It is the first national park ever: Yellowstone with its gigantic volcanic craters and wild bison. A little more than 150 years ago, the idea of not populating a large area and preserving nature was born there. The national park concept was born, tata! To this day, it shapes the way we deal with nature and nature conservation. But: The history of Yellowstone National Park is also a history of whites who pushed out the indigenous people – and who almost wiped out the bison. In this episode 11KM, Torsten Teichmann, who was a correspondent for ARD in the USA for five years, talks about his journey through Yellowstone National Park – as well as about its less idyllic chapters and the difficulty of bringing nature back into balance. Torsten Teichmann’s report “150 Years Yellowstone – The First National Park in the World” in Latitude (BR): https://www.br.de/mediathek/podcast/höhengrad/150-years-yellowstone-der-erste-nationalpark-der- welt/1849955 You can find our “radioWissen” podcast tip here in the ARD Audiothek: https://www.ardaudiothek.de/sendung/radiowissen/5945518/ The following were involved in this episode: Author: Stephan Beuting Collaboration: Jasmin Brock Production: Ruth-Maria Ostermann, Florian Teichmann, Konrad Winkler and Alexander Gerhardt Editorial management: Fumiko Lipp and Lena Gürtler 11KM: the tagesschau podcast is produced by BR24 and NDR Info. The editorial responsibility for this episode lies with the NDR.
The invention of the national park Podcast in the ARD Audiothek
