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Content Warning: Profanity Episode Description: Megan joins us on the program to share stories about getting back out on the slopes up in Oregon In their own words: I'm a woman of color(and mom of one), working in marketing. I have enjoyed the outdoors for years and am constantly seeking more stories and experiences of other BIPOC in the outdoors. …
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Content Warning: Profanity Episode Description: Megan joins us on the program to share stories about getting back out on the slopes up in Oregon In their own words: I'm a woman of color(and mom of one), working in marketing. I have enjoyed the outdoors for years and am constantly seeking more stories and experiences of other BIPOC in the outdoors. …
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Episode Description: Aurelia Casey joins the program to share stories about using her own history to connect to kids thru Inner City Rangers and the value of letting them lead in this all ear episode. In their own words: My name is Aurelia, and I'm the Youth Program Senior Manager at Gowanus Canal Conservancy, and founder of Inner City Ranger, both…
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Content Warning: Profanity Episode Description: Aurelia joined us on the program to share stories about using her own history to connect to kids thru Inner City Rangers and the value of letting them lead. In their own words: My name is Aurelia, and I'm the Youth Program Senior Manager at Gowanus Canal Conservancy, and founder of Inner City Ranger, …
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Content Warning: Animal Bites Episode Description: Cesar came thru with an all ear friendly story of heading out to the Yukon to study squirrels and ended up on a trip of self-discovery. In their own words: Cesar is from Tampa, Florida and currently lives in Berkeley, California where they research how environmental injustice affects wildlife. Spec…
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Content Warning: Profanity, Alcohol Consumption, Animal Bites Episode Description: Cesar came thru with a story of heading out to the Yukon to study squirrels and ended up on a trip of self-discovery. In their own words: Cesar is from Tampa, Florida and currently lives in Berkeley, California where they research how environmental injustice affects …
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Kiddie Cut: Bilen Berhanu - Vertical Limit
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Content Warning: Somatic experiences of disability around covid Episode Description: Bilen Berhanu joins the show to share an all-ear-friend story of hiking the Catskill Mountains as a disabled woman experiencing the conflict of needs between her brain and body. In their own words: Born and raised in Ethiopia, currently based in Brooklyn (NY), Bile…
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Content Warning: Profanity, Somatic feelings of intense illness Episode Description: Bilen Berhanu joins the show to share a story of hiking the Catskill Mountains as a disabled woman and experiencing the conflict between what her brain vs body needed. In their own words: Born and raised in Ethiopia, currently based in Brooklyn (NY), Bilen is a lif…
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Content Warning: Racism, verbal abuse, barking dogs, sexism Episode Description: Joi Spears compares and contrasts two stories centered around her work as a Vet Tech and key moments in the support (or lack there of) from her managers during moments of acute racism. In their own words: Joi Spears is a veterinary technician, laboratory technician, vi…
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Content Warning: Racism, dogs barking, sexism, profanity Episode Description: Joi Spears compares and contrasts two stories centered around her work as a Vet Tech and key moments in the support (or lack there of) from her managers during moments of acute racism. In their own words: Joi Spears is a veterinary technician, laboratory technician, visua…
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Kiddie Cut - Asia Bright: Hikers' Delight
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Content Warning: Mentions of owls Episode Description: Asia Bright, of Black Girls Hike, joins the podcast for Episode 2 to talk about the founding of Black Girls Hike and speaking lifers into existence. In her own words: Born and raised in Baltimore MD, Asia has always had a passion for nature and outdoor adventure. Originally starting with a smal…
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Content Warning: Adult Language. Mentions of owls and alcohol use Episode Description: Asia Bright, of Black Girls Hike, joins the podcast for Episode 2 to talk about the founding of Black Girls Hike and speaking lifers into existence. In her own words: Born and raised in Baltimore MD, Asia has always had a passion for nature and outdoor adventure.…
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Kiddie Cut: Dr. Baker Bakashaba - Farmly Matters
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Season 3 starts with an all ears friendly story of a heartwarming trip to the farm with Dr. Bakashaba and his Campion Farmers as they milk the cows, pump from the well, and catch a post-bedtime vibe out on the land. Dr. Baker Bakashaba is a Munyankore/Ugandan Doctor of Medicine and farmer who was born and raised on and by the farm. Despite his busy…
