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| Title | Podcast Description | Author/Reader | Duration |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Life Aquatic in Reno - 08/16/2016 | A couple opens a water nursery and builds a community. By Johanna Silver | Reader: Cyndee Maxwell | 00:04:54 |
| River Reboot - 08/03/2016 | With an influx or creative talent and the biggest fishing boom in a generation, Astoria, Oregon, reinvents itself-again. By Patrick Symmes | Reader: Cyndee Maxwell | 00:13:12 |
| National Parks and a Special Road - 07/20/2016 | For the ultimate celebration, joyride along U.S. 89, which connects six of the country's greatest parks, winding through a landscape of fire and ice. | Reader: Cyndee Maxwell | 00:10:04 |
| New Zealand's Style - 06/13/2016 | Kiwi Sauvignon Blancs are better than ever - and still a bargain. They might be your best sip this summer. By Sara Schneider. | Reader: Cyndee Maxwell | 00:04:56 |
| Waiting for the Sun - 06/08/2016 | Watching dawn break and dusk fall over Maui's Haleakala National Park requires a study spirit (and a thick pair of long Johns). By Susan Casey | Reader: Cyndee Maxwell | 00:16:41 |
| Chardonnay for Breakfast - 05/22/2016 | A menu from a winemaking family who know their way around this most-popular white. By Sara Schneider | Reader: Cyndee Maxwell | 00:07:34 |
| Festival Fever - 05/05/2016 | Summer music festivals, the biggest and the best are right here in the West. Find a spot on the lawn. You don't want to miss out. By Mickey Rapkin | Reader: Cyndee Maxwell | 00:09:03 |
| Secret History - 04/24/2016 | DNA testing is revealing the delicious heritage of some of California's best wines. By Sara Schneider | Reader: Cyndee Maxwell | 00:05:23 |
| Tea 2.0 - 04/15/2016 | The ancient crop is suddenly the hottest thing growing. And one family farm in Oregon is leading the way. By Johanna Silver | Reader: Cyndee Maxwell | 00:10:46 |
| Road Trip Recharged - 04/05/2016 | A drive to Napa in an electric vehicle brought this San Francisco couple to a place refreshingly different. By Chris Colin | Reader: Cyndee Maxwell | 00:09:38 |
| The Wine Trail: Arizona Sipping - 03/18/2016 | Head to the high desert to discover the best new thing in the Grand Canyon State. By Nora Burba Trulsson and Edie Jarolim | Reader: Cyndee Maxwell | 00:10:28 |
| Welcome Home - 03/04/2016 | For our Best Hometowns 2016, Sunset editors searched the West to find towns, cities, and neighborhoods that are easy to love. | Reader: Cyndee Maxwell | 00:22:53 |
| The Shore Thing - 02/20/2016 | Up and down the untamed Northwest coast, there are treasures hidden in the sand. You just have to know how to look. By Bill Donahue | Reader: Cyndee Maxwell | 00:09:55 |
| The People's Playground - 01/31/2016 | Will Yosemite's popularity be its undoing? Will gridlock an crowding spoil its grandeur? The National Park Service, turning 100, grapples issue. | Reader: Cyndee Maxwell | 00:09:48 |
| Into the Wild - 12/31/2015 | Wood bison were declared extinct less than a century ago. Now, the shaggy behemoths are wandering the Alaska wilderness, free. By Peter Fish | Reader: Cyndee Maxwell | 00:19:47 |
| The Longest Day - 12/26/2015 | It's one of those classic West Coast brags: You can surf and ski here in the same days. We convinced transplant Mickey Rapkin to the challenge. | Reader: Cyndee Maxwell | 00:10:57 |
| A Perfect Day in Astoria, OR - 11/16/2015 | The oldest town west of the Rockies is buoyed by new breweries, galleries, and charming seafood spots. By Emily Grosvenor | Reader: Cyndee Maxwell | 00:05:02 |
| The Relaxed Thanksgiving - 11/16/2015 | For the couple behind Healdsburg food destination Shed, the holiday is all about the local harvest and friends pitching in. By Elaine Johnson | Reader: Cyndee Maxwell | 00:04:48 |
| The Grand Wine Tour - 10/31/2015 | Join Sunset on a mile-by-mile journey through three of the West's most exciting wine regions: Napa, Santa Barbara and Southern Oregon. | Reader: Cyndee Maxwell | 00:16:16 |
| Less Water, Better Wine? - 10/03/2015 | A growing number of West Coast vintners are trying dry-farming--and discovering it's no compromise. By Sara Schneider | Reader: Cyndee Maxwell | 00:05:57 |
