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Bottlenose Dolphins Whistling On A First Name Basis

Environment

We’re looking for a firth, not a fourth or fifth, but a firth in Scotland. It’s Scotland’s largest firth, a triangle shaped inlet of the North Sea. It’s home to dolphins that use signature whistles to greet or contact other individual dolphins.

The Problem with Taxing Caribbean Rum

Helping Child Survivors: Lessons from Dunblane

Conflict & Justice
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The Terra Nova and Her Polar Adventures

Arts, Culture & Media

Photo Ban For Nine-Year-Old School Lunch Blogger Lifted

Global Politics
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Burns, Haggis and Highland Dancers — A Postcard From Scotland

Arts, Culture & Media

We’re in Scotland for the Geo Quiz, in the city where Robert Burns started to make a name for himself in the late 1780’s, and where his portrait now hangs in the Scottish National Gallery.

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Oil Spills: One Woman’s Story

The Shetland Islands oil spill brings back commentator Alix White’s memories of another spill more than 15 years ago.

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Oil and Water Mix in the Shetlands

Stephen Beard reports from the Shetland Islands on the Braer tanker disaster. As hosts to one of Europe’s largest tanker terminals, Shetlanders have taken strict and successful precautions against spills from their own operations, and they are angry that the regulations did not apply to passing tanker traffic.

Organic Food Benefits

A new study shows that organic produce may have some nutritional advantages over conventionally-grown produce. Host Steve Curwood discusses the study’s findings with author, Dr. John Paterson of the Dumfries and Galloway Royal Infirmary in Scotland.

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Geo answer

Arts, Culture & Media

The answer to today’s Geoquiz is Inverie , a small village on the Knoydart Peninsula in Scotland that’s home to the most remote pub on mainland Britain. Anchor Marco Werman speaks with pub owner, Jackie Robertson, about the pub’s popularity.

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