National Parks Traveler's podcasts are among the most popular national park podcasts available/NPT

Can firearms protect you from a bear attack in the backcountry of a national park? How are Yellowstone National Park's wolves and grizzlies doing these days? Did you hear what Hurricane Dorian did to Cape Lookout National Seashore? Those audio stories were among the most downloaded podcasts from National Parks Traveler in 2019.

Traveler launched its weekly podcast series in mid-February, as Editor Kurt Repanshek believed news and features about the national parks and protected areas should be made available to the public in all mediums possible. Since that first show, which featured Friends of Acadia, more than 50,000 downloads have been made.

Statistically, here are the top 10 Traveler podcasts as of 4 p.m. MST on December 26:

Episode 1: Acadia National Park, and fire recovery at Santa Monica Mountains NRA, 2,352 downloads.

Episode 21: Can Guns Protect You Against Bear Attacks? 1,726 downloads.

Episode 8: Dan Wenk, Tidal Basin Maintenance, And Little River Canyon, 1,661 downloads.

Episode 2: Lodging In The Parks, Maintenance, And Glacier Bay, 1,599 downloads.

Episode 18: Staying Safe In Bear Habitat, And Thomas Moran And The Parks, 1,461 downloads.

Episode 15: Yellowstone's Photographer And Badlands Parks, 1,450 downloads.

Episode 28: Seven Months In The National Parks, Visiting Joshua Tree, 1,338 downloads.

Episode 20: Everglades' Python Problem, 1,236 downloads.

Episode 32: Breaching Cape Lookout, Glacier's Shrinking Glaciers, Wintering Voyageurs, 1,229 downloads.

Episode 25: eBikes And Dutch Oven Cooking, 1,216 downloads.

Traveler's podcasts remain available for download indefinitely on the website and are available via iTunes, Spotify, RadioPublic.com, Facebook, Twitter, and many other outlets. 

While daily news events guide many of the choices made for podcast selections, Traveler is always interested in hearing your suggestions for shows.