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All Episodes

Life with Fire — 81 episodes

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1

Using Tree Rings To Better Understand Fire History in the PNW with Dr. Andrew Merschel

2

Bringing Wildfire Public Information Into the Modern Era with Noah Baker

3

Latine Forestry Workforce Part 3 (Spanish Version): La Fuerza Laboral Latine en el Sector Forestal y Por Qué la Solidaridad es Importante con Manuel Machado

4

Part 2: The Latine Forestry Workforce and Why Solidarity Matters with Manuel Machado (and Guest Host Gaby Eseverri)

5

Part 1: The Latine Forestry Workforce with Dr. E.J. Davis

6

Braiding The Personal with the Ecological, with HOTSHOT Author River Selby

7

The Intricacies of Hotshot Culture, with Wildfire Days author Kelly Ramsey

8

The Social Contract of Managing Fire with Stephen Pyne

9

Community Resilience Series Ep.3: Preparing for and Recovering From Megafires with Butte County Fire Safe Council Executive Director Taylor Nilsson

10

Community Resilience Series Episode 2: The Importance of Scaling Up Home Risk Assessments with Fire Aside CEO Jason Brooks

11

Community Resilience Series Ep. 1: California Wildfire Policy (And So Much More) with Former CAL FIRE Chief Deputy Director Chris Anthony

12

After The Fire with Collin Haffey

13

How the Loss of Federal Workers Will Have A Massive Impact on Fire Operations This Fire Season, With Riva Duncan

14

Fire in the Southwest Ep. 6: The Ebb and Flow of Public Trust Around Prescribed Fire, with New Mexico Deputy State Forester Lindsey Quam

15

Fire in the Southwest Ep. 5: Using Wildfire To Build Resilience at the Landscape Scale, with Dr. Jose (Pepe) Iniguez

16

Pros, Cons and Misconceptions of Aerial Firefighting with Matt Lynde

17

Fire Tech and Improving Access to Wildfire Information, with Watch Duty Founder John Clarke Mills

18

Fire in the Southwest Ep. 4: The Shifting Role of the Forest Stewards Guild in an Era of Megafires, with Zander Evans

19

Fire in the Southwest Series, Ep. 3: Integrating Indigenous Knowledge into Western Fire Management with Jon Martin

20

Fire in the Southwest Series, Ep.2: The Grassification of the Sonoran Desert with Ecologist Mary Lata

21

Fire in the Southwest Series, Ep. 1: Southwest Fire Regimes and Post-Fire Community Support with Mary Stuever

22

THE BEAVER EPISODE (finally!) with Dr. Emily Fairfax and Dr. Sophie Gilbert

23

Experiences of Wildfire in Montana, with Young Indigenous Storytellers and the Montana Media Lab

24

The Changing Fire Environment and Shifting Baseline Syndrome with "Fire Weather" Author John Vaillant

25

Fire Technology, Emergency Management and Building Resilience at Scale With Dr. Jessica McCarty

26

Rapid Fire Episode with Mystery Ranch Backbone Scholarship Winner Riston Bullock

27

Rapid Fire Episode with Mystery Ranch Backbone Scholarship Winner Junior Lazaro

28

Fire For the People With the Nature Conservancy's Marek Smith

29

The Wildfire Commission Report with Kelly Martin

30

Humble Fire and Traditional Ecological Practices with Cultural Fire Scholar, Dr. Melinda Adams

31

Community-Informed Wildfire Communications, With Isabeau Ottolini

32

Expanding Prescribed Fire Capacity in Washington State, with Lucas King

33

Life after Wildland Firefighting with Luke Mayfield

34

Forest Resilience Policy at the State Level with Hilary Franz

35

Fire in the Pine Barrens of the Northeast with Emily Dolhansky

36

The Psychology of Fire and Innovating without Ego with Dr. Natasha Stavros

37

The Philosophy of Fire with Amanda Rau, Part Two

38

Making Your Own Spark, with Amanda Rau (Part One)

39

Prescribed Fire, Managed Fire and Community Engagement in Oregon, with Christopher Adlam

40

Community Resilience with Firesmart Canada Program Manager Magda Zachara

41

Utilizing Traditional First Nations Values in Land Management, with Francis Johnson Jr.

42

Paradoxes and Solutions In Wildfire Smoke Exposure, with Sarah Henderson

43

Tracking The Economic Impacts of Wildfire, with Environmental Economist Jude Bayham

44

How Do Wildfires Impact Snowpack? With Andrew Schwartz

45

Building Trails in Burn Areas, with Dillon Osleger

46

How Wildfires Are Impacting Outdoor Recreation, with Jamie Ervin

47

Hotshot Crew to Grad School, with Harrison Raine

48

Underdiscussed, Poorly Understood: Prescribed Fire Liability Insurance with Daniel Godwin

49

Indigenous-Led Fire Stewardship with Amy Cardinal-Christianson

50

How Can Fire Culture Become More Inclusive? with Triss Seemiller

51

A Life Of Fire as a Trans Woman, with Bobbie Scopa

52

Diversity in Fire with Jane Park (Part Two)

53

Prescribed Fire Management in Banff National Park with Jane Park

54

From Fashion Week to the Fireline with Celilo Miles

55

Creating Connections Through Community Forests with Jay McLaughlin

56

Michael Wara Part 2: Sustainability of the Suppression Workforce + Lots More

57

The Reality of Burning 50 Million Acres in 10 Years with Michael Wara

58

The Tim Hart Act and Channeling Grief with Michelle Hart

59

Climate Change Impacts on High Severity, Low Frequency Fire Regimes with Phil Higuera

60

Four Decades of Fire, with Sue Husari (and Guest Host Zeke Lunder)

61

What The Infrastructure Bill Means for Wildland Firefighters with Riva Duncan

62

Homes as Fuel with Zeke Lunder, Yana Valochovic and Eric Knapp

63

All Things Cultural Burning with Karuk Tribal Member Bill Tripp

64

Building a Community of Land Stewards, With Sasha Berleman

65

Scientists Respond to the New "All Fires Out," Forest Service Directive, With Matt Hurteau

66

Exploring Fire Impacts on Wildlife with Kendall Calhoun

67

Land Use Series Episode Two: Resilient and Sustainable Development, with Liz Foster and Molly McCabe

68

Land Use Mini-Series: Planning Developments for Fire Resilience with Molly Mowery

69

Wildfire Technology, Trauma and Other Tidbits, With Zeke Lunder

70

Wildfire Perceptions and Misconceptions with Crystal Kolden

71

Is Suppressing Wildfire Actually More Of A Liability Than Prescribed Burning? With Will Harling

72

Exploitation, Transformation and the Paradox of Incarcerated Firefighting with Dr. Lindsey Feldman

73

Off-Season Struggles: Understanding Wildland Firefighter Mental Health

74

From Incarcerated Firefighter to Full-Time Hotshot with Mando Perez

75

Restoring the Land, Restoring the People: Cultural Burning with Margo Robbins

76

Building Fire-Resilient Communities with Annie Schmidt

77

Why The "Labor Day Firestorm," Was So Historic, with Fire Meteorologist Nick Nauslar

78

Firefighter Safety and The History of Hotshots With John Maclean

79

Learning to Live in "The Pyrocene," With Stephen Pyne

80

Achieving Diversity Through Prescribed Burning With Lenya Quinn-Davidson

81

The Prescribed Fire Revolution with Jeremy Bailey