Speaker 1: Hi.
Speaker 2: I'm doctor James Stout.
Speaker 1: You might know me as a host of yekadapp and
Speaker 1: here podcast, but now I'm also hosting Natural Causes, a
Speaker 1: podcast about going outside. I'm a historian, journalist, and outdoors person.
Speaker 1: You might know me for my working conflicts and migration,
Speaker 1: but i grew up with both parents working in agriculture,
Speaker 1: and since then I've hiked, climbed, ridden, and paddled all
Speaker 1: over the world. I've always found healing in nature, and
Speaker 1: I've always felt most of peace in the wilderness.
Speaker 2: That's why I'm madics hell.
Speaker 1: About the people trying to destroy our special places and
Speaker 1: the places that are sacred to some of us, just
Speaker 1: so they can make a quick buck.
Speaker 2: In twenty twenty six, going outside is political.
Speaker 1: We've got senators trying to sell off public land, wildfires
Speaker 1: burning on our big cities, and the Trump administration stripping
Speaker 1: protections on sacred land from the southern California desert to
Speaker 1: the Arctic Circle.
Speaker 2: And I'll be bringing you on the ground reporting from
Speaker 2: both places.
Speaker 1: I've written for outdoor publications for more than a decade,
Speaker 1: and I'm proud of the work we've done. But there
Speaker 1: are some things that you can't say there now that
Speaker 1: I can say here. Capitalism is this drawing up planet.
Speaker 1: Public land is stolen land, and I don't think giving
Speaker 1: one percent of profits to ngngos is going to fix it.
Speaker 1: I want to combine on flinching journalism with unabashed advocacy
Speaker 1: for our planet and the people and creatures we share
Speaker 1: it with, so the future generations can enjoy the same
Speaker 1: things we do.
Speaker 2: And I promise you no top ten gear lists.
Speaker 1: So join me as we talk about what cyclosporer might
Speaker 1: tell us about the rights of farm workers, where the
Speaker 1: DOJA is suing big egg producers, how your raincoat might
Speaker 1: be putting forever chemicals in fish, and how we can
Speaker 1: all benefit from indigenous leadership on fire management and living
Speaker 1: with fire. We'll have some fun too, like talking about
Speaker 1: our ungovernable friend the have Alina and their war on golf.
Speaker 1: I want you to love the outdoors as much as
Speaker 1: I do, and that means making more people feel safe, comfortable,
Speaker 1: and welcome in.
Speaker 2: The back country and the front country.
Speaker 1: So we'll be covering how, when and where to touch
Speaker 1: grass and answering the questions you didn't know to ask.
Speaker 1: Listen to natural causes. Starting on a seventeenth August on
Speaker 1: the iHeartRadio app, Apple podcasts or wherever you get your podcasts. UH,