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When Mountains Are Gods

Published: July 24, 2021, 11 a.m.

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If you look at a mountain, you might see a skiing destination, a climbing challenge, or even a source of timber to be logged or ore to be mined.\\xa0But there was a time when mountains were sacred.\\xa0In some places, they still are. What changes when you think of a mountain not as a giant accumulation of natural resources, but as a living being?

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Today\\u2019s show is part of our project on kinship with the more-than-human world \\u2014 produced in collaboration with the Center for Humans and Nature, and with support from the Kalliopeia Foundation.\\xa0You\\u2019ll find more information about the project at ttbook.org/kinship and humansandnature.org.

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Original Air Date: July 24, 2021

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Guests:

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John Hausdoerffer \\u2014 Regina Lopez-Whiteskunk \\u2014 David Hinton \\u2014 Lisa Maria Madera

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Interviews In This Hour:

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What Do You Owe The Mountains Around You? \\u2014 \'These Are Live, Active Places\': A Ute Activist Fights To Save The Bears Ears National Monument \\u2014 A Poet Finds Life Lessons on Hunger Mountain \\u2014 \'I Was Born To Volcanoes\'

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