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The Wild Idea

The Wild Idea

The Wild Idea is an exploration of the intersection of wild nature and our own human nature.

Wild Idea Media

132 episodesEN

Show overview

The Wild Idea launched in 2025 and has put out 132 episodes in the time since. That works out to roughly 70 hours of audio in total. Releases follow a several-times-a-week cadence.

Episodes typically run thirty-five to sixty minutes — most land between 14 min and 45 min — with run-times ranging widely across the catalogue. None of the episodes are flagged explicit by the publisher. It is catalogued as a EN-language Science show.

The show is actively publishing — the most recent episode landed 1 months ago, with 48 episodes already out so far this year. Published by Wild Idea Media.

Episodes
132
Running
2025–2026 · 1y
Median length
35 min
Cadence
Several per week

From the publisher

The Wild Idea is an exploration of the intersection of wild nature and our own human nature. The hosts, Bill Hodge and Anders Reynolds, through conversations with experts and thought leaders will dive into the ways that humans have both embraced and impact the function and vitality of our remaining wild places.

Latest Episodes

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The Wild Line: Farm Bill Text Features Wilderness Designations, Interior Rolls Back Drilling Safeguards, and NPS Restricts Reporting on Fatalities

Jun 26, 202614 min

Fault Lines: Exploring Wilderness Climbing Management

Jun 25, 202646 min

Dillon Osleger: The Hidden Histories Beneath America's Trails

Jun 23, 202655 min

The Wild Line: New Wilderness Directives, Congress Approves $2 Billion for Parks, Former Big Bend Supervisors Fight Border Wall

Jun 19, 202612 min

Sheena Pate: The Rivers That Launched the Wild and Scenic Act

Jun 16, 202636 min

The Wild Line: Trump Targets Recommended Wilderness, Lee Launches Attack on Roadless, Interior Designates New Trails

Jun 12, 202621 min

Kaitlin de Varona: Stewardship as a Form of Advocacy

Jun 9, 202652 min

The Wild Line: Trump Repeals Motorized Protections, the CRA comes for Utah, Appropriators Slash Funding for National Parks

Jun 5, 202619 min

Jaime Loucky: 60 Years of Stewarding Trails in the Evergreen State

Jun 2, 202650 min

The Wild Line: Wildlife Fare Well in Transportation Bill, Park Fees Redirected to DC, a Warning on Wildfire Season

May 29, 202613 min

Tracy Stone-Manning Returns: Don't Mourn, Organize

May 26, 202635 min

The Wild Line: Pearce Confirmed for BLM, Cyanide Bombs Return to Public Lands, Kash Patel Dives Pearl Harbor

May 22, 202616 min

John Leshy: The Hollowing Out of America’s Public Lands

May 19, 202651 min

The Wild Line: Public Lands Rule Rescinded, Right Whale and Roadless Rule Hearings Loom, and Wins in Colorado and New Mexico

May 15, 202612 min

Gregg Treinish & Lara Birkes: Turning Adventure into Conservation Data

May 12, 202648 min

The Wild Line: Pearce Nomination Heads to Senate Floor, American Prairie Permit Battle, Alaska Land Transfer, and Ted Turner's Legacy

May 8, 20268 min

Autumn Gillard & Steve Bloch: Tribal Voices and the Fight to Save Grand Staircase - Escalante

May 5, 202649 min

The Wild Line: Trump Pulls NPS Nominee, Appalachian Groups Sue Over Corridor H, and the Forest Service Embraces Glyphosate

May 1, 202613 min

Dalton George: The Hellbender, The High Country, and the Fight to Keep Appalachia Wild

Apr 28, 202633 min

The Wild Line: Advocates Notch a Win for Endangered Species, the Forest Service Considers Chainsaws and Mining in Wilderness

Apr 24, 202613 min
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