Hello, Nature is back! In season 1, Misha Euceph traveled across the country to share the unknown stories of America’s National Parks. In season 2, Misha is back on the road in her Subaru Outback Wilderness, and this time she’s exploring nature right outside our front doors in cities across the country – from Los Angeles to Atlanta and Portland to New York City. She’s hitting the trails, camping out at local preserves, and running alongside local changemakers to answer the questions: What makes these outdoor spaces so important? How do we access, protect, and engage with these spaces? And who are the leaders of color helping to get people outside?
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Hello, Nature is back! In season 1, Misha Euceph traveled across the country to share the unknown stories of America’s National Parks. In season 2, Misha is back on the road in her Subaru Outback Wilderness, and this time she’s exploring nature right outside our front doors in cities across the country – from Los Angeles to Atlanta and Portland to New York City. She’s hitting the trails, camping out at local preserves, and running alongside local changemakers to answer the questions: What makes these outdoor spaces so important? How do we access, protect, and engage with these spaces? And who are the leaders of color helping to get people outside?
Misha visits one of the best-known bike cities in the US, Portland, to explore bike equity and how it can contribute to a sense of belonging. She meets with Alexis Vazquez and Nanette Beyale, a couple who leads Native and Indigenous bike rides throughout the city, and Max Woodbury, an adaptive cyclist, who is championing biking accessibility for all bodies in Portland.
Misha visits her old stomping grounds, Brooklyn, New York, where she meets up with with Alison Desir and Jerry Francois to learn about their experience running while black and how run clubs have helped all sorts of New Yorkers— from the bright-eyed newcomer to the longtime locals— find community in a city where everyone seems like a stranger.
Misha attends the most historic marathon in the US to witness history in the making. For the first time in the Boston Marathon’s 127 years, the Boston Athletic Association (BAA) added a non-binary category to the race.
Misha meets with historian, advocate, and founder of Civil Bikes, Nedra Deadwyler to explore the civil rights history of Atlanta by bike. Digging into Nedra’s personal story, Misha learns not only how cycling has helped her reconnect with nature but also the challenges of being a cyclist in a gentrifying city.
Misha explores how nature heals us from childhood to adulthood. She meets with Zotunde Morton and Jessica Oya, two leaders with Oakland Goes Outdoors, a program that increases opportunities for middle school students in Oakland to regularly experience camping and the beauty of the outdoors.
Misha explores Minneapolis’ tradition as a welcoming city for refugees and learns about how Huellas Latinas, a local hiking club, is building community and finding home through nature.
In Chicago, one of the leading cities for the environmental justice movement, Misha explores the Cook County Forest Preserves with Chicago Adventure Therapy (CAT) leader Zorbari Nwidor to talk about creating more accessible and inviting natural spaces in the city.
Misha hikes the secret stairs of Los Angeles, learns about their rich history, and talks to two local advocates who have embraced the stairs to bring nature to the forefront of LA communities.
Hello, Nature is back! In season 2, Misha is back on the road in her Subaru Outback Wilderness, and this time she’s exploring nature right outside our front doors in cities across the country – from Los Angeles to Atlanta and Portland to New York City. She’s hitting the trails, camping out at local preserves, and running alongside local change-makers to answer the questions: What makes these outdoor spaces so important? How do we access, protect, and engage with these spaces? And who are the leaders of color helping to get people outside?
In Acadia National Park, Misha starts to put together a more whole picture of America. She learns about sweetgrass from Suzanne Greenlaw, the woman behind Acadia's efforts to tie traditional conservation methods with Indigenous knowledge and hears from a falconer whose love of nature transformed his life.
In Yellowstone, Misha asks what it means to restore a place. She gets stuck in the snow, goes wolf watching and finds out that we almost lost wolves forever in the park, and how reintroducing them healed the ecosystem.
In Glacier, Misha learns about what it means to be indigenous to a place from Derek DesRosier, Tom Rodgers and David Treuer. She learns about the Blackfeet tribe and their experience with Glacier. Misha also talks to Vivian Wang about what it takes to become a park ranger, and how hard it can be for people of color.
At Yosemite, Misha learns about the Chinese and Black history from rangers, Yenyen Chan and Shelton Johnson. She also overcomes one of her greatest fears.
Introducing the Hello, Nature podcast, hosted by Misha Euceph. In this 8-episode series, she goes out to see America to tell an unheard story of our national parks.
Hello, Nature is back! In season 1, Misha Euceph traveled across the country to share the unknown stories of America’s National Parks. In season 2, Misha is back on the road in her Subaru Outback Wilderness, and this time she’s exploring nature right outside our front doors in cities across the country – from Los Angeles to Atlanta and Portland to New York City. She’s hitting the trails, camping out at local preserves, and running alongside local changemakers to answer the questions: What makes these outdoor spaces so important? How do we access, protect, and engage with these spaces? And who are the leaders of color helping to get people outside?
