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This trailer for The River Radius Podcast provides a peek into a few episodes and a has a short description from the host describing what this podcast provides the listener.

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Feb 19, 2021

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Titles in the series (92)

This is a river podcast, and a great story, boating, science, adventure and conservation podcast.

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The Confluence of boating and writing: CONFLUENCE is a new book about rivers in the American West, cultural interactions that lay just beyond the banks of these rivers, and the adventures to capture these stories. Zak is a new literary influence in the genre of rivers and tells us about his new book and the forces that influence his writing. by The River Radius Podcast
49 min listen
Trailer River Radius Podcast: This trailer for The River Radius Podcast provides a peek into a few episodes and a has a short description from the host describing what this podcast provides the listener. by The River Radius Podcast
2 min listen
Part 2: Building Fish: The Greenback Cutthroat Trout survived many different assaults on its existence and genetic lineage. Once it was found in hiding above a waterfall, work began to reestablish this fish in its original basin. And yet, this work runs into itself as the projects require more changes to the streams of Colorado. by The River Radius Podcast
41 min listen
138 Days on a River: Jenny and Mike Fiebig decided to go on one long river journey. 138 days. Wyoming to Mexico. Source to Sea on the Green River. This is their story of being a human on a river trip. by The River Radius Podcast
55 min listen
Highwater, Helicopters and Money by The River Radius Podcast
39 min listen
The Blue Nile River: The Blue Nile River of Ethiopia is the largest volume river feeding into the Nile River. In 1987 and 2019, Steve Stahl boated the Blue Nile. This river passes by many small groups of people, through intense whitewater and is populated with Nile Crocodiles and Hippopotamus. His trip in 2019 is the last descent of this river before it is impounded behind a new dam and he tells us the story of the river and the people he encounters. by The River Radius Podcast
56 min listen
Thirsty Growth: The Poudre River is born from the Southern Rockies onto the Front Range of Colorado. Wilderness, Wild and Scenic, whitewater, flyfishing. This is a beautiful river. It is also a working river. Regional communities want more of the water for their homes and for the river itself. How much can the Poudre River give? by The River Radius Podcast
46 min listen
2022: As the 2022 podcast season for The River Radius begins, this episode introduces the new season, explains a change in the publishing style to support listening to numerous episodes back to back and it provides short explanations of the stories to come for the year. And, to introduce a new advertising sponsor, this episode has a short story of canoeing in Clipper Canoes on the Mississippi River with Big Muddy Adventures. by The River Radius Podcast
25 min listen
2020: 2020 is here and this short episode explains what to expect on the podcast this year, and what was happening behind the scenes last year. by The River Radius Podcast
6 min listen
8000 Years on the Selway: The Selway River in Idaho has hosted humans for thousands of years with Salmon and Steelhead fisheries, resources to build shelters, and amazing water. Over the summers of 2018 and 2019 archeological research has been conducted on the Selway to clarify and protect the artifacts in the river valley. Jeff Adams explains as much as he can, the story of humans along the Selway long before the Europeans arrived. by The River Radius Podcast
62 min listen
From The Grand to Corona: 13 boaters launched down the Grand Canyon in February 2020 for a 25 day journey. They emerged from the canyon on March 14 to the corona virus pandemic. This is a story about moving from bliss to a TP shortage in the course of one day. by The River Radius Podcast
48 min listen
Freedom River: As our attention spans decrease this fall of 2020, this short episode tells the story of a man who planned to kayak home after a stint in jail, yet decided to not even go to jail, and head on down the river back home. For a person who grew up on that river, ignoring the river permits he needed that day was not even on his mind, and his continued hobby of hunting dinosaur bones was as normal as drinking water. by The River Radius Podcast
17 min listen
Part 1: Something Fishy by The River Radius Podcast
40 min listen
River Permits: River permits for western rivers are becoming more and more competitive. Why do we have permits, how many people are applying and what comes next? This episode hosts conversations with the permit office at Recreation One Stop (rec.gov) and with the river permitting offices at Dinosaur National Monument, Salmon-Challis National Forest in Idaho and Grand Canyon National Park. by The River Radius Podcast
41 min listen
Hoops's Echo: By living his life the way he wanted, Herm Hoops found himself becoming a river lover, a river boater and a man pursuing his life on his terms. He chased passion instead of career. He stood up for rivers and learned that was conservation. He found his dream job. by The River Radius Podcast
