Postcards From Nowhere with Utsav Mamoria
308 episodes - English - Latest episode: about 2 months ago - ★★★★★ - 2 ratingsPostcards from Nowhere is a travel podcast that takes you on journeys exploring culture, history, food and people in the form of stories. With over a decade of travel stories in his kitty, Utsav Mamoria narrates the stories of the strange, obscure and fascinating things about the world, often interspersed with practical tips and deep realizations, which would shape the way you travel.
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Ep. 78: Dark Tourism, Titanic Cruises and Graffiti
April 01, 2021 00:35 - 9 minutes - 8.68 MBSince 1993, the Kazimierz district in Kraków, Poland has seen a huge influx of tourists, thanks to the film Schindler's List, an uplifting story of how the Schindlers saved a thousand mostly Polish German refugees from the Holocaust. The phenomenon is not unique. Starting a new series, Dark Tourism, we explore why are we so attracted to places of death and suffering. In the first episode, we shift our gaze towards the more ubiquitous, but less observed sites of dark tourism, and how a single...
Dark Tourism, Titanic Cruises and Graffiti
April 01, 2021 00:35 - 7 minutes - 6.85 MBSince 1993, the Kazimierz district in Kraków, Poland has seen a huge influx of tourists, thanks to the film Schindler's List, an uplifting story of how the Schindlers saved a thousand mostly Polish German refugees from the Holocaust. The phenomenon is not unique. Starting a new series, Dark Tourism, we explore why are we so attracted to places of death and suffering. In the first episode, we shift our gaze towards the more ubiquitous, but less observed sites of dark tourism, and how a single...
Mariana Trench, Mt. Everest and Depths of Travel
March 25, 2021 00:35 - 7 minutes - 6.83 MBOn January 23, 1960, at a little after one in the afternoon, two men seated on small stainless steel boxes inside a forged steel-alloy cabin, settled gently onto a patch of ivory-coloured silt on the floor of the Mariana trench. At a depth of 35,800 feet, they had achieved every explorers dream. But what has become of the human desire for exploration, especially in pandemic times? This week, join Utsav as he travels to one of the most visited places in India: Goa, and witnesses something uni...
Ep. 77: Mariana Trench, Mt. Everest and Depths of Travel
March 25, 2021 00:35 - 9 minutes - 8.39 MBOn January 23, 1960, at a little after one in the afternoon, two men seated on small stainless steel boxes inside a forged steel-alloy cabin, settled gently onto a patch of ivory-coloured silt on the floor of the Mariana trench. At a depth of 35,800 feet, they had achieved every explorers dream. But what has become of the human desire for exploration, especially in pandemic times? This week, join Utsav as he travels to one of the most visited places in India: Goa, and witnesses something uni...
Venice, Finland and Stamps of the Future
March 18, 2021 00:35 - 6 minutes - 6.13 MBWhat does Venice, a floating city with an algae problem and Finland, a country battling climate change have in common? And what could it possibly have to do with stamps? This week, in the fifth episode of Currencies and Stamps, we explore the intersection of stamps and climate change, and how are countries are bringing out these problems through their stamps. Tune in, and discover how Venice and Finland have been printing the stamps of the future. You can reach out to our host Utsav on Inst...
Ep. 76: Venice, Finland and Stamps of the Future
March 18, 2021 00:35 - 8 minutes - 7.57 MBWhat does Venice, a floating city with an algae problem and Finland, a country battling climate change have in common? And what could it possibly have to do with stamps? This week, in the fifth episode of Currencies and Stamps, we explore the intersection of stamps and climate change, and how are countries are bringing out these problems through their stamps. Tune in, and discover how Venice and Finland have been printing the stamps of the future. You can reach out to our host Utsav on Inst...
