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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.

Wild Ideas Worth Living REI Co-op

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    • 4.7 • 1.2K 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.

    Raising Kids Wildly

    Raising Kids Wildly

    In honor of those who are raising the next generation of wild ones. Host Shelby Stanger shares insights from past guests on how to raise adventurous kids, and tips about how you can make it easier to get outside with your family.

    • 25 min
    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

Customer Reviews

4.7 out of 5
1.2K Ratings

1.2K Ratings

Camanopoc ,

Stunning and Inspiring

Loved the Rowing Across the Pacific show- the first I’ve listened to. The story telling and the production was wonderful. This story is one that definitely deserves to be told far and wide.

ra.chel1 ,

Inspiring and authentic

This is my absolute favorite podcast series! Shelby interviews such a diverse population of individuals, and draws out such inspiring and thoughtful perspectives about what it means to “live wildly”. I love that she doesn’t just focus on talking about impressive achievements (though there’s plenty of that too!), but really digs into understanding the mindset, challenges, and life tactics of her guests. Anyone, regardless of their lifestyle, can take away relatable life advice and areas of growth - surrounding myself with these episodes has helped me reflect on how I can dig deeper to live more intentionally and authentically to myself. Thanks Shelby!!

ellwalllllkher ,

Big fan

Love the show. The stories here inspire me to get out there for my own adventures. Especially when I’m stuck in the car heading to my grind for the day. Helpful reminder that this life we life can be a wild and beautiful adventure if we put in the energy to make it that way.

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