37 min listen
Mile 153 Sacramento Source to Sea: Sacramento Source to Sea started on snow skis in the mountains and are now paddling the Sacramento River in the Central Valley of California closing in on sea level. This non wilderness journey explores a river that grows food for America. by The River Radius Podcast
25 min listen
Rowing Home 5000 miles: Rowing Home is the story of one person paddling and rowing from Montana and Minnesota on the biggest rivers of North America, to the Gulf of Mexico, and then to Texas. All by water. Canoes, kayaks, planes, headwaters and ocean waters. by The River Radius Podcast
47 min listen
Pacific Ocean takeout for SacSource2Sea: How about ending a river trip at the Golden Gate Bridge in San Francisco Bay. The Pacific Ocean waiting to pull you out. This episode is the last in a set of three about the Sacramento River Source to Sea project starting near Mount Shasta and ending at that edge of the Pacific. Hear the stories of bringing this 400 mile trip to a close. by The River Radius Podcast
35 min listen
New Mexico's fenced off Rivers: New Mexico passed a law in 2015 that unintentionally resulted in two public rivers now being fenced off from public use by private landowners. A case was presented before the New Mexico State Supreme Court in 2020 looking to have the law repealed. This episode interviews Lesli Allison from the Western Landowners Alliance and Steve Harris from Far Flung Adventures to get the clear story. by The River Radius Podcast
43 min listen
Mile 0 Sacramento River Source to Sea: This is the first in a series of episodes that will host real time interviews with the Sac Source to Sea crew as they navigate the Sacramento River from its headwaters in the Klamath Mountains of Northern California to the Golden Gate Bridge in the San Francisco Bay. by The River Radius Podcast
37 min listen
Food Packing for the River: How many times have you ended a river trip and said that you have enough food for three more days? This episodes talks with two outfitters focused on Grand Canyon River trips. Ceiba provides food for private permit river trips. AZRA provides and prepares meals for their commercial river trips. Between both companies they are packing food for about 230 multi-week river trips each year. They share ideas on how to pack food, how to keep coolers cold and how to keep the kitchen and cooking simple and delicious. by The River Radius Podcast
47 min listen
50 Episodes; 8 Follow Up Stories: Our 1st episode published in 2019 and in September of 2022, we hit the 50th episode. The River Radius has covered 50 rivers, 21 states and 12 countries. Here we have 8 short follow up interviews from 8 of those episodes to learn what is happening in those ongoing river stories. by The River Radius Podcast
56 min listen
Southern California's Water, Yesterday & Tomorrow: Southern California is home for 19 million people and imports the majority of its municipal water from the Colorado and Sacramento Rivers, moving that water hundreds of miles through humanmade aqueducts. Both rivers have decreased flows meaning less water for So Cal. This episode looks at how So Cal gained water, how they are changing their water profile, and how rivers may continue to be impacted by their extractions. by The River Radius Podcast
50 min listen
The silty byproduct of Lake Powell: This episode is a follow up to the Returning Rapids episode and hosts a conversation with the Bureau of Reclamation about the receding Lake Powell and all the sediment byproduct left behind as the nation's second largest reservoir sits at 1/3 of full. by The River Radius Podcast
38 min listen
What is a River 2021: From the basic to the complex, this episode explores what comprises a river. Is a river more than water? Where does the water come from and where does it go? This episode helps unravel the mysteries of what a river is. by The River Radius Podcast
66 min listen
How to Listen to The River Radius Podcast: Have you ever heard someone say they don't listen to podcasts or don't know how? Have you recently learned how to listen and want to know more? This episode is all about how to listen to an episode. So, if you are a regular listener, go listen to this with someone who doesn't know how to use a podcast app and help them learn. There are many people out there, many river people, waiting to learn how to listen to The River Radius Podcast. by The River Radius Podcast
45 min listen
Autopsy of a Post Reservoir River: Is it a reservoir in crisis or a river recovering? In October of 2021 a crew of river scientist and river runners and this podcast traveled down Cataract Canyon to examine a retreating reservoir and a recovering river. As Lake Powell dips below 30% of full, the Colorado River is cutting through the decades of reservoir sediment. What is in the sediment? On top of it? What is next? by The River Radius Podcast
55 min listen
10 Rivers: Each year, American Rivers, one the largest organizations advocating for clean and healthy rivers, releases their annual report of 10 rivers in the United States that need help. This episode is an interview with two staff from American Rivers, Amy Souers Kober and Matt Rice, where they explain the report, how it has led to rivers having improved water quality in the recent past, and the 10 rivers in the “America’s Most Endangered Rivers of 2022” report. by The River Radius Podcast
