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The list of "first woman to"s following Hilaree Nelson's name are too many to fit in a podcast description. Just this month, at 45, she became the first person to ski down Mount Lhotse, a sister peak to Everest & the 4th highest mountain in the world....

Presented by The North Face as part of its She Moves Mountains series, in this episode we profile rock climber Emily Harrington. Harrington spent the first decade or so of her career trying not to be afraid because she thought it was girly. Now one of...

Introducing The Fifty One! In this episode we give Range listeners a little preview of The Fifty One with a West Coast episode on how San Diego's ethnic markets are helping to solve the food desert problem, but are often ignored in policy discussions...

The Hawaiian sovereignty movement has been picking up steam the past few years, catalyzed in part by a protest to protect the sacred mountain of Mauna Kea from development. In this episode, we speak to one of the leaders of that movement about what's...

The Democrat primary in California District 4 has become fairly dramatic in recent months as three first-time candidates, all women under 40, vie for a shot to take on incumbent Tom McClintock in one of California's reddest districts.

We're headed into election season and in the Mountain West that means dramatic races for things that we sometimes forget are even elected offices. In this episode, Sarah Miller, a writer and editor with Popula magazine, joins us to dig deep into the...

In this special crossover episode, we introduce you to Bearcat, a new podcast distributed by our network, Critical Frequency. Bearcat's debut episode features someone Range listeners might appreciate: Rita Collins, the Montana-based purveyor of the...

Brian McInerney, a hydrologist with the National Weather Service in Utah, traces the politicization of climate change, how surprised scientists were to see people accusing them of bias, and what the difference is between climate and weather.

When millions of people hit the slopes each year at ski resorts throughout the West, they probably don't realize that, nine times out of ten, they're skiing on abandoned mine sites. In this episode we look at the fascinating intersecting history of...

The California Coastal Commission was formed in the 1970s to balance development goals with public rights to the beach. In recent decades, as our guest host Jill Replogle discovered, public access to the beach has moved beyond development questions. A...