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The Wild Idea

Wild Idea Media
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119 episodes

The Wild Idea is an exploration of the intersection of wild nature and our own human nature. The hosts, Bill Hodge and Anders Reynolds, through conversations with experts and thought leaders will dive into the ways that humans have both embraced and impact the function and vitality of our remaining wild places.

Episodes

The Wild Line: Public Lands Rule Rescinded, Right Whale and Roadless Rule Hearings Loom, and Wins in Colorado and New Mexico

about 13 hours ago

12m


E60

Gregg Treinish & Lara Birkes: Turning Adventure into Conservation Data

May. 12

48m


The Wild Line: Pearce Nomination Heads to Senate Floor, American Prairie Permit Battle, Alaska Land Transfer, and Ted Turner's Legacy

May. 8

8m


E59

Autumn Gillard & Steve Bloch: Tribal Voices and the Fight to Save Grand Staircase - Escalante

May. 5

49m


The Wild Line: Trump Pulls NPS Nominee, Appalachian Groups Sue Over Corridor H, and the Forest Service Embraces Glyphosate

May. 1

13m


E58

Dalton George: The Hellbender, The High Country, and the Fight to Keep Appalachia Wild

Apr. 28

33m


The Wild Line: Advocates Notch a Win for Endangered Species, the Forest Service Considers Chainsaws and Mining in Wilderness

Apr. 24

13m


E57

Jessica Howell-Edwards & Dani Purvis: Fighting for the Wild Soul of Cumberland Island

Apr. 21

44m


The Wild Line: GOP Approves Mining in the Boundary Waters, USFS Faces Questions on Reorganization, SELC Sues the God Squad

Apr. 17

11m


E56

Dr. Erica Smithwick: Fire, Climate, and Forest Resilience in the East

Apr. 14

48m


The Wild Line: Trump Budget Targets Parks, USDA Consolidates NEPA Rules, and Three Key Public Lands Votes Loom in Congress

Apr. 10

16m


E55

Dr. William Keeton: Carbon, Complexity, and the Future of Old Growth

Apr. 7

48m


The Wild Line: U.S. Forest Service Overhaul, Interior Aims to Drill Chaco Canyon, Protections for Rice's Whale Lifted

Apr. 3

20m


E54

The Past, Present and Future of The Roadless Rule

Mar. 31

1h 24m


The Wild Line: A Pipeline Executive Heads to Congress, SpaceX Eyes Refuge Land, and E&E News Loses a Quarter of Its Newsroom

Mar. 27

13m


E53

Trust for Public Land: Why Every Child Deserves Green Time

Mar. 24

53m


The Wild Line: Congress Shields Lead Ammo, ESA Exemptions on the Table, and a Georgia Seashore Fight

Mar. 20

16m


E52

Tim Mahoney: The Irish Wilderness and the Art of Passing a Bill

Mar. 17

52m


The Wild Line: Oil Drilling in Alaska’s Arctic Refuge, California Pipeline Restart, Scientists Release Suppressed Nature Report

Mar. 13

10m


E51

Terry Tempest Williams: Wildness, Ancestors, and the Holy Ordinary

Mar. 10

53m


The Wild Line: Border Wall through Big Bend, Proposed Forest Service Prescribed Fire in Wilderness, Montana Political Moves Impacting Public Lands

Mar. 6

15m


E50

Cole Mannix: Working Land Stewardship and Food Systems

Mar. 3

41m


The Wild Line: BLM Nominee Hearing, Alaska Land Rollback, Lesser Prairie Chicken Ruling, and Roadless Rule Update

Feb. 27

11m


The Wild Line: Lawsuit Seeks End to NPS Censorship, Proposed Management Changes to the Flathead, Comments Due for Cumberland Island VUMP

Feb. 20

8m


The Wild Line: Trump Targets Northeast Marine Monument, USFS Reconsiders Public Comment, Illinois Rewilds

Feb. 13

16m


The Wild Line: Drilling Process Opens for ANWR, States Debate Colorado Basin Water Rights, Washington Post Slashes Climate Coverage

Feb. 6

10m


The Wild Line: Tongass Old-Growth Logging Advances, Alabama Reconsiders Water Quality, NPS Removes Signage Nationwide

Jan. 30

15m


E49

Andrew Thoms: The Tongass - America's Largest National Forest and a Key Roadless Landscape

Jan. 27

42m


The Wild Line: Could the Boundary Waters be Mined? Could Utah be Paved? Could Burgum end Bison Grazing?

