Bonus episode Introducing America, Interrupted Much of what we’ve heard about the coronavirus is from major cities like New York. But what’s happening to hospitals in rural America, where there are more high-risk patients, fewer resources and a smaller safety net — if there is… By Vika Aronson, Erica R. Hendry, William Brangham, Gretchen Frazee, Emily Carpeaux Episode EPISODE 1: Nobody warned us it would be like this On a big white cruise ship, 140 tourists have paid thousands of dollars for a rare first-hand tour of Antarctica. Humans didn't set foot on the continent until about 200 years ago, but now, it draws more than 50,000 visitors… By PBS NewsHour Episode EPISODE 2: I’m a penguin counter for God’s sake! Ron Naveen has been counting penguins on a remote, inhospitable stretch of Antarctica for nearly four decades. He's one of the few people who still counts these adorable, flightless, slightly awkward birds by hand. Penguins have survived a host of… By PBS NewsHour Episode EPISODE 3: Bars, babies and a big breakthrough Over thousands of years, humans built civilizations on every other continent on Earth. But it wasn't until the 1800s that we arrived on Antarctica. Today, it's still a place with no indigenous population, no official government and not a single… By PBS NewsHour Episode EPISODE 4: What the ice is telling us Antarctica is covered almost entirely by thick sheets of ice, but that ice is now slipping away at an accelerating rate. Many researchers say that as the Earth continues to warm, more and more of the continent's ice will end… By PBS NewsHour Preview Preview: The Last Continent On April 24, the PBS NewsHour releases its first original podcast series, "The Last Continent," a four-part journey to Antarctica. By PBS NewsHour Share Copy URL https://www.pbs.org/newshour/podcasts/the-last-continent Email Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Pinterest Tumblr Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Watch our video series: Warnings from Antarctica Part 1: Antarctic penguins have existed for 60 million years. Can they survive climate change? Part 2: Antarctica is losing ice at an accelerating rate. How much will sea levels rise? Part 3: How Antarctica’s tourist boom could affect Earth’s ‘last great wilderness’ Part 4: Can Antarctica remain a refuge for science and peace?
Bonus episode Introducing America, Interrupted Much of what we’ve heard about the coronavirus is from major cities like New York. But what’s happening to hospitals in rural America, where there are more high-risk patients, fewer resources and a smaller safety net — if there is… By Vika Aronson, Erica R. Hendry, William Brangham, Gretchen Frazee, Emily Carpeaux
Episode EPISODE 1: Nobody warned us it would be like this On a big white cruise ship, 140 tourists have paid thousands of dollars for a rare first-hand tour of Antarctica. Humans didn't set foot on the continent until about 200 years ago, but now, it draws more than 50,000 visitors… By PBS NewsHour
Episode EPISODE 2: I’m a penguin counter for God’s sake! Ron Naveen has been counting penguins on a remote, inhospitable stretch of Antarctica for nearly four decades. He's one of the few people who still counts these adorable, flightless, slightly awkward birds by hand. Penguins have survived a host of… By PBS NewsHour
Episode EPISODE 3: Bars, babies and a big breakthrough Over thousands of years, humans built civilizations on every other continent on Earth. But it wasn't until the 1800s that we arrived on Antarctica. Today, it's still a place with no indigenous population, no official government and not a single… By PBS NewsHour
Episode EPISODE 4: What the ice is telling us Antarctica is covered almost entirely by thick sheets of ice, but that ice is now slipping away at an accelerating rate. Many researchers say that as the Earth continues to warm, more and more of the continent's ice will end… By PBS NewsHour
Preview Preview: The Last Continent On April 24, the PBS NewsHour releases its first original podcast series, "The Last Continent," a four-part journey to Antarctica. By PBS NewsHour