55 min listen
Sh!%%y Shuttles: River shuttles are as important to a river trip as the boat. And sometimes shuttles are easy and when they aren’t easy, they can be horrible. This episode is a set of four stories from The River Radius listeners about their sh!%%y shuttle experiences. by The River Radius Podcast
50 min listen
The New Film "River's End": Dry rivers and deserts full of irrigated nut trees. Jacob Morrison's new film, “The River's End: California’s New Water War” leans into the questions about agriculture and how rivers can be maintained. In this interview, we delve into some of the topics in the film. by The River Radius Podcast
33 min listen

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Dam Removal Updates & Trends: Dams have been blocking rivers for decades. Is there a growing crack in the dam? This episode explores dam removal as an increasing trend. We talk with guests at the Chattooga River and Tugalo Dam, the Snake River and the Lower Snake River Dams, and the Klamath River and the active removal project there. And we look at the trends globally for dam construction and removal. by The River Radius Podcast
68 min listen
10 Rivers for 2024: Each year American Rivers publishes a list of 10 rivers that hold great opportunity for river quality improvements. This year, in addition to covering the full list with Amy Kober of American Rivers, we talk with local experts to include the ocean surfers at the Tijuana River estuary in California, the river lovers at the Duck River in Tennessee, and the high desert river people overseeing the entire state of New Mexico. We hear about the unique rivers and the work happening to care for these places. by The River Radius Podcast
65 min listen
Part 2 The Emerald Mile...Is It Lost?: This 2nd Emerald Mile episode picks up where the 1st episode left off telling the story of the Emerald Mile’s namesake and the saga to protect it. Taking the lead from park scientists, an environmental lobbyist, and a photographer, we explore the ecological consequences of clear-cutting logging practices, the need to expand the park, and the evolving conditions of an impacted landscape. Was the Emerald Mile lost at the hand of mankind? What does conservation mean for landscapes encroached upon? by The River Radius Podcast
59 min listen
Part 1 The Emerald Mile, The Forest Behind the Story: Kevin Fedarko’s book, the Emerald Mile, takes readers on the journey of the fastest ride through the Grand Canyon in a dory named the Emerald Mile. Fedarko’s book dives into the backstory of the dam, the characters, and even the record-breaking journey, and yet leaves one question remaining: what is the backstory of the dory’s namesake? In this 1st of 2 Emerald Mile episodes, the stories of Fedarko and Dave Van De Mark demonstrate the impact that words and imagery make when applied to places like the Emerald Mile in California’s Redwood National and State Parks. by The River Radius Podcast
53 min listen
Atmospheric Rivers 101: Atmospheric Rivers are bands of water vapor in the sky, sometimes a few thousand miles long, bringing winter moisture to the west coast of North America and delivering it all the way to the Rocky Mountains. The Center for Western Weather and Water Extremes flies research planes above these storms all winter tracking the details and forecasting the coming storm and this episode hosts their director to learn about Atmospheric Rivers. by The River Radius Podcast
51 min listen
American Whitewater’s Top 10 River Stewardship Focus: American Whitewater published their Top 10 List of Stewardship issues in January 2024. This is a mix of dam removal projects, legislation and policy pushes, Wild and Scenic options, all encompassed in the work from American Whitewater to keep rivers clean and accessible. This episode is an interview the Kevin Colburn from American Whitewater learning about each river on this list and the positive end goals. by The River Radius Podcast
64 min listen
Queer River Guiding; 1 Professional’s Experience: The river guiding and river running world are sometimes perceived as idyllic and welcoming. When is it something different? Our guest today is an openly gay man, and he share’s his story of working as a river guide and guide company manager for the past decade. by The River Radius Podcast
51 min listen
The Mountain Hydrology Lab & Future River Flows: The Mountain Hydrology Lab at West Virginia University has defined the density of whitewater river runs in the United States and cross referenced this data with how climate change will alter those flows, and how changes in river flows, to include low flows and floods, will impact the people living along those rivers. This episode talks at length with the class 5 kayaking Director of the Mountain Hydrology Lab, Associate Professor Nicolas Zegre about this work his students are doing, how West Virginia has the most dense collection of whitewater runs, and where students can gain excellent river based educations. by The River Radius Podcast
57 min listen