| Screen Savers - 08/10/2015 | A troupe of friends rescues an offbeat theater and community treasure. By Chris Colin | Reader: Cyndee Maxwell | 00:13:02 |
| High Serenity - 07/27/2015 | Yosemite's mountain camps give you wilderness grandeur without having to rough it (much). By Christine Ryan | Reader: Cyndee Maxwell | 00:18:47 |
| Summer Camp (For Grown-Ups) - 07/09/2015 | The days of roasting s'mores and making lifelong friendships in a week don't have to end when you reach legal drinking age. By Jenna Scatena | Reader: Cyndee Maxwell | 00:11:40 |
| Wild Horses - 06/15/2015 | Long considered a symbol of the frontier, wild horses have roamed the West for centuries. But has their day ended? By Mac McClelland | Reader: Cyndee Maxwell | 00:17:39 |
| The Shock of the Nuevo - 05/25/2015 | Laura Fraser discovers, a new generation of artists is adding 21st-century buzz to Santa Fe's creative mix. | Reader: Cyndee Maxwell | 00:14:33 |
| How To Store & Pour - 05/03/2015 | Relax and keep it simple -- you don't need a fancy wine cellar or multiple gadgets to drink well. By Sara Schneider | Reader: Cyndee Maxwell | 00:06:32 |
| Offshore Assets - 04/19/2015 | Sallie Tisdale explores the Channel Islands, seen by millions but visited by few. | Reader: Cyndee Maxwell | 00:16:13 |
| Weeknight Cooking - 03/27/2015 | Recipes in 30 minutes or less. | Reader: Cyndee Maxwell | 00:07:20 |
| A Perfect Day in Borrego Springs, CA - 03/19/2015 | Not far from the famous wildflowers of Anza-Borrego, this desert enclave boasts treasures, from an outsize art scene to a revamped resort. | Reader: Cyndee Maxwell | 00:05:20 |
| Cabin Fever - 02/27/2015 | Dick Proenneke lived -- simply, gracefully, alone -- for 30 years in the Alaska wilderness. Learn of his solitude and self-reliance. | Reader: Cyndee Maxwell | 00:18:08 |
| A Perfect Day in Yuma, AZ - 02/17/2015 | America's sunniest city is also the nation's winter farm capital -- with lots of fresh eats and gorgeous garden to prove it. By Kate Siber | Reader: Cyndee Maxwell | 00:04:43 |
| Nature Vs. Nurture - 01/20/2015 | Do you know what's in your wine?! (And should you care?) By Sara Schneider | Reader: Cyndee Maxwell | 00:05:03 |
| Here We Are Now - 01/07/2015 | With a host of new memorials to Kurt Cobain, Aberdeen, Washington town hopes to attract adoring fans. By Bill Donahue | Reader: Cyndee Maxwell | 00:17:45 |
| Welcome to Hollywood! - 12/21/2014 | Writer Mickey Rapkin finds there is more to fame than fast cars and paparazzi. | Reader: Cyndee Maxwell | 00:14:56 |
| Friends in High Places - 12/04/2014 | Small peaks like California's revived June Mountain offer big perks for families: low prices and uncrowded slopes. By Kalee Thompson | Reader: Cyndee Maxwell | 00:07:11 |
| Don't Look Back - 11/18/2014 | A former flower child revisits her hippie roots on a British Columbia farmstead -- and wonders what might have been. By Barbara Graham | Reader: Cyndee Maxwell | 00:13:44 |
| Walk This Way - 11/02/2014 | An inn-to-inn trek along the Southern California coast proves you don't need to rough it to enjoy a great autumn hike. By Judith Stone | Reader: Cyndee Maxwell | 00:11:48 |
| Ah, Wilderness - 10/21/2014 | The 1964 Wilderness Act kept millions of acres in the West unspoiled by man or machine. Does it still work in 2014? By Peter Fish | Reader: Cyndee Maxwell | 00:15:36 |
| The Great South West Road Trip - 10/10/2014 | This trip will show you wonders people cross continents to see. The Grand Canyon, Monument Valley, and the Painted Desert, By Matthew Jaffe | Reader: Cyndee Maxwell | 00:17:04 |
| The Lost Coast - 09/15/2014 | The trees are taller. The beaches are wider. And no one around. Here's how to get lost on California's untamed coast. By Daniel Duane | Reader: Cyndee Maxwell | 00:12:56 |
| Sunset - 09/01/2014 | The Coast Is Clear: Four beach towns are at their best this month. By Sunset Editors | Reader: Cyndee Maxwell | 00:04:41 |
| Gold Rush Grape - 08/24/2014 | Zinfandel, the quintessential California grape, has a rollicking history. But its best days may be right in front of us. By Sara Schneider | Reader: Cyndee Maxwell | 00:12:02 |
