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Overheard at National Geographic
Come dive into one of the curiously delightful conversations overheard at National Geographic’s headquarters, as we follow explorers, photographers, and scientists to the edges of our big, w...
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20 of 160 episodesPlayback: Modern Lives, Ancient Caves
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 undergroun...
Playback: This Indigenous Practice Fights Fire with Fire
For decades, the U.S. government evangelized fire suppression, most famously through Smokey Bear’s wildfire prevention campaign. But as clim...
Playback: Rooting, from Into the Depths
National Geographic Explorer Tara Roberts is inspired by the stories of the Clotilda, a ship that illegally arrived in Mobile, Alabama, in 1...
Playback: Ancient Orchestra
Sound on! From conch shells to bone flutes, humans have been making musical instruments for tens of thousands of years. What did prehistoric...
Playback: A Skeptic's Guide to Loving Bats
Blood-sucking villains. Spooky specters of the night. Our views of bats are often based more on fiction than fact. Enter National Geographic...
How queer identity shapes Nat Geo Explorers
Why would a scientist brave the stench of a car full of rotting meat on a 120-degree day? What can a unique whistling language teach us abou...
A Mexican Wolf Pup’s Journey into the Wild
For centuries, Mexican gray wolves roamed the Southwest. But as cattle ranches spread, wolves became enemy number one, and by the 1970s the...
Playback: Deep Inside the First Wilderness
On assignment in the canyons of the Gila Wilderness, Nat Geo photographer Katie Orlinsky has a fireside chat with Overheard host Peter Gwin...
She Sails the Seas Without Maps or Compasses
For nearly 50 years, a group of Hawaiians have been sailing on traditional voyaging canoes using the methods that early Polynesian explorers...
How Anne Frank’s Diary Survived
Most people have heard the name Anne Frank, and many have read her diary, which details her and her family’s time spent in hiding during the...
The Dark Reality Behind India’s Festival Elephants
Asian elephants have been captured and tamed by people in Southern Asia for thousands of years as war machines, beasts of burden, and part o...
What Will it Take to Save the Savanna Elephant?
As the CEO of WildlifeDirect, Paula Kahumbu has dedicated her life to saving space for wildlife to thrive in Africa and building healthy rel...
The Woman Who Knows What Elephants Are Saying
For almost 50 years, National Geographic Explorer Joyce Poole has been carefully watching the elephants of Kenya’s Amboseli National Park. O...
Exploring Ramadan and Earthlike Exoplanets
Follow a day in the life of an astronomer searching for planets beyond our solar system as she explains how she observes Ramadan and celebra...
From the Frontlines to the Shorelines
National Geographic photographer David Guttenfelder is no stranger to dangerous situations. After graduating from college, he left his life...
Can You Picture That? This Photographer Can and Does
Photographer Mark Thiessen, who’s worked on staff at National Geographic for over 30 years, likens his job to a Swiss army knife—versatile e...
Scenes from Nigeria's Baby Boom
With 224 million people, Nigeria is Africa's most populous country. By 2050, it could crack the global top three with some 375 million peopl...
What Women in China Want
There are more than 8 billion humans on Earth, according to the United Nations. And for decades, China has had more people than any other co...
The Soul of Music: Meklit Hadero tells stories of migration
This episode is part four of The Soul of Music—Overheard’s four-part series focusing on music, exploration, and Black history. Our guest thi...
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