Podcast Episodes

The National Park Service

The National Park Service has changed immensely since its days of keeping poachers out of Yellowstone. So has its approach to telling the story of Am…

4 years, 3 months ago

The first national park

The land had been cultivated and lived on for millennia when geologist Ferdinand Hayden came upon the astounding Yellowstone "wilderness." It wasn't …

4 years, 3 months ago

Is climate journalism experiencing a Great Resignation?

Last summer, former Outside/In host Sam Evans-Brown quit journalism to become a lobbyist for clean energy.

He’s not alone. Millions of people left the…

4 years, 4 months ago

Life and Death at a Human Decomposition Facility

Few bear witness to human decomposition. We embalm and seal bodies in caskets, and bury them six feet underground. Decomposition happens out of sight…

4 years, 4 months ago

Update: Happy the Elephant is Not a Person

Anybody who supports the show RIGHT NOW, during our June 2020 Fund Drive, will be entered to win a $500 Airbnb gift card, and will receive an adorabl…

4 years, 4 months ago

Six Foot Turkey: What Jurassic Park Got Wrong (And Right) About Dinosaurs

Anybody who supports the show RIGHT NOW, during our June 2020 Fund Drive, will be entered to win a $500 Airbnb gift card, and will receive an adorabl…

4 years, 4 months ago

Et Tu, Brute? The Case for Human Rights for Animals

Anybody who supports the show RIGHT NOW, during our June 2020 Fund Drive, will be entered to win a $500 Airbnb gift card, AND will receive an adorabl…

4 years, 5 months ago

Frog Sex, Tree Soap, and Other Signs of Spring

It’s that time again, when scientists everywhere hold their breath as we open our listener mailbag. It’s spring in the northern hemisphere, so the th…

4 years, 5 months ago

After the Avalanche

On a bluebird day in April of 2019, Snow Ranger Frank Carus set out to investigate a reported avalanche in the backcountry of Mt. Washington. He foun…

4 years, 5 months ago

Call of the Void

A few weeks ago our host, Nate Hegyi, was on the edge of a very high cliff in Utah’s Zion National Park when he heard a little voice inside his head …

4 years, 6 months ago