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Meet Mozart The Amazing Talking Parrot

This is Our Time - September 15, 2022 15:40 - 3 minutes ★★★★★ - 17 ratings
Mozart live in the lobby of a small hotel in Umbria, Italy. This parrot not only talks but can imitate a wide range of sounds and conversation snips...spend a moment in the hotel lobby with Mozart and Me.

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Walk With Me: Umbria, Italy

This is Our Time - August 16, 2022 17:11 - 7 minutes ★★★★★ - 17 ratings
Walk with me in Umbria, Italy. How do you capture the sound of wind with a microphone, in a valley between two ancient towns, on a trail between olive groves? Relax and imagine you're there with me...Brought to you by the Audio Love Newsletter; Where sound and word meet. Subscribe here: https://...

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ASMR Antarctica: Walking Meditation

This is Our Time - August 02, 2022 15:32 - 4 minutes ★★★★★ - 17 ratings
ASMR Walking together in Antarctica So let's just stop and take 3 deep breathes: 1 ... 2.... 3 And now just listen. We’re going to go on a walk, together. While you’re taking these steps, can you feel the pebbles part under your feet? Let’s take 10 steps together. Count them out in your mi...

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Always Be Recording

This is Our Time - July 19, 2022 09:50 - 8 minutes ★★★★★ - 17 ratings
After a long hiatus, due to the pandemic, I’ve recently started going to the cinema again, and it feels great. There’s something about seeing a film in a festival, actually in person, that feels extravagant…even if you have to still wear a mask. Because, when you’re at a festival, you get to se...

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ASMR Antarctica - The Sound of Water

This is Our Time - July 05, 2022 09:50 - 9 minutes ★★★★★ - 17 ratings
If you’ve ever been on boat, or a ship, maybe you’ll agree with me that the sound of water hitting the hull, is very calming. It can put you to sleep. It can let your mind wander. It can allow you the space to imagine being somewhere else.  Maybe this is not a surprising statement, but I love s...

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Armchair Anthropologist

This is Our Time - June 21, 2022 14:28 - 9 minutes ★★★★★ - 17 ratings
When I first started doing radio work back in the 1990s, it felt awkward to listen to my own tape. When I heard the listened back, nothing about my voice seemed familiar. It was like it could have been someone else. Definitely someone younger, less assured, ah, and, ummm who was sometimes prone ...

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The Sylvia Method

This is Our Time - June 07, 2022 19:44 - 6 minutes ★★★★★ - 17 ratings
Recall these two feelings…even if they seem like a distant thought right now. First thought: You desperately need to get away, go on vacation, get a change of scenery. Anywhere but here. And then the second thought: Wow, that felt great. I really needed that. I now have a fresh perspective on a...

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We All Bring Our Shit Along

This is Our Time - May 24, 2022 14:41 - 7 minutes ★★★★★ - 17 ratings
When I packed my bags and left for Antarctica in 2018, for an entire month, to go away to the absolute farthest place I could go, I was terrified. But I buried that, that fear, waaaay deep down…so far down I was SURE no one else would be able to see it. Down in that dark place, it turns out the...

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Assisted Evolution with Dr Adriana Humanes

This is Our Time - May 12, 2022 15:42 - 5 minutes ★★★★★ - 17 ratings
​Dr. Adriana Humanes is a coral reef scientist from Venezuela. She completed her Ph.D. in Australia, and now is pursuing a postdoc with the @Coralassist_Lab through Newcastle University in the UK….I met her on the ship to Antarctica in 2018. For the last four years Adriana, and her colleagues h...

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Happy Crying

This is Our Time - April 26, 2022 04:00 - 4 minutes ★★★★★ - 17 ratings
One of those days when the tears came...happy, confused, exhausted tears...near the end of a long journey that's been hard. But so, so very much worth it. But why is it so hard to hear nice things from others? Why do we push them out? Brought to you by the Audio Love Newsletter; Unforgettable s...

