Listen "Canyons, Cliff Dwellings, and the Cost of Forever: The National Parks of the Southwest"
Episode Synopsis
It’s not just silence — it’s something older than sound. Stand on the rim of a mile-deep canyon as sunlight crawls across stone that remembers a time before life had legs, and climb into cliff rooms where hands shaped a life that still speaks. In this final episode of our series, Renee and Dan follow rivers through red rock, explore Mesa Verde’s ancient masonry, and listen to the people who’ve lived these places long before they were parks.
From Theodore Roosevelt’s proclamations to dam battles, from the removal and slow return of the Havasupai to the modern fights over Bears Ears and Grand Staircase, this episode traces how beauty and politics collide in the Southwest. It’s a story about scale — geological, spiritual, historical — and about who gets to tell the land’s story. Tune in to Time Tellers for a journey through cliffs, controversy, and the echoes that bind past and future.
From Theodore Roosevelt’s proclamations to dam battles, from the removal and slow return of the Havasupai to the modern fights over Bears Ears and Grand Staircase, this episode traces how beauty and politics collide in the Southwest. It’s a story about scale — geological, spiritual, historical — and about who gets to tell the land’s story. Tune in to Time Tellers for a journey through cliffs, controversy, and the echoes that bind past and future.
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