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Bark Europa: Cape Horn

Bark Europa: Cape Horn

RADIO NETHERLANDS WERELDEMROEP“Bark EUROPA: In the Wake of the Ancients”Part Five: Cape HornBy: Todd Jarrell SUGGESTED INTRO: The tall ship EUROPA soon returns to her homeport in The Hague from a forty thousand-mile, two-year grand tour. Returning from Pacific waters,...

Stroll in the Clouds

Stroll in the Clouds

"There is a mountain in Borneo," Hans began, "We should climb it." He had my attention. Though he was calling over his morning coffee from Tokyo, my phone in Nashville had rung late at night. "It's known as Kinabalu. It means 'the revered place of the spirits'."...

Four Centuries of Fish

Four Centuries of Fish

In the elevator lobby of Tokyo's Daizen Tuna Company is a framed black-and-white poster, dated 1920. In the foreground is a procession of men celebrating the Uogashi Water God Festival. Directly behind them is an enormous tuna fish, closing in like some colossal party...

I of the Tiger

I of the Tiger

In the dark predawn, Phra Acharn sat in the lotus position, deep in prayer. A wrist-thick candle lit the faces of the venerable abbot and the temple's massive, golden Buddha equally, like flickering reflections of the same face - apt symbolism for an aging abbot....

Tree Safari: A Sculptural Journey

Tree Safari: A Sculptural Journey

In association with Brad Sells BradSells.com In search of exotic woods, world-class sculptor Brad Sells meets botanists, Boer farmers, scientists and Zulu shamans while learning the medicinal power of trees. From the African bush to the bright lights of a top Chicago...

Tree Safari: The Koa Connection

Tree Safari: The Koa Connection

In association with Brad Sells BradSells.com Filmed in Tennessee, Hawaii and New York City, TREE SAFARI: The Koa Connection is a melds art, culture, light science and eco-travel, following Brad Sells from his studio in Cookeville, TN, to the volcanic slopes of Hawaii...