Episodes 14
Avg. Duration 30m
Activity Highly Active
Apple Rating 4.7 (153)
Since Aug 2024
Latest Episode Feb 2026

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About This Podcast

How Wild hits trails around the country, exploring the meaning of wilderness. A century ago, the U.S. set aside the first official wilderness. You'll hear stories from rangers, scientists, hikers, environmentalists, and Tribal leaders as they grapple with the realities of wilderness on a changing planet, and whether the concept of "wilderness" has ever really existed.

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S1E13 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…

S1E12 Wild Times: Live Event with Former Parks Director Jon Jarvis

Aug 01, 2025 59m

Been camping or hiking in a national park this summer? It's pretty wild right now. In the midst of their busiest season, national parks and other public lands are under-staffed and facing massive…

S1E11 Wild Times: Rewriting History in National Parks

Aug 01, 2025 13m

Noticed any changes to signs in your local national park?An exhibit at California's Muir Woods National Monument was recently edited because of a Trump executive order banning any types of content —…

S1E10 Wild Times: An Update On National Parks Under Trump

May 22, 2025 15m

It's wild times, y'all. Just as we're getting ready to go hiking and camping this summer, national parks and forests are facing the biggest staff and budget cuts in history under the Trump…

How Wild Presents: The Wild with Chris Morgan

Dec 12, 2024 40m

It may not be designated capital "W" wilderness, but the ocean is an incredibly wild place.We're sharing an episode about the ocean from The Wild with Chris Morgan, produced by our friends at KUOW.…

S1E8 How Wild Presents: "The New Space Race" from Outside/In

Oct 07, 2024 37m

What if the next time you were in wilderness looking at the sky on a clear, dark night, you saw more visible satellites than stars? What if the Big Dipper and Orion were drowned out by a satellite…

S1E7 Wild Ideas

Sep 24, 2024 30m

How wild? We don't have the foggiest idea. In this final episode of season one, we go to California's Point Reyes National Seashore on a cloudy day to think about the nebulous feeling of wilderness…

S1E6 Other

Sep 17, 2024 27m

Not everything fits into neat little boxes. Sometimes you have to check "other."What are other perspectives on wilderness?We visit the country's first tribal wilderness in the Mission Mountains of…

S1E5 Primitive, Unconfined Recreation

Sep 10, 2024 31m

Do you have all your gear to head into nature? What about your smartphone?Technology helps people access wilderness, but it can also get in the way.We're hitting the Pacific Crest Trail with hikers…

S1E4 Solitude

Sep 03, 2024 28m

Do you have a permit?We're going to a popular trail in Colorado's Maroon Bells to talk about the slippery feeling of solitude and what to do about more people on the trail.To manage podcast ad…

S1E3 Natural

Aug 27, 2024 28m

We're tired from hiking and taking a break at an art museum to ponder how nature got framed.We're exploring how artists like Ansel Adams and thinkers like John Muir shaped Americans' ideas of what…

S1E2 Undeveloped

Aug 20, 2024 28m

What do you mean by "undeveloped" — weren't there people living here?We're wading through rivers in the nation's first wilderness in New Mexico's Gila National Forest to learn how the idea of capital…

S1E1 Untrammeled

Aug 13, 2024 32m

Untrammeled. No, that's not a typo. We don't mean untrampled.Wilderness areas are supposed to remain free from human intervention unless absolutely necessary. But in a world where every part of the…

S1 Introducing How Wild

Aug 01, 2024 3m Trailer

Put on your hiking shoes. Pack some water and snacks. We're heading out on trails around the West to explore the meaning of wilderness and how it's changing.To manage podcast ad preferences, review…

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How Wild has published 14 episodes since August 2024, covering topics in Natural Sciences, Science.

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