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Small Ship, Big Storm with Greg Mortimer

This is Our Time - April 12, 2022 17:22 - 7 minutes ★★★★★ - 17 ratings
Greg Mortimer has been to Antarctica more than 100 times…but the time he remembers most was the magical event he witnessed one night standing watch, on a small ship in some very big waves. Brought to you by the Audio Love Newsletter; Unforgettable short audio clips, with the incredible backstory...

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Keep Girls in School...with Alice Ruhweza

This is Our Time - March 29, 2022 17:55 - 3 minutes ★★★★★ - 17 ratings
Sam catches up with Alice Ruhweza, Africa Regional Director for WWF International, to catch up after returning from Antarctica. This talk covered a lot of ground, but I wanted to share one, very precise and pragmatic idea from Alice. One way to tackle climate change in Africa is to keep girls in ...

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Scientists Doing Silly Things

This is Our Time - March 15, 2022 09:50 - 2 minutes ★★★★★ - 17 ratings
Nothing like sledding to bring out the silly in anyone...including the most serious of people...so take a break with us one sunny afternoon in Antarctica and go for a quick little bum sled. Just for fun. Guaranteed to put a smile on your face. Brought to you by the Audio Love Newsletter; Unforget...

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Time to Run...In Antarctica

This is Our Time - March 01, 2022 10:45 - 4 minutes ★★★★★ - 17 ratings
What's your daily routine? For me, I need to move in the morning. I need to get out there and stretch my legs and jog...but if you happen to find yourself on a small ship, that only gets to land every few days, this can be challenging. So I had to innovate... Brought to you by the Audio Love New...

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The Sydney Opera House of Icebergs

This is Our Time - February 15, 2022 20:29 - 5 minutes ★★★★★ - 17 ratings
It's tempting to think about icebergs as mythical creatures: rarely seen and capable of holding magic. But in truth, icebergs are highly moderated by scientists and are tracked, named and measured. Take a tour through a frozen maze and learn a couple of things about what icebergs are really all a...

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Sharing Audio Love: She Explores

This is Our Time - January 20, 2022 20:52 - 4 minutes ★★★★★ - 17 ratings
This week we're sharing our Audio Love...We want to introduce our listeners to She Explores. Gale Straub began this podcast in 2016 as a way to share women's stories of adventure and connections to the outdoors. Episodes feature stories of women being adventurous, audacious and inspiring...Today...

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Antarctic Polar Plunge

This is Our Time - January 04, 2022 10:50 - 2 minutes ★★★★★ - 17 ratings
It's a New Year's Tradition! The polar plunge...it's not something that's done quietly. Dive into the icy waters with us. Brought to you by the Audio Love Newsletter; Unforgettable short audio clips, with the incredible backstory, delivered right to your inbox. Subscribe here: https://bit.ly/A...

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Skua Symphony Slow Radio

This is Our Time - December 28, 2021 10:50 - 3 minutes ★★★★★ - 17 ratings
Time for some slow radio...take a walk with me on Paulet Island, in the archipelago of Antarctica. No agenda. No story. Just get lost in the sounds of walking amongst these curious creatures. A walking path between the water and their rookery...with the perfect natural amphitheatre. These large g...

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Have You Ever Held Snow in Your Hands?

This is Our Time - December 21, 2021 10:50 - 3 minutes ★★★★★ - 17 ratings
Do you remember the first time you held snow? When it burned your hand while also making it feel cold? Spend a moment mountainside on Paulet Island, in Antarctica, one afternoon, when Samantha and Dr Hillary McManus come across Kerryn Miller holding snow...for the first time. Brought to the Aud...

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Keep Antarctica In Your Mindseye

This is Our Time - December 07, 2021 19:10 - 3 minutes ★★★★★ - 17 ratings
Travelling to the polar regions is a dream for some people...and a nightmare for others. But what if you worry about the sustainability of travelling...how do you still travel and feel justified about going to faraway places? Today we speak with Dr. Beth Christie to reflect on these thoughts. ...

