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May 24, 2021
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EPISODE #127: TRY NOT TO DIEEPISODE #127: TRY NOT TO DIE
Photo by Lance Gerber for Palm Springs Life.
Because the second vaccine dose knocked your host to the ground … . He went ahead and made a new episode anyway. A good excuse to finally do something from our hardcover book:
As we come out of our holes and return to our beloved American Desert, it’s time to remember a dozen simple rules to keep your day hike from becoming a disaster. We don’t…
April 18, 2021
Hey Ken, sense of place has always been really important to me and especially so this year. Just wondering what other places in the country make you feel that deep connection to the area that you get in the Mojave, if any. I’d really like to move out of
Hello and thanks for the good question. Many places call to me: hometown of New Orleans, the Eastern Sierra, slickrock country in SE Utah, the Hudson Valley, the wooded / coastal Pacific Northwest. The intermountain West, Nova Scotia, Blue Ridge Mountains. Anyplace where we can be part of our eco-region, eat the food from the land and sea, know the folklore and history and plants and animals.
Hey Ken, sense of place has always been really important to me and especially so this year. Just wondering what other places in the country make you feel that deep connection to the area that you get in the Mojave, if any. I’d really like to move out
Hello and thanks for the good question. Many places call to me: hometown of New Orleans, the Eastern Sierra, slickrock country in SE Utah, the Hudson Valley, the wooded / coastal Pacific Northwest. The intermountain West, Nova Scotia, Blue Ridge Mountains. Anyplace where we can be part of our eco-region, eat the food from the land and sea, know the folklore and history and plants and animals.
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EPISODE #125: ACCIDENTAL MIRACLE (AT OWENS VALLEY)EPISODE #125: ACCIDENTAL MIRACLE (AT OWENS VALLEY)
It’s our fifth season, our Five-Year Plan, tonight at 10 p.m. PST on Z 107.7 FM in Joshua Tree and across the Great Mojave Wilderness. EPISODE #125: OWENS VALLEY & THE ACCIDENTAL MIRACLE. What made the Owens Valley the way it is, in our time? An accident of history, of water grabs, of one group of humans using easy money to buy out another group of humans, that’s what preserved the most beautiful…
Many new radio episodes here: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/desert-oracle-radio/id1251197422
The hardcover Desert Oracle book is out now, available at fine retailers across the High Desert and at the old monopoly mail-order house: https://www.amazon.com/dp/0374139687/
desert-oracle:EPISODE #125: ACCIDENTAL MIRACLE (AT OWENS VALLEY)EPISODE #125: ACCIDENTAL MIRACLE (AT...
EPISODE #125: ACCIDENTAL MIRACLE (AT OWENS VALLEY)EPISODE #125: ACCIDENTAL MIRACLE (AT OWENS VALLEY)
It’s our fifth season, our Five-Year Plan, tonight at 10 p.m. PST on Z 107.7 FM in Joshua Tree and across the Great Mojave Wilderness. EPISODE #125: OWENS VALLEY & THE ACCIDENTAL MIRACLE. What made the Owens Valley the way it is, in our time? An accident of history, of water grabs, of one group of humans using easy money to buy out another group of humans, that’s what preserved the most beautiful…
Many new radio episodes here: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/desert-oracle-radio/id1251197422
The hardcover Desert Oracle book is out now, available at fine retailers across the High Desert and at the old monopoly mail-order house: https://www.amazon.com/dp/0374139687/
December 21, 2020
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#114: A MILLION TREES A BURNIN’#114: A MILLION TREES A BURNIN’
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It’s our show before Christmas
And all through the cabin
Not a creature is breathin’
Because of the stabbin’
We pay a visit to Amboy, and to the burnt forest of Joshua trees at Cima Dome, Mojave National Preserve. That’s right, it’s Episode #114. Get in.
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December 17, 2020
Hello Ken - My name is Brian Skope, and I am a Director / Showrunner specializing in documentary television. Our company Whiz Bang recently came across your work with Desert Oracle, and we wanted to discuss the possibility of developing this as a TV ser
Hello Brian, thanks for the note. Email is:
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#113 THE SECRET DESERT
Tonight we share the tale of the Krill Papers, strange legends of Cold War space-alien conspiracies, located right in the very heart of the Nevada desert wilderness.
Speaking of, we are also joined by Patrick Donnelly, Nevada state director of the Center for Biological Diversity, which along with Nevada native tribes and desert lovers everywhere is celebrating a victory.Ever been to the Desert…
December 7, 2020
I live in very small town Nova Scotia. There is nowhere here to buy Desert Chronicles. How do I buy a subscription? Shona
Hello, you can order a subscription at http://desertoracle.com , thanks!