Jan. 23

10m


E48

Peter Metcalf and Terry Tatsey: Blackfeet Nation Stewardship and a Living Landscape in the Badger–Two Medicine

Jan. 20

46m


The Wild Line: Boundary Waters Under Threat (Again), Cumberland Islands Considers Visitor Use, 25 Years of the Roadless Rule

Jan. 16

15m


E47

Bjorn Fredrickson & Raul Turrieta: The Roadless History of the World's First Designated Wilderness

Jan. 15

35m


The Wild Line: Logging Threatens Montana's Wild Rivers, Colorado Finds a Solution to Sackett

Jan. 9

11m


E46

Kristin Gendzier: The Roadless Rule's Southern Roots

Jan. 8

54m


E45

Chris Wood: Why We Have The Roadless Rule (Redux)

Jan. 6

40m


E44

Michelle Fullner: Setting Resolutions with the Host of the Golden State Naturalist Podcast

Dec. 30

32m


E43

Sarah Francisco: From Working Lands to Wild Lands in the Southern Appalachians

Dec. 23

39m


The Wild Line: House Passes SPEED Act, New Threats Emerge to Endangered Species, and States Move on Water Quality and Roadless Protections

Dec. 19

16m


E42

Anne Robinson: "Good News" Returns With Good Tidings

Dec. 18

38m


E41

Martha Williams: The Long Term View on Species Recovery

Dec. 16

43m


The Wild Line: Tribal Recognition in NC, Park Service Policy Shifts, Forest Service HQ to Utah?

Dec. 12

12m


E40

Chris Eyer: Muledragger

Dec. 9

53m


The Wild Line: Forest Service Reverses Recommendations, NPS Increases Fees, Montana Stands Against Mining

Dec. 5

17m


E39

Ben Goldfarb: Paving Paradise - How Roads Reshape the Wild

Dec. 2

50m


E38

Grounded In Traditions

Nov. 25

43m


The Wild Line: Trump Puts Wetlands and Wildlife at Risk, Congress Takes Step to Stymie Environmental Review

Nov. 21

14m


E37

American Prairie, Part Two - A Wilder Future

Nov. 18

52m


The Wild Line: Shutdown Ends, Oil Companies Exploit Texas and Alaska, Colorado Prioritizes Protection

Nov. 14

9m


E36

American Prairie, Part One - Wild on Purpose

Nov. 13

48m


E35

Malcolm Brooks: The Fallout from Ballot Box Biology

Nov. 11

41m


The Wild Line: Hirings, Firings and Protected Climbing Access

Nov. 7

8m


E34

Frank Uekötter: Red Lines in Green Politics | Moral Lessons in Conservation History

Nov. 4

38m


The Wild Line: Senators Talk Stewardship, Ranchers Eye Point Reyes, Absaroka-Beartooth Avoids Poison

Oct. 31

13m


E33

Barret Baumgart: The Desert is a Haunted House

Oct. 28

35m


The Wild Line: Wilderness Bills Advance, Trump Approves Izembek Road, Outdoor Alliance Takes DC

Oct. 24

17m


E32

Christopher Preston: Tenacious Beasts

Oct. 21

33m


The Wild Line: Shutdown Chaos, Arctic Flooding, Pigeon River Restoration

Oct. 17

14m


E31

Rachel Franchina: The People Powering Public Lands

Oct. 14

43m


The Wild Line: Ambler Road Approved, Resource Plans Nixed and Shutdown Fallout Deepens

Oct. 10

13m


E30

Joel Gill: Creation Care and the Common Good

Oct. 7

37m


The Wild Line: The Government Shuts Down and a New Fat Bear Champion is Crowned

Oct. 3

12m


E29

Chris Keyes: Why Public Lands Need RE:PUBLIC

Sep. 30

39m


The Wild Line: Senate Approves Nominees, NPS Erases History, Blue Ridge Parkway Reopens

