“We don't want Idaho to have a bad reputation. This is our home state. We love our home state. It's beautiful. We pride ourselves on our nature. We pride ourselves on our wildlife. And instead, we are continuing to do things that are… that are sickening.” - Ella Driever In 1995, wolves were reintroduced to central Idaho, and in 2003 a Boise High school called Timberline officially adopted a local wolf pack. Throughout the 2000, students went on wolf tracking trips and in their wolf packs range. But in 2021, Idaho's legislature passed Senate Bill 1211, 1211 allows Idaho hunters to obtain an unlimited number of wolf tags, and it also allows Idaho's Department of Fish and Game to use taxpayer dollars to pay private contractors to kill wolves. That means bounties on wolves, including on public lands. And in 2021, the Idaho Fish and Game Commission expanded the wolf hunting season and hunting and trapping methods. So it's not too surprising to learn that also in 2021, the Timberline pack disappeared. The students, the ones that cared about wolves, at least, were devastated. Last summer I went to D.C. with some of the Species Unite team for a wolf rally on Capitol Hill. While I was there, two young women gave a talk about what happened at Timberline in 2021. Their names are Ella Driver and Sneha Sharma. They both graduated from Timberline High School and were there when their wolf pack disappeared. Please, listen and share.…
A show about everything. Two buds realize they don't know each other very well and talk to each other about literally everything they can think of. Wanna join in? Hop in, the water's nice.
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Description: Today marks the fifth week humanity has gone without deodorant. The quarantine removes the necessity of smelling good. But fear not, because Joseph and Eric are here to discuss why smelling like a fake ocean is still needed in these trying times.Music This Week:Pop Filter Intro by Karl KleppeCinematic Thatched Villagers by Kevin MacLeo…
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On this episode of Pop Filter, the seventh circle of Hell awaits these gravediggers. But will they be able to escape before the clock hits 12?Pop Filter is created and produced by Eric Crittenden and Joseph Thomas. Music this week by Karl Kleppe.Support for our show can be found at www.speculativereelism.com…
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This week, these bad boys head on down to the local Hyundai factory to check out what's REALLY behind those cars.Pop Filter is created and produced by Eric Crittenden and Joseph Thomas. Music this week by Karl Kleppe, Joseph Thomas, and Kevin MacLeoad (incompetech.com)Support for our show can be found at www.speculativereelism.com…
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Eric and Joseph split up this week to go talk to their friends about the meaning of Christmas. Here's part one - Eric and his roommate Carson discuss their families' Christmas traditions.Por Speculative Reelism
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