19 episodes
Extremities Wendover Productions
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4.9 • 1.4K Ratings
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Why and how people live in earth's most isolated and extreme settlements.
Season 2 starts in late September 2019.
A Wendover Productions podcast: http://WendoverProductions.com
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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. -
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. -
An Island and its Airport
After 500 years alone, St Helena gets a little closer to the world.
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. -
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. -
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. -
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.
Customer Reviews
Brings to life one of the world’s remotest places
I’ve been fascinated by St Helena for years and have always wanted to visit. This podcast and the companion documentary on the airport are so interesting. I’m looking forward to visiting and staying at the Mantis Hotel sometime soon.
It’s a a bummer the Extremities podcast seems to have ended, likely due to the pandemic. I wonder where they were planning to go to next.
This is awesome
This is awesome I learned about places I never knew existed.
Every season is my favorite
I’ve lived in major cities my entire adult life and I am captivated by this series. Sam does an excellent job of providing a glimpse into the lives of people who live in the far reaches of the globe and the fascinating history of how they each came to be. I’ve only recently discovered it and still holding out hope for season 4 and beyond! Love this series!