People who have a good, long time to think about what they’re doing, look hard at what’s ahead of them, and decide to keep moving forward anyway. Prologue: Brothers Wes and Jeff spent a winter tagging black bears in Bryce Canyon National Park. One of the bears they needed to tag decided to hibernate at the end of an usually long tunnel. Wes and Jeff try to figure out their next move. (5 minutes) Everybody Knows, You're Not Supposed to Poke a Sleeping Bear: The story of Wes and Jeff venturing into the bear den continues. (11 minutes) The Devil Is in the Details. And There Are So Many Details.: Miki Meek reports on the situation for pregnant women in Idaho under the state’s new, post-Roe abortion laws, which are some of the most restrictive in the country. OB-GYNs say the state is in a crisis. Miki also talks to Idaho legislators who voted for the laws, some of whom now think there should be some changes to the laws. (42 minutes) You can listen to Miki Meek’s original story about Dr. Amelia Huntsberger here.
A quick warning.
There are curse words that are unbeeped in today's episode of the show.
If you prefer a beeped version, you can find that at our website, thisamericanlife.org it was Jeff's first time working for his big brother.
His brother needed somebody last minute because the guy bailed on him.
Jeff also had somebody bail on him.
He moved back home for the summer for this girl he liked.
And it became, like, really apparent right away that that wasn't going to work out.
So he had some time on his hands.
His brother was doing a research study on black bears.
His brother's a wildlife biologist and offered him this job as a field tech.
And a summer working with black bears was a dream.
So that wouldn't be a dream for everybody.
Why was that a dream for you?
Oh, I just think bears are the coolest animals.
They're so cool.
Black bears are like, so cool how fast they can, like, climb a tree.
Like, their ears.
I love, like, bears ears.
I just love everything about bears.
So Jeff loves bears.