Best Joan Hamilton Writer Podcasts (2024)

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Fire, Drought, Rain, and Hope: Episode 9 7:33

14d ago7:33

7:33

In this final episode, Save Mount Diablo unfolds an audacious plan for winning broader protection for the Diablo Range in an era of climate change. The "Fire, Drought, Rain, and Hope" series explores life in California’s inland Coast Range after the huge fires of 2020. It ventures into places off the beaten track for most Bay Area residents, yet de…

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Fire, Drought, Rain, and Hope: Episode 7 9:32

21d ago9:32

9:32

CONDOR COUNTRY In Pinnacles National Park, author and conservation biologist Joseph Belli “babysits” condors as a volunteer for the National Park Service. In this episode he teams up with soulmate Seth Adams of Save Mount Diablo to survey wildlife in the park and beyond. The "Fire, Drought, Rain and Hope" series explores life in California’s inland…

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Fire, Drought, Rain, and Hope: Episode 6 7:09

1M ago7:09

7:09

HENRY W. COE STATE PARK: How fire made a big wilderness better. The sixth in a series of Save Mount Diablo's videos about the mysterious, little-known 200-mile long Diablo Range. Viewers venture into places off the beaten track for most Bay Area residents, yet deeply connected to places they already love—and vital as refuges for plants, animals, an…

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Fire, Drought, Rain, and Hope: Episode 5 7:52

1M ago7:52

7:52

COYOTE CONNECTIONS Keeping cities safe and wildlife healthy. The fifth in Save Mount Diablo's series, "Fire, Drought, Rain, and Hope," about the mysterious, little-known, 200-mile long Diablo Range. The series takes viewers into places off the beaten track for most Bay Area residents, yet deeply connected to places they already love and vital refug…

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Fire, Drought, Rain, and Hope: Episode 4 6:21

2M ago6:21

6:21

OHLONE WILDERNESS How Wildlife Fared After the 2020 Fire The fourth in a series of Save Mount Diablo's videos about the mysterious, little-known, 200-mile long Diablo Range. Viewers venture into places off the beaten track for most Bay Area residents, yet deeply connected to places they already love. Photos by Scott Hein and others. Music by Phil H…

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Fire, Drought, Rain, and Hope: Episode 3 11:11

2M ago11:11

11:11

CORRAL HOLLOW How a ranching family helped build a park. The third in Save Mount Diablo's series, "Fire, Drought, Rain, and Hope," about the mysterious, little-known, 200-mile long Diablo Range. The series takes viewers into places off the beaten track for most Bay Area residents, yet deeply connected to places they already love and vitally importa…

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Fire, Drought, Rain, and Hope: Episode One 8:58

2M ago8:58

8:58

Three Wild Years in the Diablo Range With the help of ranchers, naturalists, scientists, and land managers, this 9-part series showcases the mysterious, little-known 200-mile long Diablo Range after the massive fires of 2020. It ventures into places off the beaten track for most Bay Area residents, yet deeply connected to places they already love, …

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Fire, Drought, Rain, and Hope: Episode 2 10:02

2M ago10:02

10:02

MORGAN TERRITORY, where the SCU fire hit home. The second in a series of films about the mysterious, little-known 200-mile long Diablo Range. The films take viewers into places off the beaten track for most Bay Area residents, yet deeply connected to places they already love, vital to providing a refuge for plants, animals, and people in a time of …

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Early Bloomers 4:14

4M ago4:14

4:14

Early-blooming flowers bring beauty to the forested understory of Mount Diablo State Park. Here are a few that pop up January through March. A Mount Diablo Interpretive Association film by Kendall Oei, produced in partnership with Save Mount Diablo. Part of the Wild Mount Diablo series.By Wild Mount Diablo

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Wild Mount Diablo: WONDERS OF 2023 3:59

