Terra Firma

About Terra Firma

Terra Firma is a podcast about the outdoors, the sounds of the natural world and our place in it. Each episode runs about 5-10 minutes and pairs reflections on nature with gorgeous soundscapes captured in wild places. Terra Firma unites stories and musings by CMarie Fuhrman, a Colorado-born, Indigenous poet and writer, with audio captured by outdoor sound recordist Jacob Job.

Publisher

Colorado Public Radio

Category

society & culture

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

5 Jan 2023

Latest episode

11 Jun 2026

Latest episodes

2 of 21 episodes have a transcript.

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   11 Jun 2026TRANSCRIPT

   Feed Swap: Introducing Howl, from Boise State Public Radio and The Idaho Capital Sun

   Host Heath Druzin and reporter Clark Corbin explore the controversial return of wolves to the Rockies in this interview episode of 'Howl'.

2. 

   9 Jun 2026TRANSCRIPT

   From the NPR Network: The American Storytelling collection explores the great outdoors

   Host Alex Chadwick interviews NPR Network creators about how the American outdoors reveals deeper truths in this interview episode.

3. 

   10 Apr 2024

   This Bend in the River (Gunnison River, Colorado)

   Come with CMarie to a bend in the river. Nearby, a couple spread out a blanket. A dog chases after a ball. The river brings things, and the river carries things away. This episode takes place on Diné Bikéyah and Ute homelands. Host and Writer: CMarie Fuhrman Field Recordist: Jacob Job 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 Terra Firma is a production of Colorado Public Radio's Audio Innovations Studio.

Inside a recent episode

Feed Swap: Introducing Howl, from Boise State Public Radio and The Idaho Capital Sun

Published 11 Jun 2026 · Transcript excerpt

[…] What happened next underscored how fragile our coexistence with wolves is. A little farther down the trail, I ran into an odd site in Yellowstone. A man and a woman with paintball guns. Their wildlife conservation group had been contracted by Yellowstone. the mama wolf and her packmates were straying over the invisible Yellowstone boundary nearby. That meant they went from legally protected to basically open season. Many had been killed in recent years by ranchers outside the park. They worry the wolves are a threat to their livestock. The paintballers were there to harass the wolves away from the ranchers, back to the safety of the park. […]

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Apple Podcasts (US)

4.7 / 5

380 ratings

Spotify

4.9 / 5

48 ratings

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