Hal Herring

Carrying the Fire Podcast

Society EN ↓ 4 episodes

Hosted by journalist and writer Hal Herring, the Carrying the Fire podcast features the voices of writers and thinkers, homesteaders and conservationists, explorers, historians and futurists-human beings carrying the fire of our oldest verities through these tumultuous times. It is about reconnecting us to nature, and to each other. Subscribe to the Carrying the Fire Newsletter here - https://onyourownadventures.activehosted.com/f/19

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Hal Herring

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The deep and tangled history of the Mississippi River with Boyce Upholt | Episode 4 02.07.2026 1:40:12

In this episode of Carrying the Fire, host Hal Herring sits down with New Orleans-based journalist and author Boyce Upholt. Boyce is the author of The Great River: The Making and Unmaking of the Mississippi, which Amazon calls, “Rich and powerful… a startling account of what happens when we try to fight against nature instead of acknowledging and embracing its power―a lesson that is all too relev...

Southern Bison Trails and the Return of the Southeastern Grasslands, a conversation with Jeremy French and Dwayne Estes of the Southeastern Grasslands Initiative 18.06.2026 2:17:13

"Simplicity is extinction. The key to resiliency is biodiversity—saving enough species so that whatever happens next, we're okay." — Jeremy French, SGI Ecological Restoration Chief We’ve all heard the old myth: before European settlement, a squirrel could travel from the Atlantic coast to the Mississippi River without ever touching the ground. But it wasn’t true. From the wiregrass prairies of the...

A Candid Conversation on Wolves with Diane Boyd | Episode 2 04.06.2026 1:37:41

"We thrill to a little bit of wild in our life... and wolves really are the epitome of wild." - Diane Boyd In this episode of Carrying the Fire Podcast, host Hal Herring sits down with legendary wildlife biologist and researcher Diane Boyd, author of A Woman Among Wolves: My Journey Through 40 Years of Wolf Recovery. Diane Boyd is a pioneer in wolf research, having spent over four decades studying...

Awakening of American Indian Resistance with Peter Stark | Episode 1 21.05.2026 2:03:48

Peter Stark is an explorer, journalist and adventurer who has become one of America's foremost writers of historical nonfiction. From his mind-blowing stories of the intersection of adventure and disaster, Last Breath: Cautionary Tales from the Limits of Human Endurance, to his best-seller Astoria, an account the ruthless and bloody attempt to establish the fur trading post at the mouth of the Co...