5M ago3:59

3:59

Join Wild Mount Diablo as we look back at some of our favorite photos from 2023. It's exciting to imagine what our intrepid photographers, Wally De Young and Kendall Oei, will come across this year!! A Mount Diablo Interpretive Association film produced in partnership with Save Mount Diablo.By Wild Mount Diablo team

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Wild Mount Diablo: POISON OAK 4:57

5M ago4:57

4:57

The branches of this irritating plant are bare right now, but wise park visitors know to be wary. Learn of its infamous debut in London in the early 1800s—and how it's related to plants in many kitchens today. Part of Mount Diablo Interpretive Association's WILD MOUNT DIABLO series on the plants and animals of Mount Diablo State Park.…

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Bay Area Geology: Episode 5 1:48

6M ago1:48

1:48

By Audible Mount Diablo

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Bay Area Geology: Episode 4 3:15

6M ago3:15

3:15

SAND DOLLAR SECRETS The Pacific Ocean once lapped against the Sierra Nevada foothills. Here's the story of how the Bay Area eventually became dry land with two bedrocks. Join us on the TRAIL THROUGH TIME, a series of geology videos featuring naturalist Ken Lavin. Sponsored by the Mount Diablo Interpretive Association in partnership with Save Mount …

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Wild Mount Diablo: Wild Babies 9:32

7M ago9:32

9:32

Meet the wild babies of Mount Diablo and learn what superpowers they are developing as they grow from babes in the woods to full grown predators—or prey! Whether sharp-toothed and venomous, or soft and fluffy, these wild babies are sure to surprise you with their innate gifts. Are baby rattlesnakes really more dangerous than adults? How big are gre…

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Bay Area Geology: Episode 3 3:49

7M ago3:49

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CLASHING PLATES The story of the Bay Area landscape begins 190 million years ago, 3,000 miles out in the Pacific Ocean under 10,000 feet of water. Join us on the TRAIL THROUGH TIME, a series of geology videos featuring naturalist Ken Lavin. Sponsored by the Mount Diablo Interpretive Association in partnership with Save Mount Diablo. Videography by …

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Bay Area Geology: Episode 2 3:46

8M ago3:46

3:46

FRANCISCAN ROCKS The first person to study Mount Diablo geology in depth was a quirky UC Berkeley professor named Andrew Lawson. He found rocks that had emerged from volcanoes in the mid-Pacific. But how did they get on top of a 3,849-foot mountain? Join us on the TRAIL THROUGH TIME, a series of geology videos presented by the Mount Diablo Interpre…

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Bay Area Geology: Introduction 2:57

8M ago2:57

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TRAIL THROUGH TIME A 6.3-mile hike from the top to the bottom of Mount Diablo travels through the Bay Area’s entire geologic history. Presented by Mount Diablo Interpretive Association, featuring Ken Lavin. Videography by Macha Rose. Animations by Tanya Atwater, UC Santa Barbara. Music by Phil Heywood. Produced by Joan Hamilton. Audible Mount Diabl…

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WILD MOUNT DIABLO: Late Bloomers 5:53

8M ago5:53

5:53

Spring has come and gone, but the wildflower bloom is not done. Mount Diablo has its own superblooms, and some of them are long lasting. A Mount Diablo Interpretive Association film featuring Kendall Paul Oei. Episode 12 in the Wild Mount Diablo series.

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Wild Mount Diablo: LADYBUGS 4:30

8M ago4:30

4:30

By Wild Mount Diablo

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A Hiker's Guide to Mount Diablo Plants: Episode 9 7:15

8M ago7:15

7:15

CONNECTIONS As botanist Heath Bartosh explains in this final episode of "A Hiker's Guide to Mount Diablo Plants," Bay Area biodiversity hot spots are connected to places much farther south. Presented by Save Mount Diablo in partnership with Mount Diablo Interpretive Association Featuring Heath Bartosh with Seth Adams, Robert Doyle, Lindsey Hendrick…

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A Hiker's Guide to Mount Diablo Plants: Episode 8 5:52

