters in Minnesota for over 30 years. It’s his favorite place in the world. But last year, during a fishing trip, there was a fatal accident that left Erik wrestling with his feelings about the place he loved.

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A Sticky Solution for Microplastics 19:36

15 weeks ago19:36

19:36

Microplastics are everywhere. But after accidentally combining materials in a lab, scientists at the University of Michigan are on the cusp of discovering a new method to capture and remove microplastics from water. Researching it takes time, money, and repeated set backs.

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Big Abe’s Net 22:17

17 weeks ago22:17

22:17

One calm September day, Big Abe LeBlanc set his fishing net in Lake Superior. Then he called law enforcement and turned himself in. What happened next changed fishing in the Great Lakes forever.

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The Squeaky Sand Phenomenon 13:36

19 weeks ago13:36

13:36

On April 8, 2024, Meghan Hetfield and her partner Roni Pillischer witnessed a total solar eclipse over Lake Ontario. But in the middle of this intense and beautiful experience, something else kept grabbing their attention: the mystery of the squeaky sand all around them.

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Complete With His Language 14:21

21 weeks ago14:21

14:21

Kenny Pheasant first became a teacher of Anishinaabemowin at 14 years-old, teaching customers from behind the meat counter at a grocery store. Now, it's his life mission to get more people speaking the Great Lakes’ original and endangered language.

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The Iceman Giveth, The Iceman Taketh 18:46

23 weeks ago18:46

18:46

This is a tale of two cyclists, one legendary race, and an unlikely rivalry.

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Saving David 22:22

25 weeks ago22:22

22:22

One minute David Holtfreter was kayaking on Lake Michigan; the next he was in the water, fighting for his life. A fisherman saw David struggling from the shore and swam out about 200 yards to rescue him. But in the rescue commotion that followed, David wasn’t able to give the stranger a proper “thank you.”…

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Presenting Atlas Obscura: The Mysterious Sinkholes of Mount Baldy 12:28

27 weeks ago12:28

12:28

One family’s visit to a famous Indiana sand dune turns into a wild tale of a missing boy and mysterious tunnels.

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The Biggest Buck That Maybe Never Was 17:44

29 weeks ago17:44