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  • National Paddling Film Festival 2026

    National Paddling Film Festival 2026
    Feb 17 2026

    Rivers are always photogenic, even telegenic, and rivers often become the setting for many films. Each year since 1981, the National Paddling Film Festival (NPFF) has provided a collective presentation of river films. This year’s festival is happening on February 21, live and in person in Kentucky with a virtual streaming option available for the price of a cup of coffee. We have 3 guests bringing us details about the NPFF. Stephanie Hoelscher is the director; Devin Ashley Brown is the featured paddler in the film “Mother River” about her Mississippi River run; and Nishan Thapa is the creator of the film “The Jewel of Wild West Nepal” about paddling the rivers in his home country of Nepal.


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    Stephanie Hoelscher

    Devin Ashley Brown
    @afrodiskayak
    Harvest Film Company

    Nishan Thapa
    @riverratmountainkat
    @summit_to_sea2026

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    FILMS

    NATIONAL PADDLING FILM FESTIVAL
    @npff.paddling
    Tickets: live & streaming

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    42 m
  • 3 Women 300 Miles, River Boarding the Grand Canyon

    3 Women 300 Miles, River Boarding the Grand Canyon
    Feb 10 2026

    Do you ever get those wild ideas about running a river in a unique way, but they just stay ideas, and you kinda always wish you had followed through? This episode is about an idea that became a reality. In November of 2001, 3 people zipped up their drysuits, pulled on their swim fins, strapped their dry bags to river boards, and slid into the Colorado River beginning a 300 mile trip where river boards were their only water craft. Kelley Kalafatich, Julie Munger and Rebecca Rusch floated, swam, kicked and paddled their way in and down the Colorado River, successfully and joyfully, and they have a film documenting this story. The film has just published and they joined The River Radius to have a reunion of sorts and tell their river boarding story 25 years later.

    THE FILM:
    "Three Women, Three Hundred Miles: Introduction by Meryl Streep"
    Producer: Carr Clifton


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    Kelley Kalafatich TEDX
    Kelley Kalafatich IRF

    Julie Munger

    Rebecca Rusch website
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    EPISODE THUMBNAIL IMAGE
    Carr Clifton

    ARTICLES

    "Grand Adventure: River Boarding the Colorado"

    "Three Women, 300 Miles"


    RIVER BOARD

    Carlson River Board at NRS

    Churchhill Swimfins


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    1 h y 13 m
  • Ben Stookesberry, Exploratory Kayaking & Ecuador

    Ben Stookesberry, Exploratory Kayaking & Ecuador
    Feb 3 2026
    Ben Stookesberry paddles kayaks in his home state of Montana, and around the world. In his teen years he learned to make home movies showing off his rollerblading moves, and in college he learned to kayak. Today he blends the paddling and film making as he runs rivers in global settings. He has created deep and lasting friendships in his travels, and returns to rivers again and again, to paddle more stretches, to learn more, and sometimes to engage in protection work. In this episode, Ben talks through all of this with us, and goes into depth about his current paddling and film efforts on the Jatunyacu and Mulatos Rivers in Ecuador.GUESTSBen Stookesberry@benstookesberryBio @ KokatatBio @ Jackson KayakLatest Film: ¡Ay Chihuahua!Diego Robles: @ecuskayaker RESOURCESEcuadorian Rivers Institute@ecuadorianriversSteven Donzinger storySavages, book, by Joe Kane PADDLERS TO FOLLOW@ecuskayaker (Diego)@williehenkel@wyatt_doyle@salmonsourcetosea@elizabeth.tobey@brookehess@oceansandmountains (Hailey)@pedroolivakaiak@riverratmountainkat@mayuwarmikayak@teepee_boys SPONSORSDenver Area Nissan Dealers@nissanusa THE RIVER RADIUSWebsiteRunoff signup (episode newsletter)InstagramFacebookApple PodcastSpotifyLink Tree
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    1 h y 3 m
  • Ed Roberson, Mountain & Prairie Podcast

    Ed Roberson, Mountain & Prairie Podcast
    Jan 6 2026

    Podcasting is incredibly unique and fun work that has allowed me to meet so many rivers and river people. And podcasting is a job that I really just created for myself. Yes there are other podcasts and podcasters, but by nature of the work, we are all kind of hidden in quiet places behind microphones and editing screens, so finding a podcasting friend is so helpful. Ed Roberson has built the Mountain & Prairie Podcast and we have become colleagues and friends that can support each other when we have questions and challenges. For this episode, Ed and I decided to interview each other in a single episode and go deeper into our work, and publish it on both of our respective podcasts. Ed is a leading interviewer finding some of the most humble and impactful people of the American West and Ed is in the process of writing his own book. To start off 2026, here is an episode with two podcasters talking about our work, focus and plans for this coming season of episodes.

