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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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Traveling to Every Country Without Flying with Thor Pedersen
In 2013, Thor Pedersen left his home in Denmark for the trip of a lifetime. His goal was to travel to every country in the world. He had three rules for his journey. He had to spend at least 24 hours in each country. He couldn't return to Denmark until he had crossed off every nation on the list. And last but not least, no air travel.
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Cycling Around the World with Lael Wilcox
Lael Wilcox is known as one of the world's best ultra-endurance cyclists. She's ridden over 150,000 miles in more than 50 countries. Now, Lael is going after her wildest idea yet: to break the record for cycling around the world. Her goal is to ride more than 18,000 miles in 110 days.
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Taking Less on the Trail with Glen Van Peski
Glen Van Peski is known as the king of ultralight backpacking. While backpackers will hit the trails with a pack that weighs upwards of 20 pounds, Glen's pack usually only weighs around 12 pounds. Glen is also the founder of the functional lightweight backpacking and hiking gear company, Gossamer Gear, and the author of Take Less. Do More.: Surprising Life Lessons in Generosity, Gratitude, and Curiosity from an Ultralight Backpacker.
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Sailing Solo Around The World with Ruby Gates
At the age of 50, Ruby Gates left her career and home to get on a sailboat for seven months. At the time, she knew nothing about sailing, but the trip changed her life. Now, nine years later, Ruby has decided to go after the wildest idea she's ever had. She's circumnavigating the world by sailboat.
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Retiring From Competitive Skiing at 23 with Grace Miller
What if your wild idea no longer brings you joy?
Retired pro skier, Grace Miller, is intimately familiar with a change of course. Grace grew up in Alaska and started skiing at a young age. Before she was out of high school, she was recruited to compete at the highest level, but at age 23 after competing on the world stage, Grace decided to leave skiing behind to pursue some new wild ideas. -
Microadventuring with Alastair Humphreys
Alastair Humphreys is an author and adventurer who has walked 600 miles across Southern India, ran an ultra marathon through the Sahara Desert, and hiked and rafted across Iceland. Alastair's newest wild idea is to embrace the concept of "microadventures," an adventure that is short, easily accessible, and affordable while still being fun, challenging, refreshing, and rewarding.
Customer Reviews
Love everything about this podcast!
I have been listening to Shelby’s podcast on my daily bicycle commute to work in Seattle for about 2 years. I love her voice- somehow she always sounds like she’s smiling. I love that she has clearly done her homework on every speaker- and asks thoughtful questions that really get at the heart of her speakers. I love her guest choices- she celebrates diversity- and I love hearing how her speakers have overcome adversity and doubt to make their wild ideas not only a reality but in so many ways- changing the world for the better. Her podcast inspires me to make even small ideas in my own life a wild idea- I practice “no excuses” bike commuting- because you’d rarely commute in Seattle if you don’t!
Kielyn Marrone
Love💗Love💗Love💗the episode with Kielyn Marrone!!!🎉Amazing!!! Thank you!!! Everything about her is so refreshing!!! Hope you have her on again🥰...(She had a moccasin class that looked incredible on Instagram…missed it)
Great episode on Lonnie Thompson!
I didn’t expect to enjoy listening to an episode about a researcher, especially about climate science (I’m fatigued on the subject), but this was a fascinating episode! And the ending was emotional and amazing. Thank you Shelby!