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Longer stories about daily life, past and future.
- Denizin Altındaki Göl Polly finds a big salty lake in a dry valley, with old coral in the rocks around it. Audio
- Sörfçüler Geliyor The riders arrive with jet skis and long boards, ready for the giant waves. Audio
- Her Çatıda Bir Varil Polly watches a raccoon carpenter build a wooden water tank on a rooftop, held together with steel rings... Audio
- İtalya'da asla latte sipariş etme In Italy, the word latte does not mean coffee. One small word can bring you a big surprise. Audio
- Kahve nereden gelir Coffee begins as a red fruit on a green plant and travels far before it fills a cup. Audio
- Gece treninde uyumak Night trains in Europe carry travelers between cities while they sleep in cozy beds. Audio
- Arılar balı nasıl yapar Honeybees turn sweet flower nectar into golden honey through hard teamwork in the hive. Audio
- İpeğin uzun yolu The Silk Road was a famous trade route that linked China with Europe for many centuries. Audio
- Amazon, en büyük nehir The Amazon is the river that carries the most water in the world. Audio
- Ahtapot ve üç kalbi The octopus is a clever sea animal with three hearts and blue blood. Audio
- Denizin altındaki kablolar Long cables under the ocean carry almost all of the information that travels between countries. Audio
- Maraton denilen uzun yarış The marathon is a very long running race with a curious and surprising history. Audio
- Köydeki ilk ışık While the whole village sleeps, one window glows: the baker lights the oven so fresh bread will be ready by... Audio
- Saatteki küçük kuş In Germany's Black Forest, carved wooden cuckoo clocks call out every hour while children wait and laugh. Audio
- Ölmenin yasak olduğu kasaba When a small Italian town ran out of space in its cemetery, the mayor signed an order telling people not to... Audio
- Otobüse binen kedi Every morning a cat climbs onto the same city bus, watches the streets go by, and gets off at his own stop. Audio
- Şelaleye tırmanan balık In Hawaii, a fish smaller than your finger climbs up waterfalls taller than buildings, using its mouth as a... Audio
- Buhar ve küçük tabaklar A first night at a Taipei night market, where pointing, smiling, and one brave question buy a very good... Audio
- Lizbon'da kaybolmak Sofía gets lost in Lisbon and a woman helps her with a map. Audio
- Balkonlu oda Marcos gets a hotel room with a nice balcony. Audio
- Bir kişilik masa Mia eats alone in a small restaurant, and the waiter helps her choose. Audio
- Bir zamanlar altın kadar pahalı olan baharat Saffron comes from tiny flower threads picked by hand, and for most of history a pound of it cost about the... Audio
- Her yaz kaybolan göl In Slovenia, a huge lake fills a valley in winter and then vanishes underground every summer, leaving... Audio
- Evimin yanındaki park A squirrel describes the small park next to its tree: the pigeons by the benches, Mr. Badger and his bread,... Audio
- Dondurmaya altın koyan şehir Kanazawa in Japan makes almost all of the country's gold leaf, and wraps whole sheets of it around soft ice... Audio
- Doksan saniye süren uçuş A tiny plane hops between two Orkney islands in Scotland on the shortest scheduled flight in the world. Audio
- Bağır, yoksa durağını kaçırırsın A shared minibus with no bell and no screen, where the only way off is to say so out loud, early and twice. Audio
- Hiç bitmeyen öğle yemeği In Spain, the best part of lunch starts when the food is finished. It even has its own name. Audio
- Küp şeklinde kaka yapan hayvan Wombats make cube shaped poop, and now we know why. Audio
- Bu kuş uçarken uyuyor Frigatebirds fly for many days and sleep only a little. Audio
- Bütün bir ülkenin yediği öğle yemeği In the Dominican Republic, everyone eats the same lunch at the same time. Audio
- Volkanın pişirdiği yemek In the Azores, people cook food inside a hot volcano. Audio
- Son tren Tomas misses the last train in Tokyo and sleeps in a tiny room. Audio
- Boş fincan On his first day, Pedro drinks from a cup that is not his. Audio
- Kırk yedi numara Carla waits a long time at the clinic for a small cut. Audio
- Höpürdetin, Kibarlıktır In Japan, slurping your noodles loudly is not rude, it is a sign that you are enjoying the meal. Audio
- Yukarı Akan Şelale On very windy days, strong gusts can blow a Norwegian waterfall's spray back up into the sky. Audio
- Halka ve Sabah Vapuru The Ring of Brodgar at dusk, then the small practical business of leaving an island, done in four sentences... Audio
- Doksan Günlük Tahıl In a bar in Kirkwall, a flat dark bannock turns out to be the reason the islands were farmable at all. Audio
- Kayalıklardaki Toplanma Grey seals are hauling out on the low rocks before the pupping season, and the questions Polly has been... Audio
- Ellerinde Olanla Yaptılar On Lamb Holm, two army huts hold a chapel that prisoners of war made out of scrap, and the only honest... Audio
