Tree Speech Podcast
The Tree Speech Podcast released in April 2022 two episodes on the topic of "Considering John Muir."
Since 1983, Lee Stetson has presented dramatic live enactments of John Muir in Yosemite National Park. He is often asked to provide Muir "voice overs" for films on Yosemite, national parks, or John Muir, including in Ken Burns' acclaimed PBS series "The National Parks: America's Best Idea."
Aaron Mair is an environmental justice pioneer who has worked over the last 40 years in the spaces of health, environment, climate change disparities, and wilderness protection. He is an urban environmental activist and a regional and national environmental justice organizer and strategist who has advised two presidents and Congress, served on the national board of directors of the Sierra Club as its 57th president, and as the New York State Sierra Club Atlantic Chapter Chair.
John of the Mountains: Following in the footsteps of John Muir
BBC Radio Programme - 2nd September 2003
Howard Stableford travels to Yosemite National Park in California to follow in the footsteps of John Muir, virtually unknown in his native Scotland but a national hero in the US, who fought to protect the American wilderness.
John Muir Tribute CD
John Muir Memorial Association, 1999. (Compact Disk) Produced by Jill Harcke and Dan McIlhenny
An outstanding collection of music about or evocative of John Muir, together with quotations from John Muir read by a variety of Muir scholars and experts. This is a fundraiser for the John Muir Memorial Association, published in a limited edition. The description page includes Real Audio and MP3 sound clips from the album.
Available from Lee Stetson's Wild Productions , Box 93, Midpines, CA 95345 Telephone: (209) 742 7838. e-mail: leestetson@sierratel.com
An Evening with a Tramp (CD)
Lee Stetson, Wild Productions, 1988, 90 minutes.
Lee Stetson here portrays Muir in 1913, pondering the fate of his beloved Hetch Hetchy Valley, recounting his eventful life, and expounding his conservation philosophy. Purchase price: $10.95 (plus $1.50 per tape for postage and handling).
John Muir's Stickeen CD
Lee Stetson, Wild Productions, 2009, 38 minutes.
Lee Stetson here portrays Muir as he recounts his perilous adventure on an Alaskan glacier with Stickeen , a "little, black, short-legged, bunch-bodied, toy dog." Purchase price: $8.50 (plus $1.50 postage and handling).
The Spirit of John Muir CD
Lee Stetson, Wild Productions, 2009 50 minutes.
Lee Stetson here celebrates Yosemite National Park's Centennial, featuring Muir's Yosemite adventures. Muir's story of experiencing an earthquake in Yosemite is an old favorite, but in this tape "Muir's Spirit" tells many other fantastic true stories as well, like exploring an ice cone at the foot of Yosemite Falls, climbing Tissiack, and, most miraculously, riding down (and surviving!) a snow avalanche for 3,000 feet. Purchase price: $10.00 (plus $1.50 per tape for shipping and handling).
Spiritual Journey with John Muir
Church service Led by Rev. Christie Anderson and Worship Associate Mary Lou Holly, Unitarian Universalist Church of Kent, Ohio (August 7, 2016).
An exploration of the "fascinating life and spiritual journey of John Muir, naturalist, conservationist and writer" reflecting on how your understanding of the meaning of life may change as compared to the beliefs you held as a child. The song Come Back Home by Jonathan Sprout & Dave Kinnoin is performed by the church choir about 1 minute into the recording.
John Muir and the Religion of Nature: Presentation by historian Donald Worster
Unitarian Universalist Fellowship of Manhattan (Kansas). October 23, 2011.
Historian Donald Worster of KU highlights the interconnectedness of nature and religion through the words and deeds of John Muir. Dr Worster is a scholar of conservation and environmental movements and of the ways that the natural world has shaped human society and provided the context for human life over time. Dr Worster draws upon his recent book, A Passion for Nature: The Life of John Muir.
The Life and Letters of John Muir by William Frederic Badè, using letters from John Muir and his unfinished autobiography
100th anniversary edition 2023), in two audiobooks. Publisher: Crazy Wisdom Publishing, available on audible.com.
Narrated by: Darren Roebuck
Volume 1:
Length: 10 hrs and 2 mins
The letters in this volume cover the period from 1868 to 1873 and provide insight into Muir's thoughts, experiences, and the development of his beliefs about the natural world during what is considered to be one of the most exuberant periods of his life.
Annotated for historical context and featuring a foreword from Stephen K. Hatch, author of The Contemplative John Muir: Spiritual Quotations from the Great American Naturalist (2012). The book also includes biographical narrative to provide context for the letters. Together, the two volumes offer a detailed look at the life and thoughts of John Muir, and are an important resource for anyone interested in his life and work.
Volume 2:
Length: 10 hrs and 34 mins
Volume 2 is the second volume of John Muir's letters, written by a Scottish-American naturalist, author, and advocate for wilderness preservation in the United States. The letters in this volume cover the period from 1873 to 1903 and provide additional insight into Muir's thoughts, experiences, and the development of his beliefs about the natural world.
