RIVER PEOPLE PROFILES EPISODES

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July 6, 2021

River Swimming and the Blue Mind

This episode is floating down the river with Matt Moseley before, during and after his open water swim in the Green River of Utah in June of 2021. This swim down a river flowing at record low levels becomes a vessel for deep dives into the blue mind and the health of western rivers.
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Feb. 24, 2021

Returning Rapids of Cataract 2021

Cataract Canyon is welcoming some of its rapids back to the flow of the river as the Colorado River is recovering from a reservoir. A crew of river runners has been there witnessing and documenting the Returning Rapids.
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Dec. 16, 2020

Rowing Home 5000 miles

Rowing Home is the story of one person paddling and rowing from Montana and Minnesota on the biggest rivers of North America, to the Gulf of Mexico, and then to Texas. All by water. Canoes, kayaks, planes, headwaters and ocean waters.
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June 1, 2020

The Confluence of boating and writing

CONFLUENCE is a new book about rivers in the American West, cultural interactions that lay just beyond the banks of these rivers, and the adventures to capture these stories. Zak is a new literary influence in the genre of rivers and tells us about his new book and the forces that influence his writing.
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May 4, 2020

Hoops's Echo

By living his life the way he wanted, Herm Hoops found himself becoming a river lover, a river boater and a man pursuing his life on his terms. He chased passion instead of career. He stood up for rivers and learned that was conservation. He found his dream job.
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June 18, 2019

138 Days on a River

Jenny and Mike Fiebig decided to go on one long river journey. 138 days. Wyoming to Mexico. Source to Sea on the Green River. This is their story of being a human on a river trip.
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May 12, 2019

Highwater, Helicopters and Money

Cataract Canyon in Utah can host the biggest whitewater in North America. In 1983 it had flows over 100,000 CFS. Two commercial river trips were stuck in Cataract for that highwater and their guides tell their story.