Here, St. John

Here, St. John

Here, St. John Story Map Stories Outer Voices Here, St. John  Stories of People & Place W elcome to Here, St. John, an audio tour of the island of St. John in the U.S. Virgin Islands, as told by St Johnians. The island of St. John is a remarkable spot in the...
Blue Water Cowboys

Blue Water Cowboys

Sailing is tough business, one of the last frontiers of human experience in the natural world, in one of the last remaining wild parts of the planet–the ocean. There’s a small group of people who spend as much time as possible there – contriving their work, their relationships, and everything else in their lives to make it possible to be at sea for as long as possible.

The Winter Camp

The Winter Camp

In the Kham region of Tibet, there are families who have been nomadic herders for thousands of years. Almost everything they need, they get from a herd of yaks who graze on the wide expanse of grassy hills within sight of the distant peaks of the Himalayas. Last fall, Stephanie Guyer-Stevens went to Kham and met a family of nomads and their yaks. She heard about the spirits that protect the holy mountains, and learned about some yak economics. Families now send their kids away to school, and there is increasing pressure for them to join the modern economy. The nomadic life is gradually fading away.

The Queen of Bhutan

The Queen of Bhutan

While travelling with Queen Ashi Sangay Choden Wangchuk of Bhutan, we also wrote a blog post for  NPR’s The Hidden World of Girls Journalist and radio producer, Stephanie Guyer-Stevens, recently returned from Bhutan where she and her co-producer Jack Chance were...

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