Zeke Lunder in the Media

Talking forestry and fuels management with The Hotshot Wakeup

Media related to LA Fires in January 2025:

Washington Post “Why Los Angeles was unprepared for this fire”

NY Times “Opinion: We are not prepared for fires like this”

CNN on Jan. 11th, 2025 at 11:50 am (not available yet)

SF Chronicle “When will California fires stop? Here’s what experts say”

Zeke on the Guardian “Line of Fire: LA Mayor Karen Bass faces scrutiny as historic blazes devour city”

Zeke on CALMATTERS “LA fires underscore how much California has to lose if Trump withholds disaster aid”

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Looking for more Zeke? Watch the Lucy Walker film Bring Your Own Brigade Zeke is one of about 12 main characters in this 2021 documentary about the Camp Fire and the Malibu Fire that happened in 2018.

Park Fire 2024 Interviews:

Zeke appeared on the radio program BLUE DOT August 9, 2024

Zeke in the SF Chronicle:

Zeke Lunder on NSPR Radio (Park Fire Coverage):

Zeke in the LA Times:

Zeke Lunder on KQED:

Media Appearances 2021-2023

This feature was based on a talk Zeke gave at the Association for Fire Ecology Conference in Monterey, California.

Zeke Lunder TV appearances

Here is a behind-the-scenes moment with Kamau Bell from Episode 4 of United Shades of America:

Zeke appeared on United Shades of America with W. Kamau Bell, Season 7, Episode 4. The episode, called California is Burning, spotlights a prescribed burn in Butte County that happened in January 2022. W. Kamau Bell sat down with Zeke Lunder and Don Hankins to discuss wildfire during a burn. It aired July 31st 2022 on CNN (and is available to buy on YouTube and through streaming services like AppleTV).

Zeke on KRNV News 4:

Zeke on Action News Now:

Zeke was interviewed for this article in the New Yorker:

In the Chico News and Review:

On the radio, NSPR:

Zeke’s Guest Interviews on Podcasts

Episode 30: Zeke Lunder by Stu VanAirsdale

“We’ve already tried putting out all the fires—that’s why we’re having Camp Fires and the Caldor Fire. Getting better at firefighting is not a long-term solution to the problem.”

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Zeke guest-hosted Amanda Monthei’s LIFE WITH FIRE podcast in November (2021), and has two interviews that are available:

California Burning is a post Camp Fire, 5 episode series, featuring Zeke on several of the episodes:

An interview with Zeke by Amanda Monthei (2020) on the LIFE WITH FIRE podcast:

Zeke in Full-Length Movies:

Zeke is one of about a dozen locals that star in Rebuilding Paradise. Now streaming on Hulu or YouTube.

Zeke is one of a small handful of people that star in this incredible documentary about wildfire in California. Lucy Walker’s Bring Your Own Brigade was named one of the top ten movies in 2021! Here’s the NY Times review.

Available to stream on Paramount+

Watch the trailer below:

Zeke’s Awards

Zeke won 2022 “Best Fire-Watcher”/local hero award in the Chico News and Review:
And the 2024 Media Award from the Soil and Water Conservation Society