Parklandia
Activity Overview
Episode publication activity over the past year
Episodes
Goodbye Parklandia, Hello Ranger!
20 May 2020
Contributed by Lukas
They say that when one door closes, another one opens. And in our case, we are swinging our RV door open to a new adventure with a new podcast and a w...
Bonus Episode! Traveling Eats With Matt: Behind the Vail
29 Apr 2020
Contributed by Lukas
In our final installment of Traveling Eats, we visit the Alpine wonderland of Veil, Colorado, take in the German-inspired architecture and more import...
Bonus Episode! Boondocking with Brad: Back to Basics
22 Apr 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Maybe the most basic task of the full-time RV life is...living in the RV. And in order to make that transition from our Chicago loft to our new home, ...
Bonus Episode! Traveling Eats With Matt: The Maine Course
15 Apr 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Before the pandemic changed literally everything about our day-to-day life, we recorded a series of episodes focusing on the food and drink scenes in ...
Bonus Episode! Ecology 101 with Jesslyn Shields
08 Apr 2020
Contributed by Lukas
The world is made up of living and nonliving things that are all hanging out together in different configurations. The stuff that's hanging out togeth...
Shout Out To The Mangroves At Everglades National Park
01 Apr 2020
Contributed by Lukas
There’s a lot to see and do in Florida. It’s got Mickey Mouse, South Beach, Harry Potter, Key West, orange juice, and… two of the most terrifyin...
The Impact of Coronavirus/COVID-19 on RV Living, Camping and #Vanlife
25 Mar 2020
Contributed by Lukas
As the coronavirus and the disease it causes, COVID-19, disrupts life across America, one of the many unexpected consequences of much of public life s...
Getting Below The Surface Of Biscayne National Park with Sandra Ramos
18 Mar 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Ever since I was a kid, when I would rent Jaws from the local video store on a weekly basis, the ocean has simultaneously been the most captivating pl...
Boondocking with Brad: Boondocking
14 Mar 2020
Contributed by Lukas
In this bonus episode of Boondocking with Brad, we answer perhaps the most basic question: what is "boondocking?" Basically, it's staying in your RV w...
The Sears Tower Of Trees At Redwood National And State Parks
11 Mar 2020
Contributed by Lukas
We compare national parks to movies a lot on this podcast, and that’s mostly because these places have a larger-than-life vibe and atmosphere that t...
White Water And White Russians At Grand Teton
04 Mar 2020
Contributed by Lukas
When you think about the Grand Tetons, what comes to mind? Is it iconic, snowy mountains, pristine lakes, and grizzly bears? But how about White Russi...
Bonus Episode! Traveling Eats In New Mexico
29 Feb 2020
Contributed by Lukas
New Mexico has some of the best regional foods and ingredients in the whole country and we are obsessed. Green chilies, blue corn, piñon nuts, and th...
Re-learning History At Little Bighorn National Monument
26 Feb 2020
Contributed by Lukas
American history is fraught with contradictions and incomplete—or sometimes outright wrong—interpretations. We were confronted with this head-on a...
I Was Promised Bison: Yellowstone Part 2 Full Throttle
19 Feb 2020
Contributed by Lukas
On our Yellowstone first-parter, we talked about both of our individual first trips to America’s O.G. national park, along with info on thermal feat...
Bonus Episode! Boondocking With Brad: Hooking Up
15 Feb 2020
Contributed by Lukas
So you've got your brand new RV and you're ready to take in on your first journey and you pull into your campsite and... now what? In this bonus Boond...
The Literal Deep Breath of Jewel Cave National Monument
12 Feb 2020
Contributed by Lukas
With over 200 miles of mapped passageways (and a mind-boggling amount yet to be discovered), Jewel Cave National Monument is the third longest cave in...
The District Dudes Explore DC's National Mall
05 Feb 2020
Contributed by Lukas
For season 2 of Parklandia, there are a lot of firsts we were excited about, and new chapters to begin. From the first guest interviews to the first t...
Bonus Episode! Camping In Yellowstone With Tim Burton
01 Feb 2020
Contributed by Lukas
In this past week's episode, we covered Matt's family trip to Yellowstone. Brad visited Yellowstone while on the "maple trail," selling barrel-aged ma...
Inspiration And Eruption In Yellowstone, The World's First National Park PART 1
29 Jan 2020
Contributed by Lukas
We think it’s safe to say that Yellowstone is the most iconic national park in the country. It’s the first example people think of when they think...
Bonus Episode! Traveling Eats: Sweet (And Savory) Home Chicago
25 Jan 2020
Contributed by Lukas
We love our life on the road, but it's hard not to long for some of the familiar sights...and tastes...of our old home in Chicago. In this episode of ...
A Sky The Size of Forever In The Rocky Mountains
22 Jan 2020
Contributed by Lukas
When it comes to big-time national parks, it doesn’t get much more iconic than Rocky Mountain National Park in Colorado. I mean, really, these mount...
Bonus Episode! Boondocking With Brad: The Essentials
18 Jan 2020
Contributed by Lukas
For our second installment of Boondocking with Brad, we'll go over the nuts and bolts of what you need to know about operating and maintaining an RV, ...
The Grand, Gloomy, Peculiar World of Mammoth Cave
15 Jan 2020
Contributed by Lukas
When most people think of Kentucky, they might think of bourbon, horse races, fried chicken... all fitting, but what about the largest cave system in ...
