Episodi

  • 24. Mountain Sentinels

    24. Mountain Sentinels
    Jul 22 2026
    Michele Da Pozzo leads the Ampezzo Dolomites Nature Park, a protected area born from the local community's fierce determination to shield their land. Through his voice and the memory of mountain guide Franco Gaspari, this episode explores the disruptive impact of social media and mass tourism. A powerful call to action on managing visitor flows to protect wildlife, silence, and the true soul of the peaks.
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    19 min
  • 23. Treasure hunter

    23. Treasure hunter
    Jul 15 2026
    Michael Wachtler, a researcher and collector from San Candido, turns the mountains into his own field of scientific exploration. From the discovery of Megachirella wachtleri—the fossil ancestor of lizards and snakes—to major gold finds in the Alps, his story celebrates a life driven by pure curiosity and lived in complete freedom.
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    20 min
  • 22. North wind

    22. North wind
    Jul 8 2026
    Alfredo Paluselli retraces the steps of his grandfather, a pioneering ski instructor and artist. The pioneer's spirit lives on at Baita Segantini, 2200 meters above Passo Rolle, where he chose to live in near-total solitude for thirty-five years. A profound reflection on silence and the most intimate, pure, and contemplative meaning of the peaks, far from modern tourism.
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    23 min
  • 21. The death of Sepp

    21. The death of Sepp
    Jan 16 2026
    At dawn on July 4th, 1915, on the rocky walls of Monte Paterno in the Sexten Dolomites, one of the most emblematic stories of mountain warfare during the First World War unfolds. Joseph Innerkofler, known to everyone as Sepp, a legendary mountain guide, hotel owner and profound connoisseur of these peaks, climbs through snow and rock to retake a strategic position. Sepp is no ordinary soldier: he is a fifty-year-old man who built his life among these mountains and chooses to defend them by offering himself in place of his son. Different versions surround his death during the assault on Monte Paterno, suspended between myth, propaganda and historical truth. Yet beyond how he died, what remains is the meaning of his action: a deep bond with his land and community, shattered by a war that turned friends, colleagues and fellow mountain men into adversaries. A story that restores humanity to a symbolic figure and invites us to look beyond borders, to understand the shared tragedy written into these mountains.
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    24 min
  • 20. Nameless heroes

    20. Nameless heroes
    Jan 9 2026
    Among the larch forests above Cortina d’Ampezzo, the Pocol Military Memorial holds the remains of thousands of soldiers from the First World War, many of them unknown. It is a place of silence and remembrance, inviting visitors to reflect on the fate of men who arrived from distant lands to fight a war they barely understood. Together with historical reenactor Andrea Orsi, Diego Clara retraces the stories of young Italian and Austro-Hungarian soldiers, thrown into a world of ice, rock and avalanches, where nature itself was often the greatest enemy. Among them stands the story of Second Lieutenant Angelo Fusetti, only nineteen years old, who fell on Sasso di Stria and was never recovered. A powerful journey into memory, giving back a voice to the unknown and reminding us of the immense human cost these mountains once bore.
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    27 min
  • 19. The front line

    19. The front line
    Jan 2 2026
    The Dolomites we know today for their beauty and protection were, just over a century ago, one of the harshest and most dramatic front lines of the First World War. Tunnels carved into rock, underground mines and exposed positions turned these mountains into the stage of an extreme war, fought in inhuman conditions. Historical alpine guide Franz Brunner Pozzi leads Diego Clara through the symbolic sites of the Dolomite front, from Lagazuoi to Col di Lana, telling the story of soldiers—often farmers and shepherds—thrown into an unfamiliar and hostile environment. Through historical accounts, family memories and personal experience, a powerful narrative emerges: one of a war that deeply shaped both the land and its people. A journey into memory that invites us to see the Dolomites not only as a natural heritage, but as a place of sacrifice, respect and peace.
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    27 min
  • 18. A life at the pace of the flock

    18. A life at the pace of the flock
    Aug 22 2025
    Every spring, Caterina De Boni sets out with her flock from the Friulian plain to the Dolomites, following the ancient rhythm of transhumance. Hers is a life of tradition and resilience: a nearly vanished craft that survives despite bureaucracy, predators, and the struggle to find pastures. In this episode, Caterina shares her choice to become a shepherdess, her childhood in Cortina between goats and luxury hotels, the discovery of the wild Magredi plain, and her love for a work that is at once toil, freedom, and community.
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    27 min
  • 17. Two Rooms to resist emptiness

    17. Two Rooms to resist emptiness
    Aug 15 2025
    In Belluno’s old town, Daniela Zangrando opened Burel, a contemporary art micro-museum made up of just two rooms. A stubborn act, born “out of anger”, against depopulation and the absence of cultural spaces. In this episode, she tells how art can become a bridge between the local community and the wider world, rooted in the mountains yet able to look far beyond them. A journey through ever-changing exhibitions, swallows under the arcades, and the determination to stay when everyone tells you to leave.
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    24 min