Bhutan, Talking Stamps and Elvis Presley in Burkina Faso
March 11, 2021 00:35 - 6 minutes - 5.93 MBWhy would the sleepy Himalayan kingdom of Bhutan decide to suddenly issue talking stamps? Or the tiny West African nation of Burkina Faso issue stamps featuring the American singer and musician Elvis Presley? In fact, these were not frivolous pursuits by deluded monarchs or a tin pot dictator but were well thought out strategies. This week, in the fourth episode of Currencies and Stamps, we delve into the unique phenomena of how countries issue stamps with people who have no connection to th...
Ep. 75: Bhutan, Talking Stamps and Elvis Presley in Burkina Faso
March 11, 2021 00:35 - 8 minutes - 7.52 MBWhy would the sleepy Himalayan kingdom of Bhutan decide to suddenly issue talking stamps? Or the tiny West African nation of Burkina Faso issue stamps featuring the American singer and musician Elvis Presley? In fact, these were not frivolous pursuits by deluded monarchs or a tin pot dictator but were well thought out strategies. This week, in the fourth episode of Currencies and Stamps, we delve into the unique phenomena of how countries issue stamps with people who have no connection to th...
Ep. 74: Currency as Tragedy: Manipur, WW II and Memory
March 04, 2021 00:35 - 7 minutes - 7.16 MBWhat happens when a British civilian administrator in the Indian government, a graduate in math and physics from Cambridge, on a fatal mission to organize a guerrilla network against the Japanese disappears? And what does that have to do with currencies? This week, in the second episode of Currencies and Stamps, crisscrossing Britain, Japan, Burma and Manipur, we delve into a rather unexplored aspect of currencies: What if the currency you hold is a reminder of personal tragedy? Tune in, to ...
Currency as Tragedy: Manipur, WW II and Memory
March 04, 2021 00:35 - 6 minutes - 5.73 MBWhat happens when a British civilian administrator in the Indian government, a graduate in math and physics from Cambridge, on a fatal mission to organize a guerrilla network against the Japanese disappears? And what does that have to do with currencies? This week, in the second episode of Currencies and Stamps, crisscrossing Britain, Japan, Burma and Manipur, we delve into a rather unexplored aspect of currencies: What if the currency you hold is a reminder of personal tragedy? Tune in, to ...
Stanely Kubrick, Chess and Armenian Dram
February 25, 2021 00:35 - 7 minutes - 6.5 MBWhat does the Oscar winning iconic director Stanley Kubrick have in common with a Chess grandmaster? And what does it have to do with banknotes of Armenia? This week, in the second episode of Currencies and Stamps, we travel all the way to Armenia and uncover how banknotes can be used to trace the cultural changes of a young nation. Tune in, and understand how banknotes, when turned into objects of everyday symbolism can become the carrier of a new nations confidence at the world stage. You...
Ep. 73: Stanely Kubrick, Chess and Armenian Dram
February 25, 2021 00:35 - 8 minutes - 8.14 MBWhat does the Oscar winning iconic director Stanley Kubrick have in common with a Chess grandmaster? And what does it have to do with banknotes of Armenia? This week, in the second episode of Currencies and Stamps, we travel all the way to Armenia and uncover how banknotes can be used to trace the cultural changes of a young nation. Tune in, and understand how banknotes, when turned into objects of everyday symbolism can become the carrier of a new nations confidence at the world stage. You...
Ep. 72: Marie Curie, Jane Austen and Banknotes
February 18, 2021 00:35 - 9 minutes - 8.28 MBWhat could Marie Curie, a two time Nobel Prize winner and the famous poet Jane Austen possibly have in common? And what does that have to do with banknotes, an everyday object we scarcely pay any attention to? This week, starting a new series, Currencies and Stamps, we travel from the WW 1 trenches in France to modern day UK and Tunisia and answer a simple question - What does a banknote tell us about a country? Tune in, and understand why you should closely look at the notes of a country an...
Marie Curie, Jane Austen and Banknotes
February 18, 2021 00:35 - 7 minutes - 6.57 MBWhat could Marie Curie, a two time Nobel Prize winner and the famous poet Jane Austen possibly have in common? And what does that have to do with banknotes, an everyday object we scarcely pay any attention to? This week, starting a new series, Currencies and Stamps, we travel from the WW 1 trenches in France to modern day UK and Tunisia and answer a simple question - What does a banknote tell us about a country? Tune in, and understand why you should closely look at the notes of a country an...