9M ago5:52

5:52

By Audible Mount Diablo

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A Hiker's Guide to Mount Diablo Plants: Episode 6 9:40

9M ago9:40

9:40

SHRUBS Dive into the mysteries of chaparral, a plant community that covers 3 percent of Earth's surface and nurtures 20 percent of its biodiversity. Presented by Save Mount Diablo, in partnership with Mount Diablo Interpretive Association. Featuring Heath Bartosh, Seth Adams, Robert Doyle, Lindsey Hendricks, Brian Peterson, Cyndy Shafer. Photograph…

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A Hiker's Guide to Mount Diablo Plants: Episode 4 9:15

10M ago9:15

9:15

TREES AS LIVING HISTORY Mount Diablo's oaks, pines, bays, and buckeyes have tales to tell—if you know what to look for. Presented by Save Mount Diablo, in partnership with Mount Diablo Interpretive Association. Featuring Heath Bartosh, Seth Adams, Robert Doyle, Lindsey Hendricks, Brian Peterson, Cyndy Shafer. Photographs: Scott Hein, Stephen Joseph…

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A Hiker's Guide to Mount Diablo Plants: Episode 3 8:16

10M ago8:16

8:16

By Audible Mount Diablo

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A Hiker's Guide to Mount Diablo Plants: Episode 2 5:54

10M ago5:54

5:54

By Audible Mount Diablo

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A HIker's Guide to Mount Diablo Plants 4:07

11M ago4:07

4:07

By Audible Mount Diablo

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Winding Down Lime Ridge Looking for Wildlife 4:03

11M ago4:03

4:03

As you wind your way through the lovely hills of Lime Ridge, keep an eye out for wildlife. In this episode Seth Adams and Scott Hein discuss 1) one that's still common all over the area 2) an introduced species whose numbers have exploded and 3) a native species that's making a heartening comeback. Sponsored by Save Mount Diablo in partnership with…

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Summer Scents: Big Tarplant 2:30

11M ago2:30

2:30

Learn about a rare plant that waits until summer to grace the hills of Lime Ridge Open Space on the eastern edge of Walnut Creek, California. Featuring Heath Bartosh. Sponsored by Save Mount Diablo in partnership with Mount Diablo Interpretive Association. Photos courtesy of Scott Hein and Heath Bartosh. First published in 2012.…

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Wild Mount Diablo PINES 4:53

12M ago4:53

4:53

Can you name three pine species that grow in Mount Diablo State Park? Learn to ID them by their pinecones (2 supersized, 1 clingy). Hear about how they're adapted to fire and drought. Meet the gun-toting botanists who collected their cones in the 1830s. A Mount Diablo Interpretive Association video featuring Ken Lavin and Seth Adams. Production by …

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Falls Trail 13: A Fine June Walk 4:41

1y ago4:41

4:41

By Audible Mount Diablo

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Falls Trail 12: Chert 3:18

1y ago3:18

3:18

By Audible Mount Diablo

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Falls Trail 11: Remarkable Rocks 5:21

1y ago5:21

5:21

About halfway into this classic Mount Diablo hike, we get our first good look at the waterfalls of Wild Oat Canyon and the well-traveled rock that hosts the show: pillow basalt. "Falls Trail" is 13-part series featuring Ken Lavin, Burt Bogardus, Paul Cardinet, and Jenn Roe. Presented by Mount Diablo Interpretive Association in partnership with Save…

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Falls Trail 10: Leather Oak 2:26

1y ago2:26

2:26

By Audible Mount Diablo

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Falls Trail 9: Oracle Oak 5:02

1y ago5:02

5:02

Meet Mount Diablo's rarest oak, and the feminist who first named it for science: Albert Kellogg. "Falls Trail" is 13-part series featuring Ken Lavin, Burt Bogardus, Paul Cardinet, and Jenn Roe. Presented by Mount Diablo Interpretive Association in partnership with Save Mount Diablo.By Audible Mount Diablo

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Falls Trail 5: Tales of Donner Cabin 4:55

