The Wild – Podcast
- Wild Dirt
- Apr 30, 2024
- 1 min read
A sensorial listen for the outdoors curious
Are you looking for a binge-worthy podcast to consume? You have to take a listen to KUOW’s The Wild with host Chris Morgan. The podcast is an exploration of how humans and animals coexist together. We have picked a few of our favorite episodes to share with you.
Chris ventures out just off the road in the Skagit Valley in the pacific northwest with Paul Bannick. Together they find and watch short-eared owls while discussing how their biology works, how humans can provide basic habitat for them, and how to find them in the first place. It’s a fascinating listen.
“This moderate climate in the moist meadows is the perfect habitat for voles.” — Paul Bannick
Check out these amazing working dogs that give us alternative ways to help rewild bears. Chris Morgan profiles Teton a Karelian Bear Dog and the amazing work that Wind River Bear Institute in Florence, Montana does in training the dogs for agencies all over the world.
“We need to have dogs that are capable of addressing bear issues…”
— Nils Pederson
In this episode, Chris is inspired by Florence Williams’ Times article, “Take Two Hours of Pine Forest and Call Me in the Morning.”. He spends time with Julie Hepp, a certified forest therapy guide with the Association of Nature and Forest Therapy.
“People are beginning to find out that going to the mountains is going home; that wildness is a necessity.” — John Muir
