Run Up On The Bear

Who or what is in your own past right now that you need to face, but aren’t facing — and why not? Host Carvell Wallace has a theory that maybe this whole nation is just 320 million people who all need to talk with someone they're afraid to talk to. He certainly needs to do that h ... Show More

Carvell Wallace turns to Shereen Marisol Meraji from NPR's Code Switch to ask: How can we come together as a country when it seems like so many things are working to keep us apart? Thanksgiving is one of the only days of the year when a lot of us - literally, physically - have to ... Show More

Going out and talking to people is a little thing, but it's also a big thing. Especially if those people are different from you, or might not like you, or might even reject you. Carvell Wallace talks to someone who's doing just that. Dr. Ayaz Virji is the town doctor in the 1400- ... Show More

<p>Hannah and her bear hunters track down every bear sighting in season one of New Girl. This will be our season finale. Hannah, Zooey, and Lamorne will return in January to recap season 2. </p><p>See <a href="https://omnystudio.com/listener" target="_blank">omnystudio.com/listen ... Show More

<p><em>Bear. Running. Toward me. </em>Writer and wildlife biologist Caroline Van Hemert encountered only one dangerous bear on her four-thousand-mile trip from Washington to Alaska. She survived to write about it in <em>The Sun is A Compass: My 4,000-Mile Journey into the Alaskan ... Show More

It's another week of 2 Bears 1 Cave with Tom Segura and Bert Kreischer! The bears talk about torturing their kids with singing, Hank Williams, and more on Andrew Tate. They discuss hazing, the gayest things they've ever done, and women's safety on college campuses. Tom shares wha ... Show More

Our story is about to take a big turn ... next week. But for now, season 1 co-host Josh Dean and Rajiv Golla, the hosts of our biweekly "Art of the Con" subscriber-only talk show sit down with Wild Boys host Sam Mullins to talk about the origins of this incredible story, and what ... Show More

<p>On this episode of <em>Our American Stories</em>, <strong>Lian Law</strong> is a ranger at Brooks Camp in&nbsp;<strong><a href="https://explore.org/livecams/brown-bears/brooks-falls-brown-bears-low" data-cke-saved-href="https://explore.org/livecams/brown-bears/brooks-falls-bro ... Show More

Every year, the Katmai National Park in Alaska puts on a March Madness-style bracket of all the fattest bears in their park. It's a celebration of fatness, because a fat bear ahead of hibernation means a healthy bear come spring. This competition is popular — there were over a mi ... Show More

Hop aboard the Story Train with Birdie for a whimsical journey as she uncovers the age-old tale of Rupert Rabbit's cleverness and Barry Bear's first long winter nap.