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90 Miles From Needles with Chris Clarke and Alicia Pike
Chris ClarkeHost
Alicia PikeHostIt'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.
S1E9: Saving the Western Joshua tree
Tell the California Fish and Game Commission to protect the Western Joshua tree
S1E8: The IPCC Lets the Deserts Down
Plus, why rock stacking is a bad habit, and how you can keep the state of California from stripping protections from the western Joshua tree. Listen to the episode either before or after you ...
S1E7: This Desert Fish was Declared Extinct. Now It Thrives.
Considered extinct by the late 1950s, the Shoshone pupfish was rediscovered 36 years ago by a woman who changed her entire town to preserve the species. We talk to Shoshone resident Susan Sor...
S1E5: Where Have All The Flowers Gone?
Spring is coming, and that means that hundreds of thousands of people start thinking about visiting the desert to see the "superbloom." But even in the rare years when it happens, there's a r...