I was disappointed that the hosts hadn’t been to the places they were reviewing.

I listened to the podcast on Saguaro National Park. The hosts completely lost me when they started talking about how no one should ever live in the desert, veering into comments on limited resources, drugs and a lack of excitement- noting that a tumbleweed would be the highlight of the trip. Why bother doing a podcast on a topic you have no interest or passion for?

While the hosts are chatty friends that might be better suited talking about a different subject, this was incredibly disappointing as we were hoping for some real travel tips. The podcast description was very misleading. We listened to the episode on Great Sand Dunes to prepare for a trip there- especially because of the show subtitle of “sand surfing”. We thought they had some experience to share, so we were super bummed when it was only mentioned for a second at the end of the episode. It seems like they mostly just read from Wikipedia and it definitely didn’t seem like either of them had ever even been to the park they recorded about. Waste of our time. My kids know more about this park never having been there than these two shared from Wikipedia.

Just torturous.

Imagine starting a podcast about national parks when you’ve never even visited a single national park yourself. And you don’t know what pronghorns are. Or stalagmites. Or the meaning of the word “contiguous.” These hosts seem like nice people, and they’re moderately entertaining, but they are woefully unqualified and uninformed for this subject matter. The entire podcast is literally them reciting what they found on Wikipedia. It feels like they chose this podcast topic because it was a promising niche for financial and/or social media success, rather than because they’re passionate about parks. I can’t even put into words how insulting that is to the listening public. This should be a lesson to all aspiring podcasters out there: If you want to be taken seriously, you cannot just start a podcast on any random subject without possessing ACTUAL EXPERTISE and first-hand knowledge on that subject. I stumbled on to the show when I was looking for a podcast about Great Basin. They did an entire 40-minute episode and never even mentioned the park’s most noteworthy feature – Wheeler Peak Glacier. The glacier is the primary reason many people visit, and the hosts weren’t even aware of its existence, even after all that research. These hosts would genuinely be good running a pop culture podcast, but when it comes to national parks, they’re so far out of their lane that it’s offensive to those of us who care deeply about the national park system. There are lots of other podcasts out there hosted by folks who’ve actually visited the parks they’re discussing. Seek those out instead. Please join me in downvoting this podcast into oblivion so it never again shows up in anyone’s search results.

I get the impression this duo thought a podcast on National Parks would be cute to make for their friends. They collect “facts” from various websites and read them, not having compared notes prior to recording the podcast. They spend as much time giggling and trying to be cute with one another. I think there must be better podcasts out there about National Parks!?! I hope so.

Listening to this reminds me of being in high school when a teacher calls on the student who wasn’t paying attention to read aloud from where the last student left off.

Sadly, the hosts of this podcast are exceptionally laborious to follow as their driving purpose seems to be centered around being silly, shallow, and “cool” (a word found in almost every sentence). Information delivered is usually read from a source or peppered with excessive periods of uncontrolled laughter and non-related allusions to their pop culture. Their voices lack any professionalism and can be described best as middle-school lingo with the word “like” repeated to a point nausea. The listener quickly recognizes the podcast is based around their childish ego rather than NPS park they flippantly chatty chat about. They self-admit in multiple podcasts that they have not visited the park they are discussing. It’s hard to respect their incessant silliness and distracted delivery on America’s best idea…the National Park System.

I made it through about 15 mins of one episode. Neither host had been to said park and were clearly reading descriptions I could have read myself on the internet. Most of all, too many irritating, corny “jokes” such as repeatedly pronouncing “animals” as “aminals” and then clarifying the point in case there were any “idiots” out there who didn’t know they were making a “cute” joke.

Less awkward personal chit chat - more of the National Parks discussion

This duo is for you if you’re looking for a the feeling of sitting with friends and talking in depth about national parks, taking many tangents and silly detours along the way. Not for you of your looking strictly for information.

These two have great chemistry. Even if national parks aren’t your thing, they are fun to listen to and it’s good, wholesome content.