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Since Jan 2023
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News, interviews, and history with newsmakers and environmental advocates, focused on parks and public lands across the American West. Produced by the Center for Western Priorities, formerly known as Go West, Young Podcast.

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How a private billionaires’ club took over the Crazy Mountains

May 21, 2026 36m

Floodlight News reporter Evan Simon joins Aaron and Kate to break down a controversial Forest Service land swap in Montana’s Crazy Mountains that quietly gave Yellowstone Club — a private club for…

Jennifer Rokala on 11 years fighting for public lands at CWP

May 07, 2026 43m

In this special episode of The Landscape, the entire Center for Western Priorities team joins us for an interview with Jennifer Rokala, CWP’s outgoing executive director, to celebrate her 11 years…

Borderlands part 2: The fight against a border wall at Big Bend

Apr 30, 2026 37m

In the second part of our series on the borderlands, Aaron and Lilly are joined by Bob Krumenaker, former superintendent of Big Bend National Park and current chair of Keep Big Bend Wild. They…

Borderlands part 1: The threats to public lands at the border

Apr 28, 2026 30m

In the first installment of a two-part series on the borderlands, Aaron and Lilly are joined by Laiken Jordahl, National Public Lands Advocate at the Center for Biological Diversity, to discuss his…

The dangerous rush to consolidate America’s wildfire response

Apr 17, 2026 44m

Producers Lauren Bogard and Lilly Bock-Brownstein are joined by Timothy Ingalsbee of Firefighters United for Safety, Ethics, and Ecology (FUSEE). Timothy explains why the Trump administration’s…

What the off-road community stands to lose on public lands

Apr 02, 2026 35m

In this week’s episode, Aaron is joined by guest co-host Lauren Bogard for a conversation with Jonathon Klein, editor-in-chief of RideApart, an online news source for the motorized vehicle community.…

America’s 250th anniversary and why history matters in our parks

Mar 19, 2026 45m

Aaron is joined by Alan Spears from the National Parks Conservation Association to discuss his recent testimony before Congress about the Trump administration’s efforts to erase difficult histories…

Why America’s lesser known national parks matter now more than ever

Mar 12, 2026 41m

In this episode, Aaron and Kate are joined by Jesse Chakrin, Executive Director of the Fund for People in Parks. They discuss how his organization supports smaller, overlooked national park sites…

2025 was awful for public lands. Is there hope?

Mar 03, 2026 53m Transcript

In this episode of The Landscape, Aaron and Kate speak with Jim Pattiz of the More Than Just Parks newsletter about public lands news after the first year of the second Trump administration,…

Unpacking the 2026 Conservation in the West Poll

Feb 24, 2026 30m

In this episode of The Landscape, Aaron welcomes pollsters Lori Weigel from New Bridge Strategy and Miranda Everitt from FM3 to discuss the 16th annual Colorado College Conservation in the West Poll.…

What gutting the Council on Environmental Quality means for public lands

Feb 13, 2026 51m

In this episode, Kate and Aaron are joined by Professor John Ruple, a public lands law expert at the University of Utah and former attorney at the Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ), to discuss…

Weaponizing the Congressional Review Act against America’s public lands

Feb 06, 2026 43m

In this episode, Kate and Aaron discuss how Congress is using the Congressional Review Act (CRA) to overturn public land management plans, creating chaos and uncertainty for federal lands. Steve…

Why a New Mexico gun rights leader opposes Trump’s pick to lead the BLM

Jan 23, 2026 30m

Aaron and Kate speak with Zachary Fort, president of the New Mexico Shooting Sports Association, about his opposition to Steve Pearce’s nomination to lead the Bureau of Land Management. Fort, a…

Will Maduro’s capture lead to an American oil rift?

Jan 09, 2026 22m

Kate and Aaron talk to Kelly Mitchell, executive director of oil industry watchdog FieldNotes, about what Venezuela President Nicolás Maduro’s capture by the US means for oil and gas producers here…

Burnout and bravery: Fighting fire on America’s public lands

Dec 26, 2025 42m

In this episode of The Landscape, Aaron and Lauren ask veteran wildland firefighter Bobbie Scopa about the state of America’s wildfire response. Bobbie, who is a retired firefighter with the…

Common waters: Inside the fight for stream access in Colorado

Dec 18, 2025 37m

In this episode of The Landscape, Aaron and Sterling talk to Cody Perry, a filmmaker and founder of Rig to Flip, and Professor Mark Squillace, an expert in public lands and environmental law at the…

The dirty truth about oil and gas drilling in New Mexico

Dec 05, 2025 39m

On this episode of the Landscape, Kate and Aaron are joined by filmmaker Annie Ersinghaus, rancher Don Schreiber, and Gail Evans, an attorney with the Center for Biological Diversity, to talk about…

Trump bonding rates could cost taxpayers billions

Nov 21, 2025 26m

In this episode of The Landscape, Aaron and Kate discuss the Trump administration’s plan to roll back oil and gas bonding rates designed to protect American taxpayers from the cleanup costs of…

Uranium boom or bubble? Exploring the future of uranium mining in the West

Nov 06, 2025 38m

Join us on The Landscape as we dive into the resurgence of uranium mining in the American West. Hosts Aaron Weiss and Kate Groetzinger speak with Land Desk author and public lands expert Jonathan…

What the shutdown means for public lands w/ Rep. Jared Huffman

Oct 16, 2025 28m

Aaron talks to Rep. Jared Huffman, ranking member of the House Natural Resources Committee, about the government shutdown, whether Adelita Grijalva will ever get sworn in, and what he tells people…

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