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Reef Grief

This is Our Time - November 23, 2021 23:13 - 3 minutes ★★★★★ - 17 ratings
When a paediatrician talks about how she deals with grief in her job...a coral reef scientist asks for some ideas about how to tackle feeling her kind of grief...what she feels when she goes out to map dying coral reefs after a bleaching event. Brought to the Audio Love Newsletter. Sign up here ...

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Letters to the Penguins

This is Our Time - November 10, 2021 18:27 - 2 minutes ★★★★★ - 17 ratings
How do you deliver a letter to a penguin? A group of school children from Colombia dreamed up this idea: If they were to each write a letter, and then give them to Paola Tello Guerrero, she could make this happen. And it did! One sunny afternoon, on a frozen shore of Antarctica, with some of her ...

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I Looked a Whale In The Eye

This is Our Time - October 26, 2021 20:38 - 3 minutes ★★★★★ - 17 ratings
Some conversations are very memorable, like this one...The day I stared a humpback whale in the eye, on a ship, in Antarctica. We said a few things to each other, and that deep whale voice is unforgettable. Brought to the Audio Love Newsletter. Sign up here for unforgettable audio with the incre...

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Gentoo for Thank You

This is Our Time - October 13, 2021 09:30 - 4 minutes ★★★★★ - 17 ratings
A true story of an actual conversation that I had with a Gentoo penguin in Antarctica. Brought to you from Audio Love, a newsletter that brings together my two loves: Audio and Writing. Subscribe to the newsletter for the full experience :: https://bit.ly/Audio-love For now, enjoy this super shor...

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When the Glacier Calves

This is Our Time - September 01, 2021 22:17 - 1 minute ★★★★★ - 17 ratings
Mel White sends an audio post card while a glacier calves at Neko Harbour, Antarctica. This is part of Audio Love, a newsletter from This is Our Time, that's delivered each week to your inbox. To get the backstory, subscribe here: https://bit.ly/Audio-love

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S2 Ep5 | A Transformational Learning Experience

This is Our Time - August 02, 2021 09:45 - 44 minutes ★★★★★ - 17 ratings
COLD OPEN WITH NYC SOUNDSCAPE Fabian - NYC  So what is it we are learning, what is the “there” that we’re heading towards?  Sam VO NARRATION That was Fabian and I sitting at Chelsea Piers, in New York City, where we met up about three months after Antarctica.  This was us sitting and talki...

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S2 Ep4 | Open Frame & The Blind Vote

This is Our Time - July 26, 2021 09:50 - 25 minutes ★★★★★ - 17 ratings
OPENING THE BLIND VOTE [0:00] Fabian: So I’m wondering if having listened to what you heard. You can just trust us to have heard all the issues, and we will take this into consideration. I’m going to ask you all to close your eyes…. The Faculty Meeting [3:20] *Footsteps walking upstairs, then...

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S2 Ep3 | We've Got a Problem

This is Our Time - July 19, 2021 09:40 - 23 minutes ★★★★★ - 17 ratings
Cold Open- Walking with penguins  [1:02] SAM VO NARRATION - Ok, last time I promised that we would get off this ship….out of these heady conversations and deep soul searching. Get out there. Go see some things, get a cold nose and make a snowball and throw it at someone. Antarctica hits everyo...

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S2 Ep2 | 21 Days on the Southern Ocean

This is Our Time - July 15, 2021 09:40 - 23 minutes ★★★★★ - 17 ratings
21 Days on the Southern Ocean In what could possibly be the longest conference, 21 days at sea on the Southern Ocean, Samantha does her best to make you feel at home here. In a “being-there” moment, you will be brought into the room to consider terms like your “Personal Strategy Map,” your “LSI...

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S2 Ep1 | Somewhere Around Antarctica

This is Our Time - July 12, 2021 09:40 - 18 minutes ★★★★★ - 17 ratings
Somewhere Around Antarctica Season 2, Episode 1 [0:00] Boarding the Ship to Antarctica *Audio verite tour of the ship* [2:00] VO starts with Samantha Hodder I’m on a ship, somewhere in the thumb joint that sticks out from the fist of Antarctica. We left Argentina about a week ago and coaste...

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