77: Interview with Ranger Ryan from Lewis and Clark NHT

Exploring the National Parks

Dirt In My Shoes

Science, Society & Culture:places & Travel, Nature, Places & Travel, Society & Culture

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🗓️ 15 May 2024

⏱️ 60 minutes

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Summary

We are doing something new on the podcast! We want to start interviewing some of the coolest people on the planet – park rangers! For our very first interview, we are talking to Ranger Ryan Cooper, who works for Lewis and Clark National Historic Trail. His job is to map the Lewis and Clark Trail, so he’s basically a modern-day explorer! Today, he is giving us a behind-the-scenes look at what it’s like to work as a park ranger, sharing fascinating stories about the Lewis and Clark Expedition, and diving into his other passion: delicious BBQ. In this episode, we discuss: How Ryan became a park ranger What he does on a day-to-day basis in his job Cool information about the Lewis and Clark Trail The unique artifacts that have been found by archeologists on this trail The fascinating history of the expedition The coolest part about Ryan’s job The best BBQ along the Lewis and Clark Trail We hope you enjoy this conversation with Ryan! If you want amazing BBQ restaurant recommendations, be sure to follow Ryan on Instagram @bbqtourist. You can also check out The Smoke Sheet at bbqnewsletter.substack.com. Let us know if you know of anyone who works for the national parks that we should interview! We are always looking for fun and interesting people to connect with. Don’t forget to complete your task for this week! Please let Ryan know that you appreciate him coming on the podcast over on his Instagram page! Check out the full show notes here.

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0:00.0	Well, now that we know that those prairie dogs sometimes have bubonic plague, that meal could
0:05.3	have gone a different direction.
0:06.4	Yeah, it sure could have.
0:09.3	This is the Exploring the National Parks podcast with Dirt in My Shoes.
0:14.3	My name is Ash and I'm a former park ranger and the founder of Dirt in My Shoes.
0:18.5	I think that the parks are best seen from the trail,
0:21.5	and I'm here to make National Park Trip Planning easy.
0:24.8	And I'm John. I carry the kids on the trails, tell stories,
0:28.5	and notice all the things that Ash doesn't care about much, like birds.
0:33.1	Join us as we show you around America's spectacular national parks.
0:37.4	We're sharing our favorite places, fun facts, adventures, and misadventures. Join us as we show you around America's spectacular national parks.
0:41.5	We're sharing our favorite places, fun facts, adventures, and misadventures.
0:44.1	And we'll even throw in a little trip planning.
0:45.4	Let's start exploring.
1:01.0	We are doing something new today, and I am really excited because we've had quite a few requests to, I don't know, maybe people are tired of just hearing me and you.
1:05.1	I would be if I was someone listening to me talk.
1:12.2	But we've had quite a few requests of people who have wanted to hear us do some interviews.
1:12.6	Yeah.
1:24.4	And I personally, like, I, there's a lot of people we could interview, but I thought, why not start with the coolest people on the planet, which are park rangers?
1:30.9	Oh, yeah. Absolutely. I think that park rangers are definitely in our lane. I know.
1:38.6	I'm so excited. So today we are talking to a real life park ranger. His name is Ryan Cooper. He works for Lewis and Clark National Historic Trail, which is a network of this trail, basically.
1:47.1	They have a headquarters in Nebraska, but he works for the Park Service at Lewis and Clark.
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