How Wild
How Wild hits trails around the country, exploring the meaning of wilderness. A century ago, the U.S. set aside the first official wilderness. You'll hear stories from rangers, scientists, hikers, environmentalists, and Tribal leaders as they grapple with the realities of wilderness on a changing planet, and whether the concept of 'wilderness' has ever really existed.
Episodes
How Wild Presents: Beyond the Shore
Did you know some eels migrate from Lake Ontario all the way to the Bermuda Triangle in the Atlantic Ocean? How wild is that?!Here’s a story from Beyond the Shore, made by our friends at Michigan Public. Just like How Wild, this podcast takes you outdoors to explore the huge inland seas known as the Great Lakes, what makes them so special, and what it will take to ensure they stay great f
The American Storytelling collection explores the great outdoors
Out in the open, beyond the noise of everyday life, the land has a way of revealing us. ‘American Storytelling’ is a collection of podcasts from across the NPR Network, and this summer, we’re presenting a selection of shows that celebrate the great American outdoors, and the deeper stories it tells about who we are.
Introducing the American Storytelling collection
What does it mean to be an American? There’s no one way. At NPR, we think of the American identity as a story - one that's always being rewritten by the people who live it. The American Storytelling collection gathers stories from local stations across the NPR Network - from small town struggles, to natural phenomena, to the intricate histories that build the constantly-evolving tale of o
Wild Times: Live Event with Former Parks Director Jon Jarvis
Been camping or hiking in a national park this summer? It's pretty wild right now. In the midst of their busiest season, national parks and other public lands are under-staffed and facing massive budget cuts.Former National Park Service Director Jon Jarvis spoke with How Wild's Marissa Ortega-Welch about the threats to public lands right now and shared his insights from forty years of wor
Wild Times: Rewriting History in National Parks
Noticed any changes to signs in your local national park?An exhibit at California's Muir Woods National Monument was recently edited because of a Trump executive order banning any types of content — like exhibits, signs, books in the gift shop — that "inappropriately disparage" people in American history.This isn't the first time that a national park exhibit has been affected because of T
Wild Times: An Update On National Parks Under Trump
It's wild times, y'all. Just as we're getting ready to go hiking and camping this summer, national parks and forests are facing the biggest staff and budget cuts in history under the Trump administration. In this interview, How Wild host Marissa Ortega-Welch shares what she's been hearing from park and forest rangers, biologists, and custodians about how these cuts will impact the nation'
How Wild Presents: The Wild with Chris Morgan
It may not be designated capital "W" wilderness, but the ocean is an incredibly wild place.We're sharing an episode about the ocean from The Wild with Chris Morgan, produced by our friends at KUOW. The Wild is about the wonders of our natural world and the people working to protect it. On this episode, Chris takes us to Biscayne National Park off the coast of Florida to see how scientists
How Wild Presents: "The New Space Race" from Outside/In
What if the next time you were in wilderness looking at the sky on a clear, dark night, you saw more visible satellites than stars? What if the Big Dipper and Orion were drowned out by a satellite traffic jam, criss-crossing through space?More satellites are being launched into space than ever before. And as they become more common, they're changing the experience of looking at the night
Wild Ideas
How wild? We don't have the foggiest idea. In this final episode of season one, we go to California's Point Reyes National Seashore on a cloudy day to think about the nebulous feeling of wilderness and its future. "Capital W" wilderness is a useful land management tool, but wilderness as a feeling is different for everybody.Photo by Janet Rosen (CC BY-NC-ND 2.0)To manage podcast ad prefer
Other
Not everything fits into neat little boxes. Sometimes you have to check "other."What are other perspectives on wilderness?We visit the country's first tribal wilderness in the Mission Mountains of Montana to hear how it's managed by the Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribe.To manage podcast ad preferences, review the links below:See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection a
Primitive, Unconfined Recreation
Do you have all your gear to head into nature? What about your smartphone?Technology helps people access wilderness, but it can also get in the way.We're hitting the Pacific Crest Trail with hikers and a Search and Rescue team who have mixed feelings about technology in wilderness, and we meet a recreator who wouldn't be able to be here without it.To manage podcast ad preferences, review
Solitude
Do you have a permit?We're going to a popular trail in Colorado's Maroon Bells to talk about the slippery feeling of solitude and what to do about more people on the trail.To manage podcast ad preferences, review the links below:See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for sponsorship and to manage your podcast sponsorship preferences.Learn more ab
Natural
We're tired from hiking and taking a break at an art museum to ponder how nature got framed.We're exploring how artists like Ansel Adams and thinkers like John Muir shaped Americans' ideas of what "authentic nature" should look like and who belongs in it."To manage podcast ad preferences, review the links below:See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal d
Undeveloped
What do you mean by "undeveloped" — weren't there people living here?We're wading through rivers in the nation's first wilderness in New Mexico's Gila National Forest to learn how the idea of capital "W" Wilderness came to be.To manage podcast ad preferences, review the links below:See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for sponsorship and to man
Untrammeled
Untrammeled. No, that's not a typo. We don't mean untrampled.Wilderness areas are supposed to remain free from human intervention unless absolutely necessary. But in a world where every part of the planet is affected by climate change, how do we decide when to intervene? We're heading off-trail in Sequoia National Park with land managers and environmentalists who are at odds.To manage pod
Introducing How Wild
Put on your hiking shoes. Pack some water and snacks. We're heading out on trails around the West to explore the meaning of wilderness and how it's changing.To manage podcast ad preferences, review the links below:See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for sponsorship and to manage your podcast sponsorship preferences.Learn more about sponsor mes
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