SANDI AULT—Reporting from the WILD

Last week, I just had to get away.

So instead of my usual podcast, I created a video podcast with clips of our new wolf cub companion, Zuni, as he moves out from the comfort and safety of our home into the big, wide world. Enjoy!

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We're teetering on a rock hoping to survive, needing a miracle, trying to effect our own rescue. The courts, the Democrats in Congress who are fighting without the tools they need, the volunteers and citizens across the country who are giving whatever they have, doing whatever they can do...will it be enough against the chilling torrent of surging tyranny? Will it be in time?

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This thrilling tale from the WILD will get your heart racing. And it has a parallel in the danger we face today.

In spite of how hard we try to believe in the power of the people over greed and billionaire global alliances, corruption, and general moral decay, the landslide away from democracy has begun, and the ground we stood on yesterday is slipping away. Now, I don't think we can get there from here.

As they see the gold-tinged glare of greed growing like a pathogen in the White House and the despicable deeds of the richest man in the world, it seems more and more people who voted for this, or who simply didn't vote at all, are already beginning to surrender their stockpile of false beliefs and their foolish faith in their former leader.

Some have even joined the demonstrations against the evil empire under which they are now be...

You may find yourself worrying about how we will make it. You may find yourself wondering what you can do. Things are not getting better. How can we prepare? You may find yourself inspired by this story from the WILD.

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A story from my wildland firefighting adventures compares the state of our nation today with the dangers of a complex fire.When firefighters respond to a wildfire, they don't think about the odds. They employ their skills and devotion to do what they can; they work together to create and hold the line, and they don't quit until the fire is out. Neither should we. Are we going to be too slow, too scared, or too intimidated to defend...

Our country is falling off a cliff. Take it from someone who has spent some serious time on craggy canyon rims and treacherous slopes: when the structure of the surface beneath you starts to erode, fast-moving landslides can literally take away the ground on which you stand. In this country, we are all perched on the edge of a crumbling precipice right now.

Every week or so, I write a blog post on Substack. Then, a few days later, I...

This story is about a time when I lived in a high mountain valley. In the middle of the worst snowstorm in years, an infant needed to be taken to the hospital but the roads were closed and packed with three feet of snow. A small band of volunteer firefighters and community members banded together to relay the baby down the cliff-edged mountain road in the driving snow and darkness to meet an ambulance waiting below. When this creat...

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My friends, most of you have heard this term: hurt locker. It means: a place of profound pain and deep discomfort.

And maybe you saw the film by the sa...

I have a story to tell you about how—when things can change suddenly in your path—you can find your way around the danger.Too many have been too silent as the new oligarchy takes power in Washington, including our elected representatives. This has left us with the sound of silence and a vacuum in leadership. But how about you? Are you still silent, or have you sprung into action to defend our democracy? Or are you someplace in-betw...

This is Sandi Ault, reporting from the WILD. And this is the audio podcast companion to my blog on Substack. This is episode 3: A WILD ROBBERY—I WISH I HAD A RIVER

I'm going to tell you a story that really happened. It's about the time when I went to the post office, the bank was robbed, a baby was born, and—at least initially—a criminal got away with stealing in plain sight. And even though this is one of those you-can't-make-this-...