Ep. 71: Blood Falls, Antarctica and Moons of Jupiter
February 11, 2021 00:35 - 8 minutes - 8.2 MBErling Kagge, is no ordinary man. In 1992, skiing and walking 1300 kilometres, over 52 days, he reached the South Pole. Alone. A few hundred miles away, there is a waterfall known as the Blood Falls, after the red water which constantly flows out of its parent glacier. But what do Earling and the Blood Falls, have to do with the Moons of Jupiter. In the fifth and final episode of the series, Alien Landscapes, we travel to the most inhabitable place on earth, Antarctica, to uncover the secret...
Blood Falls, Antarctica and Moons of Jupiter
February 11, 2021 00:35 - 7 minutes - 6.55 MBErling Kagge, is no ordinary man. In 1992, skiing and walking 1300 kilometres, over 52 days, he reached the South Pole. Alone. A few hundred miles away, there is a waterfall known as the Blood Falls, after the red water which constantly flows out of its parent glacier. But what do Earling and the Blood Falls, have to do with the Moons of Jupiter. In the fifth and final episode of the series, Alien Landscapes, we travel to the most inhabitable place on earth, Antarctica, to uncover the secret...
Atacama Desert, Mars and Insignificance
February 04, 2021 00:35 - 7 minutes - 7.18 MBDeep into South America, lies a place which is considered barren and inhospitable. And for good reason - how can life flourish in a place which has less than 15 mm of rainfall every year. But its barrenness is its advantage, for it houses some of the most elite and far ranging scientific pursuits known to man. In the fourth episode of the series, Alien Landscapes, we travel to the Atacama desert in Chile, where both above our heads and beneath our feet, science is breaking new ground everyda...
Ep. 70: Atacama Desert, Mars and Insignificance
February 04, 2021 00:35 - 9 minutes - 9 MBDeep into South America, lies a place which is considered barren and inhospitable. And for good reason - how can life flourish in a place which has less than 15 mm of rainfall every year. But its barrenness is its advantage, for it houses some of the most elite and far ranging scientific pursuits known to man. In the fourth episode of the series, Alien Landscapes, we travel to the Atacama desert in Chile, where both above our heads and beneath our feet, science is breaking new ground everyda...
Ep. 69: Svalbard and Syria: Lonely Together
January 28, 2021 00:35 - 10 minutes - 9.21 MBExtreme temperatures, check. The harsh desert climate, check. One place is an arctic desert in the northernmost part on our planet, the other a hot desert country plagued by a brutal, seemingly unending civil war. Svalbard is a unique lonely place - you cannot be born, die or be buried there. Less than 10% of the place has any vegetation. Outside its capital city, you are more likely to encounter a polar bear rather than a human. However, it has a unique claim to fame, one which rescued a ba...
Svalbard and Syria: Lonely Together
January 28, 2021 00:35 - 8 minutes - 7.68 MBExtreme temperatures, check. The harsh desert climate, check. One place is an arctic desert in the northernmost part on our planet, the other a hot desert country plagued by a brutal, seemingly unending civil war. Svalbard is a unique lonely place - you cannot be born, die or be buried there. Less than 10% of the place has any vegetation. Outside its capital city, you are more likely to encounter a polar bear rather than a human. However, it has a unique claim to fame, one which rescued a ba...
Ep. 68: Danakil Depression, Ethiopia: Secrets of the Cosmos
January 21, 2021 00:35 - 8 minutes - 8.09 MBWhat do the father of the nuclear age, the Italian American physicist Enrico Fermi and a young European traveller by the name of Mubarak Bin London have in common? And why would it lead you to one of the most inhospitable and inaccessible places on earth, a place which Fermi hadn't ever set foot in? In the second episode of the series, Alien Landscapes, Utsav takes you to the Danakil Depression in Ethiopia and tells you why it has become a hotbed for an emerging science which could hold the ...
