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| LifeOnTERRA ('TERRA: The Nature of Our World') | |
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| Created by | Montana State University |
| Country of origin | United States |
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| Original release | October 2005 – present |
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LifeOnTERRA (TERRA: The Nature of Our World) is a science and natural history podcast series
The podcast is overseen by graduate students in the MFA program in Science and Natural History Filmmaking at Montana State University. The podcast is in its 10th year.
The podcast series contains content from independent filmmakers. The website provides a full archive of previous podcasts.
The original LifeOnTERRA website was launched in October 2006. It featured a new episode every two weeks, along with an archive of eight seasons of documentary offerings. The current website was launched in September 2013 Hosting for the Videos is provided by Vimeo.
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