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In 2018, Samantha became Podcaster in Residence for a journey to Antarctica. Join her as she boards the ship for 21 days on the Southern Ocean. But there’s something about this story that makes it larger-than-life. Find out why this series really got made. Along the way, meet some whales, get a tour of the ship, and learn what her kids said to her when she said she was leaving home...for a whole month. To learn more about this series, join the newsletter at: https://www.thisisourtimepodcast.com/audio-love

In what could be the world's longest conference, 21 days at sea on the Southern Ocean, Samantha does her best to make you feel at home here. In a “being-there” moment, you will be brought into the room to consider terms like your “Personal Strategy Map,” your “LSI type" and discover how to cope with all this intensity, through “Peer Coaching.” Also, some more about what audio vérité is and how it will be used here. To learn more about this series, join the newsletter at: https://www.thisisourtimepodcast.com/audio-love

Take a walk on Paulet Island, smell those penguins...climb a mountain after a double hip replacement, see snow for the first time….Antarctica hits everyone differently, but it doesn’t miss a shot. Just when you feel lulled into this magical world, be warned. The weather is about to change. And your boat might be in danger. And now the question is: how do you solve a problem, on a leadership journey, deep in the frozen waters of Antarctica? To learn more about this series, join the newsletter at: https://www.thisisourtimepodcast.com/audio-love

The winter was closing in fast and the ship was now in danger of getting stuck in the ice. How do you solve a crisis in the middle of an intense leadership expedition? You turn over the decision to the women, the passengers, to vote. Not just any vote, a blind vote. Yes, or No? Go out into the Southern Ocean, with weather coming in, to complete this journey? Sometimes the most uncomfortable lessons are where you learn the most. To learn more about this series, join the newsletter at: https://www.thisisourtimepodcast.com/audio-love

So what does this all mean? And where does this energy go when you give it out into the world? We finally make it to our destination: Rothera Base Station. The journey is complete. But how do you reflect on this, now that we’re living through a global pandemic? Antarctica has never felt so far away. Put the two of them together, and what you get is a transformational learning experience. To learn more about this series, join the newsletter at: https://www.thisisourtimepodcast.com/audio-love

Season 2 is launching soon. In 2018, Samantha Hodder joined an all-women’s leadership expedition to Antarctica, as Podcaster-in-Residence. The trip plan was to get all the way to the Rothera Research Station, part of the British Antarctic Survey...a place that’s so remote, it’s almost an illusion. But they had a problem. Before they could reach the destination, they almost got stuck in the ice. What now? Do they risk going out into the dangerous open waters of the Southern Ocean with weather coming in? Or, do they give up on our plans, their hopes and dreams, and head for home? But maybe the strangest thing is this was actually a question, on a ship, in the middle of Antarctica. Because, this question became a vote….a blind vote...with the passengers. What happens next, when 80 women take charge of this dangerous decision, aboard a ship in frozen waters, in the most remote place on this planet? Subscribe to this 5-part series. It’s an emotional odyssey to the end of the world.

During this second wave of the global pandemic, most of us can’t go many places, or be with many people. Let this virtual experience transport you. It's a social distancing walk to a far away place, to celebrate the Antarctica Day, the day this entire continent was dedicated to peace and science.

Mel White sends an audio post card while a glacier calves at Neko Harbour, Antarctica. This is part of Audio Love, a newsletter from This is Our Time, that's delivered each week to your inbox. To get the backstory, subscribe here: https://bit.ly/Audio-love

A true story of an actual conversation that I had with a Gentoo penguin in Antarctica. Brought to you from Audio Love, a newsletter that brings together my two loves: Audio and Writing. Subscribe to the newsletter for the full experience :: https://bit.ly/Audio-love For now, enjoy this super short story, from a very far away land.

Some conversations are very memorable, like this one...The day I stared a humpback whale in the eye, on a ship, in Antarctica. We said a few things to each other, and that deep whale voice is unforgettable. Brought to the Audio Love Newsletter. Sign up here for unforgettable audio with the incredible backstory, delivered to you | https://bit.ly/Audio-love

How do you deliver a letter to a penguin? A group of school children from Colombia dreamed up this idea: If they were to each write a letter, and then give them to Paola Tello Guerrero, she could make this happen. And it did! One sunny afternoon, on a frozen shore of Antarctica, with some of her friends of Homeward Bound's journey in 2018. Brought to the Audio Love Newsletter. Sign up here for unforgettable audio with the incredible backstory, delivered to you https://bit.ly/Audio-love

When a paediatrician talks about how she deals with grief in her job...a coral reef scientist asks for some ideas about how to tackle feeling her kind of grief...what she feels when she goes out to map dying coral reefs after a bleaching event. Brought to the Audio Love Newsletter. Sign up here for unforgettable short audio clips with the incredible backstory. Delivered to your inbox: https://bit.ly/Audio-love