Episode 11 - Illuminators

Episode 11 - Illuminators

In this final episode, Michelle and Emily welcome 5 guests to give short lightening thoughts that help illuminate their very human hopes for the future of the Mountain West - all inspired by the morethanhuman in their midst. The hosts hope you will share their dreams and work to make them a reality.

Episode 10 - Travelers: Stars, Monarchs, and Road Kill

In this episode, Emily and Michelle think about movements that matter in the Mountain West. Road kill, monarchs and stars all figure in this episode about travelers. They welcome Will Wright, historian at Augustana University [https://www.augie.edu/directory/will-wright-phd]. He is an environmental historian who writes about the history of the monarch butterfly. His advisor in graduate school was Mark Fiege, a historian we quote in the episode!

Episode 9 - Framers: Cities, Rodents, and Archives

In this episode, Emily and Michelle take the listeners on a wild exploration of the urban morethanhuman and ask that we become aware of the importance of cities to the "nature" of the Mountain West.

Episode 8 - Reminders: Birds

In this episode, Emily and Michelle go it alone because they had too much to say! Birds remind us of the morethanhuman on a daily basis and they have inspired many of the most important developments for conservation science in the United States beginning in the 19th century.

Episode 7 - Persisters: Coyote

In this episode, Emily and Michelle invite listeners to engage with the oft maligned Coyote. Trickster in Native traditions, danger in rancher lore, nuisance in urban imaginations, the Coyote shows how the morethanhuman is differently understood but always experienced as present and even ubiquitous. The hosts then welcome the foremost authority on the history of Coyote, Dan Flores.