Mud Kitchen
by Zoe Roane-Hopkins
Latest episode
Shane Boehne with the Baltimore City Deer Management Program
Shane Boehne with the Baltimore City Deer Management Program
About this podcast
Mud Kitchen is a podcast about people, landscape, and community in the Mid-Atlantic. We’re here to amplify voices, share stories, and explore the vast awesomeness of the landscapes we call home.
Episodes
The newest 20 of 21 episodes
- Shane Boehne with the Baltimore City Deer Management Program · 51 minShane Boehne heads up Baltimore City’s first ever deer management program and talks about the impact of deer overpopulation in the city and their approach to management. Reach…
- Keree’ Blanks with the Water Collaborative of Greater New Orleans · 46 min · Season 2 Episode 7Are y’all ready to learn about water justice and transform how you and your community are connected to water? Well Keree’ Blanks from the Water Collaborative of Greater New…
- JP Hodnett and Sarah Kulis with Dinosaur Park · 1 h 7 min · Season 2 Episode 6Dinosaurs! Sharks! Giant Sequoias! An ancient world is being unearthed at Dinosaur Park in Laurel, MD. Hear from paleontologist JP Hodnett and volunteer and program coordinator…
- Mothers's Day Special Part 2: Ellen Roane · 41 min · Season 2 Episode 5Part two of a two-part Mother’s Day Special! This episode, I’m interviewing Ellen Roane who worked for the Pennsylvania Department of Conservation and Natural Resources in the…
- Mothers's Day Special Part 1: Sarah Hopkins · 35 min · Season 2 Episode 4Part one of a two-part Mother’s Day Special! This episode, I’m interviewing my mom Sarah Hopkins who worked at the Department of Conservation and Natural Resources as the…
- Species with Spunk: Virginia Bluebells · 16 min · Season 2 Episode 3Species with Spunk is back! This episode, we’re hiking the Billy Goat Trail at Great Falls National Park in search of Virginia Bluebells. Listen now wherever your little heart…
- Jaz Erenberg, Community & Public Artist · 38 min · Season 2 Episode 2Jaz Erenberg is the mind and the brush behind many colorful murals around the city of Baltimore. Hear from community and public artist, Jaz Erenberg about her artistic process…
- Patuxent Research Refuge feat. Dr. Matt Gonnerman · 29 min · Season 2 Episode 1Visit the Patuxent Research Refuge and hear from Dr. Matt Gonnerman about his research at the refuge Show Notes: https://www.mudkitchenpod.com/show-notes/2025/episode-13 Follow…
- Neha Srinivasan with Nature Sacred · 46 min · Season 1 Episode 12Neha Srinivasan talks about her experience as a project manager for Nature Sacred, her love of dance, and how communication and language shape her world! Show Notes…
- Hiking Soldiers Delight · 21 min · Season 1 Episode 11Explore Soldiers Delight Natural Environment Area in Owings Mills, MD and discover another world! This globally rare serpentine ecosystem is home to lots of endemic and rare…
- Mike Hill with the US Forest Service · 1 h 1 min · Season 1 Episode 10Mike Hill is a landscape architect with the US Forest Service working with the Sites of Civil Rights and Resistance program. He works to connect communities to the layered…
- Justin Beitzel and Fernando Ramirez with Common Object Studio · 1 h 14 min · Season 1 Episode 9Ready to join the supply chain counter culture? Hear from industrial designers Justin Beitzel and Fernando Ramirez. They're BFFs and co-founders of Common Object Studio talking…
- Placemaking Week with Graham Projects and Sol Raya Public Space · 21 min · Season 1 Episode 8Public Art! Placemaking! Painting on the Street! It’s the 4th International Placemaking Week Conference and this year it’s right here in Baltimore! Let’s learn about placemaking…
- Bri'Anna Horne with Pigtown Climbs · 48 min · Season 1 Episode 7Rock climbing! Community building! Shark tagging! Bri’Anna Horne is the founder and president of Pigtown Climbs, a non-profit based out of the Pigtown neighborhood in Baltimore…
- Paddling Blackwater National Wildlife Refuge · 16 min · Season 1 Episode 6Kayaking! Bald Eagles! Climate Change! Join Zoe and her friends, Logan, Ben, and Ned on a kayaking adventure at Blackwater National Wildlife Refuge. Learn why it’s called…
- Story Shift: Acorn Park · 17 min · Season 1 Episode 5Giant acorn gazebo! Shiny springs! Unearthed institutionalized racism! Explore Acorn Park in Silver Spring, MD to learn what that big acorn means and how a misguided attempt to…
- Kelley Oklesson with Groundsmith Collective · 53 min · Season 1 Episode 4Design landscapes for real human beings! Be optimistic and angry! Connect with people! Kelley Oklesson talks about her journey through landscape architecture, starting her own…
- Species with Spunk: Skunk Cabbage · 19 min · Season 1 Episode 3Produce your own heat! Smell like decomposing flesh! Fight against the foragers! It’s the first installment of Species with Spunk, and today we're deep diving on Eastern Skunk…
- Melvin Jadulang with Boone Street Comons · 54 min · Season 1 Episode 2Vacant lots! Grassroots greenspace! Creating with community! Melvin Jadulang talks about his experience turning a group of vacant lots in his backyard into Boone St Commons, a…
- Laurel Riverfront Park · 14 min · Season 1 Episode 1Beavers! Invasive plants! An old dam! Join me on a green space appreciation stroll through Riverfront Park in Laurel, MD. Also, what’s my deal? Take a listen and find out! Show…