Heart Attack on the River: In the first episode of 2024, a commercial river guide tells his story of having a massive heart attack while guiding a trip in May of 2023 on the South Fork of the American River in California. This episode is recorded with an audience of river guides and outfitters. Beyond the story is the question of the role of AEDs in commercial river guiding. by The River Radius Podcast
63 min listen
Heather Hansman & Teal Lehto: Conversations on their Craft & Conservation: There are numerous authors and media professionals doing work to explore river topics. To close out the 2023 river and podcast year, this episode hosts two of the best. Heather Hansman is an author writing books and magazine articles. Teal Lehto, a.k.a., “Western Water Girl” is a social media content creator. We talk through their respective crafts, leadership in river conservation and trending topics. by The River Radius Podcast
56 min listen
Klamath 2: The Next Generation of Paddle Tribal Waters: The Klamath River 2nd episode. In the Spring of 2025, a group of teenagers from several Tribal Nations of the Klamath River Basin and greater region will descend the newly undammed Klamath River from source to sea. These teens began learning how to kayak in 2022 and 2023, began learning about river policy and fish science, and are bringing their family stories to the river with them. In the summer of 2023 The River Radius spent a week with these young paddlers on the water and on the microphone capturing their story. by The River Radius Podcast
47 min listen
Klamath 1: The Origin of Paddle Tribal Waters: After 100 years of dams stagnating the flows of the Klamath River and killing the Salmon runs, a group of teenagers from the tribal nations of the Klamath Basin will paddle the Klamath from source to sea to usher in the post-dam Klamath. In this 1st of 2 episodes on the topic, the founders of Rios to Rivers & Paddle Tribal Waters explain how their own paddle experiences and time travel, brought the inception of this powerful passage. by The River Radius Podcast
64 min listen
Payson Kennedy: Payson Kennedy at 39 was a career academic, and with his wife Aurelia had four kids, a house, and two cars in Atlanta. After working on the stunt team for the film Deliverance in 1971 and a summer running a raft company, he and his wife decided to leave it all behind and with a good friend, started the Nantahala Outdoor Center. Today, 50 years later, the Nantahala Outdoor Center is one of the most important and successful river guide operations and instruction schools in the river world. by The River Radius Podcast
56 min listen
What is a River 2023: Our 3rd Annual episode of "What is a River" comes to you from a plane flying above the flooded Yampa River Valley in northwest Colorado. In May 2023, River Radius host Sam Carter joined two geomorphologists and a hometown river guide to fly above the Yampa River when it peaked at 20,000 cfs. This flight and episode learns about the deep value of an un-dammed, free flowing river spreading its waters across the flood plains and pounding down deep sandstone canyons. by The River Radius Podcast
53 min listen
Native Teen Guide In Training Program: The Native Teen Guide in Training Program held its 12th year of training teenagers from various tribal nations how to work as river guides. This year was the first year that the guide staff for this program was all Indigenous. The River Radius joined the NTGIT program at the boat ramp, campground and river warehouse to hear this story. by The River Radius Podcast
62 min listen
Lessons Learned from the Lost River: Losing the Stanislaus River under the New Melones Reservoir made an impact on the people who loved the river. This episode documents three methods that transform the pain of losing a river into proactive measures to further knowledge of, connection to, and action on behalf of rivers not yet lost. This is the companion episode of The Last River Lost. by The River Radius Podcast
51 min listen
Gauley River, West By God Virginia: The Gauley River in West Virginia has become one of the best places for river running in the fall. It began in the 1980’s when a water diversion tunnel project almost dewatered what is now a favorite river stretch for river runners. For this episode we go the Gauley River, we meet the guy who lead the work to protect the Gauley, we go to Gauley Fest, we meet the river people and we run the river. by The River Radius Podcast
59 min listen
The Last River Lost: During the birth of the whitewater boating industry, the Stanislaus River in California quickly rose to popularity. In 1966 a new dam on the Stanislaus would flood this beloved stretch of river. For over a decade, river lovers and guides led campaigns, engaged in nonviolent direct action, and used rafting to let the river speak directly to the hearts of voters and representatives. by The River Radius Podcast
53 min listen
Cleaning the Urban South Platte River: The South Platte River runs right through downtown Denver and as you might imagine, this river catches a lot of trash. There are hordes of people who clean this river several times a year and have been doing so for 17 years. Today this clean up is led by Protect Our Rivers, and the South Platte is lined up for a $350 million dollar upgrade. This is a story of urban river people and the river they love. by The River Radius Podcast
81 min listen
