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Points North is an award-winning podcast about the land, water, and inhabitants of the Great Lakes.

Points North is an award-winning podcast about the land, water, and inhabitants of the Great Lakes.

Through narrative, sound-rich journalism that is deeply rooted in a sense of place, each episode entertains, informs, and surprises listeners everywhere.

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Recent Episodes
  • An artist’s rendering of Traci kayaking through the storm at the point of Tobermory, where Georgian Bay connects to Lake Huron. (credit: Shana Talebpour)
    The Longest Paddle
    Ellie Katz
    After Traci Lynn Martin’s mom died, she knew she couldn’t keep putting off her dream: Becoming the first person to kayak around the Great Lakes in one year.
  • Minnesota is the "Land of 10,000 Lakes", but Wisconsin claims to have 15,000 of them. So, who wins this border battle? (credit: Points North Podcast)
    My Lakes Are Better Than Your Lakes
    Daniel Wanschura
    Minnesota and Wisconsin are bitter rivals at just about everything. So in 2019, when Wisconsin’s secretary of tourism claimed Wisconsin had more lakes than Minnesota, the embers of an age-old debate were stoked. Minnesota is known as the “Land of 10,000 Lakes”, but does Wisconsin really have more?
  • Near Hillsboro, Wisconsin, black wildcats have become part of local lore after decades of reported sightings. (credit: Patrick Shea / Points North)
    Between Myth and Migration
    Patrick Shea
    Cougars are making a comeback. The iconic wildcat hasn’t had a breeding population in the Great Lakes states since the early 1900s, but now they’re moving east. Experts say they could be back soon. Some people swear they already are.
  • For the past 70 years, visitors to the Porcupine Mountains Wilderness State Park rustic cabins and yurts have written in log books, pouring their hearts out, making jokes, telling stories, and capturing the human experience. (credit: Dan Wanschura / Points North)
    Some Things Never Change
    Daniel Wanschura
    Inside rustic cabins and yurts at the Porcupine Mountains Wilderness State Park there are log books. For more than 70 years, visitors have written in them. We went into this time capsule to see if people’s experiences here had changed much over the changing decades.