Podcast Episodes
Back to SearchNational Park News | Man Diverts a National Park River, New Shark Species Discovered, Rabies Scare at Saguaro
Episode 268
In this month's national park news, new-to-science fossils have been uncovered at Mammoth Cave and John Day Fossil Beds, a rabies scare is taking hol…
2 years ago
Stiltsville: An Offshore Hideaway at Biscayne National Park
Episode 267
Set against the backdrop of Miami’s skyline, six structures rise from the turquoise waters of Biscayne Bay. Rugged and isolated, these houses on stil…
2 years, 1 month ago
Harboring History: The Salem Maritime Site and America's Cultural Treasures
Episode 266
Salem Maritime is not just any National Historic Site; it’s the first place the National Park Service was tasked with preserving that wasn’t about na…
2 years, 1 month ago
National Park News | Park Service Morale Low, Investigative Ranger Ranks Dangerously Low
Episode 265
In this month's news round-up, we take a look at some concerns about the ranks of National Park Service employees: morale is lower than that of other…
2 years, 1 month ago
Denali, and the Effects of Gold Mining in the Kantishna Hills
Episode 264
Gold Mining drew the world's eye to the wonders of Alaska. Some of our most treasured landscapes were explored in the first place in the effort to st…
2 years, 1 month ago
Second Only to George Washington
Episode 263
George Rogers Clark, the twenty-six-year-old commander of the Kentucky Militia, petitioned Virginia governor Patrick Henry to be allowed to take 500 …
2 years, 2 months ago
News From The Parks | Navy Rescues Motorcycles from Death Valley, 3 New National Park Sites, Yosemite Reservations Return, More
Episode 262
In this episode, we share all the ins and outs of Yosemite's new returning reservation system; we share the news about three new National Park Servic…
2 years, 2 months ago
Vandalism and Capitalism vs Historical Artifacts: Defacement in the NPS
Episode 261
The defacement at National Park sites goes beyond graffiti, and each layer peeled back raises more questions about what destruction is vs. what a his…
2 years, 2 months ago
Christmas in Yellowstone
Episode 260
For this holiday season, we thought it’d be great to revisit short stories we told way back in 2018 about magical Christmases in America’s first nati…
2 years, 3 months ago
A Dream of Peace
Episode 259
At the 125th anniversary of the Battle at Gettysburg, Nearing the end of the Cold War, famous scientist Dr. Carl Sagan would re-dedicate the Eternal …
2 years, 3 months ago