Extremities
By Wendover Productions
Season 2 starts in late September 2019.
A Wendover Productions podcast: WendoverProductions.com
ExtremitiesJan 01, 2020
St Helena's Decisive Decade
On January 1st, 2020, St Helena enters what will potentially be the most important and consequential decade in its history.
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Cruise Ship Day
Suddenly, 800 tourists arrive on the tiny island of St Helena.
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An Island and its Airport
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Dinner with the Economists
When you go to a tiny, isolated island in the middle of the South Atlantic and get invited to dinner by the island's top two economists, you say yes.
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Slavery, Mutiny, Goats, and a Frenchman
200 years of St Helena's history in a tidy 30 minutes.
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Arrival on St Helena
Extremities is back for season 3--this time, in the middle of the South Atlantic.
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Svalbard's Act Three
Svalbard is in its prime, but that could soon end.
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The Economy of the World's Northernmost town
The high arctic is not normally home to thriving economies but somehow, Longyearbyen's is.
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Pyramiden: The High-Arctic Soviet Ghost Town
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The Russian Town in Norwegian Svalbard
Barentsburg--a Russian town nestled within a Norwegian archipelago.
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The Most Strangely Normal Town
Longyearbyen--the story of a town that shouldn't be this normal.
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Arrival on Svalbard
Welcome to Svalbard.
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Howland Island - Extremities Special
The story of America's most unlikely town.
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Pitcairn's End
Pitcairn's story might soon be over.
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Justice on Pitcairn
Content warning: This episode contains discussions of sexual assault.
Pitcairn's darkest secret emerges.
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How Pitcairn Works
From the school, to the internet, to the economy, to the language, this episode explains all about how Pitcairn works.
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Pitcairn's Tiny Tourism Economy
How Pitcairn's largest industry works.
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Pitcairn's Beginning, Boat, and Bureaucracy
The HMS Bounty arrives and creates a new society. We explain Pitcairn's supply ship, its connection to New Zealand, its political status, the outsiders on Pitcairn, and much more.
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Arrival on Pitcairn
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