Podcasts by Insider
This channel is an archive of audio podcasts. Most of them were produced during 2009 and 2010 by Grand Canyon National Park Ranger Patrick Gamman. Topics include anything and everything about Grand Canyon. A powerful and inspiring landscape, the Grand Canyon overwhelms our senses through its immense size. Unique combinations of geologic color and erosional forms decorate a canyon that is 277 river miles (446km) long, up to 18 miles (29km) wide, and a mile (1.6km) deep.
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Video - Insider's Look #0 - May 18, 2009 Dedication of Photovoltaic System from 2023-12-14T07:14:47.541813
Greetings, once again, from Grand Canyon National Park. This Ranger Patrick Gamman here to share with you the exciting news that the Arizona Public Service Company, (APS) who provides 900,000 cust...
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Audio - Insider's Look #0 - May 18, 2009 Dedication of Photovoltaic System from 2023-12-14T07:14:47.536642
Greetings, once again, from Grand Canyon National Park. This Ranger Patrick Gamman here to share with you the exciting news that the Arizona Public Service Company, (APS) who provides 900,000 cust...
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Audio - Insider's Look #15 The Trees of Phantom Ranch from 2023-12-14T07:14:47.520368
Park Ranger Patrick Gamman talks with Park Volunteer Sjors about caring for the trees at Phantom Ranch. National Park Service Volunteer Sjors has lived and worked at Phantom Ranch for 20 years and ...
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Audio - Insider's Look #19 An Interview with landscape artist Peter A. Nisbet. from 2023-12-14T07:14:47.516614
Landscape artist Peter A. Nisbet discusses his reasons for painting at Grand Canyon National Park, sharing his inspirations andexperiences."Without question this is the greatest landscape on Earth ...
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Audio - Insider's Look #23 Artist in Residence, Cowboy Poet Randy Erwin. from 2023-12-14T07:14:47.499938
Park Ranger and Insider's host, Patrick Gamman, interviews Randy Erwin about his work as a cowboy poet, yodeler, and demonstrator of rope tricks, as well as what he did as an Artist in Residence at...
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Audio - Insider's Look #24 Environmental Education at Grand Canyon. from 2023-12-14T07:14:47.493428
Ranger Andy Pearce discusses the Environmental Education Program at Grand Canyon National Park with host, Patrick Gamman . Educators. If you are interested in curriculum-based activities at Grand C...
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Audio - Insider's Look #27 Storyteller John Hance returns with another outlandish story. from 2023-12-14T07:14:47.482520
Legendary canyon storyteller, Captain John Hance (Park Ranger Ron Brown) returns to tell the story of one snowy winter when he was hungry and all he had to eat was molasses, a bar of soap, and an o...
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Video - Insider's Look #27 Storyteller John Hance returns with another outlandish story. from 2023-12-14T07:14:47.478322
Legendary canyon storyteller, Captain John Hance (Park Ranger Ron Brown) returns to tell the story of one snowy winter when he was hungry and all he had to eat was molasses, a bar of soap, and an o...
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Audio - Insider's Look #28 Ranger Nicole Koehlinger talks about the ingenious raven. from 2023-12-14T07:14:47.473173
Insider's Look host, Ranger Patrick Gamman talks with Ranger Nicole Koehlinger about the ravens in Grand Canyon National Park. Ravens are one of the most common birds seen in the park. They are int...
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Audio - Insider's Look #39 Spring Migratory Birds at Grand Canyon. from 2010-04-29T17:40:20
Interview with Park Rangers Pat and Ron Brown. They talk about the spring migration of birds through Grand Canyon National Park and the importance of International Bird Migration Day. http://www.np...
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Audio - Insider's Look #37 Youth Camps at Grand Canyon from 2010-04-10T09:37:54
An Interview with Park Ranger Megan Kohli about Youth and teen Camps. Working with Grand Canyon Youth, a non-profit partner of the national park, youth camps have been offered since 2008. This is a...
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Audio - Insider's Look #35 Park Ranger Patrick Gamman talks with Artist-in-Residence Kim Henkel about her sculptures and pinhole photography. from 2010-03-29T14:26:05
My sculpture is a result of a physical process of spontaneous digging and marking in clay with my hands, a blind act of faith. As I work, I create the negative void that is ever present in this li...
