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, weird, beautiful world. Hosted by Peter Gwin and Amy Briggs.
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What Happens After You Uncover Buried History?
The creator of The 1619 Project shares what it was like to be at the center of the explosive media project exploring how the legacy of slavery still shapes American society.
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The People and Tech That Power Nat Geo
For National Geographic’s 135th birthday, meet the people designing the ocean-exploring gadgets and handmade art that bring science to life.
30 min
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Meet an Imagineer Who Built a Wish
A Disney Imagineer shares what it was like to design a cruise ship the size of the Eiffel Tower and what it takes to become an Imagineer.
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How Sharks Devoured My Career
When National Geographic Explorer Gibbs Kuguru chose to free dive with sharks instead of studying for medical school, his life changed and set him on the path to becoming the scientist and shark advocate he is today.
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The Nurse Keeping Explorers Alive
Meet the nurse who explorers call when trouble arises in the field—whether it’s avoiding a deadly tropical disease, dealing with toxic gasses from a volcanic eruption, or treating a snakebite on a remote island.
23 min
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What Science Tells Us About Living Longer
A scientist shares what he’s learned about living longer, with the help of worms.
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Presenting: ESPN's "Pink Card"
Women in Iran are banned from sports stadiums, but they’ve found daring ways to defy that ban. In the new series Pink Card from ESPN, Shima Oliaee examines the 40-year movement to lift the ban on women attending soccer games in Iran.
21 min
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The People Behind the Photography
Meet the people who are crucial in helping National Geographic’s photographers out in the field.
23 min
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There’s a Bear in My Backyard
National Geographic Explorer Rae Wynn-Grant works toward a world where humans and bears can live in harmony.
30 min
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Playback: The Real-Life MacGyver in Nat Geo's B...
How do you photograph beavers under ice—something no one’s ever done before? You enlist the help of Nat Geo’s gadget guru, aka Tom O’Brien, whose job is to figure out how to capture images and sounds that have never been seen or heard.
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Pictures of the Year
For National Geographic’s annual “Pictures of the Year” issue, we’ll see what baby carriages are like in Greenland, witness the moment SpaceX burst into a photo of a cypress swamp, and make a new four-legged friend.
29 min
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Who Inspired Wakanda's Warrior Women?
Marvel found inspiration in history when it used tales of West African women warriors as the basis for the fearsome Dora Milaje in Black Panther: Wakanda Forever.
27 min
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Wayfinding Through the Human Genome
Where ancient Polynesians studied the stars to navigate the vast Pacific Ocean, Hawaii’s first Native genomic scientist is analyzing genetic data to rewrite the narratives of Indigenous communities and help change their future.
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Presenting: Greeking Out by National Geographic...
Akhenaten The Heretic King
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The Hole Where King Tut’s Heart Used to Be
We dig into the missing heart of ancient Egyptian King Tutankhamun and what archaeologists have learned a century since the discovery of the young pharaoh’s tomb.
26 min
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Exploring Pristine Seas
National Geographic Explorer Enric Sala is on a mission to protect almost a third of the world’s oceans by 2030.
26 min
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What the Ice Gets, the Ice Keeps
Go inside the discovery of Endurance, a century-old, legendary shipwreck found beneath the Antarctic sea ice.
24 min
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What You Do Counts
The 22-year-old activist Eyal Weintraub has been at the forefront of Argentina’s nascent, youth-driven climate movement. Now, as a Nat Geo Young Explorer, he’s working to change the climate conversation across Latin America.
25 min
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Searching for a Butterfly in a Conflict Zone
A photographer searches for an elusive butterfly to help reconnect with her late father.
27 min
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A Man of the World
How one family told the story of “the world and all that is in it.”
24 min
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Inside the Epic World of Bertie Gregory
Adventurer and filmmaker Bertie Gregory journeys to some of the most spectacular and secretive corners of our wild world, at a time when it faces some of its greatest challenges.
22 min
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Playback: Why War Zones Need Science Too
Undaunted by Yemen’s civil war, National Geographic explorer Ella Al-Shamahi searches on the island of Socotra for traces of the earliest known humans to leave Africa.
25 min
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The Problem With Superchickens
Superchickens, high school Model UN students, and retail have a surprising common denominator: what makes individuals “super” is also what makes them terrible.
28 min
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What It Takes to Keep America Beautiful
As we visit a few of the most stunning natural places in the U.S., we’ll learn about the challenges they face and what needs to be done to conserve them for future generations.
30 min
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The Triumph and Tragedy of Indian Independence
When India and Pakistan gained their independence from Britain, a border was drawn between the two new countries. The split started a chain reaction of violence that led to one of the largest forced migrations in human history.
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