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Listen to stories of people living out dreams of paradise... and sometimes waking up to a nightmare. Sam Hurst and Dean Olsher discover the pain of loving land that gives you nothing but trouble. Natalie Edwards faces a personal chamber of horrors at Brooklyn’s Prospect Park. And a few sleepless Hawaiians plot the extinction of a noisy nocturnal nuisance...the coqui frog.

To Kill a Coqui

Hawaii
Worldwide frog populations are dropping at an alarming rate — but not fast enough, say some sleepless Hawaiians. Produced by Dan Collison and Elizabeth Meister.

On Beaver Pond

Massachusetts
Up in the Berkshires, there is an old house on a little plot of wetlands. Dean Olsher took one look at it and knew it was home. Unfortunately, so did the beavers. Produced by Dean Olsher.

This Ain’t No Walk in the Park

New York
Natalie Edwards likes cement. And hates grass, bugs, dirt, and trees. Listen in as Natalie attempts her own self-described “intervention” in Brooklyn’s Prospect Park.

Tired of Travel Porn

Vermont
Walking home after a storm through the "hemlock woods on the edge of Otter Creek," writer Bill McKibben finds paradise in his own landscape, close to home.

Buffalo Soldier

South Dakota
Sam Hurst wanted to bring the Buffalo back to the Great Plains. But, as it turned out, the Great Plains didn’t welcome Sam Hurst. Produced by Dan Collison and Elizabeth Meister.

As Close to Nature as I Can

Mexico
Carmen Delzell, a U.S. expatriate based in rural Mexico, reflects on what sent her “back to the land” and what keeps her there.

Nature picture credits: Photo courtesy of Carmen Delzell (Carmen Delzell, Mexico)