The Shorts — Coming In
Cycling intervals, homework assignments, planner items: Emily Schaldach raced through her life checking off her list. When Emily’s grandmother invited her to a silent meditation retreat in the woods of Colorado, she reluctantly accepted. Compelled to sit still for a few days, Emily saw herself in a way she hadn’t yet envisioned.
Music: If Walls Could Talk by Jacob Bain & Nis Kotto • A Thousand Kinds of Gold by Publish the Quest • Up Early by Bradley Carter • Snowmen by Kai Engel • Drifting by Cordelia Zars • Delivered by Brendan O’Connell • Tracks provided by Free Music Archive or with permission from the artists.
Emergency Twix
Michelle Baker and her husband John both fell in love with mountains before they fell in love with each other. As they started a family of their own, they hoped to pass down their passion for outdoor adventure and a respect for the dangers that go with it. While climbing the Grand Teton with their 12 year old son, a lightning storm soon had Michelle questioning whether she’d pushed too far.
Music: If Walls Could Talk by Jacob Bain & Nis Kotto • October Morning by Bradley Carter • The Last Wild Mountain by Bradley Carter • Something by Kai Engel • modum by Kai Engel • Delivered by Brendan O’Connell • Tracks provided by Free Music Archive or with permission from the artists.
Two Mountains
Two mountains, one in California and one in Nevada, named after the president of the Confederate States decades ago. How can a name be changed? Producer Fil Corbitt takes us through the wonky and lengthy process involved in renaming a place.
A version of this episode first appeared on The Wind Podcast.
Music: If Walls Could Talk by Jacob Bain & Nis Kotto • Wild Wind by John Berry • Ode to Mountains by People with Bodies • Ghost Dance by Ken Christianson • Nocturne Op. 9 No. 2 by Frederic Chopin • Delivered by Brendan O’Connell • Tracks provided by Free Music Archive or with permission from the artists.
The Shorts — The Dread
“The dread was there, strong and palpable. I just hoped my will was stronger,” writes Luke Hinz. After losing both his father and his brother in the month of May, Luke always had a feeling that something bad would befall him as well. When he set out to ski an ambitious line in Utah’s Wasatch Range on May 2nd, 2019, he had to face that fear in the mountains.
Flight of the Monarch
“I felt as though the Monarch Butterfly contained some special sort of wisdom that I could connect with,” says Benjamin Jordan. Inspired by the Monarch, he set out to do what no one had ever done before: recreate the migration of the Monarch Butterfly–by paraglider. Through this 5-month journey, Benjamin gained a deep respect for this fragile creature and a humble awareness of his own place in nature.
Check out Benjamin’s short film here, or learn about threats to the monarch butterfly here, or even help protect pollinators here.
Music: If Walls Could Talk by Jacob Bain & Nis Kotto • Brooks by Kai Engel • Indian Summer byJohn Berry • Something by Kai Engel • Stargazing by Ken Christianson • The Architect by Cleod9 • Snowmen by Kai Engel • Delivered by Brendan O’Connell • Tracks provided by Free Music Archive or with permission from the artists.