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Audio - Insider's Look #33 Park Rangers Emily Davis and Maggi Daly celebrate Women's History Month. from 2010-03-13T21:15:33
Women have played an important role in Grand Canyon's history from the beginning, but they are not always as well known. Rangers Davis and Daly discuss three women important to Grand Canyon's archi...
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Audio - Insider's Look #31 Artist in Residence, Erica Stankwytch Bailey's first backpack into the Grand Canyon. from 2010-02-27T10:40:19
On her first backpacking trip into the Grand Canyon, artist Erica Stankwytch Bailey tells of her adventures walking through snow on the rim, then down into the desert in the canyon's depths, and ul...
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Audio - Insider's Look #26a A funny skit from Banff National Park's Mountain World Heritage Interpretive Theatre. from 2010-01-25T12:21:37
Hear the struggle between two great forces in aquatic ecosystems in epic Shakespearean fashion in"Moose-terpiece Theatre."It's an excerpt from the Mountain World Heritage Interpretive Theatre produ...
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Audio - Insider's Look #26 Communication Officer Laurie Schwartz from Banff National Park of Canada, Compares USA and Canadian Parks. from 2010-01-25T12:20:11
Topics include: visitor transportation systems, Jr. Ranger Programs and interpretive presentations. She shares a funny skit from Banff's Mountain World Heritage Interpretive Theatre.
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Audio - Insider's Look #25 Ranger Jack Howell talks about the history of Verkamp's Visitor Center. from 2010-01-14T21:24:47
Verkamp’s is the park's newest Visitor Center in one of the oldest buildings. Located in the National Historic District of the South Rim, the building dates back to 1905. The curio shop was owned a...
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Audio - Insider's Look #22 Interviews with Grand Canyon Authors from 2009-12-29T10:06:19
Santa and his Elf, Peppermint, meet Grand Canyon authors. Peppermint the Elf (Park Ranger Patrick Gamman) interviews Lori Rome, Thomas Ratz, and Tom Martin about their recent books. The interviews...
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Audio - Insider's Look #21 Interview with artist Sally Hall from 2009-12-20T20:43:52
Featured in an art exhibit at Historic Kolb Studio from Nov. 13, 2009 through Feb. 17, 2010, Sally Hall talks about how Grand Canyon has been a source of inspiration for her artwork since she was ...
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Audio - Insider's Look #20 A Trip to Phantom Ranch Then (1969) and Now (2009) from 2009-12-12T16:34:53
An Interview with Park Ranger Chris Carroll by Park Ranger Patrick Gamman. After returning to Phantom Ranch for the first time in 40 years to do interpretive programs, Ranger Chris Carroll descri...
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Audio - Insider's Look #14 John Hance Stories by Ranger Ron Brown from 2009-10-30T10:55:58
In this podcast, we have the opportunity to meet Capt. John Hance, portrayed by Park Ranger, Ron Brown. Hance was an early Grand Canyon pioneer and storyteller who first saw the Grand Canyon in 188...
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Audio - Insider's Look #13 Grand Canyon Pioneer Cemetery from 2009-10-25T11:16:10
Park Ranger Patrick Gamman joins Park Ranger Nicole DeLuca for a who's who of Grand Canyon history at the Grand Canyon Cemetery. Visit this serene and beautiful location and final resting place for...
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Audio - Insider's Look #5 - Interview with US Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar from 2009-08-29T14:04:39
"Unimaginable, I had seen it on maps, I have seen it on pictures, but to see it in reality is awesome! It is one of those very, very unique and special places in our world. As Secretary of the Inte...
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Audio - Insider's Look #4 - Summer Wonders - Aug. 21, 2009 from 2009-08-21T10:07:21
Park Ranger Patrick Gamman interviews park Aid Amanda Myer about her summer job at Grand Canyon National Park. Park aids answer a variety of visitor questions while roving through the park and when...
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Audio # 2 - Preventative Search and Rescue Ranger from 2009-08-11T21:03:09
Park Preventative Search and Rescue Ranger Sarah Shier describes her job."I basically talk to people who are headed down the trail and make sure that they are'Hiking Smart,'that they have brought e...
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June 1, 2008 - Grandview Point - Changing Values of Landscape from 2008-05-31T16:42:14
Landscapes have different values to people at different times. This can become especially clear when you stand at Grandview Point along Desert View Drive on the South Rim of Grand Canyon National ...
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