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It is January 1721. London is reeling from the effects of the greatest financial scandal of the age, the collapse of the South Sea Bubble. William Spandrel, a penniless mapmaker, is offered a discharge of his debts by his principal creditor, Sir Theodore Janssen, a director of the South Sea Company, on one condition: he must secretly convey an important package to a friend of Janssen's, Ysbrand de Vries, in Amsterdam.

Turtle is scavenging a drowned town when she saves a stranger’s life. There’s something special about Kai—an attraction she’s never felt before. She would do anything to see him again. But Turtle can never truly be with Kai, because Kai is Normal, and Turtle is one of the Mer, kids whose genes were illegally hacked before birth and who now have working gills as well as lungs. Turtle lives on an old cruise ship with the other Mer in order to be close to the water she needs to survive.

After years of exile, shattered dreams, and confusion, Josan has finally discovered he is not the simple monk he appeared to be. Nor is he the victim of a mysterious fever, as he was led to believe. Instead his soul had been magically shifted into the body of the condemned Prince Lucius, leader of a failed rebellion against the rightful monarchs of the kingdom of Ikaria. And though Josan is the dominant personality in that body, the remnants of Lucius’s mind grow stronger each day.

In a large and busy city, a young man named Arthur searches for self-love and contentment. In a vivid odyssey through bookstores, lost friendships, gardens, and music, Arthur uncovers old feelings and nostalgia. As the diverse city scenes unfold, Arthur experiences doubts and anxieties that eventually converge into a beautiful and ethereal realization about the nature of life and humanity.

Living on the coast means living on the front lines of a rapidly changing planet. And as climate change transforms our coasts, that will transform our world.Every two weeks, we bring you stories that illuminate, inspire, and sometimes enrage, as we dive deep into the environmental issues facing coastal communities on the Gulf Coast and beyond. We have a lot to save, and we have a lot of solutions. Join us as we investigate and celebrate life on a changing coast. It’s time to talk about a Sea Change.Based in New Orleans, Sea Change is a production of WWNO New Orleans Public Radio and WRKF ...

Mack and his friends are hanging out on the beach when one of them disappears in the waves - only to reemerge with gills lining her neck. One by one, the teenagers develop aquatic features never before seen on humans. But Mack, the last one to transform, suspects that something is not quite right. Surely, magic like this cannot come without dire consequences.

This is the story of the battle between appeasers and anti-appeasers in the period before - and just after - the start of the Second World War, and the formation of the 1940 coalition government which, like the election of 2010, abruptly ruptured all previous political alignments. Based on real events, this is a fascinating and little known tale of idealism, blackmail, and political skulduggery.

In Aotearoa we are surrounded by a beautiful moana. The ocean is an incredible resource for us; allowing us to play, work and gather kaimoana. Sea Change explores the different relationships people in Aotearoa have with the moana. A range of different perspectives from all types of people may just give us food for thought, or maybe shift our thinking entirely. There are problems facing our moana, many of them man-made. We need change and we need it sooner rather than later. Let’s protect this taonga for ourselves and for future generations. Come join me on instagram @seachange.podcast and ...

Welcome to Sea Change, a show about societal change in the digital age and how to make a bigger, faster and more inclusive impact in the world we live in. Subscribe now on Apple Podcasts, Stitcher or wherever you get your podcasts! Do it today so you don't miss a single episode. Write to us at podcast@inthefieldindia.org

A shocking murder rocks the quiet coastal Victorian town of Queenscliff, a place where police work usually entails minor traffic infringements and dealing with the occasional Saturday night drunk. Local senior constable Chris Blackie and his deputy Anthea Merritt fully expect a murder investigation to be handled by the Criminal Investigation Unit based in Geelong. But they’re blind-sided by the interest shadowy figures from the secret military training base on nearby Swan Island take in the case.

Independent journalism focused on environmental and economic sustainability

2024 WINNER Best Independent Nonfiction Podcast at Tribeca Film Festival.Hosted by Pippa Ehrlich and Zolani Mahola, Back to the Water shares stories about South Africans' relationships with the ocean and each other. Featuring interviews with activists, scientists, historians, artists, fishers, sociologists, healers and more, it explores Apartheid's lingering effects on our connection to nature and what it takes to find our way back. The series examines how natural environments mirror human generational trauma, and what is needed for people and ecosystems to heal.

Plan Sea is hosted by Wil Burns, Co-Director of the Institute for Responsible Carbon Removal at American University, and Anna Madlener, Senior Manager for monitoring, reporting, and verification (MRV) at the Carbon to Sea Initiative. As co-hosts, Wil and Anna invite guests to the podcast each episode to discuss potential ocean-based climate solutions, particularly approaches that lead to carbon dioxide removal (CDR) from the atmosphere. The podcast scrutinizes risks and benefits of these options, as well as matters of governance, community engagement, ethics, and politics.