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Season 3 starts with a heartwarming trip to the farm with Dr. Bakashaba and his Campion Farmers as they milk the cows, pump from the well, and catch a post-bedtime vibe out on the land. Dr. Baker Bakashaba is a Munyankore/Ugandan Doctor of Medicine and farmer who was born and raised on and by the farm. Despite his busy engagements as a public healt…
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Content Warning: claustrophobia-inducing scenarios, fear of drowning, fear of big cats Actor and comedian Vinny Thomas joins Allison and Alexi on the season 2 finale with a tale of woe and whimsy, the tragic loss of childhood drip, and the realization of all our collective fears around quicksand. Vinny Thomas first gained prominence through his, of…
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Content Warning: explicit language, claustrophobia-inducing scenarios, fear of drowning, fear of big cats Actor and comedian Vinny Thomas joins Allison and Alexi on the season 2 finale with a tale of woe and whimsy, the tragic loss of childhood drip, and the realization of all our collective fears around quicksand. Vinny Thomas first gained promine…
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Kiddie Cut - Chelsea Connor: Mother Maria
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Episode Content Warning: Natural disasters; home/family/community devastation; sound effects of home destruction; brief discussion around family death and pet injury Herpetologist, artist and graduate student from the Commonwealth of Dominica in the Caribbean: Chelsea Connor joins the podcast on this ALL EARS FRIENDLY episode with a story of a comm…
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Herpetologist, artist and graduate student from the Commonwealth of Dominica in the Caribbean: Chelsea Connor joins the podcast this month with a story of a community surviving the storm of Hurricane Maria. Chelsea has worked on the diet overlap between the native and invasive species of anole on my home island as an undergrad and I am excited to c…
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Kiddie Cut: Destiny Flemons - You're in Danger, Girl
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Enjoy this all-ears friendly tale of Destiny Flemons, Farm Bill Wildlife Biologist of 'Quail and Pheasants Forever', showin up on site talkin' tents half full and big cat chaos. Come thru and hear the tail unfold. Episode Content Warning: Isolation in the outdoors Join the Patreon at Patreon.com/WeOutHerePod Twitter https://twitter.com/TheWeOutHere…
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Destiny Flemons, Farm Bill Wildlife Biologist of 'Quail and Pheasants Forever', shows up on site with a long tale of tents half full and big cat chaos. Come thru and hear the tail unfold. Episode Content Warning: Swears/curses, isolation in the outdoors Join the Patreon at Patreon.com/WeOutHerePod Twitter https://twitter.com/TheWeOutHerePod Instagr…
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Kiddie Cut: Sharon Dorsey - Bee-Ware the Hairy Vine
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Ecologist and writer Sharon Dorsey joins the team on this month's episode sharing a story about being ambushed by unexpected ground-dwelling residents of the forest while surveying the ecology out east. Pre-Order 'Been Outside: Adventures of Black Women, Nonbinary, and Gender Nonconforming People in Nature' Episode Content Warning: buzzing insect…
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Ecologist and writer Sharon Dorsey joins the team on this month's episode to share a story bein ambushed by unexpected ground-dwelling residents of the forest while surveying the ecology out east. Pre-Order 'Been Outside: Adventures of Black Women, Nonbinary, and Gender Nonconforming People in Nature' Episode Content Warning: buzzing insects, eldri…
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Kiddie Cut: Ramesh Laungani - The Forest thru the Trees
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In this all-ears-friendly version of the episode Dr. Ramesh Laungani comes to the program with a story of career-trajectory-changing serendipity in the form of a trip to the right place with the right people and shows that even salting a leech can be a good memory. Episode Content Warning: parent-child conflict Join the Patreon at Patreon.com/WeOut…
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Ramesh Laungani - The Forest thru the Trees
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Dr. Ramesh Laungani comes to the program with a story of life-changing serendipity in the form of a resume-boosting trip to the right place with the right people and proves that even salting a leech can be a good memory. Episode Content Warning: some light profanity, parent-child conflict Join the Patreon at Patreon.com/WeOutHerePod Twitter https:/…
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Kiddie Cut: Lameace Hussain - Snake Rattle and Roll
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Enjoy this all-ear friendly story by Lameace Hussain's fond farewell with a friend as they delve thru rattlesnake country in the search of the Washington State forests' striped whip snakes Episode Content Warning: Snakes, smoking Join the Patreon at Patreon.com/WeOutHerePod Twitter https://twitter.com/TheWeOutHerePod Instagram https://www.instagram…
