How Wild
Episodes
Introducing the American Storytelling collection
10 Feb 2026
Contributed by Lukas
What does it mean to be an American? There’s no one way. At NPR, we think of the American identity as a story - one that's always being rewritten by...
Wild Times: Live Event with Former Parks Director Jon Jarvis
01 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Been camping or hiking in a national park this summer? It's pretty wild right now. In the midst of their busiest season, national parks and other publ...
Wild Times: Rewriting History in National Parks
01 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Noticed any changes to signs in your local national park?An exhibit at California's Muir Woods National Monument was recently edited because of a Trum...
Wild Times: An Update On National Parks Under Trump
22 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
It's wild times, y'all. Just as we're getting ready to go hiking and camping this summer, national parks and forests are facing the biggest staff and ...
How Wild Presents: The Wild with Chris Morgan
12 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
It may not be designated capital "W" wilderness, but the ocean is an incredibly wild place.We're sharing an episode about the ocean from The Wild with...
How Wild Presents: "The New Space Race" from Outside/In
07 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
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 Di...
Wild Ideas
24 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
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...
Other
17 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Not everything fits into neat little boxes. Sometimes you have to check "other."What are other perspectives on wilderness?We visit the country's first...
Primitive, Unconfined Recreation
10 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Do you have all your gear to head into nature? What about your smartphone?Technology helps people access wilderness, but it can also get in the way.We...
Solitude
03 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Do you have a permit?We're going to a popular trail in Colorado's Maroon Bells to talk about the slippery feeling of solitude and what to do about mor...
Natural
27 Aug 2024
Contributed by Lukas
We're tired from hiking and taking a break at an art museum to ponder how nature got framed.We're exploring how artists like Ansel Adams and thinkers ...
Undeveloped
20 Aug 2024
Contributed by Lukas
What do you mean by "undeveloped" — weren't there people living here?We're wading through rivers in the nation's first wilderness in New Mexico's Gi...
Untrammeled
13 Aug 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Untrammeled. No, that's not a typo. We don't mean untrampled.Wilderness areas are supposed to remain free from human intervention unless absolutely ne...
Introducing How Wild
01 Aug 2024
Contributed by Lukas
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 ch...