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The outdoors doesn't just surround American 
life.

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It reflects back who we are and who we're 
still becoming.

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American Storytelling is a collection of 
podcasts from across the NPR network that

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explores the great American outdoors and the 
deeper stories it tells us about ourselves

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and our country.

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Oh, look at that, sunshine.

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Oh, it's so beautiful now.

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I feel like I should be singing.

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You'll hear it in the magic and the mystery 
of Michigan's vast freshwater lakes,

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where reporters in the show Beyond the Shore 
explain what makes the Great Lakes well,

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so great. You'll slow down and listen closely 
to the natural world in the immersive,

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poetic soundscapes of a show called Terra 
Firma,

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or follow the fight over wolves in the Rocky 
Mountains through a show called howl.

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Oh, wow. There's a wolf track right here.

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From forests and mountains to coastlines and 
lakeshores,

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these stories explore the outdoors not as an 
escape from the country,

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but as a window into it, 
revealing how deeply the American experience

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is tied to the land. Big stories, 
wild places.

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Listen to the collection by Searching 
American Storytelling from NPR on the NPR app

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or on Apple Podcasts.