55 episodes
Made for You and Me: America's National Parks Nick & Kat
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- Society & Culture
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3.1 • 41 Ratings
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An entertaining, educational podcast about America's national parks. We take you into the parks and discuss what is referred to as “America’s best idea”. We’ll talk history, hikes, wildlife, tell you stories, and explain crazy facts about these extraordinary lands that were made for you and me.
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53: Most Common Ways to Die in a National Park
We are BACK! We did not plan to be gone for quite as long as we were but.... life! We tried to show back up with an especially interesting topic... most common ways to die in a national park.
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52: National Park of American Samoa (Part 1)
Far, far away from the continental United States, in the middle of the Pacific Ocean, is a tropical land with a rich history and colorful ecosystem. Learn about the National Park of American Samoa in episode 52 of Made for You and Me. (Part 1)
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51: Prescribed Burns
Did you know experts intentionally set natural areas on fire? Learn about prescribed burns in episode 52 of Made for You and Me.
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50: Great Basin National Park
Great Basin National Park is full of caves, bacteria, rivers, lakes, mountains and much more. Learn about this park's unconventional history, how it hosts the world's oldest trees, and more in episode 50 of Made for You and Me.
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49: Alcatraz Island Part Two
You learned about Alcatraz Island's wild history. Now learn more about its most interesting role as a high security prison.
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48: Alcatraz Island
The absolutely crazy history and stories of this 22 acre rock in the San Francisco Bay.
Customer Reviews
Conversational and educational
This duo is for you if you’re looking for a the feeling of sitting with friends and talking in depth about national parks, taking many tangents and silly detours along the way. Not for you of your looking strictly for information.
Why bother?
I listened to the podcast on Saguaro National Park. The hosts completely lost me when they started talking about how no one should ever live in the desert, veering into comments on limited resources, drugs and a lack of excitement- noting that a tumbleweed would be the highlight of the trip. Why bother doing a podcast on a topic you have no interest or passion for?
Not for trip planning
While the hosts are chatty friends that might be better suited talking about a different subject, this was incredibly disappointing as we were hoping for some real travel tips. The podcast description was very misleading. We listened to the episode on Great Sand Dunes to prepare for a trip there- especially because of the show subtitle of “sand surfing”. We thought they had some experience to share, so we were super bummed when it was only mentioned for a second at the end of the episode. It seems like they mostly just read from Wikipedia and it definitely didn’t seem like either of them had ever even been to the park they recorded about. Waste of our time. My kids know more about this park never having been there than these two shared from Wikipedia.