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High-impact interviews for those who love adventure and the outdoors. Host and journalist Shelby Stanger interviews world-class explorers, athletes, authors, scientists, health experts and entrepreneurs about how they’ve taken their own wild ideas and made them a reality, so you can too. Some of the wildest ideas can lead to the most rewarding adventures.

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    • 4.7 • 48 Ratings

High-impact interviews for those who love adventure and the outdoors. Host and journalist Shelby Stanger interviews world-class explorers, athletes, authors, scientists, health experts and entrepreneurs about how they’ve taken their own wild ideas and made them a reality, so you can too. Some of the wildest ideas can lead to the most rewarding adventures.

    Creating Hipcamp with Alyssa Ravasio

    Creating Hipcamp with Alyssa Ravasio

    Alyssa Ravasio is the founder and CEO of the online campsite booking platform, Hipcamp. Many people think of technology and the outdoors as complete opposites, but for Alyssa, the two have always gone together. With Hipcamp Alyssa's found a way to connect folks with campsites on public and private land. This creates more camping spots and makes it easier to find a place to hunker down under the stars.

    • 25 min
    Rowing Across the Pacific with the Latitude 35 Team

    Rowing Across the Pacific with the Latitude 35 Team

    In the summer of 2022, four women, Sophia Denison-Johnston, Brooke Downes, Libby Costello and Adrienne Smith, set a new record for the fastest all female team to row from San Francisco to Hawaii. They completed the journey in 34 days, 14 hours and 20 minutes.

    • 33 min
    150 Marathons in 150 Days with Erchana Murray-Bartlett

    150 Marathons in 150 Days with Erchana Murray-Bartlett

    In January, 2023, Erchana Murray-Bartlett set the Guinness World record for running the most consecutive marathons. She ran 150 marathons in 150 days and raised money for Australian wildlife along the way. Erchana started at Cape York, which is in the northern tip of Australia and ran along the coast all the way down to Melbourne.

    • 25 min
    Riding Free with Izzy Sederbaum

    Riding Free with Izzy Sederbaum

    Izzy Sederbaum is a trans-masculine cyclist and policy scholar who survived a rare cougar attack on a ride outside of Seattle in early 2018. Izzy was hospitalized with severe facial trauma while hateful anti-trans rhetoric filled comment sections of news articles that he had little to no control over. All the hatred pushed Izzy in a direction motivated by love. Today he's working to make cycling more inclusive for people with marginalized identities.

    • 25 min
    Greening Our Cities with Cecil Konijnendijk

    Greening Our Cities with Cecil Konijnendijk

    Cecil Konijnendijk came up with a rule he calls 3-30-300 which has become popular among climate change activists and urban tree canopy specialists. The rule encourages seeing at least 3 trees from your window, having 30% canopy coverage in your neighborhood, and having a high quality public green space within 300 meters (340 yards) from your house.

    • 22 min
    Gender Inclusive Racing with Cal Calamia

    Gender Inclusive Racing with Cal Calamia

    Cal Calamia has been a runner their entire life, but in 2018, their relationship with the sport changed when Cal came out as trans non-binary. Most races in the US only have two gender categories, men and women, and Cal doesn't fit in either one. In an effort to make space for themself and other non-binary athletes, Cal has become an advocate for gender inclusivity and races across the US.

    • 24 min

Customer Reviews

4.7 out of 5
48 Ratings

48 Ratings

KJFitz6 ,

This podcast keeps me outdoors!

I spend hours outside running with this pod in my years. It makes me excited to get out for those long runs, and keeps me motivated through all of the tough periods.
Thanks so much!!

H11cd2 ,

Get outside!

I really enjoy this podcast, it’s calming, interesting and inspiring. I’d recommend to anyone who wants an insight into some of the crazy cool stuff some people are getting up to!

Lozalyn ,

Inspirational!

Wow - this podcast is so fantastic. It’s full of inspirational people giving tips for basically living the best life you can. Their stories are *phenomenal*. Love this podcast so much 🙌

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