- Fırtınanın Altındaki Köy At the Bay of Skaill, a guide with a carrying voice explains a village that a storm returned to the light... Audio
- Ateşin Yanındaki Sandalye A guesthouse above the harbour, an argument about what counts as a quiet room, and a chair whose whole... Audio
- Vapur Limana Giriyor Polly lands at Stromness off the morning boat and works out, one question at a time, how a place with no... Audio
- Pembe Diye Bir Şey Yok Pink has no wavelength of its own; it is a color the brain invents when the eyes see red and blue light... Audio
- Şu Anda Işıldıyorsun The human body constantly emits an extremely faint light, invisible to the eye but detectable with a... Audio
- Sis Arkasından Kapanıyor On her last afternoon, Polly flies high over the island before fog rolls in and hides it behind her. Audio
- Yanardağa Bağlı Bir Köy Polly learns that the same volcano heat that cooked lunch also warms a big public pool and heats homes in... Audio
- Şafakta Gömülen Akşam Yemeği Polly watches a cook bury pots of food in the ground, where the volcano's heat cooks dinner with no fire. Audio
- Tek Krater, İki Renk Polly finds a huge old crater with two lakes, one blue and one green, joined together under a strip of land. Audio
- İki Kez Kayıp Sayılan Kuş Polly looks for the priolo, a tiny grey and pink bird that lives only in one forest and was once thought to... Audio
- Avrupa'da Kalan Son İki Bahçe Polly finds one of the only two tea farms left in Europe, started after the island's orange trees died. Audio
- Dokuz Ada, Üç Levha Polly arrives over São Miguel, the biggest of the nine Azores islands, made of black rock, green fields,... Audio
- Polly otobüse biniyor Polly's first bus ride: does this bus go downtown, one ticket, how much, where do I get off, next stop,... Audio
- Polly yol soruyor Polly is lost on the way to the library and asks an owl for directions: excuse me, where is it, is it far,... Audio
- Polly kahve söylüyor Polly's first cafe order: good afternoon, a coffee with milk, do you have churros, the check please, how... Audio
- Polly pazarda Berta takes Polly to the market. Polly buys fruit for the first time: what is this, two apples, how much, a... Audio
- Polly yeni komşusuyla tanışıyor Polly moves to a new street and meets Berta the bear. First greetings: hello, your name, nice to meet you,... Audio
- Vladivostok Polly arrives in Vladivostok and flies off over the Pacific Ocean. Audio
- Amur Polly reaches the Amur River and meets a rare crane on the sixth day of the Trans-Siberian. Audio
- Baykal Gölü Polly spends a day on the train along Lake Baikal, the deepest and oldest lake on Earth. Audio
- Zaman Dilimleri Polly explores the dining car and learns that the train uses one time zone across all of Russia. Audio
- Ural Dağlarını Geçmek Polly crosses the Ural Mountains, the line between Europe and Asia, on the Trans-Siberian train. Audio
- Huş Ormanları Polly watches Russian birch forests from the Trans-Siberian train and learns that forty percent of Russia... Audio
- Yaroslavsky İstasyonu Polly boards the Trans-Siberian train at Moscow and begins her seven-day journey to Vladivostok. Audio
- Makarnaya Veda Polly says goodbye to Pasta the octopus and flies out of Naples. Audio
- Kendi Editörü Polly learns that octopuses can change their own nervous systems by editing RNA in real time. Audio
- Pizza ve Uzun Öğle Yemeği Polly has lunch with Chiara at a Neapolitan pizzeria and learns about traditional Neapolitan pizza. Audio
- Gören Deri Polly learns that octopus skin can sense colours even though octopus eyes cannot. Audio
- Düşünen Vücut Polly watches an octopus solve a maze with two arms working independently. Audio
- Kavanoz Polly watches an octopus open a jar to catch a crab and learns how short an octopus's life is. Audio
- Napoli Körfezi Polly arrives in Naples and meets a giant Pacific octopus at the world's oldest marine biology institute. Audio
- Vadiden Ayrılış Polly says goodbye to Ranger Tomas and flies west out of Yosemite. Audio
- Buzul Noktası Üzerinde Samanyolu Polly watches the Milky Way at Glacier Point and looks through a telescope at the centre of our galaxy. Audio
- Yarım Kubbe Polly flies up Half Dome on warm air with a flock of swifts, sees the summit, then glides back down. Audio
- Dalış Yapan Şahin Polly tries to copy a peregrine falcon's dive, learning what makes the falcon the fastest animal in the world. Audio
- Sekoya Polly visits a giant sequoia nearly 3,000 years old and learns about its fireproof bark. Audio
- Korucu Tomas ile Yolculuk Polly spends the morning in Ranger Tomas's truck, learning about bear feeding and peregrine falcon nests. Audio
- Vadinin Üzerinde Polly flies into Yosemite Valley, watches climbers on El Capitan, and rides the shuttle bus at dusk. Audio
- Tarçın Kokusu A new neighbor leaves a small surprise outside her door. Audio
- İki Kilo Sabır A first trip to the local market with a vendor who refuses to let her leave with the wrong tomatoes. Audio