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Points North is an award-winning podcast about the land, water, and inhabitants of the Great Lakes.

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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Recent Episodes
  • Big Abe LeBlanc in front of the truck he used to deliver fresh fish to customers. (Courtesy: Whitney Gravelle)
    Big Abe’s Net
    Ellie Katz
    One calm September day, Big Abe LeBlanc set his fishing net in Lake Superior. Then he called law enforcement and turned himself in. What happened next changed fishing in the Great Lakes forever.
  • The moments leading up to the solar eclipse on April 8, 2024 at the Lake Ontario beach at Black Pond Wildlife Management Area in Henderson, New York. Meghan Hetfield and Roni PIllischer were awestruck by the event, but left wondering why the sand squeaked when they walked on it. (credit: Meghan Hetfield / Roni Pillischer)
    The Squeaky Sand Phenomenon
    Daniel Wanschura
    On April 8, 2024, Meghan Hetfield and her partner Roni Pillischer witnessed a total solar eclipse over Lake Ontario. But in the middle of this intense and beautiful experience, something else kept grabbing their attention: the mystery of the squeaky sand all around them.
  • Kenny Pheasant has been teaching Anishinaabemowin since he was 14 years-old. (credit: Dan Wanschura / Points North)
    Complete With His Language
    Daniel Wanschura
    Kenny Pheasant first became a teacher of Anishinaabemowin at 14 years-old, teaching customers from behind the meat counter at a grocery store. Now, it's his life mission to get more people speaking the Great Lakes’ original and endangered language.
  • Alexey Vermeulen sprints up Icebreaker Hill at the Iceman Cometh Challenge in 2019. He took home his first win at Iceman that year. (courtesy: Alexey Vermeulen)
    The Iceman Giveth, The Iceman Taketh
    Ellie Katz
    This is a tale of two cyclists, one legendary race, and an unlikely rivalry.
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