Protecting the Earth With Nora Abbott by Shannon Baker

Hi. I’m Nora Abbott. Yes, the Nora Abbott you might have heard about if you follow US District Court proceedings concerning environmental issues. And why would you unless you’re some kind of fringe lunatic or angry rich person without a real job and too much time on...

A Day In The Life With Robbie The Elf by Barb Goffman

The cold is slithering inside my coat, winding around the tiny gaps by the buttons, crawling up my sleeves, searching, searching for bare skin. Brrr. Shivering, I stamp my feet on the snowy trail and pull my earmuffs closer to my head, trying both to warm up and—even...

A Sit-Down With Colleen McCabe by Kathryn O’Sullivan

I’m generally distrustful of media types, Dru, but word has it you’re one of the good ones – yes, I asked around – so thank you for inviting me to chat. You probably want to talk about seeing me on the news in that ridiculous video at the chapel or how...

Detective Kubu talks about himself by Michael Stanley

I’m David Bengu, assistant superintendent in the Botswana Police’s Criminal Investigation Department. But everyone calls me Kubu. It’s a nickname I got at school from a white boy called Angus. I told him my name was David, but he just laughed and said I wasn’t a David...

A Day in the Life of Mandy Tanner by Beth Groundwater

After all the dangerous waters I had to negotiate in Deadly Currents and Wicked Eddies, I thought I’d take a break from patrolling the Arkansas River in Colorado as a river ranger and go back to being a whitewater rafting guide, this time on the Colorado River...