| Sisters Act - 08/18/2014 | In Central Oregon, a writer finds everything a person could want: comfort, solitude, and revered silence. By Bart Blasengame | Reader: Cyndee Maxwell | 00:10:53 |
| Off the Hook - 07/28/2014 | In a sea of grim news about fish, West Coast albacore is one you can eat without worry. By Margo True | Reader: Cyndee Maxwell | 00:04:42 |
| Life Preservers at Zuma - 07/19/2014 | Zuma is a sandy, sun-kissed, much-loved L.A. beach. It also has nasty rip currents-and nearly mythic lifeguards. By Caroline Paul | Reader: Cyndee Maxwell | 00:13:41 |
| Happy Campers - 06/30/2014 | A week in the Sierra wilderness with your family...and your neighbors? Learn about world of San Francisco's official city camp. By Chris Colin | Reader: Cyndee Maxwell | 00:05:05 |
| Denali National Park - 06/19/2014 | A visit inspired wild dreams and deep fears, finding moose, grizzly bears, killer squirrels, and unforgettable majesty. By Steve Friedman | Reader: Cyndee Maxwell | 00:22:15 |
| A Perfect Day in Dundee, OR - 05/29/2014 | Trailblazing Pinots, decadent goat cheese, and a state-of-the-art tasting room make this an ideal Willamette Valley escape. By Emily Grosvenor | Reader: Cyndee Maxwell | 00:05:05 |
| Wine List Confidential - 05/05/2014 | A new kind of sommelier takes the pressure out of navigating a restaurant's wine collection. By Sara Schneider. | Reader: Cyndee Maxwell | 00:07:45 |
| Nervous Energy - 04/24/2014 | Billions of barrels of oil lie in the Monterey Shale. The windfall from tapping into that cache could be mind-blowing. So could the damage. By Barry Yeoman | Reader: Cyndee Maxwell | 00:24:27 |
| The Rail Thing - 04/13/2014 | Ample legroom, nonstop scenery, chilled martinis instead of traffic jams: Welcome to a new era of priviate train travel. By Chris Colin | Reader: Cyndee Maxwell | 00:16:14 |
| Growing the Good Life - 03/23/2014 | For one Santa Barbara gardener, harvest season never ends. Here, secrets from her extraordinary, ever-changing edible garden. by Kathleen Brenzel | Reader: Cyndee Maxwell | 00:06:20 |
| Show and Tell - 03/03/2014 | At California's Legoland, a blind dad and his 6-year-old daughter build memories, one brick at a time. by Ryan Knighton | Reader: Cyndee Maxwell | 00:11:55 |
| America's Next Top Noodle - 02/16/2014 | Ramen has had its share of glory. Now meet udon - and the man who'll show you how to make it a star in your kitchen, by Jessica Battilana | Reader: Cyndee Maxwell | 00:05:56 |
| Chasing Warerfalls - 02/11/2014 | On Washington's wet and wild Olympic Peninsula, a couple in search of the perfect cascade learns to go with the flow. by Mac McClelland | Reader: Cyndee Maxwell | 00:11:56 |
| Sonoran Desert Escapes - 01/18/2014 | The spas, the palms, the golf - sunny Arizona's charms have been luring the weary snowbound for decades. Its biggest appeal? Choices for every budget. by Chris Woolston | Reader: Cyndee Maxwell | 00:07:13 |
| Let It Ride - 09/21/2013 | Miles from the sparkle of the Strip, cyclists are cashing in on Las Vegas' biggest secret: world-class biking. by Bill Donahue | Reader: Cyndee Maxwell | 00:09:58 |
| Summer Bounty: A Juicy History - 08/15/2013 | The abundance and variety of the produce we revel in daily have surprising roots--in a dinner 30 years ago, by Janet Fletcher | Reader: Cyndee Maxwell | 00:06:39 |
| L.A. Confluential - 08/08/2013 | For 75 years the L.A. River was cemented and largely forgotten. Now the waterway is cast in a new role: a place to dip your paddle. by Eric Smillie | Reader: Cyndee Maxwell | 00:10:40 |
| Sea Change - 08/01/2013 | Monterey Bay has gone from toxic soup to pristine waters supporting sea otters, whales, and a thriving kelp forest. What we are learning. by Peter Fish | Reader: Cyndee Maxwell | 00:13:49 |
| Every Week is Shark Week - 07/14/2013 | "Go nose-to-nose with a great white off Baja's Guadalupe Island, where shark sightings are all but guaranteed." by Ken McAlpine | Reader: Cyndee Maxwell | 00:09:45 |
| The Hotter They Come - 06/27/2013 | "A hundred years of triple-digit temps can't keep the daring away from Death Valley." by Chris Colin | Reader: Cyndee Maxwell | 00:10:23 |
