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A weekly podcast with Ranger John. Described by listeners as one of the most elegant shows in the podesphere. Birds and books, exotic travel and childhood stories, music from Rap to Rachmaninoff. Take a walk in the woods with me. Call the listener comment line at 206-202-6081

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    • Sep 27, 2025 LATEST EPISODE
    • monthly NEW EPISODES
    • 36m AVG DURATION
    • 48 EPISODES


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    OTDF 437 / DRK FRST

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 27, 2025 33:53


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    OTDF 436 / Welcome to the Hereafter

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 30, 2025 46:55


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    OTDF 435 / Black Spatulas Causing Trouble

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 2, 2025 38:17


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    OTDF 434 / Stars and Stripes Forever or Why MRI Holes are Bigger Now

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 29, 2025 37:20


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    OTDF 433 / Step By Step

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 16, 2025 35:29


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    OTDF 432 / Character Disorder Number 43

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 15, 2025 34:03


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    OTDF 431 / 2024 Skulks Away

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 31, 2024 37:02


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    OTDF 430 / Regenerative Braking

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 28, 2024 38:11


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    OTDF 429 / Bats in the Belfry

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 31, 2024 29:57


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    OTDF 428 / Good Fences Make Good Neighbors

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 21, 2024 32:59


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    OTF 427 / Rockport Deckchats 1 & 2

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 31, 2024 28:12


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    OTDF 426 / Dry Socket To Me 2

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 27, 2024 33:05


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    OTDF 425 / Timmmmmmberrrrrrr!

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 15, 2024 32:45


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    OTDF 424 / Unintentional Littering

    Play Episode Listen Later May 2, 2024 38:06


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    Programmed Daffodils

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 21, 2024 50:39


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    OTDF 422 / London!

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 26, 2024 55:24


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    OTDF 421 / Traveling the Eulerian Path

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 27, 2023 31:35


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    OTDF 420 / Bigwig Syphilitics

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 30, 2023 34:31


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    OTDF 419 / All the Wilmingtons

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 20, 2023 33:21


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    OTDF 418 / Patagonian Toothfish

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 31, 2023 35:38


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    OTDF 417 / That's How They Getcha

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 30, 2023 30:53


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    OTDF 416 / Say It Don't Spray It

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 4, 2023 34:34


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    OTDF 415 / Dry Socket To Me

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 29, 2023 41:09


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    OTDF 414 / I Sit Corrected

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 25, 2023 37:18


    I Sit Corrected Dark Forest 414You can reach me at:artbirdgallery@gmail.comHere is the RSS feed: The Dark Forest RSS feed

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    OTDF 413 / On the Lam

    Play Episode Listen Later May 26, 2023 25:16


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    OTDF 412 / OTDF Goes to Washington

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 16, 2023 34:39


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    OTDF 411 / Post Oscar Wrap-Up

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 25, 2023 42:19


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    OTDF 410 / Pink Puddle

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 18, 2023 29:04


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    OTDF 409 / Shedding

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 8, 2023 44:35


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    OTDF 408 / Mellow Mushroom

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 19, 2022 31:04


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    OTDF 407 / With Bated Breath

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 30, 2022 33:51


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    OTDF 406 / Como Una Bala en el Viento

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 16, 2022 35:21


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    OTDF 405 / What?! No Chocolate Jimmies?!

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 7, 2022 35:01


    What?! No Chocolate Jimmies?!Dark Forest 405You can reach me at:artbirdgallery@gmail.comHere is the RSS feed: The Dark Forest RSS feed

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    OTDF 404 / Deck Chat RIP

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 24, 2022 18:18


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    OTDF 403 / Freaks and Geeks

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 30, 2022 40:30


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    OTDF 402 / Pianomania

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 25, 2022 38:39


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    OTDF 401 / I Want a Chain Saw Too

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 2, 2022 35:04


    Pinic Etymology and Cigarette NostalgiaDark Forest 401You can reach me at:artbirdgallery@gmail.comHere is the RSS feed: The Dark Forest RSS feed

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    OTDF 400 / Viva Las Vegas

    Play Episode Listen Later May 23, 2022 48:36


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    OTDF 399 / Picnic Etymology and Cigarette Nostalgia

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 28, 2022 39:00


    Pinic Etymology and Cigarette NostalgiaDark Forest 399You can reach me at:artbirdgallery@gmail.comHere is the RSS feed: The Dark Forest RSS feed

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    OTDF 398 / What's the Tea?

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 26, 2022 42:42


    What's the Tea?Dark Forest 398You can reach me at:artbirdgallery@gmail.comHere is the RSS feed: The Dark Forest RSS feed

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    OTDF 397 / Where Did Mondrian Go?

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 4, 2022 31:35


    Where Did Mondrian Go?Dark Forest 397You can reach me at:artbirdgallery@gmail.comHere is the RSS feed: The Dark Forest RSS feed

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    OTDF 396 / Wormy Maple

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 15, 2021 34:53


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    OTDF 395 / Kat & Kitty

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 10, 2021 37:37


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    OTDF 394 / Lo Inexplicado

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 9, 2021 43:16


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    OTDF 393 / Crash

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 7, 2021 43:55


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    OTDF 392 / If I were a Carpenter Bee

    Play Episode Listen Later May 18, 2021 30:26


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    OTDF 391 / The Eyes Have It

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 27, 2021 28:39


    The Eyes Have ItDark Forest 391You can reach me at:artbirdgallery@gmail.comHere is the RSS feed: The Dark Forest RSS feed

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    OTDF 390 / How Now Brown Cow

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 22, 2021 35:57


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