90 Miles From Needles with Chris Clarke and Alicia Pike

A Nature podcast by Chris Clarke and Alicia Pike

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It's not a real desert hike unless you get thirsty. Unless your skin gets punctured by an innocent-looking plant. Unless you have a close encounter with a nervous venomous critter. The desert is alive, and it will defend itself. And we will help. 90 Miles From Needles brings you stories from far out in the American outback: a land unlike any other that is both intense and subtle, that has endured for eons in the harshest conditions imaginable but which could go away in a heartbeat if we act the wrong way. Science, politics, hiking and history, culture and creativity all go into defending the desert. Be forewarned.: We are out to recruit you to the cause.

Recent Episodes

S4E37: Desert Communities and United Fronts: Building a Cross-Desert Protection Movement
Published: October 3, 2025
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S4E36: The Fallout You Never Knew About: California's Hidden Nuclear Legacy
Published: September 26, 2025
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S4E35: Silencing the Left: The Fight for Truth and Justice in Uncertain Times
Published: September 20, 2025
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S4E34: Joshua Trees and Family Trees
Published: September 12, 2025
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S4E33: Monsoon Madness: When the Desert Comes Alive
Published: September 5, 2025
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S4E32: Joshua Trees are Still Caught in the Climate Crossfire
Published: August 23, 2025
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S4E31: 5 Years On: Cima Dome After the Flames
Published: August 15, 2025
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S4E30: Episode 100 | Former Wildland Firefighter Ruth Nolan's Literary Mission
Published: August 9, 2025
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S4E29: Episode 100 | Two Deserts, One Story with Rubén Martinéz
Published: August 9, 2025
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S4E28: Episode 100 | Three Sonorans and Tucson's Stand Against High-Tech Ecological Threats
Published: August 9, 2025
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