# Solving the Mystery of the Boiling River

An episode of [Overheard at National Geographic](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1466697207), 12 Apr 2022, 37 min.

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As a boy growing up in Peru, Andrés Ruzo recalls his grandfather’s stories about the horrors Spanish conquistadores encountered in the Amazon, including a “boiling river.” Years later, Ruzo, a National Geographic Explorer, journeys into the Amazon to try to find the waterway. For more information on this episode, visit nationalgeographic.com/overheard. Want more? Read Andrés’s book: The Boiling River: Adventure and Discovery in the Amazon. Also explore: Curious what you can do to help the river’s ecosystem? Go to www.boilingriver.org. For subscribers: Read a Q&A with Andrés to learn more about the communities that live around Shanay-Timpishka and the theories scientists explored to understand why the river boils. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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