Rangers of the Lost Park

Liz Crandall
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A podcast for those who love the outdoors and need joy in a world of bad news. Hosted by former ranger Liz Crandall. Co-created by Mikayla Moors. Ranger On!

  1. Trail Tales: Ranger Edition with National Park After Dark

    3D AGO

    Trail Tales: Ranger Edition with National Park After Dark

    Liz is joined by Danielle and Cassie of National Park After Dark Podcast! Together they read and react through Trail Tales (listener stories), all of which are park ranger-themed, and discuss a variety of topics regarding National Parks, public lands, and more. Last year, 2025, Liz was featured on NPAD's March 3rd episode A Love Worth Fighting For: Speaking Up For Our Public Lands alongside two other rangers who were illegally fired as well. Cassie and Danielle catch up with Liz on what has happened regarding our Parks, Forests, and more-- plus what we need to pay attention to. Taking action is a community effort, and we can find solace in knowing that so many of us truly care. Enjoy the view, but watch your back. We are Rangers of the Lost Park, encouraging you to Ranger On!  Listen to National Park After Dark on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, or anywhere you get your podcasts.Watch NPAD on YouTube.Follow NPAD on Instagram: @nationalparkafterdark. Follow ROTLP on Instagram: @rangersofthelostpark.Follow ROTLP on TikTok: @rangersofthelostpark. Join Patreon! Become a Ranger Friend for bonus content and to join an incredible community. Got a cool Ranger Tea story? Want Liz to share your interesting outdoors story on the podcast? Fill out the Listener Story Form! Have a question for Liz? Want her to answer it on an episode? Fill out the Listener Question Form! Do you know someone who would make a great guest on the podcast (yourself included)? Fill out the Podcast Guest Request Form! For episode suggestions and feedback, please email Liz at rangersofthelostpark@gmail.com. Please download, subscribe, and leave a review! Thank you for listening! ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

    1h 46m
  2. 39: Woniya Thibeault - Woman of the Wild & History Channel's Survival Show "Alone: Frozen" Winner

    4D AGO

    39: Woniya Thibeault - Woman of the Wild & History Channel's Survival Show "Alone: Frozen" Winner

    My guest today is someone I am so beyond stoked to talk to. She is a powerful woman who specializes in wilderness skills, traditional lifeways, and ancestral skills. She is an author, a mother, a teacher, a woman of bushcraft, and a lover of nature. Oh, and did I mention she is the first female winner of the History Channel’s show Alone? Yes, my friends, my guest today is Woniya Thibeault. We talk about her time and experiences from both Season 6 of Alone and Season 1 of Alone: Frozen, of which she won after 50 days alone out in the harsh (and beautiful) Canadian wilderness. Woniya also shares her perspectives as a woman who practices bushcraft and her sense of belonging in nature. What does she wish she had brought with her as an item on the show? What are some of the biggest mistakes she has seen contestants make? What was recovery for her like afterwards? All this and more on this week's very special episode! Join Woniya for one of her courses: In-person or Online. Visit Woniya's website: WoniyaThibeault.com.Follow Woniya on Instagram: @woniya_timelessways.Order her book: Never Alone.Check out her YouTube Channel: Buckskin Revolution. Follow ROTLP on Instagram: @rangersofthelostpark.Follow ROTLP on TikTok: @rangersofthelostpark. Join Patreon! Become a Ranger Friend for bonus content and to join an incredible community. Got a cool Ranger Tea story? Want Liz to share your interesting outdoors story on the podcast? Fill out the Listener Story Form! Have a question for Liz? Want her to answer it on an episode? Fill out the Listener Question Form! Do you know someone who would make a great guest on the podcast (yourself included)? Fill out the Podcast Guest Request Form! For episode suggestions and feedback, please email Liz at rangersofthelostpark@gmail.com. Please download, subscribe, and leave a review! Thank you for listening! ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

