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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May 8, 2018 · 24 min
Dispatches: Kellee Edwards’s Story is a Trip
Kellee Edwards had a dream of getting her own show on the Travel Channel. She also had a plan. As a black woman trying to break into the overwhelmingly white and male world of travel television, she figured she would have to be overqualified to get not...
May 1, 2018 · 22 min
Dispatches: Alexi Pappas Dreams Like a Crazy and Runs Like One, Too
Distance runner Alexi Pappas is the rare dual-threat of Olympic athlete and movie star. In the 2016 film Tracktown, which she wrote, directed, and plays the lead character in, she set out to capture the running-obsessed culture of Eugene,
Apr 24, 2018 · 43 min
Science of Survival: A Very Old Man for a Wolf
One day in 2005 or 2006, a young wolf in Idaho headed west. He swam across the Snake River to Oregon, which was then outside the gray wolf’s range. After he established a territory, he became the most controversial canid in the state.
Apr 17, 2018 · 30 min
Dispatches: The Woman Who Rides Mountains
Sarah Gerhardt, the first woman to surf Maverick's, on her long path from homelessness to the top of a monster wave
Apr 10, 2018 · 22 min
Dispatches: Kris Tompkins’s 10-Million-Acre Life
After building Patagonia into an internationally renowned apparel brand, the company’s first CEO, Kris Tompkins, walked away from the job, following her heart to South America. She landed on a small farm in Chile, where she and her soon-to-be husband,
Apr 3, 2018 · 40 min
Science of Survival: “F/V Destination, Do You Copy?”
How the mysterious disappearance of a boat in the Bering Sea changed Alaskan fishing
Mar 20, 2018 · 30 min
Dispatches: Bear Grylls Will Never Give Up
Reality TV stars never have long careers. So how come Grylls is charging harder than ever?
Mar 6, 2018 · 1 hr 37 min
Dispatches: Cheryl Strayed’s Wild Creativity
The acclaimed author of 'Wild' shares her process and philosophy with Tim Ferriss
Feb 20, 2018 · 31 min
Dispatches: An Amazingly Crappy Story
Efforts to manage human waste in national parks have failed miserably. Now a creative scientist may have found an elegant remedy.
Feb 6, 2018 · 33 min
The Outside Interview: Your Hungry Brain is Making You Fat
Evolution has made humans instinctually crave sugary, fatty, and salty foods. Here's how you can fight back.
Jan 23, 2018 · 22 min
Dispatches: Red Dawn in Lapland
On the border between Russia and Finland, a band of Finnish soldiers are preparing to defend the country if the Bear decides to charge
Jan 9, 2018 · 35 min
The Outside Interview: Susan Casey Might Have Gills
The bestselling author on going deep with great white sharks, big-wave surfers, and dolphins—plus her concerns about the future of the sea
Dec 19, 2017 · 45 min
Science of Survival: He That is Down Need Fear No Fall
If you found yourself stuck at the bottom of a canyon with a broken leg, what do you do? Not long ago, our host faced this exact scenario.
Dec 12, 2017 · 41 min
The Outside Interview: The Whole Life Challenge Is Easier Than You Think
The cofounders of the wildly popular program explain why the easiest way to get in better shape is to make healthy living a game
Dec 5, 2017 · 31 min
Science of Survival: Bee Still My Heart
A bee sting won't hurt you unless you're allergic—or so you thought until you disturbed a hive of African bees
Nov 28, 2017 · 28 min
Science of Survival: Dangerously Delicious
When you picked some mushrooms off the forest floor, you planned to make a nice risotto. But now you're in the hospital, fighting for your life.
Nov 21, 2017 · 27 min
Dispatches: The Secret History of Biosphere 2
A team of scientists entered a glass bubble in the desert to live for two years cut off from society. Things didn't go as planned.
Nov 14, 2017 · 31 min
Science of Survival: Adrift
You're alone in the open sea on a surfboard, blown far offshore by a strong wind. What does it feel like? What do you do?
Nov 7, 2017 · 28 min
Science of Survival: Frozen Alive Redux
A remote car accident, a broken ski, a tumble in the snow, and a slow descent into hypothermia
Oct 31, 2017 · 29 min
The Outside Interview: Can’t Hack It? Gene-Hack It
You may soon be able to change your DNA to optimize performance in your favorite sport