The Natural Curiosity Project

Episode 309-2025 Reviewed

Thank you for a great year! I this final episode of 2025, I review some of the highlights of past episodes. Thank you for joining me!

Episode 308-Book Magic

Episode 308-Book Magic by Dr. Steven Shepard

A Tour of the Essex Junction Water Treatment Plant

Join me on a tour of the Essex Junction Water Treatment Facility. It's a lot more interesting than you might think!

Episode 307-The Sounds Below

The ocean has always been a center-point in my life, a place where I feel the most comfortable. I began SCUBA-diving professionally in 1977, and soon became a dedicated underwater photographer. But it wasn't long before I began to pay more attention to the sounds of the underwater world than I did the sights, and the result was life-changing. Please enjoy.

Episode 306-Nature is Calling-Are You Listening-Part 3

This is an audio essay, presented in three parts, about the need to balance the forces of industry and the forces of conservation. We need both, so what I'm about to say, I think, is important. Let me begin by telling you what this audio essay is not about. It is not another tiresome, ‘Chicken Little the Sky is Falling’ story of environmental doom. It is not another finger wagging, how-dare-we-mistreat-the-planet-this-way paean of conservation woe. It is not yet another in a long line of left-wing assaults on the energy sector, nor is it an attack on the right-wing players who want to drill, baby, drill. We are living in a time when society seems to believe that our future MUST be binary. “We can reduce our dependency on oil, or we can be global leaders in conservation and climate change. In fact, “we can reduce our dependency on oil, and we can be global leaders in conservation and climate change.” Here’s how.