Let's Take This Outside

Mary Anne Ivison
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What happens when we play outside?  We become healthier - both mentally and physically.  We become more creative and more focused. We connect - with nature, each other, and ourselves. Let’s Take This Outside: a new podcast hosted by me - Mary Anne Ivison - an aspiring outdoor athlete and nature lover. I speak to athletes, outdoor professionals, and scientists about their connection to nature, how it affects their performance, and everyday life.

  1. 6d ago

    President & Publisher at Explore Outdoor Media Inc.

    ABOUT DAVID: David Webb⁠ is the President & Publisher at Explore Outdoor Media Inc., and host of Explore's "Live the Adventure Podcast." He is an engaging writer with hundreds of bylines to his name, in multiple medias, and on topics ranging from outdoor adventure, to international travel, to local culture, to current events and more. He has been recognized at the National Magazine Awards (7x), Explore Canada Awards of Excellence (3x), Western Magazine Awards, IRMA Awards (6x) and the Canadian Newsstand Marketing Awards (3x). EXPLORE: Founded over 45 years ago, Explore™  has grown from a grassroots provincial periodical to Canada’s most-read and most-awarded outdoor adventure magazine. We bring you the best in Canada’s outdoor adventure every day on our website and publish our high-quality magazine four times a year. Today, Explore™ is an independent publisher with offices in Vancouver, BC and Winnipeg, MB. We cover the entire country, offering the adventure knowledge you need to get outside safely, comfortably and confidently. Hiking, camping, paddling, snowsports—we are Canada’s source for outdoor adventure. Explore™ is proud to have the mandate of inspiring outdoor experiences. Everyone belongs in the outdoors, and we want to make it easier for you to access, enjoy and relish in nature’s wonder. Through our award-winning print magazine, popular website, engaging social media, wide-reaching newsletter and informative podcast, we’re proud to be the voice of Canada’s outdoor community. Every season, we curate the best-selling magazine in the outdoors category on Canadian newsstands. We’re proud to be the one-and-only Explore™. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

    President & Publisher at Explore Outdoor Media Inc.

  2. Aug 25

    Re-release: Jen and Eric - Log Driver's Waltz

    Hey, it’s Mary Anne. With the Log Driver's Waltz Grand Départ coming up on August 29, it felt like the perfect time to bring this conversation back. Whether you're riding this year or just curious about bikepacking, here's my chat with Jen and Eric. Enjoy. “Just get out and explore on a bike.” In 2022 Jen and Eric bikepacked over 7000 km which included Grand Departs on the 4400 km Tour Divide and the 800 km ⁠ Log Driver’s Waltz⁠ (LDW), and a time trial on the North of Seven 770.   In 2019 they were amongst the first few riders to complete the BT 700. They had such a positive experience following a well curated route that they decided to develop one of their own. Over the years they had completed many multi-day bike trips in the Lanark Highlands of Ontario and the Outaouais Region of Quebec. They knew they had the “knowledge of place” necessary to create a quality bikepacking route; one that would showcase the region, contribute to the growing bikepacking community, inject tourist dollars and foster connections between locals and riders. Importantly this would also be a challenging route that riders from Ontario, Quebec and New England could access without extensive travel. The result was the 800 km⁠ Log Driver’s Waltz⁠ which they released in 2020.  In response to the requests of less experienced bikepackers they soon added ten shorter, more accessible routes. This has grown into a social project they call “bikepacking for all”. Through inclusive panel discussions, mechanics workshops,and rallies this project has continued to grow as more riders join the bikepacking community. Jen and Eric believe there are hidden gems to be discovered in all localities and it is by creating well curated routes that bikepacking route developers can share this knowledge with riders from near and far.They can be reached via their⁠ website⁠. *Artwork photo credit: Louise Philopovich, Panorama Cycles ⁠https://www.panoramacycles.com/en/⁠* Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

