The 5 Best America's National Parks Podcast Episodes
1) The Great Humanitarian
Herbert Hoover had been president for less than a year when the stock market crashed. At the next election, he was swept out out the white house and out of public life as a scapegoat that would foreve...Show More
2) Elon Musk’s DOGE Now Directly Controls the National Park Service
In a stunning shift of federal power, Elon Musk's Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) now holds sweeping authority over the U.S. Department of the Interior — including the National Park Service...Show More
3) Witness Trees: Silent Sentinels of American History
In this episode, delve into the fascinating world of 'Witness Trees'—trees that have stood the test of time and witnessed key moments in American history. From the Civil War battlefields of Antietam, ...Show More
4) Spooky Yellowstone
National Parks play roles in all kinds of American legends, and Yellowstone, our first park, is no exception. It's October, time to dust off the ghost stories and feast on three short pieces of Yellow...Show More
5) 37 Days in Yellowstone
Two years before the creation of our first National Park, Truman Everts got lost in Yellowstone. He lost not one, but two horses. He set not one, but two forest fires. He waited out a mountain lion in...Show More
6) National Parks in a Shutdown: How to Visit Now—and What’s Really Going On
One week in, we have a clear as mud idea about which National Parks and areas of parks are open and which aren't. In this episode, I'll show you where to find the most up to date info, and former Nati...Show More
7) News: How The Shutdown Will Affect National Parks, Grand Canyon North Rim Reopened, and More
This week’s National Parks & Public Lands News Roundup covers the impending federal government shutdown and its affect on National Parks, an expansion of coal mining on federal lands, the re-opening o...Show More
8) NEWS | National Park Exhibits Removed, New Fire Agency, Pushback on Florida Springs National Park, & More
This week’s National Parks & Public Lands News Roundup covers some big and controversial stories: Reports that slavery- and racism-related exhibits are being removed from multiple National Park Servic...Show More
9) The Wild West Life of Josie Bassett Morris and Dinosaur National Monument
At the edge of Utah and Colorado, where canyons plunge and rivers carve through stone, lies Dinosaur National Monument — a place known today for Jurassic fossils and wild rivers. But hidden within its...Show More
10) NEWS: New Florida National Park? Illegal Grow Site in Sequoia, Park Staff Unionize
Law enforcement rangers cleared an illegal cannabis grow in Sequoia National Park, where they found thousands of plants, toxic chemicals, and major environmental damage. A new national park could be c...Show More