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Extremities

Extremities

By Wendover Productions

Why and how people live in earth's most isolated and extreme settlements.

Season 2 starts in late September 2019.

A Wendover Productions podcast: WendoverProductions.com
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Cruise Ship Day

ExtremitiesDec 26, 2019

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St Helena's Decisive Decade

St Helena's Decisive Decade

On January 1st, 2020, St Helena enters what will potentially be the most important and consequential decade in its history.

Extremities is made possible by Curiosity Stream.

Sign up for a  Curiosity Stream subscription at http://CuriosityStream.com/ext and get a free subscription to Nebula--the streaming video site that Wendover Productions helped found. On Nebula, find The World's Most Useful Airport--the documentary we produced about St Helena's airport.

Jan 01, 202023:27
Cruise Ship Day

Cruise Ship Day

Suddenly, 800 tourists arrive on the tiny island of St Helena.

Extremities is made possible by Curiosity Stream. 

Sign up for a  Curiosity Stream subscription at http://CuriosityStream.com/ext and get a free subscription to Nebula--the streaming video site that Wendover Productions helped found. On Nebula, find The World's Most Useful Airport--the documentary we produced about St Helena's airport.

Dec 26, 201927:37
An Island and its Airport

An Island and its Airport

After 500 years alone, St Helena gets a little closer to the world.

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CuriosityStream.com/ext and get a free subscription to Nebula--the streaming video site that Wendover Productions helped found.
On Nebula, find The World's Most Useful Airport--the documentary we produced about St Helena's airport.
Dec 18, 201928:58
Dinner with the Economists

Dinner with the Economists

When you go to a tiny, isolated island in the middle of the South Atlantic and get invited to dinner by the island's top two economists, you say yes.


Extremities is made possible by Curiosity Stream.

Sign up for a  Curiosity Stream subscription at http://CuriosityStream.com/ext and get a free subscription to Nebula--the streaming video site that Wendover Productions helped found.

On Nebula, find The World's Most Useful Airport--the documentary we produced about St Helena's airport.

Dec 11, 201928:26
Slavery, Mutiny, Goats, and a Frenchman

Slavery, Mutiny, Goats, and a Frenchman

200 years of St Helena's history in a tidy 30 minutes. 


This episode is made possible by Curiosity Stream.

Sign up for a yearly Curiosity Stream subscription at http://CuriosityStream.com/ext and get a free subscription to Nebula--the streaming video site that Wendover Productions helped found.

On Nebula, find The World's Most Useful Airport--the documentary we produced about St Helena's airport.

Dec 04, 201933:09
Arrival on St Helena

Arrival on St Helena

Extremities is back for season 3--this time, in the middle of the South Atlantic.


This episode is made possible by Curiosity Stream.

Sign up for a yearly Curiosity Stream subscription at http://CuriosityStream.com/ext and get a free subscription to Nebula--the streaming video site that Wendover Productions helped found. 

On Nebula, find The World's Most Useful Airport--the documentary we produced about St Helena's airport.

Nov 27, 201930:02
Svalbard's Act Three
Oct 30, 201922:02
The Economy of the World's Northernmost town
Oct 24, 201926:02
Pyramiden: The High-Arctic Soviet Ghost Town
Oct 16, 201925:44
The Russian Town in Norwegian Svalbard
Oct 09, 201926:50
The Most Strangely Normal Town

The Most Strangely Normal Town

Longyearbyen--the story of a town that shouldn't be this normal.


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Oct 02, 201934:46
Arrival on Svalbard

Arrival on Svalbard

Welcome to Svalbard.


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Sep 25, 201931:16
Howland Island - Extremities Special

Howland Island - Extremities Special

The story of America's most unlikely town.


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Sep 05, 201932:34
Pitcairn's End

Pitcairn's End

Pitcairn's story might soon be over.

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Jul 17, 201923:23
Justice on Pitcairn

Justice on Pitcairn

Content warning: This episode contains discussions of sexual assault. 

Pitcairn's darkest secret emerges. 

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Jul 10, 201925:47
How Pitcairn Works
Jul 03, 201928:42
Pitcairn's Tiny Tourism Economy

Pitcairn's Tiny Tourism Economy

How Pitcairn's largest industry works. 


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Jun 26, 201927:45
Pitcairn's Beginning, Boat, and Bureaucracy
Jun 19, 201926:01
Arrival on Pitcairn

Arrival on Pitcairn

Welcome to Pitcairn Island.

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Jun 12, 201924:53