The Modern West

Exploring the evolving identity of the American West. A podcast from @WYPublicRadio and @PRX. Hosted by @MelodieEdwards3. #TheGreatIndividualist series out now!

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The panel offered an opportunity to share the experience of living through climate disaster, and presented a look toward the future. In this special bonus episode, we share an edited version of the discussion.

Listen: https://t.co/QAcjwUsKY2

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On December 14, just two weeks before the two year anniversary of the Marshall Fire, The Modern West hosted a panel over Facebook Live. We featured Ariel’s family and friends, along with someone from Paradise, California, who survived the fire that raged through that community.

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Ariel makes the trip out to see the new construction of her family home. But it's nothing like the one that burned down in the Marshall Fire. Her feeling of solastalgia is long gone.

It's the final episode of #TheBurnScar. Listen now: https://t.co/4QxLNoYJvR

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What happens when green building codes – designed to help fight climate change by lowering emissions – make rebuilding after a climate disaster prohibitively pricy?

Listen to Part 4 of #TheBurnScar now: https://t.co/yBiN6RRG8D

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In Part 4 of #TheBurnScar, Ariel's family and neighbors are starting to rebuild after the Marshall Fire destroyed their homes. But now new green building codes are making it super expensive.

Listen now: https://t.co/yBiN6RRG8D

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In Part 3 of #TheBurnScar, Ariel, her family, and neighbors try to figure out the science behind what caused the Marshall Fire.

"Mom doesn't think any of this is a test," she says. "My parents raised me to evaluate the evidence."

Listen: https://t.co/r8Zyl0B1PU

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Listen to a conversation with The Burn Scar's producer Ariel Lavery and The Modern West host Melodie Edwards. "I just needed to record this," Ariel says. "I just needed to somehow remember the feelings of visiting the site, being there."

Check it out now: https://t.co/HbsPXeIY12

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The Burn Scar is going LIVE for a Q+A tonight! Join Ariel, her mom Vicky, and a panel of community leaders and residents who have lost their homes to fire.

Head to https://t.co/H1b4i6VWwY at 6:30 MT to join the discussion, or join via Zoom: https://t.co/whaa5h6X8l

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Hear what they wish they'd done to prepare, advice they have for other communities, and what gives them hope for the future. Head to Wyoming Public Media's Facebook page at 6:30 MT to watch live, or join from Zoom: https://t.co/whaa5h6X8l

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Join The Modern West live on Facebook tomorrow at 6:30 MT! Ariel, the producer of the Burn Scar, will join the discussion along with her mom, Vicky Simpson, and a panel of community leaders and residents who have lost their homes to fire.

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Ariel’s neighbors all want to know what caused the Marshall Fire. Then a new forensic report comes out, confirming climate change isn’t at the door…it just burned the door down.

Listen to Part 3 of The Burn Scar: https://t.co/0DXqhHW7JQ

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Ariel returns to see the burn scar that was once her childhood home. Standing in her own neighborhood, she feels strangely ... homesick.

Listen to Part II of The Burn Scar now: https://t.co/qhR96dxP6p

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Ariel Lavery's parents flee as the Marshall Fire bears down on their home. Her mom returns to find it burned to the ground. The Burn Scar follows one family, one fire, and the hard choices people make in the wake of natural disaster.

Listen to Part I: https://t.co/hytT4QKOio

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The Marshall Fire was the most expensive fire in Colorado history. The Burn Scar is a tender yet carefully investigated podcast of one family, one fire, and the hard choices people are making in the wake of natural disasters.

Hear the trailer now: https://t.co/cnWf7W66Vm

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Ken Burns just released a new series, The American Buffalo — and we sat down to talk with him about it. He says it's a very new direction for him. "This is a project we've been thinking about for more than 30 years — a biography of an animal."

Listen: https://t.co/EMjfas2LGW

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We're re-sharing our bison episodes in anticipation of the new Ken Burns film, The American Buffalo!

In Part III, we journey to the Fort Peck Reservation in Montana to learn why tribes there are rescuing wild Yellowstone buffalo.

Listen: https://t.co/ps3EMdGbmE

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Did you know Ken Burns is releasing a film on the American buffalo? We'll share an interview with him in a few weeks.

Meanwhile, we're re-releasing our bison eps! In Part II: why US settlers tried to wipe out bison & replace them with cattle.

Listen: https://t.co/cFgIREP3Ne

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The Modern West is gearing up for the release of the Ken Burns film The American Buffalo.

These next few weeks, we're going to share a roundup of our best bison episodes ... AND an interview with Ken Burns.

We start with a story from our first season: https://t.co/dY39qJPmq5

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You might remember this daunting statistic from our season on ranching: the American West is facing its biggest drought in 1200 years. This special episode from the On Land podcast is all about solutions to that water crisis.

Listen: https://t.co/HY0CfLzEDy

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The latest episode of Colorado Matters is all about #MendingTheHoop.

@MelodieEdwards3 speaks about documenting the modern-day legacy of the Sand Creek massacre:

"I wanted to show that it's continued to affect tribal communities to this day."

Listen: https://t.co/ZPG4G6L1i5