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R.J. Amador selects and reads articles from current issues of the National Geographic Magazine, premier coverage of nature's wonders.
| Title | Podcast Description | Author/Reader | Duration |
|---|---|---|---|
| Blue Holes - August 2010 | "Blue Holes. Scientists dive into the deadly blue holes of the Bahamas." by Andrew Todhunter | Reader: R.J. Amador | 00:24:33 |
| The 21st Century Grid - July 2010 | "The 21st Century Grid. Can we fix the infrastructure that powers our lives?" by Joel Achenbach | Reader: R.J. Amador | 00:25:40 |
| Mandela's Children - June 2010 | "Mandela's Children. South Africa lives in the long shadow of apartheid." By Alexandra Fuller. | Reader: R.J. Amador | 00:35:50 |
| Mountain Transformed - May 2010 | "Mountain Transformed. Thirty years after the big blast, Mount Saint Helens is reborn again." by McKenzie Funk | Reader: R.J. Amador | 00:19:04 |
| The Last Drop - April 2010 | "The Last Drop. We may not get all the water we want. But we can have the water we need." by Elizabeth Royte | Reader: R.J. Amador | 00:10:12 |
| Nukes & Carnivorous Plants - March 2010 | "The Big Idea: Small town nukes. A smaller, cleaner power source." by Chris Carroll; "Fatal Attraction. Carnivorous plants evolved to devour animals." by Carl Zimmer | Reader: R.J. Amador | 00:17:56 |
| Wolf Wars - March 2010 | "Wolf Wars. Can humans and wolves coexist in the American West?" by Douglas Chadwick | Reader: R.J. Amador | 00:25:08 |
| The Power of Patagonia - February 2010 | "The Power of Patagonia. Understanding one of the wildest places on Earth" by Verlyn Klinkenborg | Reader: R.J. Amador | 00:14:56 |
| The Polygamists - February 2010 | "A sect that split from the Mormons allows multiple wives, expels "lost boys," and heeds a jailed prophet." by Scott Anderson | Reader: R.J. Amador | 00:30:40 |
| Bionics - January 2010 | "A Better Life With Bionics: How bionics are changing lives" by John Fischman | Reader: R.J. Amador | 00:22:00 |
| The Carbon Bathtub - December 2009 | "The Carbon Bathtub - Understanding the CO2 drain" by Robert Kunzig | Reader: R.J. Amador | 00:04:35 |
| Called to the Holy Mountain - December 2009 | "Called to the Holy Mountain - The Monks of Mount Athos" by Robert Draper | Reader: R.J. Amador | 00:11:17 |
| Love is in the Air - December 2009 | "Love is in the Air - Birds, bees, and even pollinating plants do it" by Rob Dunn | Reader: R.J. Amador | 00:09:55 |
| Blaze of Blue - November 2009 | "Blaze of Blue: The common kingfisher - it's a hell of a bird!" by Hannah Holmes | Reader: R.J. Amador | 00:08:02 |
| In Hot Pursuit & Unseen Sahara - October 2009 | "In Hot Pursuit. Rarely seen and seldom photographed, Bryde's whales rocket through Pacific shallows..." by Jennifer S. Holland; "Unseen Sahara. A rare aerial look at Libya's remote Fezzan region." by Charles Bowden | Reader: R.J. Amador | 00:13:49 |
| The Redwoods Point the Way - October 2009 | "The Redwoods Point the Way: A conservationist sees a new wave of enlightened forestry as a model for wiser stewardship of nature." by Michael Fay | Reader: R.J. Amador | 00:10:32 |
| Plugging Into The Sun - September 2009 | "Plugging Into the Sun: Sunlight bathes us in far more energy than we could ever need - if we could just catch enough" by George Johnson | Reader: R.J. Amador | 00:27:19 |
| Arctic Landgrab - May 2009 | As the ice shrinks, nations vie for oil that may lie beneath. By McKenzie Funk. | Reader: R.J. Amador | 00:27:41 |
| Vanishing Amphibians - April 2009 | Scientists race to save them from global devastation. By Jennifer S. Holland. | Reader: R.J. Amador | 00:18:03 |
| The King Herself - April 2009 | What motivated Hatshepsut to rule ancient Egypt as a man while her stepson stood in the shadows? Her mummy, and her true story, have come to light. By Chip Brown. | Reader: R.J. Amador | 00:29:31 |