    1h 22m
  3. 38: Battling Bananas & Loving Plants with Plant Prof Vikram Baliga

    MAR 18

    38: Battling Bananas & Loving Plants with Plant Prof Vikram Baliga

    Liz chats with Vikram Baliga - known for his online presence as The Plant Prof and podcast Planthropology - about loving plants and the plant community, wild 5-minute plant hack videos, Big Bend National Park, and more! Vikram also shares that he wishes for folks to find the beauty in the outdoors whenever they can. Yay plants! Follow Vikram on Instagram: @the.plant.prof.Listen to his podcast: Planthropology.Check out his book Plants to the Rescue! (Support your local bookshop!) Follow ROTLP on Instagram: @rangersofthelostpark.Follow ROTLP on TikTok: @rangersofthelostpark. Join Patreon! Become a Ranger Friend for bonus content and to join an incredible community. Got a cool Ranger Tea story? Want Liz to share your interesting outdoors story on the podcast? Fill out the Listener Story Form! Have a question for Liz? Want her to answer it on an episode? Fill out the Listener Question Form! Do you know someone who would make a great guest on the podcast (yourself included)? Fill out the Podcast Guest Request Form! For episode suggestions and feedback, please email Liz at rangersofthelostpark@gmail.com. Please download, subscribe, and leave a review! Thank you for listening! ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

    55 min
  4. 37: N8ture AL & the Nature Gap

    MAR 11

    37: N8ture AL & the Nature Gap

    He's back! It's N8ture AL (also known as Alex Troutman)! Liz and AL catch up since they last spoke in September. AL has worked in conservation as a wildlife biologist for years until last February when he was caught in the crosshairs of the DOGE firings. Since then, he has made it his mission to provide representation for kids and black and brown communities. AL helps ease folks into loving the outdoors and has a warm, earnest personality and heart. Listen to AL's stories about a wolf pack encounter in Alaska, his perspective and expertise regarding communities who are most prone to the "nature gap," and how he is determined to continue working in the conservation field. Follow AL on Instagram: @n8ture_al.Check out his website: alextroutman.wixsite.com. Learn more about nature gaps from The Nature Gap: Communities of Color and Those With Low Incomes Are Bearing the Brunt of America's Nature Loss study by The Center for American Progress, Justice Outside, and Conservation Science Partners. Follow ROTLP on Instagram: @rangersofthelostpark.Follow ROTLP on TikTok: @rangersofthelostpark. Join Patreon! Become a Ranger Friend for bonus content and to join an incredible community. Got a cool Ranger Tea story? Want Liz to share your interesting outdoors story on the podcast? Fill out the Listener Story Form! Have a question for Liz? Want her to answer it on an episode? Fill out the Listener Question Form! Do you know someone who would make a great guest on the podcast (yourself included)? Fill out the Podcast Guest Request Form! For episode suggestions and feedback, please email Liz at rangersofthelostpark@gmail.com. Please download, subscribe, and leave a review! Thank you for listening! ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

    55 min
  5. 36: Out There and Queer Joy with Lance Garland

    MAR 4

    36: Out There and Queer Joy with Lance Garland

    Lance Garland is an author, climber, father, husband, former Navy SEAL trainee, and has become the first openly gay fireman in the Seattle Fire Department.  But who is he at his core? He is kind. He is funny. He is deeply thought-provoking. He is an incredible writer. And, perhaps most heartwarmingly, he is unapologetically himself. In this episode, we talk about Lance's newest book called Out There: Dispatches from My Personal Wilderness, what it means to embrace queer joy, how nature is healing for all of us, and so much more.  If you enjoy books like Into the Wild by John Krakauer, anything by Jack Kerouac, or adventure novels with complex and beautiful character development, then you need to read Out There. You can find/order Lance's book Out There: Dispatches from My Personal Wilderness from your local bookstore or online from Amazon Books. Or, you can add it to your TBR on Goodreads. Visit Lance's Website: LanceGarland.com.Follow Lance on Instagram: @outtherewithlance. Follow ROTLP on Instagram: @rangersofthelostpark.Follow ROTLP on TikTok: @rangersofthelostpark. Join Patreon! Become a Ranger Friend for bonus content and to join an incredible community. Got a cool Ranger Tea story? Want Liz to share your interesting outdoors story on the podcast? Fill out the Listener Story Form! Have a question for Liz? Want her to answer it on an episode? Fill out the Listener Question Form! Do you know someone who would make a great guest on the podcast (yourself included)? Fill out the Podcast Guest Request Form! For episode suggestions and feedback, please email Liz at rangersofthelostpark@gmail.com. Please download, subscribe, and leave a review! Thank you for listening! ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

