Welcome to Episode One of The Wild Idea Podcast!
As you’ll hear in today’s conversation with co-hosts Bill Hodge and Anders Reynolds, this podcast is a project years in the making. The idea for this show emerged during conversations on a prairie in Montana, and we are excited to finally be delivering a series of incredible, important, and hopefully interesting conversations to your listening ears.
Today, Bill and Anders set the framework and talk about why we’re creating this podcast, answer some questions to help you get to know each of them a bit better, and share what you can expect from our upcoming episodes.
At The Wild Idea, we’re excited to be exploring questions we’ve been asking ourselves for a long time and bringing these conversations to a wider audience and alongside experts, policymakers, and others.
We’re excited to welcome you along.
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Connect with Today's Guests
Bill Hodge is the co-host of The Wild Idea podcast, and co-founder of Wild Idea Media with his wife Laura where he serves as President, a role that mostly involves juggling big ideas and eyestrain.
With over 35 years of experience (and enough stories to fill a few campfire evenings), Bill has worked across the spectrum of media and conservation. He’s been behind the microphone, in the executive suite, and even wandering the halls of Congress—because why stop at just one career adventure? His professional journey started in 1987 in broadcast media, back when radio was king, and the phrase “streaming content” meant water over rocks.
Read his full bio here.
Anders Reynolds is co-host of The Wild Idea Podcast and Federal Legislative Director at the Southern Environmental Law Center.
Anders has spent the majority of his career at the intersection of politics and public lands policy, working at The Pew Charitable Trusts on wilderness and other protective designations and as a legislative director for a Member of Congress. He served in the Obama Administration as a policy analyst for the Delta Regional Authority, and has extensive federal and state campaign experience.
Read his full bio here.
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