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Points North — 124 episodes

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The Don Quixote of Wisconsin

2

Thinking Outside the Filet

3

Tossing and Turning

4

Talking to a Brick Wall

5

The Moose Dog

6

The Brimstone Blondes’ Staircase to Stardom

7

The Secret Life of a Mushroom Hunter

8

Presenting Curious City: The Deadliest Shipwreck in Great Lakes History

9

When Bigfoot Finds You

10

The Pigeons’ Last Passage

11

Learning to Speak Owl

12

Presenting HISTORY This Week: William Parker’s War on Slave Catchers

13

The Wind and the Withered

14

A Curious Case of Goo

15

For the Fun of the Surf

16

Crying Over Spilled Sewage

17

Finding Hope at Rock Bottom

18

An Olympic Dream

19

Going, Going, Gone

20

Presenting Sidedoor: Finding Cleopatra

21

A Superior Gamble

22

The Sunrise Guy

23

The Other Side of the Storm

24

Gills Gone Wild

25

How ‘Bout Them Apples?

26

Presenting Up From Dust: Can We Save Millions of Migrating Birds?

27

Hopes and Fishes

28

Pushing the Boundary

29

The Pink Prairie Mascot

30

My Little Slime

31

A Good, Not Great Lake

32

Once in a Blue Moon

33

Scratching the Right Itch

34

Presenting The Dirtbag Diaries: Winter Vacation

35

The Good Thief?

36

The Longest Paddle

37

My Lakes Are Better Than Your Lakes

38

Between Myth and Migration

39

Some Things Never Change

40

Bear Trouble

41

Presenting REAP/SOW: Buzzkill

42

Back to the Boundary Waters

43

A Sticky Solution for Microplastics

44

Big Abe’s Net

45

The Squeaky Sand Phenomenon

46

Complete With His Language

47

The Iceman Giveth, The Iceman Taketh

48

Saving David

49

Presenting Atlas Obscura: The Mysterious Sinkholes of Mount Baldy

50

The Biggest Buck That Maybe Never Was

51

A New Hope for Anishinaabemowin

52

The Last to Leave

53

Labor of Mixed Emotions

54

A Natural Ending

55

Frankenfish

56

Shooting a Unicorn

57

Pedaling to the Beat of His Own Drum

58

Presenting Curious City: Lake Michigan’s Legendary ‘Shark Attack’

59

Copper Country’s Conundrum

60

To Catch An Arsonist

61

A Struggle for Justice

62

Presenting Out There: Too Good To Be True?

63

More Than a Filet of Fish

64

The Quest for Kiyi

65

Not Always the Apex Predator

66

Olympic Dream Takes a U.P. Village

67

The Legend of Heike's Tombs

68

Presenting Snap Judgment: No Ice Is Safe Ice

69

Doe, A Deer, A (Sterilized) Female Deer

70

Can AI Caribou Lead Us To Our Prehistoric Past?

71

The Turtle Takeover

72

Presenting HumaNature: Tipping Point

73

The Prince Fish

74

Ghost Towns Lost and Found

75

The Plant Musician

76

Pier Pressure

77

Where Do Solar Panels Go To Die?

78

Presenting: Ride of Passage

79

We Got Jellyfish!

80

Dirty Laundry, Invasive Species, and the Limitations of Knowledge

81

Presenting Outside Podcast: The Sky Is Burning

82

Rock Rehab

83

The Stone Skipping Philosopher

84

Rekindling Wilderness

85

Birds of Paradise

86

Leave It To Beavers?

87

Not Just Another Fish Story

88

Glowing Squirrels and the Search For 'Why'

89

Sky Dancer

90

No Ice Is Safe Ice

91

The Mystery of the Underwater Crucifix

92

Ruff Racing

93

The Phosphorus Paradox

94

Complete With His Language: Kenny Pheasant and the Great Lakes' Original Tongue

95

The Cougar Conclusion

96

Taking the Shot to Save the Eagles

97

Pheasants of Detroit

98

What To Do With The 'Big Bad Wolf'

99

The Trail Less Traveled

100

Eye for the Storm

101

Wind Resistance

102

One More Pass

103

Trying to Solve Mussel Mayhem in the Great Lakes

104

The Food That Grows On Water

105

Is Climate Change a Caribou Cop Out?

106

Nature vs. National Security

107

Thin As a Rail

108

Untreated Lyme Disease Can Be Severe. Are Doctors in the Midwest Ready for a Growing Number of Infections?

109

Asian Carp or Copi? Pushing Back Invasive Fish With a Rebrand

110

Bat Gadgetry: High-Tech Solutions to a Deadly Problem

111

The Culvert King of Acme Township

112

Crude Oil Catastrophes Part 3: A Tale of Two Treaties

113

Crude Oil Catastrophes Part 2: 'A Perfect Storm'

114

Crude Oil Catastrophes Part 1: 'Our Darkest Day'

115

The Ethics and Economics of Trading Water Futures

116

The Price of a Permit

117

Presenting Outside/In: Why Antlers Are Freaking Amazing

118

[Un]Natural Selection Ep. 7: Frankenfish

119

[Un]Natural Selection Ep. 6: Damned If We Do, Damned If We Don’t

120

[Un]Natural Selection Ep. 5: Rekindling Wilderness

121

[Un]Natural Selection Ep. 4: 'Forest Of The Living Dead'

122

[Un]Natural Selection Ep. 3: What To Do With The 'Big Bad Wolf'

123

[Un]Natural Selection Ep. 2: Houses Built On Sand

124

[Un]Natural Selection Ep. 1: A Necessary Weevil?