The Parks Podcast

Understanding the Strategy Behind the Chaos (Episode 85)

Send us Fan Mail It can feel like every week there's a new emergency, a new deadline, a new thing to fight. That's not an accident. Rebecca Gillis — VP of Gov

Save Public Lands - This Land Belongs to All of Us (Episode 84)

Send us Fan Mail Public lands don't belong to one party. They belong to all of us. Cal Callaghan — President and CEO of Backcountry Hunters and Anglers — joins me

Save Public Lands: Proactive Vision and Unity (Episode 83)

Send us Fan Mail We launched Save Public Lands last week. Now it's time to talk about why this campaign is different. Paul Hendricks — Executive Director of The Co

The Roadless Rule - An Update & What It Means For You (Episode 82)

Send us Fan Mail The Roadless Rule is back — and we are in the middle of a 30-day public comment period that closes September 21st. Katie Johnson — Campaigns and Engage

Save Public Lands — One Million Signatures for National Public Lands Day (Episode 81)

Send us Fan Mail It's time to go on offense. Today I'm joined by Fitz Cahall — host of the Dirtbag Diaries podcast — to launch Save Public Lands, a coalition-

Big Bend National Park — What's Happening on the Ground and How to Help with Chris Keyes from RE:PUBLIC(Episode 80)

Send us Fan Mail Bulldozers just showed up inside Big Bend National Park. 28 environmental regulations waived. A $1.7 billion contract awarded to a subsidiary created s

Jimmy Carter National Historical Park (Episode 78)

Send us Fan Mail He grew up in a house with no bathroom in the middle of nowhere, Georgia. His closest caretakers were Black neighbors in a community the segregated Sout

Best Day Ever: The Movie That Will Change How You See the Outdoors (Episode 78)

Send us Fan Mail A bridge was six inches too narrow. Not because it was hard to fix — because no one had thought about it. Greg Durso has been paralyzed from the chest

Chaco Culture National Historical Park — The Fight for the Buffer Zone (Episode 77)

Send us Fan Mail A UNESCO World Heritage Site. Over a thousand years of ancestral Pueblo history. Sacred tribal land protected through years of advocacy and 150 days of

National Hammock Day — The Art of Slowing Down with ENO's Anna Rawlins (Episode 76)

Send us Fan Mail July 22nd is National Hammock Day — and if you've been following My Hammock Summer, you already know exactly how to celebrate. This episode was or

Status Update: Bears Ears and Grand Staircase (Episode 75)

Send us Fan Mail On July 13th, President Trump signed two proclamations rolling back nearly 90% of the protected boundaries of Bears Ears and Grand Staircase-Escalante N

Summer in the Parks: A Collaborative Episode with KeeKee's Big Adventure (Episode 74)

Send us Fan Mail Summer vacation too expensive? Too complicated? Too late to plan? Missy and Shannon Jones of KeeKee's Big Adventures are here to debunk all of it.

What Playing Outside Teaches Us — Resilience, Mindfulness, and the Gift of Nature (Episode 73)

Send us Fan Mail Everything you learn outside follows you home. The resilience to own a mistake in front of your team. The ability to sit with discomfort without shuttin

DC Triumphal Arch — What You Need to Know Before June 15

Send us Fan Mail The public comment window on the proposed 250-foot Triumphal Arch in Washington DC closes June 15. I sat down with Priya Jain, Chair of the Heritage Con

Cook Park (Atlanta) - Episode 71

Send us Fan Mail In 2002, a flood pushed six feet of stormwater and sewage into the living rooms of families in Atlanta's Vine City neighborhood. Sixty families wer

Leave No Trace w/Subaru "Leave No Trace" Traveling Team, Jeanelle & Rob - Episode 70

Send us Fan Mail Leave No Trace comes up in almost every episode of The Parks Podcast — but what is it really? Most people think it means pack out your trash and pick up

Appalachian Trail with Cinda Waldbuesser (Episode 69)

Send us Fan Mail Grab your hiking boots and get ready to journey through the "People’s Park." In this episode, host Missy Rentz welcomes Cinda Waldbuesser, President and

LGBTQ Outdoors (Episode 68)

Send us Fan Mail What started as a simple Instagram account to document outdoor adventures quickly evolved into a nationwide movement. In this episode of The Parks Podca

Black Hill Discovery Center - Montgomery Parks (Episode 67)

Send us Fan Mail "I want them to look back and say, 'This was my school'—not just a park I visit." What if a child’s first classroom wasn’t surrounded by four

Cuyahoga Valley National Park (Episode 66)

Send us Fan Mail Cuyahoga Valley proves that a park doesn't have to be "untouched" to be transformative. Whether you’re there for a high-intensity hike or a quiet g