Seeing You Through
Growing up as identical twins in England, Poppy and Thea Wardley were practically attached at the hip. Their lives finally diverged when Poppy enrolled in medical school and Thea attended university a few hours away. After a few years of burnout from the unrelenting pace of school, Poppy pitches Thea on a bold adventure thousands of miles away to reconnect their twinship– hiking the PCT.
Music: If Walls Could Talk by Jacob Bain & Nis Kotto • Return Trip by Matthew D. Morgan • Between Dust And Dirt by Brendan Burns • RUSH by Kaand • Samsara by Baleen • Delivered by Brendan O’Connell
Tracks provided with permission from the artists or from Track Club
Endangered Spaces: The Ranger
For Sam Webster, public lands have been interwoven with life from the earliest age. He followed a path into public service with the Park and Forest Service, choosing stability and the ability to contribute to the great good. Until Feb 14th changed that course forever. What happens when the foundation you’ve built a life on begins to crumble?
Jen Gradisher, Trail Programs Director at Washington Trails Association, talks about the partnership between organizations and federal agencies, and gives her perspective on what we stand to lose.
Available on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or wherever you listen to podcasts.
Music: If Walls Could Talk by Jacob Bain & Nis Kotto • Wheels and Stories by Drexler • In Time Stay Still by Daniel M Petersen • There Must Be More by Sigurd Johnk-Jensen • Ghosts of the Deep by Tahif Attiek • Moonland by Norvmbega • Ocean Waves by Cineone • The Scottish Highlands by Ghillie Dhu • Orkney Islands by Ghillie Dhu
Three Wheelin
Every July, nearly 20,000 cyclists from around the world swarm the roads of Iowa for one week to ride across the state. It’s hot. It’s humid. And it’s not as flat as one may think. Iowa resident Caleb Smith shares his RAGBRAI journey, complete with a buffet of midwestern charm: homemade pies, barn parties, sunsets over fields of corn. But he doesn’t ride a bike, he inline skates.
If Walls Could Talk by Jacob Bain & Nis Kotto • Cowgirls by Ken Christianson • Jaco 2 by Bradley Carter • Quasi Motion by Kevin MacLeod • Freaks by Bradley Carter • Underdog by Bradley Carter • Firediary5 by Ken Christianson • 550 by John Berry • Delivered by Brendan O’Connell
Tracks provided by Free Music Archive or with permission from the artists.
Brendan Leonard: How To Do What You Love
Runner, writer, illustrator and all around human Brendan Leonard made a career of doing what he loves. Yes it’s passion and wild creativity, but it’s also the unheralded traits of persistence, thoughtful compromise and perspective that keeps him doing what he loves.
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Music: Dimensions Distilled by Frozen Mesa • Delivered by Brendan O’Connell
Tracks provided with permission from the artists or from Track Club.
The Shorts — Meet Marge and Mansfield
Growth happens outside your comfort zone. Sometimes this comes by choice, like committing to guiding rafts on a new river and trading out your nimble kayak for the biggest barge in the fleet as Jessie Longe did. Sometimes you step out not even knowing it, like Lili Mitchell did when she showed up to a trailhead to an unexpected surprise. Either way, you must push through the rough waters ahead to walk away wiser.
Music: If Walls Could Talk by Jacob Bain & Nis Kotto • In The Steps Of Dust by Jules Blueprints • Show Me How by Tourist On Film • Darkness Falls by SPIRA • Tangled Webs by Todd Hannigan • Delivered by Brendan O’Connell
Tracks provided with permission from the artists or from Track Club
