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by Liz Crandall
A podcast for those who love Public Lands and Rangers who serve them. Hosted by Liz Crandall and co-created by Mikayla Moors.
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This week's guest is Robert "Bob" Pahre: a professor in the Political Science Department at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, where he is also currently Department Head. Liz and Bob discuss the consequences of erasing history from our nation's National Parks will entail, especially in regards to future generations and their access to knowledge and historical facts. They also talk about bear encounters, a sneaky fox who steals boots, weird German words, hanging upside down in a tree while playing the saxophone, the book that Bob is currently writing, and more!More about Bob:After graduate school, Bob first taught at the University of Rochester and then at the Political Science Department and the School of Public Policy (SPP, now the Ford School) at the University of Michigan.He received a PhD in Political Science from UCLA and a B.A. in International Relations and German Studies from Stanford University. Not only that, but he played saxophone for the notorious Leland Stanford Junior University Marching Band. Bob regularly teaches a summer course on the politics of national parks, on-site. He alternates between Politics of the Greater Yellowstone Area and the Politics of the National Parks of Colorado, with some Utah. “You know that you want to join us,” he says.If you can’t join one of those courses in the field, Bob developed an online course on the “Politics of Yellowstone.” You need not be a student at the University of Illinois to enroll. Most of Bob’s research has been dominated by political economy, but now he is interested more in environmental questions and the politics of culture and heritage. His favorite hobbies are hiking, backpacking, and photography. You can sometimes find him on a bike or in a kayak. Most of his photography focuses on the outdoors, especially in the national parks.Bob's current book-length examines the politics behind the ways that US national parks interpret Western expansion. Past major projects have looked at the role of hegemony in the international political economy, the domestic political economy of trade cooperation, and transdisciplinary research in the social sciences; he has also written on some miscellaneous topics.Find out more about Bob on his website. Learn more about Bob's upcoming book and research here.Read more about the impacts of erasing historical interpretation from National Parks here.Follow ROTLP on Instagram: @rangersofthelostpark.Follow ROTLP on TikTok: @rangersofthelostpark.Join Patreon! Become a Ranger Friend for bonus content and to join an incredible community.Now available on YouTube! Watch Rangers of the Lost Park select episodes.Got a cool Ranger Tea story? Want Liz to share your interesting outdoors story on the podcast? Fill out the Listener Story Form!Have a question for Liz? Want her to answer it on an episode? Fill out the Listener Question Form!Do you know someone who would make a great guest on the podcast (yourself included)? Fill out the Podcast Guest Request Form!For episode suggestions and feedback, please email Liz at info@rangersofthelostpark.com.Please download, subscribe, and leave a review! Thank you for listening! ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★
Meg Carney, host of Outdoor Minimalist Podcast, and Liz Crandall, host of Rangers of the Lost Park Podcast, team up for an effortless collaboration where they talk about how they both find joy in a world of bad news. As Meg says: it can feel impossible to find joy when the headlines never seem to let up. From attacks on public lands and environmental protections to growing uncertainty for the people who steward these places, many of us are carrying a constant sense of urgency, grief, and overwhelm. But what if joy isn't a distraction from the work? What if joy is what sustains us through it?In this episode, Liz and Meg talk about resilience and the role joy plays in challenging times. Together, they explore how to stay informed without becoming consumed by the news cycle, the importance of caring for ourselves as we advocate for the places we love, and why local action and community connection matter now more than ever.Meg is the creator and host of Outdoor Minimalist, a podcast that raises awareness through conversation, information, and mindfulness regarding some of the most important environmental issues of our time. The goal of Outdoor Minimalist is to give outdoor enthusiasts and outdoor companies tools they can use to change their behavior when engaging in outdoor recreation to lower their overall environmental impact. Follow Outdoor Minimalist on Instagram: @outdoor.minimalist.book.Visit Outdoor Minimalist's Website: TheOutdoorMinimalist.com.Watch Outdoor Minimalist on YouTube: TheOutdoorMinimalist.Follow ROTLP on Instagram: @rangersofthelostpark.Follow ROTLP on TikTok: @rangersofthelostpark.Join Patreon! Become a Ranger Friend for bonus content and to join an incredible community.Now available on YouTube! Watch Rangers of the Lost Park select episodes.Got a cool Ranger Tea story? Want Liz to share your interesting outdoors story on the podcast? Fill out the Listener Story Form!Have a question for Liz? Want her to answer it on an episode? Fill out the Listener Question Form!Do you know someone who would make a great guest on the podcast (yourself included)? Fill out the Podcast Guest Request Form!For episode suggestions and feedback, please email Liz at info@rangersofthelostpark.com.Please download, subscribe, and leave a review! Thank you for listening! ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★