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Lameace Hussain joins the podcast with a story about sharing a fond farewell with a friend as they f*** around and find out on a trip to the forests of Washington State to collect data on striped whip snakes Episode Content Warning: Some light profanity, snakes, smoking Join the Patreon at Patreon.com/WeOutHerePod Twitter https://twitter.com/TheWeO…
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Kiddie Cut: Dr. Ariangela Kozik - Whale whale whale
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Dr. Ari Kozik comes thru with a hilarious tale of intergenerational trauma, the challenges of the water, and the wonderful and (occasionally) life-changing surprises that come along the way! Join the Patreon at Patreon.com/WeOutHerePod Twitter https://twitter.com/TheWeOutHerePod Instagram https://www.instagram.com/theweoutherepod/ Start learning ab…
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Dr. Ari Kozik comes thru with a hilarious tale of intergenerational trauma, the challenges of the water, and the wonderful and (occasionally) life-changing surprises that come along the way! Episode Content Warning: Some light profanity Join the Patreon at Patreon.com/WeOutHerePod Twitter https://twitter.com/TheWeOutHerePod Instagram https://www.in…
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Julia K tells a kid and sensitive ear-friendly story from years gone by of her experience as a forager looking for morel mushrooms in the forest, getting lost, and a little bit waterlogged as she seeks absolute morel victory. Join the Patreon at Patreon.com/WeOutHerePod Twitter https://twitter.com/TheWeOutHerePod Instagram https://www.instagram.com…
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Julia K tells a story from years gone by of her experience as a forager looking for morel mushrooms in the forest, getting lost, and a little bit waterlogged as she seeks absolute morel victory. Episode Content Warning: Some light profanity Join the Patreon at Patreon.com/WeOutHerePod Twitter https://twitter.com/TheWeOutHerePod Instagram https://ww…
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Kiddie Cut Bonus: Alexi Grousis - Shark Bait
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The Season 2 kid-friendly Premier where Alexi tells a story from college about the animal shenanigans that befell him on his final day of research at the now defunct VIERS Station on St. John, USVI. Sharks, rays, turtles, termites, and befuddled tourists: what more could you ask for? RIP VIERS Episode Content Warning: Some insect body-horror Join t…
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The Season 2 Premier where Alexi tells a story from college about the animal shenanigans that befell him on his final day of research at the now defunct VIERS Station on St. John, USVI. Sharks, rays, turtles, termites, and befuddled tourists: what more could you ask for? RIP VIERS Episode Content Warning: Some light profanity and insect body-horror…
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The season finale features the Prince of Precipitation, Jojo West, comin thru with a tale of mayhem at sea and good island eats during a research trip to Mo'orea. Episode Content Warning: Some profanity, death, alcohol consumption, being lost at sea Join the Patreon at Patreon.com/WeOutHerePod Share a story on the program https://forms.gle/es1TVjf7…
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The season finale features the Prince of Precipitation, Jojo West, comin thru with a tale of mayhem at sea and good island eats during a research trip to Mo'orea. Episode Content Warning: Some profanity, death, alcohol consumption, being lost at sea Join the Patreon at Patreon.com/WeOutHerePod Share a story on the program https://forms.gle/es1TVjf7…
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Kiddie Cut Bonus: Jaida Elcock - Big Fsssh
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Enjoy this sensitive ear friends version of the one and only Jaida Elcock comin thru disrespectful of her elders, Alexi and Allison, tellin a story of shark stalking, fin fondling, and darkled data. Join the Patreon at Patreon.com/WeOutHerePod Share a story on the program https://forms.gle/es1TVjf7y9mdwmSCA Twitter https://twitter.com/TheWeOutHereP…
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The one and only Jaida Elcock comes thru disrespectful of her elders, Alexi and Allison, tellin a story of shark stalking, fin fondling, and darkled data. Episode Content Warning: Some profanity Join the Patreon at Patreon.com/WeOutHerePod Share a story on the program https://forms.gle/es1TVjf7y9mdwmSCA Twitter https://twitter.com/TheWeOutHerePod I…
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Kiddie Cut Bonus: Allison Jones - Cat Nap
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Allison reminisces about her and Alexi's first time meeting a big cat with some unexpected consequences. WOH is for the kids. Episode Content Warning: Some profanity Join the Patreon at Patreon.com/WeOutHerePod Share a story on the program https://forms.gle/es1TVjf7y9mdwmSCA Twitter https://twitter.com/TheWeOutHerePod Instagram https://www.instagra…
