Natural Causes

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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.

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Urgent: The Bipartisan Effort to Quietly Erode Environmental and Tribal Protections

2026-11-11 · 15 min

James is joined by Natali Geovia of the Water Protector Legal Collective to discuss the Bipartisan American Affordability and Jobs Act (BAAJA) and the tremendous damage it could do to protections for the land,…
AI and the Outdoors

2026-11-09 · 29 min

James talks with Dane Brinkley about Mount Shasta, why it's not a good idea to outsource your planning to the internet, and why we go to the mountains .…
Natural Causes Guide To Staying Warm This Winter

2026-11-02 · 1 hr 6 min

James is joined by Molly Conger to talk about what to wear this winter to stay warm in the outdoors, and to discuss how the outdoor media talks about equipment and the issues with that model. Here are some of the things…
Lochiel Part 2: The End of the Tree Sit

2026-10-26 · 24 min

In the second of a two part series James looks at the federal government's response to the Lochiel land defence and where people who care about the land can go from here.…
Lochiel: Speaking for the Trees

2026-10-19 · 33 min

In the first of a two part series, James travels to Lochiel, Arizona, to interview land defenders occupying a historic cottonwood known as grandmother tree in order to prevent the tree being destroyed as part of a two…
Nomadcast takeover for Indigenous Peoples' Day

2026-10-12 · 1 hr 38 min

For Indigenous People's Day James intorduces an episode of the Nomadcast interviewing Mato Wayuhi. NomadCast is hosted by Caleb “Moose” (White Mountain Apache Descendant) and Cheyanne (White Mountain Apache Enrolled)…
Cracking the Case on Egg Corruption

2026-10-05 · 22 min

James looks into the DOJ investigation into egg price fixing and what it can tell us about the way our food system treats animals and people. Sources: https://www.justice.gov/atr/media/1450281/dl?inline…
The Coming Flood

2026-09-28 · 28 min

In 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…
The Wall and the Wilderness

2026-09-21 · 29 min

James 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:…
What's the Roadless Rule and Who Wants To Scrap It?

2026-09-14 · 29 min

James 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.…

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Owner: iHeartPodcasts
Oldest episode in feed: 08/2026
Typical length: 30 min
Format: Episodic Newest first, episodes stand alone

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