I'm Rebecca Lervoy and this is you can't make this up as the podcast where we uncover the true stories behind

your favorite Netflix documentaries and films. On today's episode we take a closer look at the

Netflix documentary series our great national parks. I wish everybody had the

chance to visit a national park to experience the sheer joy and wonder of nature.

Today we're talking to Executive producer James Honeyborn and Series producer Sophie Todd.

Since Yellowstone became the world's first National Park 150 years ago, today 4,000 national parks now exist around the world, protecting nearly 15% of the world's

lands and 8% of our oceans.

What began is a desire to create a place for all to experience and enjoy the natural world

has grown into a worldwide effort to preserve wild places for future generations.

Produced and narrated by former President Barack Obama

are great national parks brims with wonder, humor,

and optimism, as each episode tells the story of a park through the lives of its

wildest residents and explores our changing relationship with wilderness.

Join me as we explore the wonders and secrets of some of the most extraordinary

national parks on the planet. And I'm joined now by executive producer James Honeybourn and series producer Sophie Todd.

Welcome to you, Can't Make This Up.

Thank you.

It's great to be here.

Hi, though.

Lovely to be here.

So people often think of National Parks as a strictly American Convention.

Of course, that's a very American idea

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