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Allison reminisces about her and Alexi's first time meeting a big cat with some unexpected consequences. RIP chivalry. Episode Content Warning: Some profanity Join the Patreon at Patreon.com/WeOutHerePod Share a story on the program https://forms.gle/es1TVjf7y9mdwmSCA Twitter https://twitter.com/TheWeOutHerePod Instagram https://www.instagram.com/t…
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Kiddie Cut Bonus: Ana Silverio - Tropic-Ana
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Enjoy this all-ear-friendly episode where Allison and Alexi are joined by marine fisheries scientist Ana Silverio talking about her first time taking the dive with a snorkel, fighting the tide, and finding out that the (sea)grass is greener under the mangroves. Join the Patreon at Patreon.com/WeOutHerePod Twitter https://twitter.com/TheWeOutHerePod…
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Allison and Alexi are joined by marine fisheries scientist Ana Silverio talking about her first time taking the dive with a snorkel, fighting the tide, and finding out that the (sea)grass is greener under the mangroves. Episode Content Warning: Some profanity Join the Patreon at Patreon.com/WeOutHerePod Twitter https://twitter.com/TheWeOutHerePod I…
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Kiddie Cut Bonus: Sylvana Ross - Bees in the Trap
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Enjoy this all ears episode where Allison and Alexi are joined by beekeeper and science educator of the Queen City Pollinator Project, Sylvana Ross. Sylvana comes thru with a story about an unexpected bee rescue and relocation in rural Ohio to Cincinnati (historically known as the territory of the Myaamiaki [Miami-Illinoise/Irenwa branch of the Alg…
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Allison and Alexi are joined by beekeeper and science educator of the Queen City Pollinator Project, Sylvana Ross. Sylvana comes thru with a story about an unexpected bee rescue and relocation in rural Ohio to Cincinnati (historically known as the territory of the Myaamiaki [Miami-Illinoise/Irenwa branch of the Algonquin speaking people], Kaskaskia…
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Kiddie Cut Bonus: Alexi Grousis - The Lost Boys
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A bonus for the kids - Alexi tells a story (taking place in the intersection of the traditional lands of the Eastern and Western Mono/Monache tribes of the Sierra Nevadas) rife with foolishness and shenanigans during an end of the school year camping with the boys. Episode Content Warning: Some light profanity and snakes Join the Patreon at Patreon…
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Alexi tells a story (taking place in the intersection of the traditional lands of the Eastern and Western Mono/Monache tribes of the Sierra Nevadas) rife with foolishness and shenanigans during an end of the school year camping with the boys. Episode Content Warning: Some light profanity and snakes Join the Patreon at Patreon.com/WeOutHerePod Twitt…
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Kiddie Cut Bonus: Corina Newsome - Fresh Prints
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Enjoy this all ages episode of The We Out Here Podcast featuring Atlanta-based (Lower Muscogee Creek Tribal lands) Ornithologist Corina Newsome as she shares a harrowing tale of exhaustion, desperation, and unexpected rejuvenation in the Georgia marshlands while studying the seaside sparrows. Episode Content Warning: Some light profanity, depiction…
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Atlanta-based (Lower Muscogee Creek Tribal lands) Ornithologist Corina Newsome shares a harrowing tale of exhaustion, desperation, and unexpected rejuvenation in the Georgia marshlands while studying the seaside sparrows. Episode Content Warning: Some light profanity, depictions of panic attacks, sudden loud sounds Join the Patreon at Patreon.com/W…
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Kiddie Cut Bonus: Jaylen Bastos - Mortal Bomb Bat
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Enjoy this all ages episode of The We Out Here Podcast featuring Vancouver-based urban wildlife ecologist Jaylen Bastos who joins Allison and Alexi to talk about colonization, the beauty in Blackness, all the wildness that comes along with camera-trappin' in the city. Support the podcast on Patreon Follow us on Twitter Reorient yourself…
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Vancouver-based urban wildlife ecologist Jaylen Bastos joins Allison and Alexi to talk about colonization, the beauty in Blackness, all the wildness that comes along with camera-trappin' in the city. Episode Content Warning: Language Join the Patreon at Patreon.com/WeOutHerePod Start learning about whose land you're on to begin taking action by vis…
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Allison Jones & Alexi Grousis: Jailbird Blues
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Welcome to the podcast! Allison and Alexi talk about their time working in zoos together and some of the misadventures that came along the way. This episode contains light profanity Join the Patreon https://www.patreon.com/WeOutHerePod
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