Natasha Daly joins us to talk about the wildlife tourism business– and how it often harms the natural world and creatures we want to see.
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Change For Cuba
This hour, we’ll talk about what it’s like to visit Cuba today – and about if the country is ready for the influx of tourists – with Cynthia Gorney. Her story “Here Comes a Wave of Change for Cuba” appears in the November issue of National Geographic magazine.
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The New Oil Landscape
What are the potential risks and rewards from new oil extraction methods like fracking?
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Cuba's New Now
What has changed in Cuba since Fidel Castro ostensibly stepped away from power and are the changes happening fast enough for the Cuban people?
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Elephants at Risk
Why were more than 25,000 elephants slaughtered last year? We’ll find out this hour.
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Life After Wounded Knee
What has become of the tribal customs, language, and beliefs of the Oglala Lakota people of the pine Ridge Reservation in South Dakota?
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Vanishing Voices
What does human society lose when a language disappears forever?
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Titanic
What really happened in the North Atlantic in the early morning of April 15, 1912?
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The Calm Before the Wave
Tsunamis are nothing new, but how is the ever-increasing human population along coastlines amplifying the threat from these killer waves?
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A Cry for the Tiger
Will the planet’s estimated 4,000 remaining wild tigers survive ongoing habitat loss and poaching?
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Inside the Teenage Brain
What makes teenagers so moody, impulsive and maddening to adults and especially their parents?
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A Declining Brazilian Birthrate
What’s sparking the Brazilian feminist movement and an increase in smaller and often more affluent families in the country?
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