Gwyn & Ami are a dynamic duo who plan incredible itineraries for folks looking to venture into National Parks and public lands. They share their tips and tricks in planning, pride outside as a queer couple, a spooky trail story, a "grizzly" encounter, and more!Follow Gwyn & Ami on Instagram: @gwynandami.Visit Gwyn & Ami's Website: gwynandami.com.Follow Gwyn & Ami on TikTok.Follow Gwyn & Ami on YouTube.Follow ROTLP on Instagram: @rangersofthelostpark.Follow ROTLP on TikTok: @rangersofthelostpark.Join Patreon! Become a Ranger Friend for bonus content and to join an incredible community.Now available on YouTube! Watch Rangers of the Lost Park select episodes.Got a cool Ranger Tea story? Want Liz to share your interesting outdoors story on the podcast? Fill out the Listener Story Form!Have a question for Liz? Want her to answer it on an episode? Fill out the Listener Question Form!Do you know someone who would make a great guest on the podcast (yourself included)? Fill out the Podcast Guest Request Form!For episode suggestions and feedback, please email Liz at info@rangersofthelostpark.com.Please download, subscribe, and leave a review! Thank you for listening! ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★
"Green Girl" Leah Thomas coined the term Intersectional Environmentalist at the age 25, when she wrote and published her book titled The Intersectional Environmentalist: How to Dismantle Systems of Oppression to Protect People + Planet. Since 2020, Leah has spoken up in the name of eco-communication and brings forth the understanding that social justice and climate justice are one in the same.Leah talks about her time as a park ranger at Nicodemus National Historic Site and the White House Visitor Center, why cats are a feminist icon, intersectional environmentalism at its core, and more! Follow Leah Thomas on Instagram: @greengirlleah.Follow Leah Thomas on TikTok: @greengirlsworld.Check out Leah's websites: Intersectional Environmentalist & LeahThomas.com. Follow ROTLP on Instagram: @rangersofthelostpark.Follow ROTLP on TikTok: @rangersofthelostpark.Join Patreon! Become a Ranger Friend for bonus content and to join an incredible community.Now available on YouTube! Watch Rangers of the Lost Park select episodes.Got a cool Ranger Tea story? Want Liz to share your interesting outdoors story on the podcast? Fill out the Listener Story Form!Have a question for Liz? Want her to answer it on an episode? Fill out the Listener Question Form!Do you know someone who would make a great guest on the podcast (yourself included)? Fill out the Podcast Guest Request Form!For episode suggestions and feedback, please email Liz at info@rangersofthelostpark.com.Please download, subscribe, and leave a review! Thank you for listening! ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★
Chrisha Favors isn't afraid to be her authentic self and spread joy whenever she can! She spends her days tending to her garden and is proud to be a black woman landowner in the state of Oregon. Historically, people of color could not own land in the Pacific Northwest area we now call Oregon. In fact, it was punishable by physical force (and even death) and backed by racist colonizers. Chrisha serves her community with the Black Cultural Initiative, which aims to connect peoples of color with cultural food and traditions, as well as provide safety in the outdoors. Liz and Chrisha talk about all sorts of fun things: mushroom foraging, absolutely diabolical river tubing stories, gardening, and more!Follow Chrisha on Instagram: @naturally_chrisha.Follow Black Cultural Initiative on Instagram: @blackculturalinitiative.Follow Black Cultural Initiative on Facebook. Follow ROTLP on Instagram: @rangersofthelostpark.Follow ROTLP on TikTok: @rangersofthelostpark.Join Patreon! Become a Ranger Friend for bonus content and to join an incredible community.Now available on YouTube! Watch Rangers of the Lost Park select episodes.Got a cool Ranger Tea story? Want Liz to share your interesting outdoors story on the podcast? Fill out the Listener Story Form!Have a question for Liz? Want her to answer it on an episode? Fill out the Listener Question Form!Do you know someone who would make a great guest on the podcast (yourself included)? Fill out the Podcast Guest Request Form!For episode suggestions and feedback, please email Liz at info@rangersofthelostpark.com.Please download, subscribe, and leave a review! Thank you for listening! ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★
