Podcast Episodes

USDA And DOI Sign Joint Wildfire Memo. Sec. Rollins Directs Forest Service Wildfire Response In New Order. No Tax On Overtime...?

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Yesterday, Secretary Rollins and Secretary Burgum received their 2025…

9 months, 3 weeks ago

23 Years As A Fire Wife: The Struggles And Joys Of Wildfire Relationships. Brittany Culbertson joins to discuss what it’s like to be a longtime Fire Wife.

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10 months ago

The Timber Executive Orders: Former NEPA Assistant Director For The USDA, Sharon Friedman, Joins To Discuss The Orders.

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These last couple of weeks, listeners have been asking for an episod…

10 months, 1 week ago

Getting Through Critical 80 Healthy, Now What? Sustainable Wellness Through The Fire Season With Jessie Thomas. Jessie is a Former Hotshot, Smokejumper, and now a health and fitness coach.

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I welcome Jessie Thomas to discuss health and fitness through the f…

10 months, 3 weeks ago

Living In The Wildland Urban Interface: Insurance Costs Rising, Home Hardening, And Wildfire Risk Maps. Stanford Scholar Michael Wara provides a needed dose of reality.

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With recent developments in Oregon, Idaho, and California r…

10 months, 3 weeks ago

Yes, There Is A Draft Executive Order For Wildfire. Here Is What's In It. Also, Oregon scraps wildfire risk map and Oklahoma Governor wants dissolve wildfire agency.

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There have been ongoing discussions about major changes in the wildfire world fo…

11 months ago

California’s Growing Fuel And Wildfire Problem. A Conversation With Zeke Lunder. Fuels mitigation and prescribed fire are key to the solution.

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Zeke Lunder is a Pyro-geographer. His parents fled the Bay Area for the hillbill…

11 months, 2 weeks ago

Human Lookouts V.S. The Robots... A 35 Year Lookout Veteran, Zeyn O'Leary Gives His Perspective.

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Today, I welcome Zeyn O’Leary, a 35-year veteran fire lookout who has staffed t…

1 year ago

The Continuing Resolution Deadline, Wildfire Pay, And Wildfire Legislation. Senator Tim Sheehy Joins The Show To Discuss It All. Deadline for passage is Friday night.

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With less than 48 hours to pass the Continuing Resolution that locks in base wag…

1 year ago

Golden Eagles Hotshot Justin DeMoss: The Hotshot Wellness Summit. Mental Health On And Off The Fireline.

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I welcome Justin DeMoss, current Golden Eagles Hotshot and of Hotshot Wellness.

J…

1 year ago