Little Yo Pod
62 episodes - English - Latest episode: 21 days ago -The All-Things Yosemite Podcast
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Campfire Stories: Terror on Tioga Pass
April 29, 2020 04:00 - 17 minutes - 12.3 MBIn this episode of Little Yo Pod Campfire Stories, I share a terrifying experience I had during a storm on the Tioga Pass, the road that connects Yosemite National Park to the Eastern Sierra. If you have a story you would like to share on an upcoming episode of Little Yo Pod, send me an email! [email protected]
Exploding Moraines and Rivers
April 22, 2020 04:00 - 12 minutes - 8.53 MBOn this episode of Little Yo Pod, I discuss why a glacial moraine in Yosemite was blasted out and how that event would effect the Merced River for many years to come.
Campfire Stories: Haunted Lakes
April 15, 2020 04:00 - 12 minutes - 8.37 MBIn this episode of Little Yo Pod Campfire Stories, I talk about the myths and legends surrounding two high country lakes in Yosemite National Park. Indians of Yosemite Valley and Vicinity https://archive.org/details/indiansyosemite02clargoog/page/n122/mode/2up Email your stories to: [email protected] Like our Facebook page! @littleyopod
Plight of the Mountain Yellow-Legged Frog
April 08, 2020 04:00 - 17 minutes - 11.9 MBIn this episode of Little Yo Pod, I discuss Mountain Yellow-Legged Frogs, how they nearly went extinct in the Sierra Nevada, (it's not what you think!) and what we are doing to aid their recovery. Resources: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JblxFD6kxKM&list=PL890957589F8403A4 https://www.nationalgeographic.com/news/2013/5/130515-chytrid-fungus-origin-african-clawed-frog-science/ https://www.nps.gov/yose/learn/nature/snylfrog.htm Email Me! [email protected] Facebook Me! @littleyopod
Campfire Stories: The Stalkers
April 01, 2020 04:00 - 14 minutes - 10.3 MBWelcome to Little Yo Pod Campfire Stories! A supplement storytelling podcast to Little Yo Pod. In this episode, I talk about a strange and spooky event that took place in one of my earlier years living in Yosemite. If you have a story you would like to share on Little Yo Pod, email me! [email protected]
The Weed Plane Episode
March 25, 2020 00:00 - 16 minutes - 11.2 MBIn this episode of Little Yo Pod, I tell the story of the time a plane carrying 6,000 lbs of primo marijuana crashed in the Yosemite high country in the 1970's, and what happened as dozens of people took advantage of what would become known as "The Yosemite Gold Rush." Lake Chronicopia https://www.npr.org/2015/08/14/432233826/lake-chronicopia Celebrating Yosemite Part 8 – The Stoneman Meadow Riots and Problem of Law Enforcement https://blogwest.org/2014/08/04/celebrating-yosemite-part-8...
Forest Aromatherapy
March 12, 2020 03:00 - 13 minutes - 9.31 MBIn this episode of Little Yo Pod, I discuss Phytoncides, chemicals released by trees that have been shown to have health benefits for humans Links Forest Therapy Association of the Americas http://forest-therapy.net/healthbenefits.html Immerse Yourself in a Forest for Better Health https://www.dec.ny.gov/lands/90720.html How Smell Works https://health.howstuffworks.com/mental-health/human-nature/perception/smell.htm Email Me [email protected]
Nocturnal Pollinator Surprise!
February 26, 2020 02:00 - 18 minutes - 12.5 MBIn this episode of Little Yo Pod, I discuss what I found when I went looking for nocturnal pollinators in Yosemite. Email Me [email protected]
Yosemite's Firefall
January 30, 2020 03:00 - 29 minutes - 20 MBIn this episode of Little Yo Pod, I discuss the why's and how's of the Firefall, a nightly event that took place in Yosemite from 1872-1968 in which an actual fire was pushed from a cliff above Yosemite Valley. Huell Howser’s Firefall-California’s Gold https://blogs.chapman.edu/huell-howser-archives/1996/01/08/firewall-californias-gold-706/
Bears of Yosemite
January 15, 2020 21:00 - 30 minutes - 21 MBIn this episode I talk about Black Bears and how after much trial and error with early bear management (or mismanagement) we have learned to live alongside them in Yosemite. Resources for this episode: Bears of Yosemite (1943) M.E. Beatty The Present Bear Policy and Its Problems https://www.yosemite.ca.us/library/bears/bear_policy.html Bears of Yosemite (1943) M.E. Beatty Sierra Nevada Black Bear http://www.yosemite.ca.us/library/bears/black_bear.html Bears of Yosemite (1943) M.E. Be...
Winter Sports in Yosemite
January 08, 2020 21:00 - 32 minutes - 22.2 MBIn this episode of Little Yo Pod, I talk about how and why winter sports came to Yosemite, how it influenced winter sports in California, and how it encouraged people to visit more during the cold and quiet months of winter. Yosemite Sentinel January 1986, “Badger Pass Celebrates” https://www.yosemite.ca.us/library/yosemite_sentinel/1986.pdf Photos of early winter sports in Yosemite https://www.yosemite.ca.us/library/four_seasons_in_yosemite/winter.html Information on the Glacier Point S...
Giant Sequoias
January 06, 2020 16:00 - 22 minutes - 15.5 MBIn this inaugural episode of Little Yo Pod, I discuss Giant Sequoias and the role they played in the creation of Yosemite as a protected place, and how they influenced the National Park idea.