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One particularly boisterous and sonorous spring, podcaster and long-distance hiker Alison Young chose to walk the entirety of the Superior Hiking T...
Bought by WTJU
- Added: Mar 21, 2024
- Length: 06:00
- Purchases: 1
For years, there were only two in the nation, but in 2011, Minnesota got its first with US Bicycle Route-43, the 600-mile Mississippi River Trail f...
- Added: Mar 18, 2024
- Length: 05:21
Minnesota is known for its 10,000 lakes and maybe more specifically, for its canoe culture through the pristine lakes of the Boundary Waters. Over ...
- Added: Mar 04, 2024
- Length: 06:00
The city is temporary and the intersections are conceptual. Are you ready to experience Burning Man — deep in the Nevada desert?
- Added: Aug 21, 2023
- Length: 04:37
Where is she, tonight? It has been a month and ten days since she mailed this postcard from Idyllwild to Joshua Tree. All we can do is hope that th...
Bought by KFCF FM
- Added: Jun 03, 2023
- Length: 28:00
- Purchases: 1
It's Thanksgiving time in America and we are talking turkeys, and sage grouse, and taking your calls on our scary-story line. What does the arrival...
Bought by KFCF FM
- Added: Nov 23, 2022
- Length: 28:00
- Purchases: 1
We are back in Joshua Tree with tales of desert creatures, snowy mountains, and the secret journals of Jack Kerouac newly published as Desolation P...
Bought by KFCF FM
- Added: Nov 04, 2022
- Length: 28:00
- Purchases: 1
Sometimes we go astray. But that’s all right, that’s our opposing nature, and we know how to get back on the right road. Not the “straight and narr...
Bought by KFCF FM
- Added: Sep 30, 2022
- Length: 28:00
- Purchases: 1
What happened to Army Private Gerry Irwin on a Utah two-lane? There was no plane crash, no passengers, nothing by Pvt. Irwin unconscious in the Uta...
Bought by KFCF FM
- Added: Apr 15, 2022
- Length: 28:00
- Purchases: 1
Tonight we visit with the friendly ghost of John Muir, specifically regarding his many excursions in the California deserts. New soundscapes by Red...
Bought by KFCF FM
- Added: Feb 25, 2022
- Length: 28:00
- Purchases: 1
It's the prettiest time of year in the High Desert, with longer days and the last winter precipitation setting it all up for springtime. What will ...
Bought by KFCF FM
- Added: Feb 18, 2022
- Length: 28:00
- Purchases: 1
Back from our brief convalescence to bring you desert prayers in the night — Ancient Egyptian prayers & psalms, in this case. And some tales of Mul...
Bought by KFCF FM
- Added: Feb 11, 2022
- Length: 28:01
- Purchases: 1
How long has Sekhmet ruled over humanity? Five-thousand years! That’s when She is first known to us, appearing in something like her current form, ...
Bought by KFCF FM
- Added: Jan 14, 2022
- Length: 28:00
- Purchases: 1
Looking for God in the world? Watch the coyote. Huehuecoyotl, that’s its Holy name. Old, old coyote. Lord of the arts, god of music and dance, our ...
Bought by KFCF FM
- Added: Nov 14, 2021
- Length: 28:00
- Purchases: 1
Congratulations, you people! It is Fall. You made it. Might take another month or two, until you really notice, but summer is officially over.
It'...
Bought by KFCF FM
- Added: Sep 17, 2021
- Length: 28:00
- Purchases: 1
Night has fallen on the desert, the desert at its most brutal. The punishing desert, the earthly purgatory, the sun-blasted wilderness so many hero...
- Added: Jun 18, 2021
- Length: 28:00
What happens when the perfect solo day hike becomes the ultimate disaster? How do we arrange things better, so that we don't wind up feeding the vu...
- Added: Jun 11, 2021
- Length: 28:00
Seasons change in the desert, but it's always Rat Time. Kangaroo rats, wood rats, deer mice full of hantavirus, it's just a feast for the rats all ...
- Added: May 21, 2021
- Length: 28:00
As we come out of our holes and return to our beloved American Desert, it's time to remember a dozen simple rules to keep your day hike from becomi...
- Added: Apr 30, 2021
- Length: 28:00
What made the Owens Valley the way it is, in our time? An accident of history, of water grabs, of one group of humans using easy money to buy out a...
Bought by KFCF FM
- Added: Apr 16, 2021
- Length: 28:00
- Purchases: 1
It's almost the Great Conjunction and we've been on the run, on the road, rambling around. It was time to visit the devastation on Cima Dome, where...
Bought by KFCF FM
- Added: Dec 18, 2020
- Length: 28:00
- Purchases: 1
Hey are you going to the big ritual, down in the grove? It's Halloween Night. And while things were pretty bad for a while, lately it has been a li...
Bought by KFCF FM
- Added: Oct 17, 2020
- Length: 28:00
- Purchases: 1
Mitch Treadwell is an avid paddler who kayaks a small creek in downtown Traverse City, Michigan, called Kid's Creek.
- Added: Oct 01, 2020
- Length: 04:20
The Sundarbans in Bengal, India have become a speeded up version of global climate change.
- Added: Jun 09, 2020
- Length: 06:00
Remember campfires? We sure do. Standing around a campfire telling stories and socializing used to be a big part of the Desert Oracle "workflow," a...
- Added: May 15, 2020
- Length: 01:00:00
