Life with Fire
By Amanda Monthei
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Episodes: 75
Description
What are the benefits of prescribed burning? Why have wildfires gotten so severe lately? How can I help protect my home and community?
Life With Fire podcast aims to answer these questions (and many others) while deepening our understanding of the critical role fire plays in America’s forests, lands and communities.
Hosted by writer and former wildland firefighter Amanda Monthei, Life with Fire features interviews with everyone from scientists to fire management experts to Indigenous practitioners and folks doing the work on the ground. Through these interviews, Amanda hopes to explore our relationship with fire, as well as ways we can better coexist with it in the future.
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The Intricacies of Hotshot Culture, with Wildfire Days author Kelly Ramsey
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Aug 07, 2025 |
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The Social Contract of Managing Fire with Stephen Pyne
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Jul 17, 2025 |
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Community Resilience Series Ep.3: Preparing for and Recovering From Megafires with Butte County Fire Safe Council Executive Director Taylor Nilsson
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May 30, 2025 |
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Community Resilience Series Episode 2: The Importance of Scaling Up Home Risk Assessments with Fire Aside CEO Jason Brooks
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May 21, 2025 |
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Community Resilience Series Ep. 1: California Wildfire Policy (And So Much More) with Former CAL FIRE Chief Deputy Director Chris Anthony
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May 13, 2025 |
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After The Fire with Collin Haffey
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Apr 08, 2025 |
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How the Loss of Federal Workers Will Have A Massive Impact on Fire Operations This Fire Season, With Riva Duncan
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Feb 16, 2025 |
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Fire in the Southwest Ep. 6: The Ebb and Flow of Public Trust Around Prescribed Fire, with New Mexico State Forester Lindsey Quam
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Nov 13, 2024 |
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Fire in the Southwest Ep. 5: Using Wildfire To Build Resilience at the Landscape Scale, with Dr. Jose (Pepe) Iniguez
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Oct 23, 2024 |
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Pros, Cons and Misconceptions of Aerial Firefighting with Matt Lynde
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Sep 03, 2024 |
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Fire Tech and Improving Access to Wildfire Information, with Watch Duty Founder John Clarke Mills
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Jul 23, 2024 |
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Fire in the Southwest Ep. 4: The Shifting Role of the Forest Stewards Guild in an Era of Megafires, with Zander Evans
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Jun 25, 2024 |
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Fire in the Southwest Series, Ep. 3: Integrating Indigenous Knowledge into Western Fire Management with Jon Martin
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Jun 18, 2024 |
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Fire in the Southwest Series, Ep.2: The Grassification of the Sonoran Desert with Ecologist Mary Lata
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Jun 11, 2024 |
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Fire in the Southwest Series, Ep. 1: Southwest Fire Regimes and Post-Fire Community Support with Mary Stuever
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May 29, 2024 |
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THE BEAVER EPISODE (finally!) with Dr. Emily Fairfax and Dr. Sophie Gilbert
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Apr 03, 2024 |
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Experiences of Wildfire in Montana, with Young Indigenous Storytellers and the Montana Media Lab
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Mar 15, 2024 |
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The Changing Fire Environment and Shifting Baseline Syndrome with "Fire Weather" Author John Vaillant
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Feb 06, 2024 |
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Fire Technology, Emergency Management and Building Resilience at Scale With Dr. Jessica McCarty
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Jan 18, 2024 |
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Rapid Fire Episode with Mystery Ranch Backbone Scholarship Winner Riston Bullock
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Dec 29, 2023 |
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Rapid Fire Episode with Mystery Ranch Backbone Scholarship Winner Junior Lazaro
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Dec 11, 2023 |
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Fire For the People With the Nature Conservancy's Marek Smith
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Nov 30, 2023 |
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The Wildfire Commission Report with Kelly Martin
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Oct 13, 2023 |
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Humble Fire and Traditional Ecological Practices with Cultural Fire Scholar, Dr. Melinda Adams
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Jul 31, 2023 |
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Community-Informed Wildfire Communications, With Isabeau Ottolini
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Jul 24, 2023 |
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Expanding Prescribed Fire Capacity in Washington State, with Lucas King
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Jul 12, 2023 |
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Life after Wildland Firefighting with Luke Mayfield
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May 12, 2023 |
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Forest Resilience Policy at the State Level with Hilary Franz
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May 01, 2023 |
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Fire in the Pine Barrens of the Northeast with Emily Dolhansky
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Apr 14, 2023 |
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The Psychology of Fire and Innovating without Ego with Dr. Natasha Stavros
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Apr 04, 2023 |
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The Philosophy of Fire with Amanda Rau, Part Two
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Mar 22, 2023 |
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Making Your Own Spark, with Amanda Rau (Part One)
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Mar 01, 2023 |
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Prescribed Fire, Managed Fire and Community Engagement in Oregon, with Christopher Adlam
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Feb 14, 2023 |
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Community Resilience with Firesmart Canada Program Manager Magda Zachara
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Nov 29, 2022 |
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Utilizing Traditional First Nations Values in Land Management, with Francis Johnson Jr.