Like the first volume, this book also includes biographical narrative to provide context for the letters. Together, the two volumes offer a detailed look at the life and thoughts of John Muir, and are an important resource for anyone interested in his life and work.
Annotated for historical context and featuring a foreword from Mike Wurtz, curator of John Muir’s Grand Yosemite: Musings and Sketches and head of the University of the Pacific's Holt-Atherton Special Collections and Archives – home of the largest collection of John Muir’s writings.
Epilogue by Harold W. Wood, Jr., a wilderness preservation advocate and an independent Muir scholar for over 50 years, writing, editing, and curating multiple Muir-related websites over the years.
This audiobook is part of a 100th anniversary edition, simultaneously published in print, ebook, and audiobook formats by Crazy Wisdom Publishing.
Learn more and watch video interview introductions of 2023 centennial edition here.
My First Summer in the Sierra
by John Muir (compact disk or digital download), Reader: Brett Barry. (Silver Hollow Audio Chichester, NY 12416, August, 2011) 6 hours. Available on 5 CDs or by digital download.
Muir's classic account of a job he took in June 1869, herding sheep from the central valley of California to the headwaters of the Merced and Tuolumne Rivers, high into the Sierra Nevada and deep into the Yosemite region. He felt ill-equipped for the work, and yet the opportunity thrilled his adventurous spirit. With a notebook tied to his belt, he set out for a summer he would never forget. This audio book was published in recognition of the 100th anniversary of Muir's classic book. An audio clip from this audio book is available on the publisher's website.
Stickeen
by John Muir - Read by Andre Stojka (Listen2Read, 2012). Unabridged, 65 minutes.
Like most John Muir audiobooks, the reader does not attempt a Scottish accent, but reads it with an appropriate level of enthusiasm and inflection. This helps show why John Muir's story about his perilous adventure with the little dog Stickeen is still so popular!
Travels in Alaska by John Muir
Narrated by: Darren Roebuck Length: 8 hrs and 59 mins (audible.com Narrated by: Darren Roebuck Length: 8 hrs and 59 mins. Unabridged; Digital audio, 2022
In this memorable travelogue, Muir's commentary ranges from observations on the geology of Glacier Bay to the history and culture of the Chinook people to his discovery of the great glacier subsequently named for him. The naturalist captures the region's grandeur and beauty with the same fervor he expressed for the Sierras, making this audiobook a must for nature lovers and adventurous travelers.
This audiobook contains a foreword by Daniel Lee Henry, author of Across the Shaman's River (2017), who discusses Muir's charge of heart with the racism of his time after his encounter with Chilkat and Chilkoot Tlingit Tribes. The introduction is by Michael M. Conti, a filmmaker, who has sailed the Inside Passage in search of the landscape some have called "Yosemite by the Sea".
Travels in Alaska
by John Muir read by Noah Waterman (Blackstone Audiobooks (1996) (#1702). Unabridged.
An audiobook version of Muir's classic book. This is available on cassette tape from Blackstone Audiobooks or on the Internet in .aspx, or in MP3 format from Audible.com.
Travels in Alaska
by John Muir. Read by Jonathan Reese (Amer.) 2000 Books on Tape, Inc. Unabridged Edition (9 hrs).
This is the story of John Muir's travels in Alaska , in which he conveys a wonder about the Alaskan wilderness.
As It Was: John Muir Takes "Little Hike" Around Mount Shasta
by Kernan Turner. May 29, 2017.
A two minute text/ audio presentation of a story about Muir's "Little Hike" Around Mt. Shasta - from "Jefferson Public Radio." The audio is an excerpt from "A Conversation with John Muir." World's Work.
Recollections of John Muir
by Regional Oral History Office, The Bancroft Library, UC Berkeley.
Interviews with John H. Briones, William E. Colby, Herbert M. Evans and Frank Swett conducted by John M. Jencks and Ernest Lowe for radio station KPFA, Berkeley, 1964.
William E. Colby reminiscences
Concerning John Muir, the Sierra Club, Yosemite Valley, conservation, etc., interviewed by Charlotte Mauk, Regional Oral History Office, The Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley. (streaming audio)
University Of The Pacific Honors 150th Anniversary Of John Muir's First Visit To California
Capital Public Radio, "Insight" (March 7, 2018).
Professors Bill Swagerty and Mike Wurtz discuss Muir's impact on California's environmental movement and what's expected at this year's symposium. The 2018 John Muir Symposium was be held on March 23-24, 2018. March 2018 marks the 150th anniversary of John Muir's travels to California and pioneering trip in Yosemite. The outdoorsman and author is considered by many to be a pioneer of the environmental movement in the Golden State. The University of the Pacific in Stockton holds a massive collection of Muir's letters, journals, drawings and photographs from his time in California. This month, they're opening the collection the public and hosting a trip to Yosemite that follows in Muir's footsteps.