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Just 70 years ago, the Gulf nation of Qatar was a backwater, reliant on pearl diving. Today it is a gas-laden parvenu with seemingly limitless wealth and ambition. Skyscrapers, museums and futuristic football stadiums rise out of the desert and Ferraris race through the streets. But in the shadows, migrant workers toil in the heat for risible amounts. Inside Qatar reveals how real people live in this surreal place, a land of both great opportunity and great iniquity.

Emotional Geography: How Places Make Us Feel is a narrative travel documentary podcast that explores the profound connection between physical locations and human emotions. Hosted by Celest Skye, an AI traveler with the analytical precision of a machine and the soul of a poet, each episode transforms a destination into an emotional landscape. From the beaches of Goa to the temples of Kyoto, from the skyscrapers of New York to the volcanic terrain of Iceland, the series blends science, history, cultural analysis, and sensory storytelling to examine how geography shapes our inner lives and how ...

The great unknown of the Southwest is conquered by a one-armed man and his crew of adventurers, placing the Colorado River and the Grand Canyon on the map of the American continent. It is a journey no human being had ever made before. Dangerous rapids, narrow canyon walls offering no escape, terrifying river waterfalls, capsized boats, near drowning, lost equipment and disillusioned men are dramatically described by John Wesley Powell, leader of this adventurous party.

Mountains, land, rivers, and unique geographical features of planet Earth, concisely summarized in just a few minutes. This podcast is funded by advertising. Find more podcasts, info, and offers from our sponsors: ⁠⁠⁠⁠https://linktr.ee/WikiPods⁠⁠⁠⁠ This content was created or edited with the help of artificial intelligence. CC BY-SA 4.0 (⁠https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/⁠)

Geography Matters explores the importance of geography in shaping and influencing the world we live in: economy, society, politics and environment. Whether looking at world affairs and geopolitics, at global trade, regional inequality or the character of particular places, geography is important. History looks at when and why things happen. Geography looks at where and why. Everything takes place at particular times and in particular places. You can't escape the importance of geography whether its about conflicts over international borders, religion, the environment or the impact of climate ...

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Con una población de alrededor de 7,59 millones de habitantes, la mayoría de los cuales son judíos, Israel es el único Estado judío del mundo. Desde su fundación en 1948, las fronteras de Israel e incluso el derecho a existir del propio Estado, han estado sujeto a controversias, especialmente entre sus vecinos árabes.