Chavala Madlena

Chavala Madlena is known for his work on Youthh Knows No Pain (2009), Frontline (1983) and True North (2018).

Recent Episodes

True North Episode 12: Autonomous Underwater Vehicles (Expedition Pt 4)

Hosts: John IadarolaChavala Madlena

We follow oceanographer Amelie Meyer and a team of French and Norwegian researchers aboard the RV Lance as they send out an Autonomous Underwater Vehicle to collect data from hundreds of miles away.

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23 minutes

True North Episode 3: Coal Town

Hosts: John IadarolaChavala Madlena

John explores the island’s fossils and coal deposits from its prehistoric past as a tropical forest, and examines the history of mining on Svalbard.

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16 minutes

Episode 4: The Big Thaw

Hosts: John IadarolaChavala Madlena

Mark, editor of the local newspaper Ice People, shows Chavala around Longyearyben and uncovers how changes in the climate are impacting the worlds northernmost town.

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15 minutes

Episode 5: Arctic Eats

Hosts: John IadarolaChavala Madlena

John explores the Polar Permaculture lab in Svalbard where Ben, an entrepreneur and chef, is trying to make local cuisine more sustainable. Next, John and Chavala head to the world’s farthest north five-star restaurant, Huset, where head chef Filip Gemzell turns the areas limited resources like reindeer, seal and whale into epicurean masterpieces.

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17 minutes

True North Episode 8: The Tides, They Are A Changin' (Expedition Pt 2)

Hosts: John IadarolaChavala Madlena

The North Atlantic water that flows into the Arctic is warming, melting the sea ice and changing the delicate Arctic ecosystem. In part 2 of our journey with NPI's A-Twain Mission, John follows oceanographer Arild Sundfjord, the leader of the A-TWAIN expedition, and sea ice physicist Angelika Renner as they track the changes in Arctic water temperatures over time by recovering and deploying a series of deep water moorings he’s been monitoring over the course of several years.

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19 minutes

TYT

Shorty Audience Honor

Shorty Silver Honor, 2024

News & Politics Podcast

TYT

The Damage Report

Shorty Audience Honor, 2024

Social Activism

TYT

Indisputable

Shorty Audience Honor, 2024

The Damage Report

Social Media Presence

Official Webby Honoree, 2021

The Young Turks

Audience Honor for Live Event Coverage

Shorty Awards, 2021

The Young Turks

News and Politics: Series and Channel

Official Webby Honoree, 2019

The Young Turks

Best in Overall YouTube Presence

Audience Honor, 2017

The Young Turks

Best in Overall YouTube Presence

Audience Honor, 2017

The Young Turks

Best News & Cultural Channel

2017

The Young Turks

Good Without A God

Advocating Progressive Values and Equality for Humanists, Atheists, and Freethinkers, 2017