I’ll Go If You Go Podcast

Season 5

In Season 5, we explore how redwoods act as the ultimate “nature influencer” — and how these ancient giants guide us towards a deeper connection with ourselves, each other, and the natural world.
 

Backyard Giants

In the second episode of Season 5, host Monica Carcamo-Binetti heads out into the field to kick-off California State Parks Week beneath the soaring redwoods of Samuel P. Taylor State Park. This is the 4th year of celebration and the first time in a redwood park!  Guided by this year’s tagline “This Is Where You Live”, Monica captures stories from District Superintendent Maria Mowrey, Interpreter Kourtney Boone, community champion Kirstie Dutton, and a band of wide-eyed kids fresh off a hike. Plus we also had a surprise visit from a key player that helps shape California State Parks in a... Read more

Pass the Baton (But You Are Not Gone)

In the first episode of season 5, we celebrate transitions, transformations, and the quiet power of standing among ancient trees. Former host Emily Harwitz returns to pass the mic to new host Monica Carcamo-Binetti, a longtime advocate for nature connection and co-Founder of Bay Area GalVentures. Together they explore how the redwoods shape us, and how being outdoors can clear our minds, rest our intentions, and remind us of what truly matters. Emily and Monica find beauty, resilience, and a shared commitment to protecting the places that change us. This season, Monica will explore how redwoods act as the ultimate... Read more

About the host

About the editor

Season 4

• Who’s your host?
• Guardian of the redwoods
• Aqua Team Restoration Force
• The way of water
• Up to Interpretation
• Neida and the Giant Sequoias
• Reimagining Fire
• Stewardship: Keepers of the Land
• It’s only natural
• Outreach, where the people are
• Finding your path
• Talking Trees

About the host

Emily Harwitz (she/her) is a journalist, writer, and filmmaker who works at the nexus of science and art to catalyze social and environmental change. Trained as a scientist and journalist, she also draws from her experience working in conservation and the outdoors to tell stories that inform, inspire, and rebuild connection with the beauty of nature we’re all part of.

Season 3

• Conservation: now in technicolor!
• Have no fear, the gals are here!
• The Girl with the Redwood Tattoos
• Out with Outlandish!
• Trek long and prosper
• To Build a Trail—and the community that follows

About the host

Emily Harwitz (she/her) is a multimedia science writer and photographer whose work focuses on the environment and our connection to it. She tells stories that foster community, provoke curiosity, and inspire a sense of deeper connection with the natural world around us.

Season 2

• The fungus among us
• Nothing wrong with having a tree as a friend
• Bird is the word
• “Skate slow and live”
• When the river meets the sea
• Brown is a beautiful color

About the host of season 2

Emily Harwitz (she/her) is a multimedia science writer and photographer whose work focuses on the environment and our connection to it. She tells stories that foster community, provoke curiosity, and inspire a sense of deeper connection with the natural world around us.

Season 1

• Raised by the Oakland redwoods
• Rooting yourself in community and place
• If I could walk with the animals, talk with the animals
• A hike a week keeps your well-being at peak
• How to stand up (like a redwood)
• Come as you are (smells like team spirit)

About the host of Season 1

Leslie Parra (she/her) connects diverse communities to redwood and sequoia forests. She has garnered significant recognition for her leadership in community civic action, STEM and environmental education, and diversity, equity, and inclusion work over the past 15 years. Her professional calling is to cultivate enrichment programs with multicultural and international perspectives, driven by and in collaboration with communities. During her free time, she loves to go hiking with her partner Eric and their dog Mishqui (which means “sweet” in Quichua, the native language of Ecuador—a place she calls home).