Outside Podcast

Outside

Outside’s longstanding literary storytelling tradition comes to life in audio with features that will both entertain and inform listeners. We launched in March 2016 with our first series, Science of Survival, and have since expanded our show and now offer a range of story formats, including reports from our correspondents in the field and interviews with the biggest figures in sports, adventure, and the outdoors.

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Sep 14, 2022 · 35 min
Why Outdoor Sports Make You Cry
Spoiler alert: It’s not because you’re a wuss.
Aug 24, 2022 · 27 min
Why Outdoor Adventures Make You Crave a Giant, Juicy Burger
There’s a reason a strenuous outing makes you desire a greasy mound of meat: it has a lot of what your body needs.
Aug 20, 2022 · 34 min
Summer Read: They Chose Death over Life Apart
Eric and Pam Bealer were living in a cabin in rugged coastal Alaska when they made a dramatic decision: they would exit the world together.
Aug 17, 2022 · 40 min
The Obsessives Who Hunted Forrest Fenn’s Treasure
When retired art dealer Forrest Fenn hid a chest full of a million dollars’ worth gold, rubies, and diamonds in the Rocky Mountains, he sent thousands on a journey of desperation.
Aug 13, 2022 · 22 min
Summer Read: My Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Dream Job
For Caitlin Giddings, leading cross-country bike tours was supposed to be the ultimate escape from the monotony of normal life. Instead it was a kind of torture.
Aug 10, 2022 · 27 min
How Viggo Mortensen Became a Cave-Diving Legend
To portray the hero of the Thai cave rescue in the new film Thirteen Lives, the Hollywood star had to go deep—literally.
Aug 6, 2022 · 58 min
Summer Read: A Mount Hood Tragedy We’ll Never Forget
A group of high school sophomores set off on what was supposed to be a grand climb. Instead, it became one of the deadliest alpine disasters in North American history.
Aug 3, 2022 · 33 min
A Frantic Escape from a Wildfire
Greg and Julie Welch were relaxing at their campsite in Minnesota’s Boundary Waters when a tiny fire in a nearby bog suddenly exploded into a massive blaze that began racing toward them
Jul 30, 2022 · 32 min
Summer Read: Testing Love on the Open Sea
Can a relationship survive a grand adventure? That was the big question hanging over two novice sailors as they set out on a voyage off the coast of New England.
Jul 27, 2022 · 28 min
A Bold New Way to Poop in the Outdoors
Long-standing rules for how we do our business in the wilderness are changing in a very big way—and it’s about time.
Jul 23, 2022 · 28 min
Summer Read: A Little Boy Lost in the Woods
When Cody Sheehy was six years old, he disappeared into the Oregon wilderness. More than three decades later, he insists the experience gave him an invaluable life lesson.
Jul 20, 2022 · 34 min
Bad Decisions, Good Stories
Presenting three delightful tales of adventures gone very, very wrong.
Jul 16, 2022 · 56 min
Summer Read: The Sinking of the ‘Henrietta C.’
A father and son working a crab boat in Chesapeake Bay were caught in a rising storm when they realized that something was very wrong: water was coming up through the floor.
Jul 13, 2022 · 33 min
How I Met Your Motherland
For his new PBS show, ‘America Outdoors,’ comedian and activist Baratunde Thurston connects us to our natural environments through the most interesting of creatures: humans.
Jun 29, 2022 · 29 min
What it Feels Like to Fight a Wildfire
As an out-of-control blaze approached their home, a couple made what seems like a crazy choice: they ignored evacuation orders and stood their ground.
Jun 22, 2022 · 39 min
Jack Johnson Reaches for Hope
On his first album in five years, the singer-songwriter brings us a collection of heartfelt tracks that offer warmth and comfort when we really need it.
Jun 15, 2022 · 28 min
How Blockchain Technology Can Get Us Outside
Amid all the noise surrounding Web3, something fascinating is emerging: a new kind of immersive adventure storytelling.
Jun 11, 2022 · 35 min
Swimming for Your Life in the Open Ocean
After two young pilots crashed their small plane into the water off Hawaii, they realized their best hope for survival was to make it back to land on their own
Jun 8, 2022 · 42 min
How We Find Love in Wild Places
Is there something about adventure and risk that opens our hearts? Absolutely.
May 25, 2022 · 28 min
A Thriller from the Death Zone
Amy McCulloch went to the Himalayas looking for adventure. She came back with an idea for an epic novel.