About this podcast
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.
Episodes
- How Wild Presents: Beyond the Shore · 33 min · Season 1 Episode 14Did you know some eels migrate from Lake Ontario all the way to the Bermuda Triangle in the Atlantic Ocean? How wild is that?! Here’s a story from Beyond the Shore, made by our…
- The American Storytelling collection explores the great outdoors · 1 minOut 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…
- Introducing the American Storytelling collection · 2 min · Season 1 Episode 13What 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…
- Wild Times: Live Event with Former Parks Director Jon Jarvis · 60 min · Season 1 Episode 12Been 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…
- Wild Times: Rewriting History in National Parks · 13 min · Season 1 Episode 11Noticed 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…
- Wild Times: An Update On National Parks Under Trump · 15 min · Season 1 Episode 10It'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…
- How Wild Presents: The Wild with Chris Morgan · 40 minIt may not be designated capital "W" wilderness, but the ocean is an incredibly wild place. We're sharing an episode about the ocean from The Wild with Chris Morgan, produced by…
- How Wild Presents: "The New Space Race" from Outside/In · 37 min · Season 1 Episode 8What if the next time you were in wilderness looking at the sky on a clear, dark night, you saw more visible satellites than stars? What if the Big Dipper and Orion were drowned…
- Wild Ideas · 30 min · Season 1 Episode 7How wild? We don't have the foggiest idea. In this final episode of season one, we go to California's Point Reyes National Seashore on a cloudy day to think about the nebulous…
- Other · 28 min · Season 1 Episode 6Not everything fits into neat little boxes. Sometimes you have to check "other." What are other perspectives on wilderness? We visit the country's first tribal wilderness in…
- Primitive, Unconfined Recreation · 31 min · Season 1 Episode 5Do you have all your gear to head into nature? What about your smartphone? Technology helps people access wilderness, but it can also get in the way. We're hitting the Pacific…
- Solitude · 29 min · Season 1 Episode 4Do 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. To…
- Natural · 29 min · Season 1 Episode 3We'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…
- Undeveloped · 29 min · Season 1 Episode 2What 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…
- Untrammeled · 32 min · Season 1 Episode 1Untrammeled. 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…
- Introducing How Wild · 3 min · Season 1Put 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. To manage podcast…
