How Wild How Wild hits trails around the country, exploring the meaning of wilderness. A century ago, the U.S. set aside the first official wilderness. You'll hear stories from rangers, scientists, hikers, environmentalists, and Tribal leaders as they grapple with the realities of wilderness on a changing planet, and whether the concept of "wilderness" has ever really existed.
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How Wild hits trails around the country, exploring the meaning of wilderness. A century ago, the U.S. set aside the first official wilderness. You'll hear stories from rangers, scientists, hikers, environmentalists, and Tribal leaders as they grapple with the realities of wilderness on a changing planet, and whether the concept of "wilderness" has ever really existed.

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How Wild Presents: "The New Space Race" from Outside/In

What if the next time you were in wilderness looking at the sky on a clear, dark night, you saw more visible satellites than stars? What if the Big Dipper and Orion were drowned out by a satellite traffic jam, criss-crossing through space?

How Wild Presents: "The New Space Race" from Outside/In

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Wild Ideas

How wild? We don't have the foggiest idea. In this final episode of season one, we go to California's Point Reyes National Seashore on a cloudy day to think about the nebulous feeling of wilderness and its future. "Capital W" wilderness is a useful land management tool, but wilderness as a feeling is different for everybody.

Wild Ideas

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Other

Not everything fits into neat little boxes. Sometimes you have to check "other."

Other

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Primitive, Unconfined Recreation

Do you have all your gear to head into nature? What about your smartphone?

Primitive, Unconfined Recreation

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Solitude

Do you have a permit?

Solitude

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Natural

We're tired from hiking and taking a break at an art museum to ponder how nature got framed.

Natural

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Undeveloped

What do you mean by "undeveloped" — weren't there people living here?

Undeveloped

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Untrammeled

Untrammeled. No, that's not a typo. We don't mean untrampled.

Untrammeled

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Introducing How Wild

Put on your hiking shoes. Pack some water and snacks. We're heading out on trails around the West to explore the meaning of wilderness and how it's changing.

Introducing How Wild

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