All Episodes
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Trail Tales: Ranger Edition with National Park After Dark
Liz is joined by Danielle and Cassie of National Park After Dark Podcast! Together they read and react through Trail Tales (listener stories), all of which are park ra...
39: Woniya Thibeault - Woman of the Wild & History Channel's Survival Show "Alone: Frozen" Winner
My guest today is someone I am so beyond stoked to talk to. She is a powerful woman who specializes in wilderness skills, traditional lifeways, and ancestral skills. S...
38: Battling Bananas & Loving Plants with Plant Prof Vikram Baliga
Liz chats with Vikram Baliga - known for his online presence as The Plant Prof and podcast Planthropology - about loving plants and the plant community, wild 5-minute ...
37: N8ture AL & the Nature Gap
He's back! It's N8ture AL (also known as Alex Troutman)! Liz and Al catch up since they last spoke in September. AL has worked in conservation as a wildlife biologist ...
36: Out There and Queer Joy with Lance Garland
Lance Garland is an author, climber, father, husband, former Navy SEAL trainee, and has become the first openly gay fireman in the Seattle Fire Department. But who is...
35: Music as Resistance with Kirstie Lynn
Music has been used as an act of resistance and protest for generations. You may have heard the saying: "you know times are bad when folk music is getting better." Wel...
34: National Parks with Brazen Backpacker Emily Pennington
Joining Liz is author and journalist Emily Pennington! Not only is Emily super rad-- she is also the first guest who had previously submitted the Submit A Guest form! ...
33: From Ecuador to Washington DC - Andrea Delgado
Andrea Delgado is a fierce and kind leader who immigrated from Ecuador to the United States at a young age. This is someone who has spent nearly two decades operating ...
32: Save the Boundary Waters with Ingrid Lyons
The Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness in Minnesota is the most visited Wilderness area in the United States, garnering around 150,000 to 250,000 visitors per year....
31: Concessionaires of National Parks with Kayla Babb
Concessionaires have been around even before the Park Service in what we now know as National Parks. Today, there are nearly 500 concessionaires within our Parks, whic...
30: Finding Joy in a World of Bad News
In this week's episode, Liz is joined by her sister (and our first returner guest) Sarah. They talk about how the constant circulation of bad news is exhausting and we...
29: Digital Advocacy & Getting Outside with Alex Haraus
Alex Haraus is an outdoor and public lands advocate, experienced traveler and an incredible digital creator. We talk about his journey outdoors, his love for the envir...
28: Goodbye 2025, Hello 2026!
2025: you were one hell of a year. Going into 2026, Liz & Mikayla are embracing the Year of the Horse with determination and even more amazing things! A completely rev...
27: Southern Utah Wilderness Alliance
For our last episode of 2025, we bring to our listeners some much needed information on a public lands topic. What would coal mining look like from a National Park? Wh...
26: Interview with Chuck Sams - the 19th National Park Service Director
Today’s very special guest is one that many of you may recognize: Charles F. Sams III, who goes by Chuck Sams, is well-renowned in the park ranger community. Chuck is ...
25: Glaciers & National Parks of Alaska with Ranger Emily
Ranger Emily is a park ranger within the wild landscapes of Alaska. She shares her experiences and perspectives with us as an individual who works as an archaeologist ...
24: Interview with Ken Burns - National Parks & Democracy
Joining us for this incredibly special episode is Ken Burns - one of the greatest documentary filmmakers of his time. Ken Burns is known for his epic and historically ...
23: The Responsible "Influencer" - Ashley Petefish
What does it mean to be a "responsible influencer"? How can someone with a prominent social media platform advocate responsibly for the places that they love to showca...
22: Wolf Conservation with Author Leokadia George
Whether we like them or not, wolves are our neighbors and have an ecological impact. We sat down with Monica Stallman, who goes by their pen name Leokadia George, to t...
21: Ranger Red & the Borderlands
What's it like to work along the borderlands of the US-Mexico border as a public lands steward? Ranger Red joins us to talk about his experiences as a GIS specialist a...
