West Coast Crabs Are the Next Climate Fight
An Amy & Julia reunion! Julia joins to talk about a complicated web of issues facing West Coast crab fishermen, driven primarily by warming...
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Stories of the new American West. Co-hosts Amy Westervelt and Julia Ritchey share their reporting on issues that embody the rugged individualism and changing face of the western United State...
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20 of 40 episodesIntroducing Peace of Mind
While we work on episodes for another season of Range, check out Peace of Mind with Bhi Bhiman, launching January 18th on the Critical Frequ...
Introducing Drilled
Today we bring you a quick preview of another Critical Frequency podcast: Drilled , a true-crime podcast about climate change.
An Old West Take on Grass-Fed Ranching
Meet Norris Albaugh, whose Old Testament-inspired ways have him ranching more sustainably than most, and keeping the family ranch afloat doi...
Hot nights, massive fires, and the wildland-urban interface
On the heels of yet another catastrophic fire season in the West, we take a look at why fires are worsening, from climate change to forest m...
Caleen Sisk, the Run4Salmon and the Relationship between Water, Salmon, and Native American History in the West
Now in its third year, the Run4Salmon is a 300-mile trek on foot, motorboat, bikes, horses and kayaks from the mouth of the Sacramento River...
Nevada's Legal Brothels, and a New Effort to Shut Them Down
An initiative on the ballot in Lyon County, NV this November will ask residents to vote on whether or not they want to revoke the county's b...
HipCamp CEO Alyssa Ravasio on Her Mission to Get People Outside
Frustrated with the online camping registration process, Alyssa Ravasio taught herself to code at 26, then launched HipCamp to streamline th...
Photographer Laurel Golio on Running an All-women Outdoor Photo Crew
For The North Face She Moves Mountains campaign, photographer Laurel Golio put together an all-women team to shoot some of the company's ama...
Brown Girls Climb Founder Bethany Lebewitz on Who Gets to Be an Explorer, Why, and How to Expand that Universe
In the third installment of The North Face She Moves Mountains series, we profile Bethany Lebewitz, founder of Brown Girls Climb. Bethany st...
Ski Mountaineer Hilaree Nelson on Defeating Everything from Everest to Doubt, Depression, and Mom Guilt
The list of "first woman to"s following Hilaree Nelson's name are too many to fit in a podcast description. Just this month she became the f...
Rock Climber Emily Harrington on Embracing Fear, Giving Up, and Freeclimbing El Capitan
Presented by The North Face as part of its She Moves Mountains series, in this episode we profile rock climber Emily Harrington. Harrington...
The Role of Ethnic Markets in Addressing Food Insecurity
Introducing The Fifty One! In this episode we give Range listeners a little preview of The Fifty One with a West Coast episode on how San Di...
Mauna Kea and the Fight for Hawaiian Sovereignty
The Hawaiian sovereignty movement has been picking up steam the past few years, catalyzed in part by a protest to protect the sacred mountai...
Three Women Hope to Swing a Republican Stronghold in the Mountain West
The Democrat primary in California District 4 has become fairly dramatic in recent months as three first-time candidates, all women under 40...
The Real CIs of Nevada County
We're headed into election season and in the Mountain West that means dramatic races for things that we sometimes forget are even elected of...
Introducing ... Bearcat!
In this special crossover episode, we introduce you to Bearcat, a new podcast distributed by our network, Critical Frequency. Bearcat's debu...
Bonus Episode - A Western Hydrologist on the Politicization of Climate Science
Last month, reporter Mary Catherine O'Connor joined us for an episode on the intersection between ski resorts and the mining industry in the...
The Fascinating (and Toxic) History of Ski Resorts
When millions of people hit the slopes each year at ski resorts throughout the West, they probably don't realize that they're often skiing o...
Are Californians Being Priced Off the Beach?
The California Coastal Commission was formed in the 1970s to balance development goals with public rights to the beach. In recent decades, a...