Episode

Blue Dot: California 1776: what was it like? With pyrogeographer Don Hankins

Podcast
Blue Dot
Published
Jul 3, 2026
Duration seconds
3098
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https://www.mynspr.org/show/blue-dot/2026-07-03/blue-dot-california-1776-what-was-it-like-with-pyrogeographer-don-hankins
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https://cpa.ds.npr.org/s42/audio/2026/07/blue-dot-07-03-2026-web.mp3
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Summary

To mark the nation's 250th birthday, host Dave Schlom is joined by California State University Chico geography professor Don Hankins to discuss what California would have been like in 1776.