It's alive!

More than half the people on the planet live in cities.

Headphone listening recommended - early morning at a ranch in Brazil's Pantanal region.

Prior to Holy Week in South America, red-footed tortoises best make themselves scarce

A turtle's long life span is turning out to be a disadvantage for its survival. 

Painted ponies and pipe organ music from paper scrolls have delighted carousel enthusiasts since the 1800's. 

Reminiscing on the Golden Days of Boxing in San Francisco.

A four ton 72 foot tower is carried and danced through the streets of Williamsburg Brooklyn by one hundred men.

Developed by sound recordist Alan Lomax in the 1950s, Cantometrics is a measure of music in relation to the culture from which it stems.

The simplest way to protect yourself from mosquitos at home?

Guess who is their prime target?

Net fisherman's chant in Kerala, India.

Headphones on for the songs of Brazilian Cowboys.

Glowing spirits visit the Bayaka's nighttime ceremonies.

Before embarking on a hunt, the Bayaka must first convene with the Boyobi

The Bayaka, hunter-gatherers living in the rainforest of Central Africa, prepare for a community hunt.

African spiritism blends with Catholic ritual on a saint's day in Salvador, Bahia, in Brazil.Stay tuned at the end of the program for a preview of "Sacred Mounds", Jim Metzner's novel of historical fiction and magical realism.

Music of the Birds and the Bees - headphones on!

Celebrating significant unheralded lives.

The stories of everyday people form an important and overlooked part of our history. 

Tracking the sources of acid rain involved some low-tech highly creative methods.

Meet Rex the Starling and Hoover the Harbor seal.

It's Sci-Fi heaven - a trip back in time to the 1980 World Con, with a few words from Isaac Asimov and George R.R. Martin.

In a Guatemalan school, teachers strive to educate children of their Kaqchikel heritage.

Sound and sweet excretions are ingredients for harmonious behavior between ants and caterpillars.