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Nov 08, 2022 |
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Paradoxes and Solutions In Wildfire Smoke Exposure, with Sarah Henderson
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Nov 02, 2022 |
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Tracking The Economic Impacts of Wildfire, with Environmental Economist Jude Bayham
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Oct 13, 2022 |
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How Do Wildfires Impact Snowpack? With Andrew Schwartz
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Sep 27, 2022 |
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Building Trails in Burn Areas, with Dillon Osleger
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Sep 06, 2022 |
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How Wildfires Are Impacting Outdoor Recreation, with Jamie Ervin
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Aug 23, 2022 |
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Hotshot Crew to Grad School, with Harrison Raine
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Aug 11, 2022 |
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Underdiscussed, Poorly Understood: Prescribed Fire Liability Insurance with Daniel Godwin
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Jun 30, 2022 |
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Indigenous-Led Fire Stewardship with Amy Cardinal-Christianson
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Jun 02, 2022 |
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How Can Fire Culture Become More Inclusive? with Triss Seemiller
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May 12, 2022 |
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A Life Of Fire as a Trans Woman, with Bobbie Scopa
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Apr 13, 2022 |
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Diversity in Fire with Jane Park (Part Two)
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Mar 22, 2022 |
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Prescribed Fire Management in Banff National Park with Jane Park
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Mar 14, 2022 |
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From Fashion Week to the Fireline with Celilo Miles
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Mar 08, 2022 |
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Creating Connections Through Community Forests with Jay McLaughlin
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Mar 01, 2022 |
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Michael Wara Part 2: Sustainability of the Suppression Workforce + Lots More
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Feb 17, 2022 |
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The Reality of Burning 50 Million Acres in 10 Years with Michael Wara
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Feb 01, 2022 |
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The Tim Hart Act and Channeling Grief with Michelle Hart
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Jan 19, 2022 |
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Climate Change Impacts on High Severity, Low Frequency Fire Regimes with Phil Higuera
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Jan 07, 2022 |
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Four Decades of Fire, with Sue Husari (and Guest Host Zeke Lunder)
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Nov 30, 2021 |
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What The Infrastructure Bill Means for Wildland Firefighters with Riva Duncan
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Nov 16, 2021 |
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Homes as Fuel with Zeke Lunder, Yana Valochovic and Eric Knapp
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Nov 15, 2021 |
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All Things Cultural Burning with Karuk Tribal Member Bill Tripp
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Nov 08, 2021 |
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Building a Community of Land Stewards, With Sasha Berleman
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Sep 03, 2021 |
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Scientists Respond to the New "All Fires Out," Forest Service Directive, With Matt Hurteau
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Aug 23, 2021 |
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Exploring Fire Impacts on Wildlife with Kendall Calhoun
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Aug 13, 2021 |
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Land Use Series Episode Two: Resilient and Sustainable Development, with Liz Foster and Molly McCabe
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Jul 21, 2021 |
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Land Use Mini-Series: Planning Developments for Fire Resilience with Molly Mowery
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Jul 08, 2021 |
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Wildfire Technology, Trauma and Other Tidbits, With Zeke Lunder
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Jun 21, 2021 |
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Wildfire Perceptions and Misconceptions with Crystal Kolden
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Jun 02, 2021 |
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Is Suppressing Wildfire Actually More Of A Liability Than Prescribed Burning? With Will Harling
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May 14, 2021 |
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Exploitation, Transformation and the Paradox of Incarcerated Firefighting with Dr. Lindsey Feldman
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Apr 28, 2021 |
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Off-Season Struggles: Understanding Wildland Firefighter Mental Health
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Jan 27, 2021 |
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From Incarcerated Firefighter to Full-Time Hotshot with Mando Perez
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Nov 17, 2020 |
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Restoring the Land, Restoring the People: Cultural Burning with Margo Robbins
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Nov 09, 2020 |
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Building Fire-Resilient Communities with Annie Schmidt
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Oct 14, 2020 |
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Why The "Labor Day Firestorm," Was So Historic, with Fire Meteorologist Nick Nauslar
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Sep 22, 2020 |
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Firefighter Safety and The History of Hotshots With John Maclean
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Sep 13, 2020 |
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Learning to Live in "The Pyrocene," With Stephen Pyne
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Aug 16, 2020 |
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Achieving Diversity Through Prescribed Burning With Lenya Quinn-Davidson
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Aug 15, 2020 |
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The Prescribed Fire Revolution with Jeremy Bailey
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Aug 15, 2020 |