Danakil Depression, Ethiopia: Secrets of the Cosmos
January 21, 2021 00:35 - 7 minutes - 6.59 MBWhat do the father of the nuclear age, the Italian American physicist Enrico Fermi and a young European traveller by the name of Mubarak Bin London have in common? And why would it lead you to one of the most inhospitable and inaccessible places on earth, a place which Fermi hadn't ever set foot in? In the second episode of the series, Alien Landscapes, Utsav takes you to the Danakil Depression in Ethiopia and tells you why it has become a hotbed for an emerging science which could hold the ...
Underground Caves of Naica and Deep Time
January 14, 2021 00:35 - 6 minutes - 6.18 MB58 degree celsius, 100% humidity and pitch dark. This is not Mars, but somewhere on our very own planet. While 2020 killed all our travel plans, I am sure even that would not make you go here. But there was a Spanish man who was waiting for the moment he could visit this place. A place where you would not survive for more than a couple of minutes. This week, starting a new series, Alien Landscapes, it take you deep into the Naica mines in Mexico, and bring to the fore the idea of Deep Time. ...
Ep. 67: Underground Caves of Naica and Deep Time
January 14, 2021 00:35 - 8 minutes - 7.56 MB58 degree celsius, 100% humidity and pitch dark. This is not Mars, but somewhere on our very own planet. While 2020 killed all our travel plans, I am sure even that would not make you go here. But there was a Spanish man who was waiting for the moment he could visit this place. A place where you would not survive for more than a couple of minutes. This week, starting a new series, Alien Landscapes, it take you deep into the Naica mines in Mexico, and bring to the fore the idea of Deep Time. ...
Superhuman Runners The Rarámuri, Mexico
January 07, 2021 00:35 - 8 minutes - 7.7 MBIn the 1928 and 1968 Olympics, Mexico participated in the marathon and failed to get a podium finish. The runners, who came in with a great reputation and a mystic halo around them felt that the 26-mile race was too short. In fact, in 1928, they had to be stopped to tell them that the race was already over. In the last episode of People Unlike Us, Utsav takes you up close to the Raramuri people, who are known to be the ultimate ultramarathoners, running upto 200 miles (!) at a stretch of ove...
Ep. 66: Superhuman Runners The Rarámuri, Mexico
January 07, 2021 00:35 - 10 minutes - 9.61 MBIn the 1928 and 1968 Olympics, Mexico participated in the marathon and failed to get a podium finish. The runners, who came in with a great reputation and a mystic halo around them felt that the 26-mile race was too short. In fact, in 1928, they had to be stopped to tell them that the race was already over. In the last episode of People Unlike Us, Utsav takes you up close to the Raramuri people, who are known to be the ultimate ultramarathoners, running upto 200 miles (!) at a stretch of ove...
Black Holes and 2020: Reflections on Travel
December 31, 2020 00:35 - 6 minutes - 6.22 MBBlack Holes - Those enigmas of the universe we all have conceptually heard of but don't really understand. Taking a break from regular episodes, here comes a 2020 year-ender reflecting on a strange year gone by. This week, join Utsav as he asks us to relook at 2020 in a completely new light, much like the way we need to rethink what black holes are. Straddling the work of Albert Einstein and his failed plans of traveling to Tajikistan, tune in to discover how 2020 can help us reimagine the w...
Ep. 65: Black Holes and 2020: Reflections on Travel
December 31, 2020 00:35 - 8 minutes - 8.21 MBBlack Holes - Those enigmas of the universe we all have conceptually heard of but don't really understand. Taking a break from regular episodes, here comes a 2020 year-ender reflecting on a strange year gone by. This week, join Utsav as he asks us to relook at 2020 in a completely new light, much like the way we need to rethink what black holes are. Straddling the work of Albert Einstein and his failed plans of traveling to Tajikistan, tune in to discover how 2020 can help us reimagine the w...