Bonus Episode! Traveling Eats Goes to Disney World
11 Jan 2020
Contributed by Lukas
If there is anything we love more than visiting National Parks, it's definitely discovering all of the amazing food and drinks this country has to off...
The Mary-Kate and Ashley of Arches National Park
08 Jan 2020
Contributed by Lukas
When it comes to iconic images from the national parks, Arches is right up there with the Grand Canyon, Old Faithful at Yellowstone, and the bat cave ...
Bonus Episode! Boondocking With Brad: Getting Classy
04 Jan 2020
Contributed by Lukas
One of the topics of conversation that comes up with our listeners often is about the RV lifestyle — how to get started, which vehicle is right for ...
Our Only Kind Of Terrifying Visit to Cumberland Island
01 Jan 2020
Contributed by Lukas
It's a New Year and a new season of Parklandia! To kick it off, we're doing our first episode on a National Seashore, Cumberland Island off of Georgia...
Coming Soon! Parklandia Season 2
23 Dec 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Season 2 of Parklandia is coming January 1st — New Year, New Season! And we're so excited to announce that it's going to be full of our adventures t...
Bonus Episode! The Nomads
20 Nov 2019
Contributed by Lukas
In this crossover episode, we appear on the show Committed, hosted by Jo Piazza.Last year Brad and Matt Kirouac gave up their very comfortable and sec...
Abe Lincoln is the Beyoncé of Gettysburg National Military Park
16 Oct 2019
Contributed by Lukas
For the final episode of our first season, we're changing things up just a little bit. This episode is our first one highlighting a national park serv...
Bonus Pup-isode! Traveling with Finn
12 Oct 2019
Contributed by Lukas
He makes an appearance in our show intro, and in this bonus episode we discuss our best friend and travel companion, our dog Finn. Life on the road wi...
Lava Puts Things In Perspective at Lassen Volcanic National Park
09 Oct 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Boiling rivers, bubbling mud pots, steaming hot springs, and giant volcanoes. It kinda sounds like that fiery hellscape from Lord of the Rings, but re...
Go Chasing Waterfalls at Shenandoah National Park
02 Oct 2019
Contributed by Lukas
If you’re looking for the perfect place to chase waterfalls and run from black bears, then cap it all off with an apple martini at a makeshift speak...
Who Wore It Best? Black Canyon of the Gunnison National Park Edition
25 Sep 2019
Contributed by Lukas
One of our uncontrollable impulses is comparing National Parks to Disney movies. Hiking through the Black Canyon of the Gunnison National Park in west...
Bonus Episode! Meet Your Hosts
21 Sep 2019
Contributed by Lukas
In this bonus episode, recorded in the RV that has taken us around the country and to these National Parks we've been talking about all season, we dec...
A Journey Fit For the Gods at Olympic National Park
18 Sep 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Between the misty rainforests, the ominous beaches, the craggy mountaintops, and immense wildlife like elk and whales, exploring Olympic National Park...
Bonus! Marie Kondo-ing The RV
14 Sep 2019
Contributed by Lukas
We return to our mail bag and talk about what we said "thank you" to and let go of when we moved into the RV and the logistics of parking one of those...
Bathing With Al Capone At Hot Springs National Park
11 Sep 2019
Contributed by Lukas
If Al Capone was alive today, we have a feeling he'd be a Parklandia listener. The notorious gangster was, after all, a lover of national parks, just ...
Bonus Episode! Parklandia Listener Question
07 Sep 2019
Contributed by Lukas
We've been getting questions on Facebook and Insta and in this special Saturday episode, we take some time to answer a listener question about life on...
The Good and the Badlands National Park
04 Sep 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Fair warning, listeners: anytime we reminisce about Badlands National Park we tend to get super emotional. Matt first traveled to this South Dakota wo...
The Flooded Forest of Congaree National Park
28 Aug 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Most people equate flooding with disaster, but it can do just the opposite sometimes—like at Congaree National Park in South Carolina, where floodin...
Guadalupe Mountains National Park Almost Killed Me
21 Aug 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Guadalupe Mountains National Park in West Texas is a paradise for hikers and rock-lovers, with the tallest peaks in the state, gypsum sand dunes, tons...
A Cloud of Bats at Carlsbad Caverns National Park
14 Aug 2019
Contributed by Lukas
If Batman were to live in a national park, he would definitely live at Carlsbad Caverns. The Dark Knight would surely feel right at home in the enormo...
Spirits in the Cliffs - Mesa Verde National Park
07 Aug 2019
Contributed by Lukas
In the late 1100’s, the cliff faces of Mesa Verde were veritable cities filled with homes, towers, and central plazas. Then, the ancestral Puebloan ...
The Giant Tree-ster Eggs Of Petrified Forest
07 Aug 2019
Contributed by Lukas
If we were to hop into a time machine and travel back to the year 220 million BC, let’s just say things wouldn’t go well for us. This was a time w...
The Oscars of Rivers - Cuyahoga Valley National Park
07 Aug 2019
Contributed by Lukas
In our inaugural episode of Parklandia, hosts Matt and Brad bring friends along for a murder mystery train ride and explore the true comeback story of...
Parklandia Trailer
30 Jul 2019
Contributed by Lukas
A married couple packed up everything from their home in Chicago and bought an RV to travel the country full-time, with one goal: to visit as many nat...