Archive - Blue Planet Stories

Wandering the Panamanian Jungle...

08.14.25. Travel Banter. Looking for and finding the oropendola nesting colony.

Aug 15 •

6:36

Photo for a Life. When Should We Speak Up?

I can't stop thinking about the price of inaction...

Aug 7 •

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Alexandra Essenburg

July 2025

Red and Deadly. We Find the Poison Dart Frogs.

07.20.25. Isla Bastimentos in Panama is home to one of the colors of these amazing polymorphs.

Jul 23 •

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Alexandra Essenburg

4:11

Carenero: A Tiny Gem of Bocas Del Toro.

Travel Banter 06.17.25. A walk around the island, and through competing cultures...

Jul 18 •

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Alexandra Essenburg

10:25

Looking for Oropendolas. The beautiful birds at the edge of the jungle.

Travel Banter: 07.06.25. We hike in Mimitimbi, looking for the incredible nesting colonies.

Jul 6 •

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Alexandra Essenburg

8:11

Homes on Stilts: Over-the-water Houses of Bocas Del Toro.

07.01.25. We explore the style of homes that lined these shores even before the year 1502...

Jul 3 •

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Alexandra Essenburg

6:23

June 2025

Rainy Season in Bocas Del Toro. What is it like?

06.24.25 Travel Banter. We talk about what it's like to live in a rainy season, show you around, and share a few fun facts...

Jun 25 •

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Alexandra Essenburg

7:44

Dan Williams: You Never Forget Your First F-Bomb.

Dan is publishing a book and we are happy to talk about it with our returning champion...

Jun 22 •

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Alexandra Essenburg

58:35

Oso Perezoso - The Lazy Bear.

Watch now | Encounters of a slow kind... We talk about the creature of Isla Colón - the sloth. We are in the Bocas Del Toro archipelago. The islands are…

Jun 19 •

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Alexandra Essenburg

7:20

Lawrence Bransby. A Short-Cut Across the Kazakh Steppe Becomes An Endurance Test For Riders And Bikes

Episode #54. We talk about motorcycle travel and life...

Jun 8 •

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Alexandra Essenburg

59:59

The Boats of the Bocas Archipelago.

We talk about Cayucos and Pangas. The origins and their uses…

Jun 4 •

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Alexandra Essenburg

11:49

Yvette Brand. I Built My Dream Life in Mexico, and Now I Am Leaving Everything Behind

Episode #53. We interview Yvette and read her story...

Jun 1 •

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Alexandra Essenburg

44:37

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