SMNTY Classics: The Women of Wildland Firefighting
Stuff Mom Never Told You
iHeartPodcasts
4.0 • 4.6K Ratings
🗓️ 2 May 2026
⏱️ 41 minutes
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When it comes to fighting wildfires, women have historically faced a lot of obstacles. In this classic, we uncover the often overlooked history of women doing this difficult work, the progress that's been made, and the work that still needs to be done.
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| 0:00.0 | This is an IHeart podcast. |
| 0:02.5 | Guaranteed Human. |
| 0:04.4 | Hey, this is Annie. |
| 0:05.7 | And Samantha. |
| 0:06.7 | Welcome to Stuff I've Never Told You, a picture of IHeart Radio. |
| 0:17.5 | And today we are bringing back a classic on women and wildland firefighting. |
| 0:25.1 | Because here in Georgia, we've actually had some wildfires and a friend of mine was impacted by it, not directly, but indirectly. |
| 0:41.1 | And, you know, there was all the warnings of don't start any fires outside or just be really careful. |
| 0:49.0 | The conditions are really bad. |
| 0:51.3 | And so it just got me thinking about this episode that we did. |
| 0:53.7 | And how we missed out on the opportunity, |
| 0:56.0 | Eve's offered to connect us with a woman who had worked in this field. |
| 1:03.1 | We should follow up. |
| 1:04.3 | I think we need to follow up, yeah. |
| 1:06.1 | Yes. |
| 1:06.8 | But in the meantime, please enjoy this classic episode. |
| 1:15.2 | Music But in the meantime, please enjoy this classic episode. Hey, this is Annie. |
| 1:16.3 | And Samantha. |
| 1:17.1 | Welcome to Stuff I Never Told You, a production of IHeart Radio. |
| 1:33.3 | And we're talking about something that kind of had already been hit on. |
| 1:39.9 | So past host, Kristen and Caroline, did a great episode in 2009 on women in firefighting. |
| 1:46.8 | But we thought we would take some time to talk about the women within the wildland firefighting community, a very specific group of people. |
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