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Saving our Beloved Beasts : Q&A with environmental journalist Michelle Nijhuis
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Fireline Episode 02: The Big Burn
In 1910, a wildfire the size of Connecticut engulfed parts of Montana, Idaho and Washington. Ed Pulaski and his crew were among the many people trapped by the enormous blaze. The Big Burn, as it came to be known, helped propel a culture of fire suppression that still persists in many forms. What does that massive fire mean for the way our society deals with the wildfires of today?
Jim See is the president of the Pulaski Project in Wallace, Idaho.
Steve Pyne is a fire historian, and emeritus professor at Arizona State University.
Andrew Larson is a forest ecologist, professor at the University of Montana, and director of the Wilderness Institute.
Philadelphia’s Eastern State Penitentiary is super spooky, even before it transforms itself from a crumbling historical landmark to a downright creepy haunted house. Here s what you should know about the iconic landmark.
1. Eastern State Penitentiary was supported by some of Philadelphia’s most famous citizens.
In the 18th century, Philadelphia s prisons were an overcrowded mess: Adults and children, men and women, were kept in what amounted to large holding pens and left to their own devices. Abuse by both fellow inmates and guards was rampant. So, in 1787, members of The Philadelphia Society for Alleviating the Miseries of Public Prisons met at Benjamin Franklin’s house to discuss an alternative. In his remarks that night, Benjamin Rush, a prominent doctor in the city, called for “a house of repentance,” which would eventually become Eastern State: