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Natural Causes
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| Date | Apple Podcasts | Pocket Casts |
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| Oct 1 | #36 | #34 |
About the show
Natural Causes is a podcast about the politics and practicalities of going outside in a world on fire, hosted by Dr. James Stout. It approaches the outdoors, conservation, agriculture, food sovereignty, and Indigenous land rights as interconnected issues. We want to combine unflinching journalism with unabashed advocacy for the land we all share, and welcome everyone into the outdoors and the fight for our public lands. Our shared wild spaces are under threat like never before, from climate change, the Trump administration, and extractive capitalism. Now, more than ever, we need serious journalism and serious solidarity that engages people with the struggle to protect these spaces for generations to come. New episodes weekly.
Latest episodes
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The Coming Flood
September 28, 2026 · 28 minIn Part Two of our series on The Wall and the Wilderness, James talks about the cultural and ecological damage done by the border wall and continues his interview with Dr. Christina Aiello about the Peninsular Bighorn ram that was killed…
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The Wall and the Wilderness
September 21, 2026 · 29 minJames talks about the ecological disaster that is the border wall and interviews Dr. Christina Aiello about the Peninsular Bighorn ram that was killed by razor wire in the Jacumba mountains. Sources: https://www.usaspe…
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What's the Roadless Rule and Who Wants To Scrap It?
September 14, 2026 · 29 minJames and journalist Jason Dove Mark explain the roadless rule, national forests, and the Trump administration's attempts to strip protections from tens of thousands of acres of public land. https://www.regulations.gov…
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Did Donald Trump Ban Buffalo?
September 7, 2026 · 1 hr 1 minJames is joined by Molly to discuss how the Bureau of Land Management is quietly changing its approach to public land management and what it means for approximately 900 bison in Central Montana. (originally run on It Could Happen Here in…
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Losing Everything: How Communities Recover From Fire When Politicians Abandon Them
August 31, 2026 · 30 minJames follows up on last week's episode and talked to Miles Gray about what it is like to lose your home in a fire and how people can continue to help fire survivors. Sources: https://lacounty.gov/2026/08/04/county-of…
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Go Now: How to Prepare for Fire Evacuation
August 24, 2026 · 33 minWeeks after more than 600 houses in Spokane burned, James talks to community members about how people prepared, cared for each other, and worried about migration enforcement during the fire evacuations. Sources: Aldo Leopold- A Sand…
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Who Is Behind America's Cyclospora Summer?
August 17, 2026 · 25 minJames looks into the recent Cyclospora outbreak and what it can tell us about solidarity, food safety, and where our food comes from. Sources: https://newsroom.haas.berkeley.edu/magazine/spring-2026/taylor-farms/ http…
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No Golf No Masters: Celebrating Our Ungovernable Peccary Friends
August 17, 2026 · 30 minJames talks with Molly Conger about the javelina and their installable appetite for golf courses. Sources: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=65x0RvhJNa8 https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2007/nov/05/conservation.sciencenews…