The Wind is made possible by our patrons. If you’d like the support the show, head to patreon.com/thewind and set up a monthly donation. This is a completely independent production and any support helps.This episode is one part of a two part series called The Merry Monarchs. Both are from Wind contributor Eleanor Tullock. In this episode, Eleanor interrogates the internet in search of answers about the Monarch Butterflies. A huge thank you to Theo Rassmusen who provided most of the music for this episode. Theo is a good friend and excellent synth musician and you can his work at patterns.bandcamp.com - And thank you to Tsippora Sidibé from the podcast Tant Que Je Serai Noire for lending her voice.   To support The Wind, become a patron at www.patreon.com/thewindSubscribe at thewind.org

PATREONWEBSITEHOWLS ROAD EP The Wind is produced by me, Fil Corbitt.This episode was written, read and scored by Emily Pratt. If you’d like to find her music head to Howlsroad.bandcamp.com.This season was made with support from the Google Podcast Creator Program through PRX. and by listeners like you. If you’d like to help keep this thing going, head to patreon.com/thewind and set up a monthly donation. At $7/month, you can get access to the exclusive official Wind Listener Patch.For photos, links, merchandise and more, we’re at Thewind.ORG  To support The Wind, become a patron at www.patreon.com/thewindSubscribe at thewind.org

Cory Mcabee, Lori Leonard, Katrina Spade, and John Christian Phifer discuss topics such as colonizing Mars, the decline of Earth, green burial practices, and the integration of organic burial practices on Mars and Earth. The speakers also touch on the importance of taking responsibility for our planet and redefining established narratives.

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Thanks to Jay Valentine and Kim Green for speaking to me for this story. You can find Kim’s webstore at BlackB4U.com. Also thank you Alex Painter for connecting me with Jay and thanks to the Negro Leagues Hall of Fame Museum in Kansas City, Missouri.Music from the public domain and by: Yclept Insan, Hannah Lee, Anthony Ouradnik. To support The Wind, become a patron at www.patreon.com/thewindSubscribe at thewind.org

The Wind is produced by me, Fil Corbitt.This season was made with support from the Google Podcasts Creator Program through PRX.Links, photos, Live show calendar, and more at Thewind.org. And, if you want to support, first subscribe on your podcast app and then become a patron. Head to the brand new patreon.com/thewind or click the link on our website. You can set up a monthly donation to help me keep this thing going. Thank you to Michael Branch who wrote a short story on the rodeo that partially inspired my curiosity in the rodeo clown. Thanks to Geoff from In Other News Radio who interviewed Michael Bala. And Thanks to Willie and Connor for talking with me.The music in this episode was In the Gloaming and Rovin’ Cowboy from the public domain, plus a track from friend of the show Yclept Insan.   To support The Wind, become a patron at www.patreon.com/thewindSubscribe at thewind.org

I found a handsaw sticking out of the snow, and I carried it deep into the woods. This is a story I’ve told a few times. ••• Broadcasting from a handmade desk the the Sierra Nevada, The Wind returns for a third year. •••To support The Wind, become a patron at www.patreon.com/thewind Subscribe at thewind.org

A welcome to new listeners, and an announcement.Hear my episode on 99% Invisible's feed or at 99pi.org To support The Wind, become a patron at www.patreon.com/thewindSubscribe at thewind.org

My office is a field of poison flowerspurple swaying in the breeze.It is also a pathway. For a bear, whose tracks have on occasion encountered my own. Surprised by each other’s quiet presence, we make eye contact before retreat.•On the way to my desk, I traverse a shelf more mixed than lush: Throat Forest — a half failing aspen grove, green shoots among the fallen white trunks. • That which is pliant is a disciple of life: that which is rigid, a disciple of death. • Throat Forest voices this point. The living trees bend and sway, while the dead hold steady and unwavering: solemn monuments, they are their own gravestones.•This has been a year of adjustment, a season of bending and adapting. But in so, a year of life. I appreciate your presence, and this show will return soon, with more findings and searchings.  To support The Wind, become a patron at www.patreon.com/thewindSubscribe at thewind.org

How a small sonic boom came to represent homelessness in Reno, and how the city responded to unhoused people taking up sonic real-estate. // Utility, aesthetic language, 911 tape and the search for Reno’s master whip maker.To support The Wind, become a patron at www.patreon.com/thewind Subscribe at thewind.org