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National Park After Dark

245: Grizzly Confidential ft. Kevin Grange

National Park After Dark

Audioboom Studios

True Crime, Places & Travel, Wilderness, Society & Culture, Sports

4.84.6K Ratings

🗓️ 19 August 2024

⏱️ 59 minutes

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Summary

Today’s episode is all about bears as Kevin Grange returns for his second appearance on the show to discuss his newest book Grizzly Confidential: An Astounding Journey Into the Secret Life of North America’s Most Fearsome Predator. We discuss why people love them and fear them, the harm humans have done to them and how we can save them, how people can co-exist with them, and most importantly - why bears belong.

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Transcript

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0:00.0

Hi everyone welcome back to National Park after dark today we have a really fun

0:04.2

episode because we are doing an interview today and not only an interview an interview

0:09.0

for like the real day one people the real ogies our very first interviewee we ever had on the show.

0:19.2

We're talking to Kevin Grange today which if you remember if you were here like back when we very, very first started doing

0:25.8

interviews, he was the very first person we interviewed. So it's really, really exciting, but for those of you who might not

0:31.7

be familiar with him yet and you are looking for a new book recommendation

0:36.8

We have the perfect interview for you today which is really exciting and we'll give you a little overview of who Kevin is before we get

0:44.6

started. So you might remember him from our first interviews on the show when we

0:48.6

spoke to him about his book Wild Rescues, A Paramedics Extreme Adventures in Yosemite, Yellowstone, and Grand Teton.

0:56.4

And today we are thrilled to have him back to discuss his newest work, Grizzisly confidential and astounding journey

1:04.1

into the secret life of North America's most fearsome predator.

1:08.2

Kevin is an award-winning author

1:10.1

with an emphasis on the medical field, adventure, and travel, but aside from writing, he's a firefighter and

1:15.4

paramedic with years of experience in emergency and wilderness medicine. His home base is in Jackson Hole,

1:21.3

Wyoming, where he spends his free time hiking, biking, and exploring the wilderness.

1:26.0

He has trek through the Himalayas, traveled throughout the country in the name of research, has given presentations around the globe,

1:32.4

saved countless lives in our national parks. has given presentations around the globe,

1:32.6

saved countless lives in our national parks,

1:35.0

and now he's here today to talk about one of his other passions,

1:38.9

which is Bears, and why they belong.

1:41.4

Kevin, welcome back to National Park After Dark. Hello. Hello Kevin welcome back to National Park After Dark. Thank you so much for rejoining us.

2:09.3

Thanks for having me. I'm thrilled to be back and look forward to a great conversation.

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