    Re-release: Jen and Eric - Log Driver's Waltz

  3. Aug 4

    Lisa Franks - Paralympic Gold Medalist + Outdoor Advocate

    Lisa Franks’ world changed at the age of 14 when she became paralyzed from the neck down. She slowly regained the use of her arms and began adapting to life as a wheelchair user. She discovered wheelchair sports and quickly rose through the ranks, competing at three Paralympic Games and bringing home six gold and one silver medal. While balancing competition and training, Lisa graduated from the University of Saskatchewan with a degree in Mechanical Engineering. She worked as a Mechanical Engineer designing commercial buildings. After a severe shoulder injury ended her competitive sports career, Lisa turned to the outdoors to help her manage chronic pain.  She has become an avid outdoor adventurer and now spends much of her time mountain biking, hiking, kayaking, surfing, and travelling in her self-designed wheelchair-accessible campervan. Through her advocacy and storytelling on her YouTube channel, she highlights the importance of inclusive design and champions a future where everyone can experience the benefits of being outdoors.KeepinitWheel306 Youtube Channel Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

    Lisa Franks - Paralympic Gold Medalist + Outdoor Advocate

  4. Jul 21

    Re-Release: Dr. Daniel Scott - Climate Change and Tourism

    Hey it’s Mary Anne. With wildfires affecting communities across Canada this summer, this conversation feels more relevant than ever. I wanted to bring this episode back because understanding how climate change is shaping our landscapes, (and the way we experience the outdoors) has never been more important. Dr. Daniel Scott is a Professor and Research Chair in the Department of Geography and Environmental Management at the University of Waterloo (Canada). He has worked extensively on sustainable tourism for 25 years, with a focus on the transition to a low carbon tourism economy and adaptation to the complex impacts of a changing climate. In 2021, he was ranked in the world top 300 climate change scientists by Reuters. In 2023, he was recognized as one of Canada’s top scholars when he was inducted as a Fellow the Royal Society of Canada. He has advised a wide range of governments and tourism organizations around the world, including the United Nations World Tourism Organization, United Nations Environment Programme, World Bank, European Tourism Commission, World Travel and Tourism Council, International Olympic Committee, OECD, the Caribbean Tourism Organization. He has also been a contributor to the UN Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change Third, Fourth, Fifth Assessments and their 1.5°C special report. His tourism research publications have been downloaded over a half million times and have been featured in many leading media outlets, including The Economist, New York Times, Guardian, Washington Post, Wall Street Journal, BBC, Time, Scientific American, Sports Illustrated, National Geographic and many other others. Article: ⁠Ski resorts’ era of plentiful snow may be over due to climate crisis, study finds Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

    Re-Release: Dr. Daniel Scott - Climate Change and Tourism

  5. Jul 7

    Dr. Amy Cardinal Christianson - Métis fire scientist and Senior Fire Advisor

    Dr. Amy Cardinal Christianson is Métis and grew up in Treaty 8 territory (northern Alberta, Canada). Her family was nîhithawîwin (Woodland Cree/ “N”) speaking. Her Métis relations are the Cardinal (Peeaysis Band) and Laboucane (Laboucane Settlement) families. She currently lives near Rocky Mountain House in Treaty 6 (central Alberta).  Christianson was formerly a Research Scientist with the Canadian Forest Service (Natural Resources Canada) and an Indigenous Fire Specialist in the National Fire Management Division of Parks Canada. Christianson works with Indigenous Nations across Canada on fire stewardship practices like cultural burning and collaborates with Indigenous peoples from around the world on decolonising land management. She also studies wildfire evacuations and advocates for Indigenous wildland firefighters. She is the co-author of the books, First Nations Wildfire Evacuations: A guide for communities and external agencies, Blazing the Trail: Celebrating Indigenous Fire Stewardship, and Creating a Cultural Burn Pathway. Christianson also cohosts the Good Fire podcast, which looks at Indigenous fire use around the world.  She helped create the Thunderbird Collective and serves on the board of the International Association of Wildland Fire and the international research advisory panel with Natural Hazards Research Australia. Photo credit: Jordan Melograna/Indigenous Leadership Initiative Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