Ep. 64: Bushmen of the Kalahari: The First People
December 24, 2020 00:35 - 10 minutes - 9.54 MBIn 2016, deep into the heartland of Ethiopia, a herder by the name of Ali Bereino, chanced upon a bone in the goat pen in his backyard. It took an archeologist to determine the significance of Ali's find. In many ways, it was literally the bone the world was waiting for. In the fourth episode of the series, People Unlike Us, Utsav takes you to the vast expanse of the Kalahari desert, to peek into the lives of the San people, the closest descendants of our ancient ancestors. As we look to say...
Bushmen of the Kalahari: The First People
December 24, 2020 00:35 - 8 minutes - 7.55 MBIn 2016, deep into the heartland of Ethiopia, a herder by the name of Ali Bereino, chanced upon a bone in the goat pen in his backyard. It took an archeologist to determine the significance of Ali's find. In many ways, it was literally the bone the world was waiting for. In the fourth episode of the series, People Unlike Us, Utsav takes you to the vast expanse of the Kalahari desert, to peek into the lives of the San people, the closest descendants of our ancient ancestors. As we look to say...
Whistled Languages: From Mexico to Vietnam
December 17, 2020 00:35 - 8 minutes - 7.55 MBWhat if I put a bunch of children from varied countries, from Mexico to Vietnam, in a room. What if I told you that they may eventually develop a common language to communicate? Across the world, there are societies which have independently developed a whistling language: they chat, flirt and hunt through whistling! In the third episode of the series, People Unilke Us, Utsav takes you to a village in Turkey with a 'bird language', a village in Mexico with a strange reason to whistle, and to ...
Ep. 63: Whistled Languages: From Mexico to Vietnam
December 17, 2020 00:35 - 10 minutes - 9.76 MBWhat if I put a bunch of children from varied countries, from Mexico to Vietnam, in a room. What if I told you that they may eventually develop a common language to communicate? Across the world, there are societies which have independently developed a whistling language: they chat, flirt and hunt through whistling! In the third episode of the series, People Unilke Us, Utsav takes you to a village in Turkey with a 'bird language', a village in Mexico with a strange reason to whistle, and to ...
Okinawa, Japan: Living for a Century
December 10, 2020 00:35 - 7 minutes - 6.69 MBWhat does the 80's blockbuster film - The Karate Kid, a 17th century poem by an English poet have in common with the people who live for over a 100 years? And what if there are multiple communities of people, right from North America to Asia who live for a century? In the second episode of the series, People Unilke Us, Utsav takes you to Okinawa in Japan, where you are considered 'Young' at the age of 80. Tune in to find their secrets - We already may have one of them in our lives, but we ma...
Ep. 62: Okinawa, Japan: Living for a Century
December 10, 2020 00:35 - 9 minutes - 8.51 MBWhat does the 80's blockbuster film - The Karate Kid, a 17th century poem by an English poet have in common with the people who live for over a 100 years? And what if there are multiple communities of people, right from North America to Asia who live for a century? In the second episode of the series, People Unilke Us, Utsav takes you to Okinawa in Japan, where you are considered 'Young' at the age of 80. Tune in to find their secrets - We already may have one of them in our lives, but we ma...
Ep. 61: Bajau Laut: Last of the Sea Nomads
December 03, 2020 00:35 - 10 minutes - 9.32 MBIn a letter dated 14 May 1728, a Dutch East India company official writes to the Governor-General about a group of people camping out in the ocean off the coast of Indonesia. Two hundred years later, marine biologist suggests a theory of our evolution which gets dismissed by the scientific fraternity. So what do these two incidents have in common? In the first episode of a new series, People Unlike Us, Utsav takes you up close to the life of a people who have lived on the sea for over a thou...
Bajau Laut: Last of the Sea Nomads
December 03, 2020 00:35 - 7 minutes - 7.24 MBIn a letter dated 14 May 1728, a Dutch East India company official writes to the Governor-General about a group of people camping out in the ocean off the coast of Indonesia. Two hundred years later, marine biologist suggests a theory of our evolution which gets dismissed by the scientific fraternity. So what do these two incidents have in common? In the first episode of a new series, People Unlike Us, Utsav takes you up close to the life of a people who have lived on the sea for over a thou...
