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    When Bigfoot Finds You

    2026-05-26 | 18 mins.
    When eight Bigfoot sightings were reported in just five days, northeast Ohio had the country’s attention. What was it like for these small rural communities to be at the center of the Bigfoot universe? And did it change what the people there believed?
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    The Pigeons’ Last Passage

    2026-05-12 | 26 mins.
    Passenger pigeons were once the most abundant bird in North America. But in 1914, they went extinct. Most of their last nesting grounds hugged the Great Lakes. What was it like to experience these birds? And what are we left with when we lose a species?
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    Learning to Speak Owl

    2026-04-28 | 20 mins.
    Owls are elusive birds of the night – part of this mysterious world we rarely encounter. Researchers are learning just how complex an owl’s communication is. We go into the woods to try to experience these birds for ourselves.
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    Presenting HISTORY This Week: William Parker’s War on Slave Catchers

    2026-04-14 | 38 mins.
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    On April 3, 1851, a man who escaped slavery to Boston was kidnapped by slave catchers. The Fugitive Slave Act turned cities across the North into hunting grounds. But resistance was growing. In Pennsylvania, William Parker was building a network to fight back. 
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    The Wind and the Withered

    2026-03-31 | 20 mins.
    When Seth Swoboda’s trees started dying, he asked two scientists for help. Their theory: herbicides were drifting onto his private property from farm fields and killing his trees, and it was happening all over. They just had to prove it.

    This episode is based on a story written by Christian Elliott for bioGraphic Magazine. Read it here.
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Points North is an award-winning podcast about the land, water, and inhabitants of the Great Lakes. Through narrative, sound-rich journalism that is deeply rooted in a sense of place, each episode entertains, informs, and surprises listeners everywhere.
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