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How Wild

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Frequency: 1 episode/45d. Total Eps: 16

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.

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The American Storytelling collection explores the great outdoors

mardi 9 juin 2026 • Duration 01:17

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

Season 1 · Episode 13

mardi 10 février 2026 • Duration 01:53

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 our nation. These are our biggest little-known shows. Find them in the American Storytelling channel on Apple Podcasts or on the NPR App.

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Solitude

Season 1 · Episode 4

mardi 3 septembre 2024 • Duration 28:45

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.

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Natural

Season 1 · Episode 3

mardi 27 août 2024 • Duration 28:38

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."

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Undeveloped

Season 1 · Episode 2

mardi 20 août 2024 • Duration 28:47

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.

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Untrammeled

Season 1 · Episode 1

mardi 13 août 2024 • Duration 32:00

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.

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Introducing How Wild

Season 1

jeudi 1 août 2024 • Duration 03:00

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.

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Wild Times: Live Event with Former Parks Director Jon Jarvis

Season 1 · Episode 12

vendredi 1 août 2025 • Duration 59:33

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 working within the agency.

This interview was recorded live at KALW Public Media on July 22, 2025.

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Wild Times: Rewriting History in National Parks

Season 1 · Episode 11

vendredi 1 août 2025 • Duration 13:07

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 Trump's policies though and park rangers and historians are speaking out.

This interview first aired on KALW's Crosscurrents on July 31, 2025.

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Wild Times: An Update On National Parks Under Trump

Season 1 · Episode 10

jeudi 22 mai 2025 • Duration 15:08

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's public lands.

This interview originally aired on KALW Public Media's Crosscurrents on May 15, 2025.

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