Like a Bigfoot Chris Ward

This week we are chatting with author, filmmaker, artist, adventurer, ultra runner, and a guy who is "semi rad" Brendan Leonard!!!

Brendan has one of the most unique, creative, and oftentimes hilarious voices in the adventure community.

He's the author of many GREAT books (which we do a quick recap of towards the end of the episode) including his newest release "Ultra-Something". This book is the story of what he's found through taking on ultra running, told in a way that only Brendan could tell- through lots of tangents on history, pop culture, psychology, viral videos, and much more.

Brendan also is the artist behind "Semi-Rad" (one of my favorite websites) where he writes, draws, and creates. He is able to capture the essence of "why" people do big adventures- simultaneously for life affirming reasons and also for the simplicity of "cause it's fun and pointless and it's what makes me happy."

In this episode we talk all about his books, his films "7 Summits of My Neighborhood" & "A Shed of One's Own" (which so beautifully captured the passing of life that it made me cry), making a quesadilla out of Jack's Frozen Pizzas, creativity, dadhood, his 15 second recipe book, and a lot more!!

This was one of my favorite episodes! Huge thanks to Brendan for coming back on!! I highly recommend checking out his book and signing up for his weekly newsletter!

MORE FROM BRENDAN:

Semi-Rad: https://semi-rad.com

Buy Ultra-Something: https://store.dftba.com/collections/semi-rad

Newsletter: https://semi-rad.com/subscribe/

This week we are once again chatting with ultra runner Cody Taylor!!

Cody is currently training to attempt the unsupported FKT of the 900km (550 mile) Bruce Trail through his home province of Ontario!!

In this episode we talk all about his training and motivation for taking on this challenge, his plan for the summer leading into the attempt, and how his transition from musician to athlete has been.

Hope you all enjoy!!

MORE FROM CODY TAYLOR:

Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/@livethenewnormal

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/codytaylorruns/

All the way from Stockholm, Sweden we are chatting with Marcus Krindvall!!

Marcus is a former cheerleader who represented his country on the national level, faced career ending injuries, battled depression, and is now building himself back up through physical health.

He runs the instagram account one.meter.man where he dedicated himself to running "one meter per follower" every single day for a year. Through sickness, travel days, and the ups and downs of busy life as a parent, Marcus has stuck with this consistent action.

Please follow his account so we an make him run farther!!

This is an awesome episode and I hope you enjoy the conversation!

MORE FROM MARCUS:

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/one.meter.man/

This week we are catching up with the number one guest of the show and the number one guest in our hearts- Brady Manriquez!!

In this episode we chat about his very first trip overseas, the adventures of the past year, and why I decided to dip my toe into ballet!!

I always cherish my time catching up with Brady and I truly hope you enjoy the show!!

This week we are chatting with adventurer Jude Kriwald fresh off of a bike packing trip across Western Africa!!

10 years ago Jude spent nearly a year biking from his home in England to India, a journey that represents the unknown and the ups and downs of adventure to its core.

Recently, Jude biked across Western Africa, including a trip through the thick jungle of Liberia!

In this episode we chat all about those experiences, what led him to take these trips on, and the benefits that are found from intentionally losing a safety net!

I really enjoyed chatting with Jude and hope you all love the episode as much as I did!!

MORE FROM JUDE:

Youtube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/@JudeKriwald

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/judekriwald/

Adventure Mentor: https://adventurementor.org/

This week we are joined by absolute LEGEND Marshall Ulrich!!

Adventure Racing, Ultra running, Death Valley, the 7 Summits, if you name it Marshall has taken it on! He's a true adventurer by all meaning of the word, an explorer of our external world and his own internal world. He's created races, helped teach kids on expeditions, wrote a couple incredible books ("Both Feet on the Ground" and "Running on Empty"), and crossed jungles, deserts and mountains.

For this episode, I brought on my friend Ray Zahab as co-host. Ray has known Marshall for years and these two have probably crossed Death Valley more times than any other human in history. They keep getting drawn back to the place and I was so excited to hear their reflections on it!

A most humble, amazing human being. I'm so honored to have Marshall on the show and beyond excited to share this episode with all of you!!

MORE FROM MARSHALL:

Website: https://marshallulrich.com/

Route 66 Ultra: https://route66ultrarun.com/

Books: https://www.thriftbooks.com/a/marshall-ulrich/260203/