Polynesian navigation
Subject in History
Polynesian navigation has come up in 1 episode across 1 podcast in TMT, including TED Radio Hour. 1 person has made recorded remarks about it.
What people said
Lehua KamaluHawaiian voyaging captain and navigator with the Polynesian Voyaging Society
Kamalu says she is a different person at sea and frames voyaging as a return to nature rather than merely an escape.
“I like to think it's a re-immersion. It's actually a return”
TED Radio Hour: Escaping the modern world and your noisy mind (Nov 6, 2026) · Listen from 42:42
Kamalu avoids the term celestial navigation because navigating by nature also depends on reading waves and wind.
“a critical element of navigating by nature is looking down to what's in the ocean and understanding the wave patterns”
TED Radio Hour: Escaping the modern world and your noisy mind (Nov 6, 2026) · Listen from 36:26
Podcasts
- TED Radio Hour · 1 episode
Episodes
Escaping the modern world and your noisy mindTED Radio Hour · Nov 6, 2026 · 50 min
Manoush Zomorodi talks with Pico Iyer, Sarah Edmondson and Lehua Kamalu, and airs Shonda Rhimes's talk, about escape, silence, cults, voyaging and burnout.