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Trailer - An Introduction to The Wild Idea

Tuesday, March 11, 2025 • Duration 02:52

The Icebreaker

Episode 1

Tuesday, March 18, 2025 • Duration 41:29

Welcome to Episode One of The Wild Idea Podcast!

As you'll hear in today's conversation with co-hosts Bill Hodge and Anders Reynolds, this podcast is a project years in a making. The idea for this show emerged during conversations on a prairie in Montana, and we are excited to finally be delivering a series of incredible, important, and hopefully interesting conversations to your listening ears.

Today, Bill and Anders set the framework and talk about why we’re creating this podcast, answer some questions to help you get to know each of them a bit better, and share what you can expect from our upcoming episodes.

At The Wild Idea, we're excited to be exploring questions we’ve been asking ourselves for a long time and bringing these conversations to a wider audience and alongside experts, policymakers, and others.

We're excited to welcome you along.

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Nate Schweber: Public Lands History That Rhymes

Episode 3

Tuesday, April 1, 2025 • Duration 50:14

We're excited to welcome journalist Nate Schweber to the show! Today our conversation delves into how journalism has told the story of our public lands across the years, and Nate shares more about his recent book This America of Ours and other crucial writings about our public spaces.

Connect with Nate and see the links and resources mentioned in today's episode on our website.

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Hal Herring: Tailgate Conservation

Episode 2

Tuesday, March 25, 2025 • Duration 48:21

In today’s episode, we’re talking with the award-winner author, conservationist, and forester Hal Herring. You’l hear about how he balances his work as a planter, a sawyer, and writer; his journey and experiences from his youth in the American South to his career in the forests of the American West, his experiences with conservation and public lands across his career, and why he considers public lands to be the soul of the American Dream.

Connect with Hal and see the links and resources mentioned in today's episode on our website.

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Susan Jane Brown: The (Troubled) Future of the United States Forest Service

Thursday, April 10, 2025 • Duration 36:27

In the midst of the current administration's efforts to target public lands for privatization, we invited Susan Jane Brown—who we'll call SJ throughout today's show—to talk about what's happening right now and what it means for all of us, in this bonus episode where we're diving deep into the current threats facing the U.S. Forest Service.

After setting the stage with a framing of the government institutions that protect and caretake our public lands, we get into conversation with SJ about the entire picture of the timber industry and its intersection with public lands, from rural communities to fire management and so much more.

Connect with SJ and see the links and resources mentioned in today's episode on our website.

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Corina Newsome: The Wild All Around Us

Episode 4

Tuesday, April 8, 2025 • Duration 45:38

Today we’re joined by wildlife scientist Corina Newsome, as we explore the roots of her passion for birds before diving into how her career has brought her into spaces of seeking environmental justice and equity and helping climate-threatened species survive in a changing world.

Connect with Corina and see the links and resources mentioned in today's episode on our website.

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Greg Aplet: Forests, Fire, and What is Wild

Episode 5

Tuesday, April 15, 2025 • Duration 46:20

Today we're welcoming forest ecologist Greg Aplet as we dive into one of the most common points of interest when it comes to the wilderness today: forest fires and how they impact spaces both wild and human.

We talk with Greg about legislation and governmental actions, the costs and benefits of allowing fires to burn, the after-effects of the Smoky the Bear campaign, and how we can further the conversation between everyone impacted by logging, forest fires, and the ecology of the wilderness.

Connect with Greg and see the links and resources mentioned in today's episode on our website.

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Tim Manley: Grizzlies, Conflict, and Coexistence

Episode 7

Tuesday, April 29, 2025 • Duration 44:57

Today we're so excited to welcome Grizzly Bear Management Specialist (retired) Tim Manley to The Wild Idea podcast!

In our conversation today, we talk about Tim's pioneering work capturing Grizzly behavior in the wild, the evolution of the Grizzly - Human relationship and interactions, and how human behavior is impacting Grizzly habitat and vice versa.

Learn more about Tim and find the links and resources mentioned in today's episode on our website.

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Drew Lanham: The Wild We Inherit, The Wild We Imagine

Episode 6

Tuesday, April 22, 2025 • Duration 49:53

Today we are excited to be in conversation with J. Drew Lanham, an ecologist, poet, and professor.

We dive into questions of wilderness, who determines the authenticity of an outdoor experience, how Black and Brown people are showing up outside, what the evolving government actions could mean for our common access to wild spaces, and so much more.

Connect with Drew and see the links and resources mentioned in today's episode on our website.

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Jose Gonzalez: Show Up and Be Curious

Episode 9

Tuesday, May 13, 2025 • Duration 52:03

In this episode of The Wild Idea, we speak with José González, founder of Latino Outdoors and co-founder of The Outdoorist Oath, about identity, community, and redefining what it means to belong in wild spaces.

José shares his personal journey from rural Mexico to national conservation leadership, and why the question isn’t just how to get more people outside, but why it matters who gets to belong there.

Learn more and connect with José by visiting our website, thewildidea.com

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