| Growing Summer - 06/02/2013 | "In California's Silicon Valley, a farmer is reviving old-fashioned stone fruits - and bringing back a world of forgotten tastes." by Elaine Johnson | Reader: Cyndee Maxwell | 00:06:52 |
| The Secret Sierra - 05/22/2013 | We all think we know California's Sierras. But many of their best wonders are waiting for you to discover them. By Peter Fish | Reader: Cyndee Maxwell | 00:10:28 |
| Alaskan Eyes - 05/05/2013 | "What can you learn about a place by visting it over and over again? In Sitka, one long-lost local discovers ... everything." by Edward Readicker-Henderson | Reader: Cyndee Maxwell | 00:10:15 |
| Dahlias, A Love Story - 04/15/2013 | "She resists! She swoons! She grows obsessed! One writer's unexpected romance with the wacky flower that's wooing gardeners all over the West." by Johanna Silver | Reader: Cyndee Maxwell | 00:07:32 |
| Home on the half-shell - 03/18/2013 | "The West's only native oyster has been absent for almost a century. But now it's returning to our plates -- and one taste will make you a believer." by Christopher Hall | Reader: Cyndee Maxwell | 00:09:32 |
| Way-Out West - 03/09/2013 | "The food truck revolution that started a few years back just keeps on going--and getting wonderfully wackier, from tandoor-oven moped to a double-decker grilled cheese bus." by Ivy Manning, Alex Pulaski and Joel Warner | Reader: Cyndee Maxwell | 00:05:17 |
| The Great Wine - 02/25/2013 | "Chardonnay is the most popular wine in the country. So why are some Western winemakers changing everything about it -- and saying it's finally good?" by Sara Schneider | Reader: Cyndee Maxwell | 00:09:36 |
| Vegas Gets Real - 02/01/2013 | "The city that prides itself on forgetting everything is coming off one serious hangover. Now a band of visionaries is pushing past the glitz and looking toward the furture. There's this thing called downton. And it's blowing up." by Wayne Curtis | Reader: Cyndee Maxwell | 00:10:00 |
| The Natural - 01/21/2013 | "For chef Aaron Woo of Portland, a simple beet or carrot is a chance for culinary magic." by Sara Dickerman | Reader: Cyndee Maxwell | 00:06:22 |
| Low-tech Family - 01/07/2013 | "A story about a radio-dialing, non-video-gaming, book-reading, low-tech family who call their friends on this corded device: a rotary telephone." by Janelle Brown | Reader: Cyndee Maxwell | 00:08:42 |
| A Tale of Two Trees - 12/19/2012 | "Piney-sweet smell, or perfect branches every year? Real or fake? How the West is changing the way we make that decision." by Bruce Barcott | Reader: Cyndee Maxwell | 00:11:58 |
| Dinner on a Dream Ranch - 12/10/2012 | "An ambitious new sustainable farming venture, Belcampo pomises to change the meat we eat in big ways, with a pasture-to-plate feast." by Margo True | Reader: Cyndee Maxwell | 00:11:44 |
| Wine Country is all yours - 11/18/2012 | "Sonoma county shows its true colors after the craziness of crush." by Christine Ciarmello | Reader: Cyndee Maxwell | 00:03:27 |
| Aurora-watching season heats up - 11/17/2012 | "The case for why you must go to Alaska when it's cold and dark, just for a chance at the most dazzling view on the planet." by Peter Fish | Reader: Cyndee Maxwell | 00:03:40 |
| Saving Tonto - 11/12/2012 | "Across the West, state parks face recession-era budget cuts. But when one Arizona town realized its park was too precious to close, it fought back." by Nora Bruba Trulsson | Reader: Cyndee Maxwell | 00:11:40 |
| Wheat's New Wave - 10/24/2012 | "Thousands of varieties, all with different flavors and uses? It's a whole new world of flour out there, where freshness and variety are revolutionizing the way we bake." by Rebekah Dern | Reader: Cyndee Maxwell | 00:07:29 |
| On the Ale Trail - 10/15/2012 | "How do you get the heart of the craft brew craze? Go taste at the source." by Nino Padova | Reader: Cyndee Maxwell | 00:10:46 |
| This is Pinot Noir? - 09/15/2012 | "Be the first to try the West's newest--and possibly most startling--white wine." by Sara Schneider | Reader: Cyndee Maxwell | 00:04:46 |
| Dogs Rule! - 09/7/2012 | "Your pooch doesn't have to be a weekend-getaway deal breaker. These beach towns treat pets like VIPS." by Loren Mooney | Reader: Cyndee Maxwell | 00:10:12 |
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