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Guardians of the River

by Wild Bird Trust, NGOWP, House of Pod

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About the show

2021 Best Narrative Nonfiction Podcast Award winner at Tribeca Film Festival and Jackson Wild Film Festival. This is the story of the guardians of the Okavango water system and their monumental task: conserve a remote, near pristine environment facing threats from all sides. This podcast follows what happens when worlds connect, and at times collide, with the common goal of protecting a place

Latest episodes

  • Mil vozes de Tempué

    April 18, 2022 · 42 min

    Devido a conflitos civis, minas terrestres, estradas danificadas e uma pista de aterragem abandonada, uma vila com o nome de Tempué está desconectada do resto de Angola. Ao longo das mudanças de liderança, a vila protegeu os rios e lagos…

  • On the Edge of Home (Setswana)

    March 15, 2022 · 39 min

    Okavango Delta ke sekao sa gore go ka nna jang ha batho ba tsaa tsia dikhumo tsa tholego. Le thokometswe ka fa molaong ke legotla la UNESCO. It's the world's 1,000th UNESCO World Heritage site. Ke naga e tletseng diphologolo ka mehuta…

  • The Runway

    August 12, 2021 · 47 min

    In the final episode of this season, we ask the biggest question of all; the one that persists beneath many of the world's most pressing headlines, and haunts us in the face of a global climate crisis. How do we protect our home? And Is…

  • The Land at the End of the World

    August 5, 2021 · 43 min

    In Eastern Angola, a group of lakes might occupy some of the least visited corners of the planet. They feel like a world without industrial development, proof that humans can't be so bad if there are still places like this. It's so good…

  • Koki's Plan

    July 22, 2021 · 39 min

    Koketso Mookodi, also known as Koki, is a Motswana who didn't learn about the Okavango Delta until she found herself living in the Delta in her 20's, being stalked by a female lion and working in a luxury tourism lodge. As her journey…

  • The Edge of Home

    July 15, 2021 · 43 min

    The Okavango Delta is what happens when people pay attention to the environmental wealth of a place. It's the world's 1,000th UNESCO World Heritage site. And for its animals and its immeasurable feeling of wilderness, it is a major tourism…

  • The Smallest Dragonfly

    July 8, 2021 · 43 min

    In some Angolan traditions, magic is not just something people sit around campfires and talk about late at night, it lives in customs and day-to-day life. Owls are believed to see death. And snakes are agents of the devil. So what happens…

  • A Thousand Voices of Tempué

    June 24, 2021 · 42 min

    Due to civil conflicts, landmines, broken roads, and a decommissioned runway, a town called Tempué is cut off from the rest of Angola. As powers rise and fall, the town has guarded the rivers and lakes that run near it. Now facing an…