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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468 episodes
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Apr 5, 2017 · 27 min
XX Factor: Beth Rodden Unpacked
The star climber opens up about her kidnapping and finding love after a broken marriage
Mar 30, 2017 · 46 min
Science of Survival: After the Crash, Part 2
Once Joe Stone learned to use his paralyzed body, he decided he’d race an Ironman. Then he went even bigger.
Mar 21, 2017 · 46 min
Science of Survival: After the Crash, Part 1
What do you do when you’re addicted to adrenaline but confined to a wheelchair? So much more than people expect.
Mar 7, 2017 · 34 min
Science of Survival: The Everest Effect
Myles Osborne was poised to summit Mount Everest when a flapping of fabric caught his eye. He thought it was a tent—then it spoke.
Feb 21, 2017 · 34 min
The Outside Interview: Florence Williams on The Nature Fix
In her new book, the writer explains why getting outside cures so many of our problems
Feb 7, 2017 · 29 min
Science of Survival: Treed by a Jaguar
The story of two explorers chased down—well, technically up—by a jaguar
Jan 24, 2017 · 23 min
Science of Survival: Line of Blood in the Sand
Denmark's Faroe Islands have a brutal tradition in which men publicly butcher hundreds of pilot whales by hand. But why?
Jan 10, 2017 · 37 min
The Outside Interview: Mark Sundeen on the New Pioneers
He's spent the last three years chronicling the lives of couples who have swapped mainstream society for rare kind of freedom
Dec 13, 2016 · 25 min
Dispatches: Call of the Wild Things
Wolf howls, bird songs, crickets, frogs—soundscapes contain clues to not only what's going on around us but also who we are.
Nov 29, 2016 · 43 min
The Outside Interview: Secretary of the Interior Sally Jewell
Secretary of the Interior tells all: what's next for the Department of the Interior and the environmental movement?
Nov 15, 2016 · 41 min
Science of Survival: Cliffhanger, Part 3
Now that they have the black box, what's next?
Nov 1, 2016 · 39 min
Science of Survival: Cliffhanger, Part 2
The hunt for the truth about Eastern Air Lines Flight 980
Oct 18, 2016 · 34 min
Science of Survival: Cliffhanger, Part 1
How two friends from Boston solved the world's greatest aviation mystery, Eastern Air Lines Flight 980
Oct 5, 2016 · 23 min
Dispatches: National Parks Don’t Need Your Stinkin’ Reverence
Ian Frazier has had it with people calling favorite outdoor spots “cathedrals,” “shrines,” and “sacred spaces.” Here's why.
Sep 20, 2016 · 23 min
Dispatches: The Sound of Science
Why environmental scientists are transforming big data into music
Sep 7, 2016 · 42 min
The Outside Interview: The Hard Lessons of Climbing Superstar Conrad Anker
His journey from dirtbag to rock star, how to choose a climbing partner, and why bottled oxygen might be a performance-enhancing drug
Aug 24, 2016 · 41 min
The Outside Interview: The Secret History of Doping
An inside look at America's history with doping and double standards related to performance enhancement
Aug 10, 2016 · 47 min
The Outside Interview: Tim Ferriss Overshares
The "human guinea pig" and his 4-hour plan to being good at, well, everything
Jul 26, 2016 · 43 min
The Outside Interview: Jason Motlagh on the Darién Gap
The incredible story behind a journalist's terrifying journey through high-conflict jungle
Jul 13, 2016 · 45 min
The Outside Interview: Robert Young Pelton
He was kidnapped, survived an assassination attempt, and joined the hunt for the most deadly terrorist. Meet the most interesting man alive.