Beauty in the Burn (Rocky Mountain National Park, Colorado)

A wildfire has recently blazed through. CMarie's friend is dismayed: her beautiful wilderness, destroyed. But CMarie quietly finds this recent ruin beautiful. And she wonders if maybe fire has something to teach us about beauty.

This episode takes place on Cheyenne, Ute, Eastern Shoshone, and Arapahoe homelands.

Host and Writer: CMarie Fuhrman

Field Recordist: Jacob Job

Award-winning outdoor audio recorded in Rocky Mountain National Park, Colorado

Editor: Erin Jones

Producers: Rebekah Romberg, Kibwe Cooper

Engineer: Luis Antonio Perez

Art: Maria Juliana Pinzón

Executive Producer: Brad Turner

Additional Editorial Support: Jo Erickson, Emily Williams

Thanks also to Jodi Gersh, Clara Shelton, Arielle Wilson, Brittany Werges, Martin Skavish, Justin Peacock and Jon Pinnow