Podcast Episodes
Back to SearchFood, power, and hope in the American West
In today's podcast, we talk to Jennifer Sahn, editor of High Country News, and writers Rick Bass and Laureli Ivanoff, about HCN's September issue, a …
5 months, 3 weeks ago
The perils and poetics of being a fire lookout
Philip Connors grew up on a farm in Minnesota, studied journalism, and got a job at the Wall Street Journal. But after the September 11 attacks and t…
6 months, 1 week ago
Vermejo Park Ranch: Watching degraded ecosystems bounce back
In 1996, media mogul Ted Turner bought a New Mexico ranch that's bigger than many national parks. A new film, Preserved, details its history, conserv…
6 months, 3 weeks ago
An outdoor classroom for land stewardship—and life skills
Quinn Mendelson is Conservation Program Director of Rocky Mountain Youth Corps, a nonprofit that trains young adults to do conservation work in the "…
7 months ago
The Good Meat Movement
What is "good meat"? Michele Thorne has a lot to say on the subject. She is executive director of The Good Meat Project, a non-profit whose mission i…
7 months, 2 weeks ago
Navajo farming and entrepreneurship––for the next generation
Zachariah Ben is a sixth-generation farmer from Shiprock, New Mexico. He and his family founded Bidii Baby Foods. Using traditional Navajo food tradi…
8 months ago
Feeding a Divided America
Gilles Stockton is author of the new book, Feeding a Divided America: Reflections of a Western Rancher in the Era of Climate Change, published by Uni…
8 months, 2 weeks ago
Feeding a Divided America
Giles Stockton is author of the new book, Feeding a Divided America: Reflections of a Western Rancher in the Era of Climate Change, published by Univ…
8 months, 2 weeks ago
Preventing Catastrophic Flooding: The Secret is in the Soil
Bryan Hummel is a big-time water nerd. Specializing in nature-based solutions to watershed and land management issues, he has brought his expertise t…
8 months, 4 weeks ago
Thinking ecologically—about human health
Doctor and professor of public health Wendy Johnson saw in her medical practice people who thrived against all odds, and those who suffered grave cha…
9 months, 1 week ago