    1h 7m
  6. 35: Music as Resistance with Kirstie Lynn

    FEB 25

    35: Music as Resistance with Kirstie Lynn

    Music has been used as an act of resistance and protest for generations. You may have heard the saying: "you know times are bad when folk music is getting better." Well, we seem to be living that kind of time period right now. And musicians like Kirstie Lynn are making waves and utilizing music as an outlet for their strife.  With soaring songbird melodies and a voice as clear as a bell, Kirstie Lynn is one to watch in the folk music scene. Drawing inspiration from nature and the human experience, her poetic lyricism and nostalgic songwriting harken back to the folk music revival of the 60’s but with a refreshing feeling of newness. With her vocal training, Kirstie Lynn's voice is free and easy to listen to. Listeners have compared her voice and style to that of Joni Mitchell, Joan Baez, Brandi Carlile, and Judy Collins, but her singing is truly something new and refreshing.  ​ Liz and Kirstie talk about all things music and its colorful past within protest eras. Kirstie shares stories from her past and present, discusses folk artists who inspire her, and how music soothes her soul. You can find Kirstie Lynn playing either solo or with long-time friend and music partner, Galen Clark, in the Kansas City area. Follow Kirstie Lynn on Instagram: @kirstietheworsty.Check out Kirstie Lynn's Website: KirstieLynn.com.Listen to Kirstie Lynn on Spotify. Songs played on the episode in order of appearance:1. "Sweetest Someone" by Kirstie Lynn (2021)2. "Pray The Snow Melts" by Kirstie Lynn, Galen Clark (2025)3. "Turn, Turn, Turn" by Pete Seeger (1959)4. "There But For Fortune" by Joan Baez (1966)5. "The Time's They Are A-Changin'" by Bob Dylan (1964)6. "The Fiddle And The Drum" by Joni Mitchell (1969)7. "Freedom Day" by Max Roach ft. Abbey Lincoln (1961)8. "Blowin' In The Wind" by Peter, Paul & Mary (1963)9. "A Change Is Gonna Come" by Sam Cooke (1964)10. "Eve Of Destruction" by Barry McGuire (1965)11. "For What It's Worth" by Buffalo Springfield (1966)12. "Ain't I Right" by Marty Robbins (1966)13. "An Open Letter To My Teenage Son" by Victor Lundberg (1967)14. "The Fish Cheer / I-Feel'-Like-I'm-Fixin'-To-Die Rag" by Country Joe & the Fish (1967)15. "Where Have All The Flowers Gone" by Pete Seeger (1959)16. "This Land Is Your Land" by Woody Guthrie (1940)17. "Song About America" by Olive Klug (2024)18. "Wind Through The Trees (feat. Joseph Nuñez) (Waltz)" by Kirstie Lynn, Galen Clark (2022) Follow ROTLP on Instagram: @rangersofthelostpark.Follow ROTLP on TikTok: @rangersofthelostpark. Join Patreon! Become a Ranger Friend for bonus content and to join an incredible community. Got a cool Ranger Tea story? Want Liz to share your interesting outdoors story on the podcast? Fill out the Listener Story Form! Have a question for Liz? Want her to answer it on an episode? Fill out the Listener Question Form! Do you know someone who would make a great guest on the podcast (yourself included)? Fill out the Podcast Guest Request Form! For episode suggestions and feedback, please email Liz at rangersofthelostpark@gmail.com. Please download, subscribe, and leave a review! Thank you for listening! ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

