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In this episode, we talk with renowned author <a href="https://johnmacleanbooks.com/writings">John Maclean</a> about the decades he&#8217;s spent investigating and writing about fatality wildfires in the West, as well as his latest project, a book about hotshot history and the Yarnell Hill Fire. We also touched on the influence his father—Norman Maclean, the preeminent voice of wildfire fatalities with his book Young Men and Fire—had on his early writing career, and even got a short cameo from the squirrel who lives in John&#8217;s attic/workspace.

Firefighter Safety and the History of Hotshots With John Maclean

If you’ve ever worked in fire, there’s a good chance a few of <a href="https://www.stephenpyne.com/">Stephen Pyne’s</a> fire books were laying around the station or office where you worked. Pyne is without a doubt the foremost expert of fire history in the US—in this episode we spoke about his concept of a “pyrocene,” about the evolution of fire management in the US since the Big Burns of 1910, and about how we can prepare to live in landscapes where fires—not humans—set the terms.

Learning To Live in “The Pyrocene,” With Stephen Pyne

Lenya Quinn-Davidson has committed her career to changing the ways we think about prescribed fire. She also started the <a href="https://storymaps.arcgis.com/stories/f343d48e217c45088fb1f52a1bca3cee">Women in Prescribed Fire Training Exchange program</a>, or WTREX, which empowers women and people of color to gain experience as firefighters, mentors and leaders in fire management through the use of prescribed fire. We spoke about the importance of diversity in the fire world, and about how we can do better in mentoring, empowering and retaining women and BIPOC in positions in wildland fire.

Achieving Diversity Through Prescribed Burning With Lenya Quinn-Davidson

Jeremy Bailey is a prescribed fire manager with the Nature Conservancy, and the brains behind the <a href="https://www.conservationgateway.org/ConservationPractices/FireLandscapes/HabitatProtectionandRestoration/Training/TrainingExchanges/Pages/fire-training-exchanges.aspx">Prescribed Fire Training Exchange</a> (TREX). On this episode, we talk about his inspiration for starting the TREX program, about how firefighters, homeowners, Indigenous peoples and communities have used prescribed fire to manage the landscapes around them, and about how prescribed fire is a critical tool for adapting ourselves to wildfire.

The Prescribed Fire Revolution with Jeremy Bailey

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Ep. 4—Firefighter Safety and the History of Hotshots With John Maclean

Ep. 3—Learning To Live in “The Pyrocene,” With Stephen Pyne

Ep. 2—Achieving Diversity Through Prescribed Burning With Lenya Quinn-Davidson

Ep. 1—The Prescribed Fire Revolution with Jeremy Bailey

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