Fighting Climate Change: Why we Su*k!
November 26, 2020 00:35 - 7 minutes - 6.66 MBWe've all heard the story - Put a frog in boiling water and it will jump out. Put it in cold water, bring it to a boil and the frog will be toasted to death. In times where the impact and advancement of climate change are not disputable, why are we acting like frogs? Why are we so terrible at fighting climate change? Taking you from the port cities of Surat, Cochin and Malacca to our prediction for sweets, this week, in the last episode of Our Changing World: Stories of Climate Change, Utsav...
Ep. 60: Fighting Climate Change: Why we Su*k!
November 26, 2020 00:35 - 8 minutes - 8.1 MBWe've all heard the story - Put a frog in boiling water and it will jump out. Put it in cold water, bring it to a boil and the frog will be toasted to death. In times where the impact and advancement of climate change are not disputable, why are we acting like frogs? Why are we so terrible at fighting climate change? Taking you from the port cities of Surat, Cochin and Malacca to our prediction for sweets, this week, in the last episode of Our Changing World: Stories of Climate Change, Utsav...
Ep. 59: Beginning of the end: World's most beautiful Migration
November 19, 2020 00:35 - 9 minutes - 9.07 MBFor a declining Native American tribe, it's a symbol of future abundance and health. For a whole host of scientists and conservationists, it's a horror story unfolding over the last few decades. Their annual migration is known to be one of the most beautiful in the world. But it's under significant threat. In the penultimate episode of Our Changing World: Stories of Climate Change, Utsav takes you to the world of Monarch Butterflies spanning the US, Canada and Mexico, and talks about one of ...
Beginning of the end: World's most beautiful Migration
November 19, 2020 00:35 - 7 minutes - 7.16 MBFor a declining Native American tribe, it's a symbol of future abundance and health. For a whole host of scientists and conservationists, it's a horror story unfolding over the last few decades. Their annual migration is known to be one of the most beautiful in the world. But it's under significant threat. In the penultimate episode of Our Changing World: Stories of Climate Change, Utsav takes you to the world of Monarch Butterflies spanning the US, Canada and Mexico, and talks about one of ...
The Chernobyl you did not see on TV
November 12, 2020 00:35 - 7 minutes - 7.24 MBWhat does an Icelandic composer, a Belarusian author and a Nobel Laureate have in common to do with the Chernobyl disaster? And why are we talking about Chernobyl 34 years after the disaster, and over a year after the world was swept up in the frenzy of the HBO show? In the sixth episode of Our Changing World: Stories of Climate Change, Utsav takes you to the exclusion zone of Chernobyl, beyond where Dark tourists linger, to bring to the fore a story of hope and healing, of how Chernobyl is ...
Ep. 58: The Chernobyl you did not see on TV
November 12, 2020 00:35 - 9 minutes - 8.69 MBWhat does an Icelandic composer, a Belarusian author and a Nobel Laureate have in common to do with the Chernobyl disaster? And why are we talking about Chernobyl 34 years after the disaster, and over a year after the world was swept up in the frenzy of the HBO show? In the sixth episode of Our Changing World: Stories of Climate Change, Utsav takes you to the exclusion zone of Chernobyl, beyond where Dark tourists linger, to bring to the fore a story of hope and healing, of how Chernobyl is ...
Indonesia to Italy: Art unravels climate change - Part 2
November 05, 2020 00:35 - 6 minutes - 5.8 MB10th April 1815: On a remote Indonesian island, a volcano, Mt Tambora, erupted. It was no ordinary eruption - largest in recorded human history and the largest of the Holocene (10,000 years ago to present). It ended up having an enormous impact on the climate of the world. But it also impacted writers, artists and painters in a multitude of ways. One of which is now helping us understand how the future is going to look. In the fourth episode of Our Changing World: Stories of Climate Change, ...
