We reconnect with Larry Neel, who took us on a wildlife photography journey in the 2014 Wild Nevada special and who now has a newly published book of his own wildlife photos entitled Shadows in the Sagebrush.

Rafael Villanueva is the CEO of Travel Nevada, which is part of a team premiering a new statewide travel show on Outside TV. Villanueva tells us about this exciting series, Get A Little Out There with Alex Honnold.

25 years after he created Wild Nevada, Jack Kelly celebrates the anniversary with a visit via Zoom and shares his memories and favorite moments from his Wild Nevada experiences. We also tease Jack's current passion, writing, and continue the conversation on the PBS Reno Arts podcast.

We're starting the year with some favorite podcasts from the series. Chris DeFranco is the man behind the production of Outdoor Nevada, Vegas PBS' statewide recreation show hosted by Connor Fields. DeFranco has a lot of compelling stories about the production and his passion is evident as he shares some of his memorable experiences. Recorded in June, 2025.

We're starting the year with some favorite podcasts from the series. Harmony Heywood combined her love of history and good old fashioned paper maps into a YouTube channel called Map Adventures, where she teaches us everything from the dramatic and lesser-known stories of our region to how to properly read and fold a map.

We're ending the year with some favorite podcasts from the series. Tami Force has been all over Nevada’s back roads, exploring ghost towns and mining camps and sharing her discoveries with her online friends and family through Nevada Ghost Towns & Beyond at nvtami.com, @nvtami on social media and now through her books, In The Shadow Of The Sierra and In The Glow Of The Sierra, both published in 2025, after this episode recorded, and now available here: https://www.amazon.com/stores/Tami-Fo...

We're ending the year with some favorite podcasts from the series. TMCC professor Mark Maynard undertook a documentary film that took him across the state of Nevada tracing the history and stories behind the (now) official state drink, the Picon Punch. This was recorded in 2024 so a few things have changed, like the Picon's ascendance to officialdom, and the unfortunate end of "The Fe," but the story Mark tells about the history of the Picon and his journey through the production of his documentary remain fascinating. This podcast will be broadcast on PBS Reno Thursday, December 11 at 8 p.m. and repeat on Sunday, December 14 at 6.p.m.

Wild Nevada Season 8 is about to premiere, so Producer-Host Chris Orr and Director Josh Fuss are here to prepare us for what's coming up when the series premieres December 18.