Y'all should watch America Outdoors on PBS, it's such a neat look at the way america views the outdoors (also it's free to watch online!)

More of the inspirational & deeply personal discussion with Baratunde Thurston. Here he relates the intense effect exploring the Great Dismal Swamp had on him.

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Utah Arches / USA (by Daniel Fowler).

Iguazu Falls, Argentina

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Abandoned Arizona

The Narrows - Zion National Park

October, 2023

Episode #1123 - Baratunde Thurston

Interview with Baratunde Thurston ("America Outdoors"); music by Tucker Nichol, They. and Atozzio. #BaratundeThurston #AmericaOutdoors #TuckerNichol #They. #Atozzio #SidewalksEntertainment #SidewalksTV #episode #entertainment #infotainment #TVShow

Interview with Baratunde Thurston (“America Outdoors”); music by Tucker Nichol, They. and Atozzio. Airdate: 6/24/2022 (KCRT) SIDEWALKS host Lori Rosales welcomes writer, comedian, and commentator Baratunde Thurston (podcast “How To Citizen with Baratunde”) about his start and exploring and hosting PBS’ “America Outdoors with Baratunde Thurston.” Plus, we have music by Tucker Nichol (“This Is…

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New Beginnings Lake Huron, Michigan, USA

by Maria Barns Green

Lizards may be protecting people from Lyme disease in the southeastern U.S.

The reptiles make poor hosts for transmitting the infection.

Lyme disease is one of the most devastating tick-borne infections in the United States, affecting more than 300,000 people each year. It's also one of the most mysterious: The creature that spreads it—the black-legged tick—lives throughout the country. Yet the northeastern United States is home to far more cases than anywhere else. Now, researchers have identified an unexpected reason: lizards. Black-legged ticks (Ixodes scapularis), also known as deer ticks, carry corkscrew-shaped bacteria that cause Lyme disease. The ticks pick up the pathogens—spirochetes that belong to the genus Borrelia—when they suck the blood of animals like mice, deer, and lizards. In the next stage of their life cycle, the ticks may latch onto an unlucky human. But every host transmits the microbes differently. Reptiles are worse transmitters than mammals, so ticks that have lived on reptiles are less likely to make people sick. The north-south divide in Lyme cases is a fairly sharp line right along the border of Virginia and North Carolina. Researchers have hypothesized that disparity in cases stems from ticks feeding on different hosts in the two regions...

Read more: https://www.science.org/content/article/lizards-may-be-protecting-people-lyme-disease-southeastern-united-states

San Juan Island - Washington - USA (by Don McCrady)

Baratunde Thurston on the lasting trauma in the land around sundown towns. Listen to our entire conversation on Spotify

Mount Rainier National Park / USA (by Raymond Stiehl).

Iguazu Falls, Argentina

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Interview: Baratunde Thurston

Baratunde Thurston is exploring and hosting PBS' "America Outdoors with Baratunde Thurston." #BaratundeThurston #AmericaOutdoors #PBS #interview #SidewalksEntertainment #SidewalksTV #entertainment #infotainment #TVShow

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