Ep. 57: Indonesia to Italy: Art unravels climate change - Part 2
November 05, 2020 00:35 - 8 minutes - 7.6 MB10th April 1815: On a remote Indonesian island, a volcano, Mt Tambora, erupted. It was no ordinary eruption - largest in recorded human history and the largest of the Holocene (10,000 years ago to present). It ended up having an enormous impact on the climate of the world. But it also impacted writers, artists and painters in a multitude of ways. One of which is now helping us understand how the future is going to look. In the fourth episode of Our Changing World: Stories of Climate Change, ...
Indonesia to Italy: Art unravels climate change
October 29, 2020 00:35 - 7 minutes - 6.52 MBIn 1993, Dario Camuffo and Giovanni Sturaro started looking at the paintings of two 18th century landscape artists from Italy. However, Camuffo and Sturaro weren't art critics or artists themselves, they were climate scientists. And their interest was purely scientific. But what exactly was it that interested them in the paintings of Venice? In the fourth episode of Our Changing World: Stories of Climate Change, Utsav takes you to a museum in Venice, the labs of scientists and how the use of...
Ep. 56: Indonesia to Italy: Art unravels climate change
October 29, 2020 00:35 - 8 minutes - 8.07 MBIn 1993, Dario Camuffo and Giovanni Sturaro started looking at the paintings of two 18th century landscape artists from Italy. However, Camuffo and Sturaro weren't art critics or artists themselves, they were climate scientists. And their interest was purely scientific. But what exactly was it that interested them in the paintings of Venice? In the fourth episode of Our Changing World: Stories of Climate Change, Utsav takes you to a museum in Venice, the labs of scientists and how the use of...
Ep. 55: Paneveggio, Northern Italy: Disapperaring Violins and a Silent City
October 22, 2020 00:35 - 9 minutes - 8.93 MBIn January 2019, the city of Cremona in Italy went silent for 5 weeks, for a rather unique reason. But for that, we need to go back over 300 years, to follow the work of a man who created some of the most prized violins in human history - The Stradivarius, the most expensive one being sold for 20 Million dollars. In the third episode of Our Changing World: Stories of Climate Change, Utsav takes you to the forests of Peneveggio in Northern Italy, and how climate change is impacting classical ...
Paneveggio, Northern Italy: Disapperaring Violins and a Silent City
October 22, 2020 00:35 - 7 minutes - 6.85 MBIn January 2019, the city of Cremona in Italy went silent for 5 weeks, for a rather unique reason. But for that, we need to go back over 300 years, to follow the work of a man who created some of the most prized violins in human history - The Stradivarius, the most expensive one being sold for 20 Million dollars. In the third episode of Our Changing World: Stories of Climate Change, Utsav takes you to the forests of Peneveggio in Northern Italy, and how climate change is impacting classical ...
Kiribati, Oceania: Weightlifting, Refugees and a Vanishing Country
October 15, 2020 00:35 - 7 minutes - 6.65 MBIn the 2016 Rio Olympics, a wrestler from Kiribati celebrated his performance. But he had not won a medal. In the same year, another man from Kiribati filed a case against the New Zealand government at the UN Human rights council. What do these two men, from the tiny island nation of Kiribati have in common? In the second episode of Our Changing World: Stories of Climate Change, Utsav takes you to Kiribati and asks a pertinent question: How does climate change impact poorer nations? Join him...
Ep. 54: Kiribati, Oceania: Weightlifting, Refugees and a Vanishing Country
October 15, 2020 00:35 - 9 minutes - 8.26 MBIn the 2016 Rio Olympics, a wrestler from Kiribati celebrated his performance. But he had not won a medal. In the same year, another man from Kiribati filed a case against the New Zealand government at the UN Human rights council. What do these two men, from the tiny island nation of Kiribati have in common? In the second episode of Our Changing World: Stories of Climate Change, Utsav takes you to Kiribati and asks a pertinent question: How does climate change impact poorer nations? Join him...