Emily Kwong

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4,795 appearances 100 recordings 11 series first heard Jul 2025 last heard 16 Sep

Emily Kwong’s voice in public audio — every appearance, attributed to the second.

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Recordings per month over the last 12 months — 98 in all, peaking in Jun 2026 with 26.

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Short Wave · What can seashells teach us about the health of our oceans? · 1 Sep 2026 podcast

All right, Cynthia, so let's get into the book, starting with voice-verified

I hope I say this right. voice-verified

Conus Abraus? voice-verified

Yes, conus Abraus. voice-verified

Thank you, thank you. voice-verified

This is a small cone shell that is the earliest known keepsake buried with a human. voice-verified

What is the story of this first voice-verified

Yeah. voice-verified

All right. voice-verified

Uh before we get into the present day, I just going back in in history a little more, I I learned from your book that shells can also be used for construction. voice-verified

Uh, you're from Florida and that's the home to the Calusa Shell Works. voice-verified

What are those? voice-verified

so these shell mounds weren't garbage heaps at all. voice-verified

Yeah, they hold a lot. voice-verified

And how are they doing that? voice-verified

I mean, is it just because voice-verified

It's amazing to think about. voice-verified

And our history with shells stretches millions of years later with people voice-verified

Finding them uh in South Africa, you mentioned the border cave, in Florida, and even in England. voice-verified

So without giving anything away, I want you to tell us that one story from your book featuring a gentleman in Victorian England who found a way to make money off of people's obsession with seashells. voice-verified

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