Unfolding Maps
This travel podcast travels the unbeaten path. Unfolding Maps talks to adventurers of all dimensions about their expeditions and the experiences that shaped them.
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#41: Where Languages Disappear – Fieldwork on Remote Pacific Islands | with Linguist Dr. Mary Walworth (opens the original)
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Around 7.000 languages are spoken worldwide. But about every two weeks, one of them disappears along with the last person who speaks it. Linguist Dr. Mary Walworth dedicates her work to languages that are often on the verge of disappearing. She specializes in Oceanic languages, and for her research, she regularly travels to remote islands in the Pacific, where only a few people still speak languages that may soon disappear. There, she documents languages to preserve them, collects stories, and u
#40: Al Mennie on Big Wave Surfing, Night Swimming and Finding your Moon (opens the original)
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Al Mennie is one of the best big-wave surfers of all time — but it wasn't the giant waves that had the biggest impact on him. When the world shut down in 2020, the Northern Irish surfer began swimming alone at night in the freezing Atlantic, and discovered something profound: darkness can be a gift. In his book "Night Swimming" (for our German listeners: "Schwimmen im Mondlicht"), he shares how the sea, the night, and the moon showed him the way through grief, fear, and inner turmoil. We met him
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