    Dr. Amy Cardinal Christianson - Métis fire scientist and Senior Fire Advisor

  6. Jun 2

    Mark Herbst - Rode his bike 30,000-kilometre around the globe

    Mark Herbst is an endurance athlete, cycling coach, and world-class ultra-racer who has spent decades pushing the limits of what’s possible on two wheels. A multiple national champion in cycling and triathlon, he’s raced the legendary Race Across America four times (including a record-breaking win in the two-man category) and competed twice at the Hawaii Ironman. He recently took on his biggest challenge yet: a 30,000-kilometre ride around the globe, attempting to become the oldest person ever to circumnavigate the world by bicycle, all while raising awareness and funds for cancer research in honour of his late wife Jackie. Mark's Instagram CBC Article Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

    Mark Herbst - Rode his bike 30,000-kilometre around the globe

  7. May 5

    Brooke Mitchell - Podcast Host of Rewildology

    Brooke Mitchell traded the Appalachian hills of Ohio for expeditions across the globe, using her Zoology and Biology degrees to dive headfirst into wildlife conservation through adventure travel.  Her conservation science podcast Rewildology takes listeners on wild journeys around the world to experience conservation firsthand—including a Patagonia series that was a Jackson Wild Media Awards Finalist.  Through her innovative three-pillar approach of Listen. Experience. Protect., she's revolutionizing conservation storytelling by combining immersive field experiences with expert conversations to inspire real-world conservation action. Rewildology Podcast Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

    Brooke Mitchell - Podcast Host of Rewildology

  8. Apr 7

    Dr. Alison Criscitiello - Ice Core Scientist

    Dr. Alison Criscitiello is an ice core scientist and high-altitude mountaineer. She is an Assistant Professor and the Director of the Canadian Ice Core Lab at University of Alberta, and co-founder of Girls on Ice Canada.  Criscitiello explores the history of climate and sea ice in polar and high-alpine regions using ice core chemistry. This involves long months of living in a tent and drilling ice cores in places like Antarctica, Greenland, the Yukon, and the Canadian high Arctic. Criscitiello's work also focuses on environmental contaminant histories in ice cores from the Canadian high Arctic and the water towers of the Canadian Rockies.  She has earned the Queen Elizabeth II’s Platinum Jubilee Medal, three American Alpine Club (AAC) climbing awards, the John Lauchlan and Mugs Stump alpine climbing awards, and the first PhD in glaciology ever conferred by MIT.  Criscitiello and her team installed the highest weather station in North America near Mount Logan's summit in 2021, and in 2022 drilled a record-breaking 327m ice core on its summit plateau that will shed light on how climate change impacts even the world’s highest peaks.  Most recently, in spring 2025, she drilled a new ice core on Axel Heiberg Island in the Canadian high Arctic. At 613m, this is the deepest ice core ever drilled in Canadian history, and will contain critical information about Arctic Ocean and climate variability over the Holocene. Dr. Ali's Instagram: @alisoncriscitiello Canadian Ice Core Lab: @ice_cicl Girls on Ice Canada : @girlsonicecanada Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

    Dr. Alison Criscitiello - Ice Core Scientist
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What happens when we play outside?  We become healthier - both mentally and physically.  We become more creative and more focused. We connect - with nature, each other, and ourselves. Let’s Take This Outside: a new podcast hosted by me - Mary Anne Ivison - an aspiring outdoor athlete and nature lover. I speak to athletes, outdoor professionals, and scientists about their connection to nature, how it affects their performance, and everyday life.

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  • Creator
    Mary Anne Ivison
  • Years Active
    2022 - 2026
  • Episodes
    105
  • Rating
    Clean
  • Copyright
    © 2022-2026 Mary Anne Ivison
  • Show Website
    Let's Take This Outside

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