Points North: The Squeaky Sand Phenomenon
On April 8, 2024, Meghan Hetfield and her partner Roni Pillischer witnessed a total solar eclipse over Lake Ontario.
But in the midst of this intense and beautiful experience, something else kept grabbing their attention: the mystery of the squeaky sand all around them.
They wanted to know, “How is this happening?” So, Meghan and Roni turned to Points North for answers.
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Complete With His Language
Kenny Pheasant first became a teacher of Anishinaabemowin at 14 — from behind the meat counter at a grocery store.
Now, it’s his life mission to get more people speaking the Great Lakes’ original and endangered language.
Hear Kenny's story on the latest episode of Points North. Listen wherever you find podcasts.
Icebreaker Hill
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🎥: Mark Goethel
Anangong Miigaading (Star Wars: A New Hope)
'Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope' is one of the most popular films of all time.
Since it was released in 1977, it’s been translated into over 50 languages, including Navajo.
That was part of the inspiration for dubbing it into Anishinaabemowin, the indigenous language of the Great Lakes region.
The film project aims to help revitalize the endangered language.
On the latest episode of Points North, hear how this movie fulfilled a life-long dream for one woman living on a remote First Nations reservation in Canada.
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Farm Club's Nic Theisen on his 'isms'
Farm Club's Nic Theisen on his 'isms'. (credit: Dan Wanschura / Points North)
A Natural Ending
Peter Quakenbush wants to create Michigan’s first conservation Burial Forest
Bodies would be buried here without any embalming chemicals, no fancy caskets, no big headstones…
But the closer Peter gets to making his dream a reality, the more people start getting in the way.
Hear more about the fight to start a burial forest on the latest episode of Points North. Link below.
QuinTango along with Interlochen Public Radio present "The Buenos Aires Experience" touring in Michigan August 8-15. Performances in Traverse City, Suttons Bay, Frankfort, Manistee, and more...
More info at quintango.com/tickets.html
Pedaling to the Beat of His Own Drum
Growing up in rural Brazil, Kiko Silvelet says bikes had a very specific purpose: transportation.
But after seeing the movie ‘E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial’ as a boy, Kiko convinced his parents to buy him a BMX bike – a very impractical bike.
Ever since then, Kiko has been in love with the BMX bike.
“The simplicity of it is just so beautiful,” he said. “And it’s really easy to get it right because there’s less to go wrong.”
Listen to the latest episode of Points North to hear why this Upper Peninsula legend races his BMX on some of the most hardcore mountain bike trails in the Midwest.
Video credit: Aaron Peterson Studios
Visit Keweenaw Copper Harbor Trails Club Marji Gesick
The Presque Isle River flows right into Lake Superior from Michigan’s Upper Peninsula. It’s surrounded by old-growth hemlocks and sugar maples in Porcupine Mountains Wilderness State Park.
And just down the road, a copper mine is moving in.
Some people see the mine as a lifeline for a struggling U.P. economy. Others worry it will destroy what makes the region special: its pristine wilderness.
Listen to ‘Copper County’s Conundrum’ on the latest episode of Points North.
This song was written to commemorate the site of the Burt Lake burnout in northern Michigan, which is now a small graveyard maintained by the Burt Lake Band of Ottawa and Chippewa Indians.
The song is sung by Margaret Noodin.
After the burnout on October 15, 1900, the Burt Lake Band would carry on generations of legal battles to try to regain their identity in the eyes of the federal government.
Learn about the band’s history and struggle for justice in the latest episode of Points North.
Fileting a whitefish at Carlson's Fishery
Jim VerSnyder filets a whitefish at Carlson's Fishery at Fishtown
in Leland, Michigan.
Just a few years ago, Carlson’s would dispose of all its fish scraps in a landfill. Thousands and thousands of pounds of fish biomass. It was a pretty common practice in the Great Lakes commercial fishery. Basically, if it wasn’t a filet, it was thrown away.
On the latest episode of Points North, learn about the 100% Great Lakes Fish Pledge – a project that finds new uses and additional value with these other parts of the fish.