Sep. 26

10m


E28

Senator Tina Smith: You Can't Underestimate the Power of Place

Sep. 23

31m


The Wild Line: Advocates on the Hill, Last Day for Roadless Comments

Sep. 19

10m


E27

Conrad Anker: Mountains of Perspective

Sep. 16

36m


The Wild Line: Chief Links Roadless Rule and Wildfire, BLM Joins the Rescission Party

Sep. 12

11m


E26

Brooklyn Bridge Park: From Piers to Parklands

Sep. 9

43m


The Wild Line: Congress Targets Land Management Plans, EPA Silences Critics

Sep. 5

12m


E25

Chris Hill: Community Power for Public Lands

Sep. 2

36m


bonus

Labor Day: The Human Cost of Federal Cuts

Sep. 1

37m


The Wild Line: Refuge Expansion Stopped, Act Now To Save The Roadless Rule

Aug. 29

11m


bonus

Southern Currents: Environmental Injustice and Energy Innovation in Virginia

Aug. 28

35m


E24

Theodore Roosevelt IV: Americans for Alaska

Aug. 26

30m


bonus

Southern Currents: Appalachia In Recovery

Aug. 21

1h 13m


E23

Kim Bednarek: Community-Led Wins in the Okefenokee

Aug. 19

38m


The Wild Line: Reprieve for Hawaiian Marine Monument, Red Wolves Take Step Toward Recovery

Aug. 15

13m


bonus

Southern Currents: Saving the Buffalo River Again...and Again

Aug. 14

43m


E22

Joe Whitson: Marketing the Wilderness

Aug. 12

34m


The Wild Line: Montana Rivers Protected, LWCF Threatened, Louisiana Wetlands Abandoned

Aug. 8

12m


bonus

Southern Currents: Land Loss and Citizen Science on The Gulf Coast

Aug. 7

1h 26m


E21

Blain and Monique Anderson: Sailing Alaska's Wilderness Waters

Aug. 5

27m


The Wild Line: Senators Slam USDA Reorg, New Parks Deep in the Heart of Texas

Aug. 1

10m


E20

Your Hosts Bill & Anders: You Ask - We Answer

Jul. 29

52m


The Wild Line: USFS Reorg, Massive Cuts to Interior in House Budget Bill, Legal Win for Wildlife

Jul. 25

17m


E19

Josh Jackson: The Forgotten Lands Project

Jul. 22

38m


E18

Cristina Eisenberg: Humility as a Tool for Protection and Stewardship

Jul. 15

50m


The Wild Line: Oil Train Rolls in Utah, Merkley Asks for Wildfire Funds, Trump Targets Park History

Jul. 11

15m


E17

Tony Bynum: Conservation Through a Photographer's Lens

Jul. 8

44m


The Wild Line: Congress Wraps Up Reconciliation, Trump Eyes the Everglades, USDA Considers Nuking NEPA

Jul. 4

14m


bonus

Anne Robinson: 'Good News' from the Appalachian Trail

Jul. 3

21m


E16

The Conservation Alliance: Outdoor Brands Make a Stand

Jul. 1

37m


The Wild Line: Okefenokee Swamp Saved, Trump Targets the Roadless Rule, Lee's Land Sale Hits a Snag

Jun. 27

16m


bonus

Chris Wood: Roadless Rule Rescinded

Jun. 25

40m


E15

Martin Nie and Monte Mills: Not Just a Box to Check - Tribal Sovereignty and Co-Management

Jun. 24

49m


The Wild Line: Wildfire, Broken Promises and Reconciliation

Jun. 20

14m


E14

Tracy Stone-Manning: Promises Worth Defending

Jun. 17

34m


The Wild Line: Senate Draft Targets Millions of Acres, DOJ Clears Monument Rollbacks

Jun. 13

16m


E13

Randy Newberg: The Host of Fresh Tracks Offers Fresh Ideas on Advocacy and Access

Jun. 10

44m


The Wild Line: Lee and Daines talk land sales, Interior guts Science and opens Alaska to drilling

Jun. 6

10m