# The Wild Idea: Exploring the intersection of human nature and wild nature

> Welcome to The Wild Idea\. We are a podcast and media company exploring the intersection of human nature and wild nature\.

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## Pages
- [About Us](https://thewildidea.com/about-wild-idea-media/)
- [The Wild Line](https://thewildidea.com/wild-line/)
- [Raising Wild](https://thewildidea.com/raising-wild/)
- [The Wild Idea](https://thewildidea.com/)
- [Roadless Month: What the Roadless Rule Is \& Why It Matters](https://thewildidea.com/roadless-month/)

## Posts
- [Reclaiming Awe and Wonder to Reverse the “Nature\-Deficit Disorder” Crisis with Richard Louv](https://thewildidea.com/raising-wild-1/): In the first episode of Raising Wild, Ashley Arnold talks with Richard Louv, author of Last Child in the Woods and Noticing, about what children lose when childhood moves farther indoors — and why the way back starts with awe, wonder, and learning to notice again\.
- [Meryl Harrell \& Lisa Ronald: The future of stewarding our shared wild places](https://thewildidea.com/episode-67/): Wilderness visitation surged 75% during the pandemic and hasn't let back down\. In this conversation recorded for the National Wilderness Skills Institute, Meryl Harrell of Friends of the Forest Service and Lisa Ronald of American Rivers take honest stock of the stewardship capacity gaps that have opened up, the tools and technologies reshaping the work, and the community\-led models that are starting to fill the space\.
- [Gregg Treinish \& Lara Birkes: Turning Adventure into Conservation Data](https://thewildidea.com/episode-60/): Adventure Scientists founder Greg Treinish and incoming executive director Lara Birkes discuss citizen science, data quality, new technology, and organizational transition\.

- [Theodore Roosevelt IV: Americans for Alaska](https://thewildidea.com/episode-24/): Theodore Roosevelt IV joins us today to talk about Alaska, public lands, and what it means to carry forward a legacy of stewardship\. Ted shares powerful stories from his own time in Alaska, like camping on the banks of the Kongakut River and waking to the sound of caribou herds moving with their calves, or exploring Southeast Alaska’s coast with his family and watching his son wander ahead in the wild\. These moments shaped his deep belief that Alaska’s vast landscapes are irreplaceable and that we have a duty to protect them\.
- [Jaime Loucky: 60 Years of Stewarding Trails in the Evergreen State](https://thewildidea.com/episode-63/): WTA CEO Jaime Loucky on 60 years of trail stewardship, how federal staffing cuts are reshaping Washington's public lands, and the coalition he's building to defend them\.

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- [The Wild Idea](https://thewildidea.com/category/wild-idea-podcast/)
- [The Wild Line](https://thewildidea.com/category/wild-line/)
- [Outdoor Culture \& Adventure](https://thewildidea.com/category/outdoor-culture-adventure/)
- [Community, Justice \& Belonging](https://thewildidea.com/category/community-justice-belonging/)
- [Wildlife \& Biodiversity](https://thewildidea.com/category/wildlife-biodiversity/)

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