The Nature of the Imagination
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.

Special Features:

Journeys Home and Away
“Finding Yourself” -- isn’t that the thing that kids do with backpacks in Europe? Not always. In this hour, we send a few brave radio producers out into nature on a mission of discovery.

Web Exclusives:

Nature is Homeground
On some corner of the vast Earth, each one of us has a place—real or remembered—to call home. In this hour we are invited onto other people’s sacred ground.

Special Features:

Dreams of Paradise
In this hour we hear stories of people living out dreams of paradise... and sometimes waking up to a nightmare.

Depending on Nature
We're all dependent on the land, although some people feel that connection more keenly than others. Those are the people we'll hear from...

More About The Series

The series is an eclectic mix of personal narratives from all over, including the United States, Canada, Papua New Guinea, Mongolia, Australia, Great Britain, Mexico and the North Pole. The overall effect is a mix of quirky, solemn, lyrical, humorous, unexpected and philosophical.

• Elizabeth Arnold went to the woods – with grizzly bears.
• Dan Collison and Elizabeth Meister stalked coqui frogs in Hawaii.
• The Kitchen Sisters went to the river’s edge.
• Barrett Golding jumped on his bike.
• Scott Carrier walked with pilgrims around a mountain in Tibet.
• Jonathan Goldstein packed a tent and went camping, reluctantly.
• Sean Cole turned on his TV. (Don’t worry, it was nature TV.)

And that’s just a start...

In addition to the producers mentioned above, the series features contributions from Charles Bowden, Chris Brookes, Neenah Ellis, Ann Hepperman and Kara Oehler, Kelly McEvers, Bill McKibben, Jon Miller, Dean Olsher, Sandy Tolan and many others.