{"podcast":{"title":"Life with Fire","slug":"life-with-fire-744999","podcast_index_feed_id":744999,"rss_url":"https://feeds.simplecast.com/wMFLKTDa","website_url":"https://lifewithfire.simplecast.com","image_url":"https://image.simplecastcdn.com/images/ff872a5e-c247-4d9d-99c7-e18642da1e7b/3786cd9b-ae22-4df0-ae12-1a051e116736/3000x3000/7dad79de-ff28-4fdb-acb5-4575c0b10a83.jpg?aid=rss_feed","author":"Amanda Monthei","episode_count":80,"summary":"What are the benefits of prescribed burning? Why have wildfires gotten so severe lately? How can I help protect my home and community? Life With Fire podcast aims to answer these questions (and many others) while deepening our understanding of the critical role fire plays in America’s forests, lands and communities. Hosted by writer and former wildland firefighter Amanda Monthei, Life with Fire features interviews with everyone from scientists to fire management experts to Indigenous practitioners and folks doing the work on the ground. Through these interviews, Amanda hopes to explore our relationship with fire, as well as ways we can better coexist with it in the future.","last_synced_at":null,"page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/life-with-fire-744999"},"episode":{"title":"Part 2: The Latine Forestry Workforce and Why Solidarity Matters with Manuel Machado (and Guest Host Gaby Eseverri)","slug":"part-2-the-latine-forestry-workforce-and-why-solidarity-matters-with-manuel-machado-and-guest-host-gaby-eseverri","published_at":"2026-02-25T19:33:27+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/life-with-fire-744999/part-2-the-latine-forestry-workforce-and-why-solidarity-matters-with-manuel-machado-and-guest-host-gaby-eseverri","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/life-with-fire-744999","url":"https://lifewithfire.simplecast.com/episodes/part-2-the-latine-forestry-workforce-and-why-solidarity-matters-with-manuel-machado-and-guest-host-gaby-eseverri-eFRgriWF","audio_url":"https://chrt.fm/track/3G5CD6/cdn.simplecast.com/media/audio/transcoded/c5caff6b-d562-4992-8bab-5808ec2e7248/e64b7a70-510f-4a3b-8b79-94ad9ae877d7/episodes/audio/group/cbac211d-65e0-4f81-b96d-3d765d807424/group-item/2c9feebc-18ac-447d-97c2-ff67dc64c6fb/128_default_tc.mp3?aid=rss_feed&feed=wMFLKTDa","summary":"In the second episode of our Latine Forestry Workforce series, guest host Gaby Eseverri speaks with Manuel Machado, who is the Natural Resource Workforce Program Coordinator for the Oregon State University Extension program. This episode was made possible with support from Rivershed SPC. Gaby and Manuel spoke about the Latine forestry workforce in the Pacific Northwest, including the workforce's history, how H-2B and immigrant status contributes to a culture of exploitation rooted in a fear of deportation, as well as the nature of forestry and fire work. Gaby and Manuel also discuss the physical, economic and systemic risks faced by this workforce, and how the model for an increasing demand for forest resilience work—which includes post-fire restoration, thinning/wildfire risk reduction, and other essential forestry tasks—relies heavily on often underpaid and easily-exploited H-2B and immigrant workers.","meta_description":"In the second episode of our Latine Forestry Workforce series, guest host Gaby Eseverri speaks with Manuel Machado, who is the Natural Resource Workforce…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":1628,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/life-with-fire-744999/episodes/part-2-the-latine-forestry-workforce-and-why-solidarity-matters-with-manuel-machado-and-guest-host-gaby-eseverri/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/life-with-fire-744999/part-2-the-latine-forestry-workforce-and-why-solidarity-matters-with-manuel-machado-and-guest-host-gaby-eseverri.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}