Piece Description

All of us - even those who never leave the backyard - can clearly picture distant locales. (Quick! Imagine the Amazon!) Why is that? In this hour we try to answer. We peer into habitats frozen in time at the American Museum of Natural History. We watch nature documentaries with David Attenborough. We travel to the North Pole - really - to see what there is to see. And, finally, we visit a place where imagination will just have to do: Mt. Kailash in Western Tibet, whose summit is home to the gods and - naturally - off-limits to humans. Pieces by Elizabeth Arnold, Sean Cole, Ann Hepperman and Kara Oehler, Scott Carrier. 1. At the top of the planet, unmoored ice speeds over the North Pole. Elizabeth Arnold heads north to try and set foot on it. 2. Seeing nature is a need, like eating or sleeping. But a lot of people can't go out and sit in the woods once a week. No time. No woods nearby. So what do you do? Ariel has 75 wildlife documentaries in her Netflix queue. Dave and Melissa unwind with Animal Planet. Donal visits far flung jungles in Hi Def from his family room. The revolution will not be televised. But nature will be. And it's a big hit, as Sean Cole found out. 3. For a century, while their living counterparts have grown, mated, died and - sometimes - vanished, the meticulously taxidermied animals at the American Museum of Natural History have held their heads just so. For many visitors, this is as close as they ever get to nature. 4. Mt. Kailash is one of the world's most venerated - and least visited - holy sites. Walking its circuit alongside pilgrims, yaks and yogis, Scott Carrier finds out why. Original Music for the series was composed and performed by Bill Frisell NB: ALL PROMOS INTERCHANGEABLE (even those with titles) you can pick and choose.. :15 promos need " ...Join host Jay Allison for Stories from the heart of the Land" tag. Funding: Supported by The Nature Conservancy and Visa. Media Contact: Deborah Blakeley - blakeley@pclink.com 612-377-1207