| Mystic Waters - March 2009 | To paradise, by the busload - Jiuzhaigou. By Edward Hoagland. | Reader: R.J. Amador | 00:12:01 |
| Path of the Jaguar - March 2009 | If forward-looking conservationists prevail, this wanderer will live on. By Mel White. | Reader: R.J. Amador | 00:10:12 |
| Backyard Arctic - February 2009 | Nightmarish winter weather turns New England's Mount Washington into the killer next door. | Reader: R.J. Amador | 00:14:28 |
| Darwin's First Clues - February 2009 | This year marks the 150th anniversary of the most incendiary book in the history of science, and, coincidentally, the 200th birthday of the mild-mannered Englishman who wrote it, Charles Darwin. By David Quammen. | Reader: R.J. Amador | 00:23:22 |
| Last One - January 2009 | In the United States as elsewhere, stopping the countdown to extinction means preserving healthy habitat - the aim of the celebrated and scorned Endangered Species Act. By .Verlyn Klinkenborg | Reader: R.J. Amador | 00:12:28 |
| The Price of Gold (Part 2) - January 2009 | In dollars and suffering, the price of gold has never been higher. By Brook Larmer. | Reader: R.J. Amador | 00:20:36 |
| The Price of Gold (Part 1) - January 2009 | In dollars and suffering, the price of gold has never been higher. By Brook Larmer. | Reader: R.J. Amador | 00:20:45 |
| Herod (Part 2) - December 2008 | The Holy Land's Visionary Builder: Herod. By Tom Mueller. | Reader: R.J. Amador | 00:16:14 |
| Herod (Part 1) December 2008 | The Holy Land's Visionary Builder: Herod. By Tom Mueller. | Reader: R.J. Amador | 00:12:58 |
| Necessary Angels Part 2 - December 2008 | They are not doctors. They are not nurses. They are illiterate women from India's Untouchable castes. Yet as trained village health workers, they are delivering babies, curing disease, and saving lives - including their own. | Reader: R.J. Amador | 00:14:17 |
| Necessary Angels Part 1 - December 2008 | They are not doctors. They are not nurses. They are illiterate women from India's Untouchable castes. Yet as trained village health workers, they are delivering babies, curing disease, and saving lives - including their own. | Reader: R.J. Amador | 00:14:09 |
| Visions of Mars - Dec 2008 | Robot explorers transform a distant object of wonder into intimate terrain. By John Updike. | Reader: R.J. Amador | 00:09:53 |
| Shore Leave - Nov 2008 | A rough and randy mating season for the elephant seals of South Georgia Island. By Susan Casey. | Reader: R.J. Amador | 00:06:52 |
| Our Vanishing Night - Nov 2008 | Why the human species needs darkness. By Verlyn Klinkenborg. | Reader: R.J. Amador | 00:08:41 |
| Borneo's Moment of Truth (Part 2) - Nov 2008 | The majestic forests are vanishing in smoke and sawdust, but there's still hope for the island's fabled biodiversity - if the palm oil rush can be slowed. By Mel White. | Reader: R.J. Amador | 00:17:02 |
| Borneo's Moment of Truth (Part 1) - Nov 2008 | The majestic forests are vanishing in smoke and sawdust, but there's still hope for the island's fabled biodiversity - if the palm oil rush can be slowed. By Mel White. | Reader: R.J. Amador | 00:19:45 |
| Last of the Neanderthals (Part 2) - Oct 2008 | Eurasia was theirs alone for 200,000 years. Then the newcomers arrived. By Stephen S. Hall. | Reader: R.J. Amador | 00:18:45 |
| Last of the Neanderthals (part 1) - Oct 2008 | Eurasia was theirs alone for 200,000 years. Then the newcomers arrived. By Stephen S. Hall. | Reader: R.J. Amador | 00:12:38 |
| Right Whales - October 2008 | Just a few hundred right whales survive along the coasts of North America, but their numbers are growing in Southern seas. | Reader: R.J. Amador | 00:17:22 |
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