90 Miles From Needles with Chris Clarke and Alicia Pike

It's not a real desert hike unless you get thirsty. Unless your skin gets punctured by an innocent-looking plant. Unless you have a close encounter with a nervous venomous critter. The desert is alive, and it will defend itself. And we will help. 90 Miles From Needles brings you stories from far out in the American outback: a land unlike any other that is both intense and subtle, that has endured for eons in the harshest conditions imaginable but which could go away in a heartbeat if we act the wrong way. Science, politics, hiking and history, culture and creativity all go into defending the desert. Be forewarned.: We are out to recruit you to the cause.

January 17, 2022

00:23:5021.91 MB

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Saving the Dixie Valley Toad

A rare toad is threatened by geothermal energy.

Welcome to 90 Miles from Needles! Our inaugural episode

January 01, 2022

00:54:1749.79 MB

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Welcome to 90 Miles from Needles! Our inaugural episode

In this first episode, Chris and Alicia head out to Sand Draw, a beautiful and vibrant bit of desert dry wash woodland in the Mojave Desert that almost became an industrial sacrifice zone for...

December 06, 202100:19:5018.19 MB

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Trailer 4, Season 0: About Chris Clarke

In this episode, Alicia points out that despite Chris's delusions of popularity, there are people who don't know who he is. Hilarity ensues. Transcript Season 0, Episode 4: Who is Chris? Chri...

November 02, 202100:10:259.58 MB

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Trailer 3, Season 0: Joshua Trees are Trees

Hello friends! Transcript of this episode is here. In this Season Zero short episode, Chris and Alicia discuss the commonly shared urban legend that Joshua trees are not really trees. This is...

Trailer 2, Season 0: Introducing Alicia Pike

July 29, 202100:14:4313.56 MB

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Trailer 2, Season 0: Introducing Alicia Pike

On a visit to Bonanza Spring, threatened by the Cadiz corporation's plan to mine desert groundwater for profit, Alicia Pike talks about what she hopes to bring to 90MFN as cohost. Support the...