Made for You and Me: America's National Parks
Arts & Culture Podcasts
An entertaining, educational podcast about America's national parks. We take you into the parks and discuss what is referred to as “America’s best idea”. We’ll talk history, hikes, wildlife, tell you stories, and explain crazy facts about these extraordinary lands that were made for you and me.
Location:
United States
Genres:
Arts & Culture Podcasts
Description:
An entertaining, educational podcast about America's national parks. We take you into the parks and discuss what is referred to as “America’s best idea”. We’ll talk history, hikes, wildlife, tell you stories, and explain crazy facts about these extraordinary lands that were made for you and me.
Language:
English
Episodes
53: Most Common Ways to Die in a National Park
5/11/2022
We are BACK! We did not plan to be gone for quite as long as we were but.... life! We tried to show back up with an especially interesting topic... most common ways to die in a national park.
Duration:00:24:34
52: National Park of American Samoa (Part 1)
1/29/2022
Far, far away from the continental United States, in the middle of the Pacific Ocean, is a tropical land with a rich history and colorful ecosystem. Learn about the National Park of American Samoa in episode 52 of Made for You and Me. (Part 1)
Duration:00:28:26
51: Prescribed Burns
1/17/2022
Did you know experts intentionally set natural areas on fire? Learn about prescribed burns in episode 52 of Made for You and Me.
Duration:00:15:35
50: Great Basin National Park
1/5/2022
Great Basin National Park is full of caves, bacteria, rivers, lakes, mountains and much more. Learn about this park's unconventional history, how it hosts the world's oldest trees, and more in episode 50 of Made for You and Me.
Duration:00:41:52
49: Alcatraz Island Part Two
12/12/2021
You learned about Alcatraz Island's wild history. Now learn more about its most interesting role as a high security prison.
Duration:00:38:09
48: Alcatraz Island
12/1/2021
The absolutely crazy history and stories of this 22 acre rock in the San Francisco Bay.
Duration:00:40:36
47: Yellowstone National Park (Part Two)
11/24/2021
Too awesome to fit into one episode. Check out part two on Yellowstone National Park!
Duration:00:41:50
46: Yellowstone National Park (Part One)
11/17/2021
One of the biggest and the baddest national parks had to be split into two episodes. Find out what's going on among the largest concentration of geysers in the world.
Duration:00:32:11
45: Mother of the Everglades
10/6/2021
Learn all about the bad biddy we can thank for protecting the Everglades!
Duration:00:17:14
44: White Sands National Park
9/29/2021
This National Park located in New Mexico is nothing like you've seen before. Compromised predominantly of the mineral called gypsum, the miles of white, rolling hills of sand stand out from your typical desert landscape.
Duration:00:47:18
43: Sagebrush Rebellion Part 2
9/22/2021
The decades old saga continues as the Bureau of Land Management seeks to maintain federal lands. While rebels want the land to be owned by the state or local government.
Duration:00:24:25
42: Bears and Bear Spray
9/10/2021
How does bear spray work and what to do if you come into contact with a bear in the wild.
Duration:00:20:25
41: Sagebrush Rebellion
9/1/2021
A decades long debacle between locals and the federal government over who should have control over land.
Duration:00:22:15
40: Bigfoot
8/22/2021
The hide and seek champion of the world
Duration:00:27:46
39: Shenandoah National Park
8/15/2021
Just 75 miles from the bustle of Washington, D.C., Shenandoah National Park is a land bursting with cascading waterfalls, spectacular vistas, fields of wildflowers, and quiet wooded hollows. With over 200,000 acres of protected lands that are haven to deer, songbirds, and black bear, there's so much to explore...
Duration:00:40:57
38: BASE Jumping
8/7/2021
What the heck is BASE jumping and why do people do it (illegally) in national parks?
Duration:00:20:47
37: The Yellowstone Supervolcano
7/28/2021
Yellowstone National Park hosts one of the largest volcanoes in the world. This massive, active volcano last erupted 70,000 years ago. Is it due for another one?
Duration:00:25:36
36: America's Second National Park
7/21/2021
You may have never heard of Mackinac National Park. That's because it doesn't' exist. Not any more. This small island in northern Michigan was the second designated American national park in the later part of the 19th century.
Duration:00:38:05
35: Parkitecture
7/14/2021
Get it? Like "park" and "architecture"? Clever, we know. Turns out the National Park Service has an official architecture style. You probably know exactly what we are talking about, but you probably don't know how and why it was created.
Duration:00:13:27
34: Capitol Reef National Park
7/7/2021
They thoughts it looked like the capitol building in DC so they named if Capitol Reef.
Duration:00:45:20