Scott Detrow

Brian, thanks for helping us understand these trends and helping us understand how you approach the story.

Brian, thanks for helping us understand these trends and helping us understand how you approach the story.

Brian, thanks for helping us understand these trends and helping us understand how you approach the story.

You want to follow what's happening in Washington, D.C., but you don't want to be scrolling your phone all day. I'm Scott Detrow, and NPR has a podcast that can help. It's called Trump's Terms. Stories about big changes the 47th president is pursuing on his own terms. They're short, they're focused episodes that tell you calmly, factually, what is happening and what isn't.

You want to follow what's happening in Washington, D.C., but you don't want to be scrolling your phone all day. I'm Scott Detrow, and NPR has a podcast that can help. It's called Trump's Terms. Stories about big changes the 47th president is pursuing on his own terms. They're short, they're focused episodes that tell you calmly, factually, what is happening and what isn't.

You want to follow what's happening in Washington, D.C., but you don't want to be scrolling your phone all day. I'm Scott Detrow, and NPR has a podcast that can help. It's called Trump's Terms. Stories about big changes the 47th president is pursuing on his own terms. They're short, they're focused episodes that tell you calmly, factually, what is happening and what isn't.

Jeff got all three questions correct. Yeah. It's a record.

Jeff got all three questions correct. Yeah. It's a record.

Jeff got all three questions correct. Yeah. It's a record.

If you mention wildfires, a lot of Americans will think of the western United States, areas like Southern California. But fire is becoming a bigger problem in the southeast as well.

If you mention wildfires, a lot of Americans will think of the western United States, areas like Southern California. But fire is becoming a bigger problem in the southeast as well.

If you mention wildfires, a lot of Americans will think of the western United States, areas like Southern California. But fire is becoming a bigger problem in the southeast as well.

That's Zach O'Donnell. He's the coordinator for the Southern Blue Ridge Prescribed Burn Association, based in western North Carolina. And this week, the State Forest Service declared one of the fires burning there as the highest priority fire in the U.S.

That's Zach O'Donnell. He's the coordinator for the Southern Blue Ridge Prescribed Burn Association, based in western North Carolina. And this week, the State Forest Service declared one of the fires burning there as the highest priority fire in the U.S.

That's Zach O'Donnell. He's the coordinator for the Southern Blue Ridge Prescribed Burn Association, based in western North Carolina. And this week, the State Forest Service declared one of the fires burning there as the highest priority fire in the U.S.

O'Donnell would rather not be helping fight active fires. Usually, he's educating landowners about fire prevention and leading controlled burns to reduce the risk of bigger fires. And right now, risk is high. Six months ago, Hurricane Helene ravaged mountainous forested areas like in Asheville, North Carolina.

O'Donnell would rather not be helping fight active fires. Usually, he's educating landowners about fire prevention and leading controlled burns to reduce the risk of bigger fires. And right now, risk is high. Six months ago, Hurricane Helene ravaged mountainous forested areas like in Asheville, North Carolina.

O'Donnell would rather not be helping fight active fires. Usually, he's educating landowners about fire prevention and leading controlled burns to reduce the risk of bigger fires. And right now, risk is high. Six months ago, Hurricane Helene ravaged mountainous forested areas like in Asheville, North Carolina.

All those downed trees, combined with a dry spring and high winds, it creates dangerous wildfire conditions.

All those downed trees, combined with a dry spring and high winds, it creates dangerous wildfire conditions.