Bears! And the Guys Who Don’t Like Them
It Could Happen Here
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🗓️ 1 June 2026
⏱️ 77 minutes
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Summary
James is joined by Molly to talk about bears, and the campaign to remove them from the Endangered Species Act.
Sources:
https://www.nps.gov/glac/learn/news/missing-hiker-and-bear-encounter-victim-identified.htm
https://www.hcn.org/issues/49-9/zinke-went-to-bears-ears-to-listen-but-supporters-felt-unheard/
https://x.com/RepRyanZinke/status/2054303113549381650?s=20
https://cdn.ca9.uscourts.gov/datastore/opinions/2017/10/25/16-30033.pdf
https://www.biologicaldiversity.org/campaigns/Endangered-Species-Act-at-50/
https://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/preview/mmwrhtml/mm5829a2.htm
https://coloradosun.com/2024/04/16/dying-wolf-struck-by-snowmobile-shown-off-in-wyoming-bar/
https://www.bearwise.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/efficacy-of-bear-spray-smith-et-al.-2010.pdf
https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/28097859-250506-mulchatna/
https://www.akleg.gov/basis/Bill/Text/34?Hsid=HB0364A
https://propakistani.pk/2026/05/28/mma-fighter-killed-in-bear-attack-in-canada/
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| 0:00.0 | This is an I-Heart podcast. |
| 0:02.5 | Guaranteed Human. |
| 0:05.9 | Cool Zone Media. |
| 0:10.0 | It's bear time. |
| 0:11.4 | Yep, it's bear time. |
| 0:12.4 | Hi, everyone. |
| 0:13.3 | Welcome to It Could Happen here, a podcast where I talk to Molly Conger about animals. |
| 0:18.8 | Hi, Molly. |
| 0:19.6 | I'm so excited to learn about bears. |
| 0:37.6 | I've been thinking about it all week. That's fantastic, good. I hope you've had good, bad thoughts. Because there are people who think about bears a lot, and I think it's not good for their mental well-being. I was trying to find if I took a picture of that time a baby bear was, like, standing on the median strip outside my old apartment, it and I couldn't find it. |
| 0:39.2 | So I was thinking about him. |
| 0:39.8 | Okay. |
| 0:40.8 | Yeah, I hope he's okay. |
| 0:37.6 | I hope he's, uh. baby bear was like standing on the median strip outside my old apartment and I couldn't find it. |
| 0:39.2 | So I was thinking about him. |
| 0:39.7 | Okay. |
| 0:40.1 | Yeah. |
| 0:40.8 | I hope he's okay. |
| 0:43.6 | I hope he's found a better place to be than the median strip. |
| 0:45.6 | I bought a show and tell item today. |
| 0:46.5 | Molly can see it. |
| 0:47.2 | No one else can. |
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