1y ago4:55

4:55

By Audible Mount Diablo

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Falls Trail 4: The Great Fire of 1977 4:58

1y ago4:58

4:58

By Audible Mount Diablo

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Falls Trail 3: George Cardinet 6:07

1y ago6:07

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Meet "the grandfather of national trails," an enterprising equestrian who built more than 200 miles of trails in the East Bay area. His spirit lives on in the volunteers who work on trails in the park today. "Falls Trail" is 13-part series featuring Ken Lavin, Burt Bogardus, Paul Cardinet, and Jenn Roe. Presented by Mount Diablo Interpretive Associ…

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Wild Mount Diablo: Peregrines 2022 6:50

1y ago6:50

6:50

Pine Canyon's peregrine falcons had a difficult season in 2021, when all four chicks were killed by a great-horned owl in a territorial dispute. Follow a team of California naturalists, stewards, and detectives as they tell the story of how the fastest animal on the planet fared last season. A Mount Diablo Interpretive Association video, produced b…

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Hiking the Falls Trail, part two 4:16

1y ago4:16

4:16

By Audible Mount Diablo

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Finally, Water! 3:22

1y ago3:22

3:22

By Audible Mount Diablo

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Where the Grass is Greener 4:39

1y ago4:39

4:39

From the top of Lime Ridge, you can see Mount Diablo—and a surprisingly vast expanse of GRASSLAND in between. Learn about who owns these lands and some of the wild treasures they contain, including relicts of a drier climate such as desert olives and sagebrush lizards. From a tour of Lime Ridge featuring Seth Adams and Scott Hein, originally publis…

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Our Friend the Fence Lizard 1:38

1+ y ago1:38

1:38

How a colorful reptile may help lower the incidence of Lyme disease in California. Episode 6.1 in Save Mount Diablo's guide to Lime Ridge, featuring Scott Hein and Seth Adams.By Audible Mount Diablo

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Life on LIME RIDGE 6:40

1+ y ago6:40

6:40

In episode 6 of our Lime Ridge Tour, we take an inside look at Bay Area shrublands, also known as CHAPARRAL. They may look lifeless at times, but they nurture a rich assemblage of plants and animals, including Alameda whipsnakes, hummingbirds, and blue-gray gnatcatchers. Sponsored by Save Mount Diablo in partnership with Mount Diablo Interpretive A…

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The Ongoing Age of Discovery 2:46

1+ y ago2:46

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After a winter of abundant rain and even snow, WILDFLOWERS are waking up in the East Bay. As you get out to enjoy them, keep in mind that there are still discoveries to be made. In 2008, for example, Carpenter David Gowen found two phlox species new to science in LIME RIDGE OPEN SPACE, nearly surrounded by Walnut Creek and Concord. It's one more ex…

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Mount Diablo Delights 4:27

1+ y ago4:27

4:27

By Audible Mount Diablo

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Mount Diablo's Depression-Era Infrastructure 1:28

1+ y ago1:28

1:28

By Audible Mount Diablo

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Wild Mount Diablo: Wonders of 2022 3:20

1+ y ago3:20

3:20

Here are a few of the sights we savored on Mount Diablo in 2022. May your 2023 be filled with new delights! Happy New Year from the Wild Mount Diablo team.By Wild Mount Diablo

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A Brief History of Mount Diablo State Park 4:27

1+ y ago4:27

4:27

By Audible Mount Diablo

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Mount Diablo's First Tourists 4:38

1+ y ago4:38

4:38

By Audible Mount Diablo

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When Cattle First Came to California 3:17

1+ y ago3:17

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In the late 1700s, when the Spanish came north along the coast of California, they brought food with them in the shape of CATTLE. That was the beginning of a slow, but revolutionary change in the state's ecology. This is EPISODE 2 in an 8-part "Brief History of Mount Diablo State Park," featuring Ken Lavin, Seth Adams, Robert Doyle, Michael Marchia…

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