November 12, 2024
I spoke to the Boston City Council and members of the Wu administration about the civic and public health benefits of urban trails, and how the City of Boston can support trail building and activation.
October 7, 2024
I spoke with Dusty Ballard and Mike Ryan, hosts of Gaze At The National Parks, about the latest edition of my book, Moon New England Road Trip, and the many wonders nestled within the New England landscape.
August 8, 2024
I met up with WBUR’s Darryl C. Murphy and Franny Monahan for a guided hike along a small piece of Boston’s Walking City Trail; through “The Wilderness” of Franklin Park.
August 24, 2023
I spoke with Colin True, host of The Rock Fight, about the rise of urban trails in American cities, how pretty much anyone can create one, and why this is important.
December 2, 2022
I spoke with WBUR’s Darryl C. Murphy about great winter hikes that residents and visitors in the Greater Boston area can reach with public transportation.
September 7, 2022
I met up with WCVB Channel 5 Chronicle’s Anthony Everett for a late summer hike along Boston’s 25-mile Walking City Trail. We visit Sherrin Woods, an urban wild located next door to a set of active railroad tracks.
July 6, 2022
I took WBUR’s Cloe Axelson and Robin Lubbock for a morning hike along Boston’s 25-mile Walking City Trail. After initially airing on WBUR, the radio segment from our urban hike was later re-aired on NPR’s Here & Now.
June 23, 2022
I talked with Will Katcher of MassLive about scouting and mapping Boston’s 25-mile Walking City Trail, with a brief visit to the trail’s fourth and final section.
June 16, 2022
I met up with Grecia White of streetsblogMASS for a hike along the third section of Boston’s 25-mile Walking City Trail and talked about how and why I designed the trail.
June 15, 2022
I introduced Jim Braude and Margery Eagan of WGBH’s Boston Public Radio to Boston’s 25-mile Walking City Trail and talked about how I mapped it and why urban hiking is taking off during the pandemic.
May 6, 2021
I spoke with Stephanie Murray, Steve Koczela, and Jennifer Smith of The Horse Race about how states could transform empty office buildings into affordable housing , which I wrote about for The Boston Globe.
April 19, 2021
I encouraged/enabled Alix Martichoux of ABC7 News to take a snowy trip to visit several of the most eye-popping waterfalls in California’s Shasta-Cascade region, which I wrote about for National Geographic.
March 15, 2021
I spoke with Larry Beil of San Francisco’s ABC7 News about some of the most spectacular waterfalls in California’s Shasta-Cascade region, which I wrote about for National Geographic.
March 9, 2021
I spoke with Cathy Lewis of WHRV’s HearSay about Vaccine FOMO and the social dilemmas that vaccine selfies can sometimes provoke, which I wrote about for The Boston Globe.
October 4, 2019
I spoke with Tiziana Dearing of WBUR’s Radio Boston about some of New England’s most interesting and overlooked fall hikes, which I wrote about in my book Moon New England Hiking.
May 29, 2019
I spoke with Nima Shirazi and Adam Johnson of Citations Needed about the popularity of frugality fables and the “Millennial savings hero” narrative, which I wrote about for The Outline.