The Arctic National Wildlife Refuge (ANWR) covers about 19.3 million acres in northeast Alaska and is the largest national refuge in the United States. And unfortunately, it is a huge target for oil and gas drilling despite its protections currently in place.The Refuge includes diverse habitats that support an abundance of species including caribou, brown, black and polar bears, Dall sheep, moose, foxes, muskoxen, marine mammals including whales and seals, and thousands of different birds. The calving grounds of the Porcupine Caribou herd, which have sustained Gwich’in people for generations, are within the Coastal Plain of the Refuge. The Refuge’s coastal plain also provides an important denning area for female polar bears in winter. It is SO important that we protect this incredible place.Joining Liz is author and longtime resident of Alaska: Debbie Miller. She shares stories of magical wildlife encounters within ANWR, her deep love for Alaska wilderness and more! Speak up for the Alaska National Wildlife Refuge while you still can.Support Alaska Wilderness League: AlaskaWild.org.Follow Alaska Wilderness League on Instagram: @keepalaskawild.Learn more about Debbie Miller and her books here.Follow Debbie on Instagram: @debbiesmiller2.Order Midnight Wilderness: Journeys in Alaska's Arctic National Wildlife Refuge by Debbie Miller.Listen to & Learn more about Encounters North.Follow ROTLP on Instagram: @rangersofthelostpark.Follow ROTLP on TikTok: @rangersofthelostpark.Join Patreon! Become a Ranger Friend for bonus content and to join an incredible community.Now available on YouTube! Watch Rangers of the Lost Park select episodes.Got a cool Ranger Tea story? Want Liz to share your interesting outdoors story on the podcast? Fill out the Listener Story Form!Have a question for Liz? Want her to answer it on an episode? Fill out the Listener Question Form!Do you know someone who would make a great guest on the podcast (yourself included)? Fill out the Podcast Guest Request Form!For episode suggestions and feedback, please email Liz at info@rangersofthelostpark.com.Please download, subscribe, and leave a review! Thank you for listening! ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★
Sam Forstag is an outdoorsy guy! He worked as a smokejumper and wildland firefighter for years with the US Forest Service-- until December of 2025, when he decided it was time to run for Congress. And the amazing part? He's only 31, he's from a working-class lifestyle, and he speaks up for rangers. Oh, and he really cares about public lands. Visit Sam's website: samformontana.com.Follow Sam on Instagram: @samforstag.Follow ROTLP on Instagram: @rangersofthelostpark.Follow ROTLP on TikTok: @rangersofthelostpark.Join Patreon! Become a Ranger Friend for bonus content and to join an incredible community.Now available on YouTube! Watch Rangers of the Lost Park select episodes.Got a cool Ranger Tea story? Want Liz to share your interesting outdoors story on the podcast? Fill out the Listener Story Form!Have a question for Liz? Want her to answer it on an episode? Fill out the Listener Question Form!Do you know someone who would make a great guest on the podcast (yourself included)? Fill out the Podcast Guest Request Form!For episode suggestions and feedback, please email Liz at info@rangersofthelostpark.com.Please download, subscribe, and leave a review! Thank you for listening! ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★
This week’s episode takes a deep dive into the life of the American farmer– the culture surrounding it, why what we eat matters and how we farm matters, and a new documentary that is just now starting to show screenings: Fork in the Road. I found out about this exciting new documentary from renowned actor and woodworker Nick Offerman (Ron Swanson, for those who need a reminder) online, and I was instantly intrigued! He is one of the Executive Producers for Fork in the Road and makes appearances in the film as well.Joining Rangers of the Lost Park to talk about this investigative and humanistic film are the two people who are the creatives behind it: Executive Producer and Co-Director Vivian Sorenson and Executive Producer Lisa Holmes! These women are intelligent, creative, kind, and truly wonderful. We talk about the importance of supporting local farmers and the non-profits directly involved; we talk about finding community and enlightening conversations at the kitchen table; we talk about sea otters and pikas; we talk about Mary and Wendell Berry's involvement in the film-- and so much more!Visit the Fork in the Road website to learn more about upcoming showings, the farmers and organizations involved, and more: forkintheroaddocumentary.com.Follow Fork in the Road Documentary film and team on Instagram: @forkintheroaddoc.Follow Vivian Sorenson on Instagram: @vivstirnyc.Follow Lisa Holmes on Instagram: @lisaholmesct.Check out Zero Foodprint: zerofoodprint.org.Learn more about Wild Child Films: wildchildfilms.net.Follow ROTLP on Instagram: @rangersofthelostpark.Follow ROTLP on TikTok: @rangersofthelostpark.Join Patreon! Become a Ranger Friend for bonus content and to join an incredible community.Now available on YouTube! Watch Rangers of the Lost Park select episodes.Got a cool Ranger Tea story? Want Liz to share your interesting outdoors story on the podcast? Fill out the Listener Story Form!Have a question for Liz? Want her to answer it on an episode? Fill out the Listener Question Form!Do you know someone who would make a great guest on the podcast (yourself included)? Fill out the Podcast Guest Request Form!For episode suggestions and feedback, please email Liz at info@rangersofthelostpark.com.Please download, subscribe, and leave a review! Thank you for listening! ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★
A podcast for those who love Public Lands and Rangers who serve them. Hosted by Liz Crandall and co-created by Mikayla Moors.
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