In this episode of Go West, Young Podcast, we watch the solar eclipse with a group of kids, then talk to 9-year-old public lands activist Robbie Bond of Kids Speak for Parks about his visits to several of the national monuments being threatened by President Trump and Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke. You can keep up Robbie’s travels on Facebook.

* Previously: Law professor Mark Squillace on the Antiquities Act and national monuments

* This Week in History: The Voyager Golden Record

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Host/producer: Aaron Weiss

Music: Purple Planet