Re-issue: History of the Groover: Have been using a groover this summer? Have you cleaned one....or need to clean one? This episode is a Re-issue of our "History of the Groover" episode from 2021. For many overnight river trips, the groover has become as common a tool as the PFD. Where did this groover come from, and why is a portable river toilet called a groover. This episode finds the people who were there 50 years ago when the need for the groover emerged, and when the groover itself was created. by The River Radius Podcast
63 min listen
Fill Lake Powell: While many river runners see Lake Powell and Glen Canyon Dam as the leading threat to the Colorado River overall and to the Grand Canyon, there is a voice that wants to keep Lake Powell in place and full of water. To understand this viewpoint and reasoning, this episode explores this topic with the BlueRibbon Coalition and Powellheadz. This episode is the companion to our recent publication of “Glen Canyon is Again Being Submerged Under Lake Powell.” by The River Radius Podcast
70 min listen
Fires & Floods: Is there a relationship between forest fire scars, floods and debris flows? This episode will explore landscapes denuded by fire and these massive storms creating floods in the fire scar zone. Is this a normal pattern? A new pattern? Coincidence? And how does understanding this correlation further our relationship with these changing landscapes? This episode explores these questions and more through the tools of western science, personal narrative, and traditional ecological knowledge. by The River Radius Podcast
60 min listen
Glen Canyon is Again Being Submerged Under Lake Powell: Glen Canyon was home to the flowing Colorado River until 1963 when Glen Canyon Dam closed its gates creating Lake Powell. Over the past few years, water in Powell has dropped to levels not seen since the 1960s. The River Radius went onto Lake Powell and up into the canyons to see what has returned in these canyons as they restore to their pre Powell eco-systems and to ask the questions of what is next for Powell and Glen Canyon. Guests are the Glen Canyon Institute and Eric Balkan. by The River Radius Podcast
70 min listen
River Guide Unions: An exploration of unions in river guiding. Why aren’t they common? Why do some guides want them? A guide forms a union. One outfitter assesses the viability of unions on multi-day rivers. A guide turned outfitter on the Ocoee River provides healthcare to her guides. A boater turned insurance agent teaches provides healthcare insurance to river guides. by The River Radius Podcast
51 min listen
2023 Western Snowpack & River Flow: As spring melt begins to fill rivers in the Western United States, the anticipation is high for big water runoff this season because of the long snowy winter. The River Forecast Centers of the National Weather Service provide forecasting for river flows across the country. This episode talks with the 3 of the Western Forecast Centers to learn about the snowpack and the coming river flows for spring of 2023. by The River Radius Podcast
66 min listen
10 Rivers for 2023: Every year since 1984, American Rivers has released a report called America's Most Endangered Rivers. To be highlighted by this report, rivers must have significance to human and natural communities, face consequential threat, and have an upcoming major decision that the public can help influence. This episode is an interview with Sinjin Eberle and Amy Souers Kober on what makes this report an effective river conservation tool, the most endangered rivers of 2023, and tangible actions that we as listeners can do to engage with the most endangered rivers of 2023. by The River Radius Podcast
56 min listen
American Rivers: American Rivers celebrates its 50th Anniversary this year. Founded in 1973, American Rivers is a national level river conservation organization. To understand how they see the future of rivers, we interviewed their Executive Director to hear his story and what American Rivers is focusing on in the next few decades. by The River Radius Podcast
43 min listen
River LNT: River corridors are the conduits of water and beauty. And so many of us treasure our time there. How do we best leave it untrammeled? Two experts on River Leave No Trace (LNT) join me to talk through the LNT philosophy. by The River Radius Podcast
48 min listen
The Shocking Details of River Lightning: Is it true that lightning can’t strike in the Grand Canyon? How far can lightning travel through water? If it does strike, where is the safest place to be? This episode explores lightning from scientific and risk management perspectives. Grounding theory through personal narratives and best practices, this episode is a tool for any river runner’s stormy trips. by The River Radius Podcast
58 min listen
Don't Go Chasing Waterfalls: Running waterfalls in rafts is not overly common, but some rafters do it. Tony Glassman and his river crew built a film about running waterfalls that eventually lead to people following their lead, but not following their path of gaining experience and skills. Tony explains the layers of training and safety and experience and communication that he and his river crew have worked through to become competent waterfall running rafters. by The River Radius Podcast
56 min listen

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