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    Ed Roberson

    Mountain & Prairie Podcast website

    On Apple

    On Spotify

    @mtnprairie


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    Denver Area Nissan Dealers

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    1 h y 46 m
  • Albania's Vjosa River

    Albania's Vjosa River
    Dec 18 2025

    The Vjosa River in Albania is one of the largest of the last free running rivers in Europe and recently it was protected with the new Vjosa Wild River National Park. The Vjosa sources from the mountains of Greece and flows north through Albania where it meets the Adriatic Sea. Eco Albania has led much of the work to create this National Park and our guest Dr Olsi Nika founded Eco Albania. Dr Nika tells us about this long and beautiful river in his home country, how people in Albania use this river, about life in Albania, and how they did the work to project this river.

    GUESTS

    Dr Olsi Nika

    RESOURCES

    Vjosa River

    Vjosa Wild River National Park

    Eco Albania

    Albania

    Balkan Peninsula

    Mediterranean Basin

    Rewinding Europe

    Video: Blue Heart - Eco Albania


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    Denver Area Nissan Dealers

    Over It Raft Covers


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    33 m
  • This Moment Has Been Prayed For

    This Moment Has Been Prayed For
    Nov 25 2025

    Amidst a flourish of media about Paddle Tribal Waters, a new film has published from Oregon Public Broadcasting & Jessie Sears, giving focus to the 2025 source to sea run completed by the indigenous teens of PTW. The film, “First Descent: Kayaking the Klamath”, is there to meet the paddlers at the Pacific Ocean when they complete their journey, is with them along the river and the film also engages with the families of the paddlers to hear their perceptions of their kid’s work and pursuits. And finally, the film’s producer, Jessie Sears, is a member of the Karuk Tribe from the Klamath River basin, and by creating this film, she is exploring her own connections with this river and these families.

    The Film: “First Descent: Kayaking the Klamath"

    Jessie Sears professional website
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    Jessie Sears at Oregon Public Broadcasting
    Karuk Tribe

    Oregon Public Broadcasting

    Paddle Tribal Waters & Rios to Rivers

    New York Times about Paddle Tribal Waters

    Underscore Native News
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    Swiftwater Films
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    45 m
  • "The River's Daughter" with Bridget Crocker

    "The River's Daughter" with Bridget Crocker
    Nov 13 2025

    In the spring of 1980, nine-year-old Bridget Crocker, while playing next to her home river, fell from a downed tree into the cold swollen Snake River — a scary swim that initiated a deep, lifelong relationship with rivers and river people. This year in 2025 her memoir “The River’s Daughter” traces a thalweg of traumas, challenges and joys that played out in both her river life and her family life. Today Bridget hosts retreats and workshops on rivers, guides on special occasions, and is creating her dream life with her family.


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    Bridget Crocker
    Instagram
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    ORGANIZATIONS FROM EPISODE
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    1 h y 7 m
  • 640 Million Acres Are Yours - How Do We Keep It That Way?

    640 Million Acres Are Yours - How Do We Keep It That Way?
    Oct 28 2025
    Across the United States, 640 million acres of public land belong to all of us — rivers that still run wild, deep canyons, mountain ranges, plains, and deserts. Places where the wild things live. Places we can still visit, explore, and trust that it will be there for generations or an eon. But this year, the push to sell or transfer those lands has surfaced — sometimes openly, sometimes in quieter, less obvious ways. Why is this happening? Who’s behind it? And how do we, as citizens, stand up in simple, effective ways to keep public lands public? Our guest is Land Tawney, from American Hunters & Anglers — a man who comes from a long line of land conservationists. He brings both a historical lens and a practical action plan for keeping these 640 million acres wild, free, and truly ours. GUESTAmerican Hunters and Anglers@americanhuntersanglersLand TawneyMinority Outdoor Alliance@minorityoutdooralliance RESOURCES202-224-3121Switchboard US Capital (call, tell them your zip code, and that you want to speak with your Rep and/or Sen…you might have to call 3 times to get your Rep and both of your Senators) Ambler RoadRoadless Rule, USFSAttempts to sell public landsPREVIOUS RIVER RADIUS EPISODESAre Public Lands 4 $ale?The Gila: River, Place, Family(Sen Martin Heinrich)ELECTED OFFICIALS & PUBLIC LANDSUS Senator Martin Heinrich, New Mexico@senatormartinheinrichUS Representative Gabe Vasquez, New Mexico@repgabevasquezUS Representative Betty McCollum, Minnesota@repbettymccollumUS Representative Ryan Zinke, Montana@repryanzinkeUS Senator Steve Daines, MontanaUS Senator Ron Wyden, Oregon@ronwydenUS Senator Jeff Merkley, Oregon@senjeffmerkleyUS Senator John Hickenlooper, Colorado@senatorhickUS Senator Susan Collins, Maine@sensusancollinsUS Representative Brian Fitzpatrick, Pennsylvania@repbrianfitzUS Senator John Thune, South Dakota SPONSORSDenver Area Nissan Dealers@nissanusaBuddy Boy Adventure Waste Kit@buddyboyusa THE RIVER RADIUSWebsiteRunoff signup (episode newsletter)InstagramFacebookApple PodcastSpotifyLink Tree
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    1 h y 12 m