    1h 22m
  7. 34: National Parks with Brazen Backpacker Emily Pennington

    FEB 18

    34: National Parks with Brazen Backpacker Emily Pennington

    Joining Liz is author and journalist Emily Pennington! Not only is Emily super rad-- she is also the first guest who had previously submitted the Submit A Guest form! We talk about her favorite National Parks (of which she has vistited all 63!), vanlife, being a woman in the outdoors, a few bear stories, and more. Emily was put on her first international flight at 3 weeks old and has been an avid adventurer ever since. To date, she’s hiked on all 7 continents (including Antarctica) and has completed the John Muir Trail, the Annapurna Circuit, the Laugavegur Trail, the Grand Canyon Rim-to-Rim, the High Sierra Trail, the Inca Trail, and Tasmania’s notorious Overland Track. She’s visited every U.S. national park, and her book Feral: Losing Myself and Finding My Way in America’s National Parks, came out in 2023. Emily has been an active gear tester, photographer, and outdoor journalist for the last 8 years. Her work has appeared in The New York Times, The Guardian, Outside Magazine, The Wall Street Journal, Condé Nast Traveler, Lonely Planet, Southern Living Magazine, CNN, and Outdoor Gear Lab, among others. When she’s not hunched over her desk writing on a deadline, you can find her nerding out about her favorite hiking boots, eating Ben & Jerry’s, wrestling with her dog Marla, or hiking all over the Rocky Mountains. Follow Emily on Instagram: @brazenbackpacker.Check out Emily's band Trouble's Braids and listen on Spotify. Follow ROTLP on Instagram: @rangersofthelostpark.Follow ROTLP on TikTok: @rangersofthelostpark. Join Patreon! Become a Ranger Friend for bonus content and to join an incredible community. Got a cool Ranger Tea story? Want Liz to share your interesting outdoors story on the podcast? Fill out the Listener Story Form! Have a question for Liz? Want her to answer it on an episode? Fill out the Listener Question Form! Do you know someone who would make a great guest on the podcast (yourself included)? Fill out the Podcast Guest Request Form! For episode suggestions and feedback, please email Liz at rangersofthelostpark@gmail.com. Please download, subscribe, and leave a review! Thank you for listening! ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

    1h 13m
  8. 33: From Ecuador to Washington DC - Andrea Delgado

    FEB 11

    33: From Ecuador to Washington DC - Andrea Delgado

    Andrea Delgado is a fierce and kind leader who immigrated from Ecuador to the United States at a young age. This is someone who has spent nearly two decades operating at the intersection of power, policy, land, and people. She often worked behind the scenes and in rooms where the consequences of decisions ripple across generations.  Andrea is a nationally recognized strategist who has advised the White House, Cabinet officials, unions, NGOs, Tribal Nations, and community leaders. She’s helped pass bipartisan legislation on everything from immigration and farm labor to wildfire, toxic chemicals, and pay for federal wildland firefighters. She’s served at the highest levels of the U.S. Department of Agriculture and the U.S. Forest Service, overseeing wildfire management, public lands, and Tribal relations across millions of acres in the Rocky Mountain region.  But Andrea’s story isn’t just about titles or wins. It’s about what it costs to lead with integrity inside massive systems—and what happens when you do. Today, we’re talking about power, public lands, policy, uphill battles, being fired by this administration, resilience, and what it really means to serve. Check out Andrea's consulting business: Hawkeye Strategies, LLC. Follow ROTLP on Instagram: @rangersofthelostpark.Follow ROTLP on TikTok: @rangersofthelostpark. Join Patreon! Become a Ranger Friend for bonus content and to join an incredible community. Got a cool Ranger Tea story? Want Liz to share your interesting outdoors story on the podcast? Fill out the Listener Story Form! Have a question for Liz? Want her to answer it on an episode? Fill out the Listener Question Form! Do you know someone who would make a great guest on the podcast (yourself included)? Fill out the Podcast Guest Request Form! For episode suggestions and feedback, please email Liz at rangersofthelostpark@gmail.com. Please download, subscribe, and leave a review! Thank you for listening! ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

    1h 19m
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About

A podcast for those who love the outdoors and need joy in a world of bad news. Hosted by former ranger Liz Crandall. Co-created by Mikayla Moors. Ranger On!

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  • Creator
    Liz Crandall
  • Years Active
    2025 - 2026
  • Episodes
    41
  • Rating
    Explicit
  • Copyright
    © @ 2025 Podcasting Co.
  • Show Website
    Rangers of the Lost Park

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