Episodes 8
Avg. Duration 40m
Activity Declining
Apple Rating 4.6 (47)
Since Nov 2023
Latest Episode Feb 2026

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Weekly
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Serial
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feeds.npr.org

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About This Podcast

When the U.S. government and state of Florida unveiled a new plan to save the Everglades in 2000, the sprawling blueprint to restore the wetlands became the largest hydrological restoration effort in the nation's history. Two decades later, only one project is complete, and the Everglades is still dying. Bright Lit Place heads into the swamp to meet its first inhabitants, the scientists who study it and the warring sides struggling to find a way out of the muck.

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Recent Episodes

S1E7 Introducing the American Storytelling collection

Feb 10, 2026 1m

What 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 American Storytelling…

S1E6 Land of Juice and Honey

Dec 20, 2023 39m

One way to look at Everglades restoration is as a dress rehearsal for the kind of tough work it will take to help society adapt to climate change: sustaining a political coalition, and pulling off…

S1E5 Slough Progress

Dec 13, 2023 39m

Mangroves give South Florida one of its best defenses against the waves, but as sea levels rise and restoration stalls, we're running out of time to help mangroves protect the coast. In this episode,…

S1E4 Science on Trial

Dec 06, 2023 53m

Compromise has always been the currency of the comprehensive Everglades restoration plan, but with 9 million people living between the Everglades and the ocean, there's a limit to what nature can…

S1E3 The Reverse Farm

Nov 29, 2023 40m

There are two fundamental challenges in reconnecting the Everglades: moving the water where and when it's needed, and making sure it's clean. In this episode, the massive task of running "reverse…

S1E2 Something for Everyone

Nov 22, 2023 36m

By the 1980s, it was clear Florida's effort to bring nature to heel was damaging the very things that drew people to the state in the first place – clear waters, rich soil and the largest lake in the…

S1E1 Homeland

Nov 15, 2023 45m

For a century, the Miccosukee have watched their homeland wash away as Florida wrestled to drain the swamp. Meanwhile, the other end of the River of Grass has become a trickle. In this episode, we…

S1 Introducing Bright Lit Place

Nov 10, 2023 2m Trailer

When the U.S. government and state of Florida unveiled a new plan to save the Everglades in 2000, the sprawling blueprint to restore the wetlands became the largest hydrological restoration effort in…

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How many episodes does Bright Lit Place have?

Bright Lit Place has published 8 episodes since November 2023, covering topics in Earth Sciences, News.

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Bright Lit Place is currently declining with new episodes weekly. Average episode length is 40m.

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