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Wild West
A window into the movers and shakers of the natural places where we love to play. Hosted by San Francisco Chronicle Travel Editor Greg Thomas, the show features in-depth interviews with world-class professional athletes pushing the bounds of human achievement, as well as the influencers and advocate...
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Pro Skier Hazel Birnbaum on Retiring at 33
Lake Tahoe skier Hazel Birnbaum has traveled the globe on the freeskiing circuit for most of a decade, but this winter she decided to officially retir...
Rock Climber Pete Whittaker on the Magic of Suffering
Pete Whittaker stops by to talk about his unique approach to rock climbing, why he loves suffering and his new book, Crack Climbing, out in January.
Lake Tahoe’s First Private Ski Area
White Wolf would be Northern California's first private ski area -- like a gated community for skiing in Lake Tahoe. Owner Troy Caldwell sits down to...
Big-Wave Surfer Grant Washburn
San Francisco surfer Grant Washburn comes on to talk surfing culture in the city. We cover the uncertainty around the future of the famous Mavericks s...
California's Secret BASE Jumpers
BASE jumper Daniel Ristow is on a mission to pioneer legal BASE jumping spots in California's Sierra Nevada mountains. (Click here for our feature sto...
Corey Rich on Photography, Yosemite Climbing and South Lake Tahoe's Future
Adventure photographer Corey Rich stopped by to talk about shooting rock climbers on El Capitan, South Lake Tahoe's exciting future, and his new book,...
A Year Alone at Sea with Sailor Randall Reeves
Randall Reeves has been at sea for 12 months and counting and is days away from completing a solo circumnavigation of Antarctica and the Americas. He...
Swimming in Garbage with Ben Lecomte
Ocean swimmer Ben Lecomte recently swam from Hawaii to San Francisco, making sure to pass through the Great Pacific Garbage Patch. What he found is pr...
The Future of California's Coast
Economist Jason Scorse runs the Center for the Blue Economy, a think tank dedicated to finding a healthy, sustainable equilibrium between society and...
Ski-Mountaineer Kit DesLauriers on Mindfulness, Exploration & Preservation
As the first person to ski off the highest peaks on all 7 continents, Kit DesLauriers has explored some of Earth's wildest places. We talk about findi...
Creating Offshore Island-States with Patri Friedman
Patri Friedman is the founder of the Seasteading Institute in San Francisco and the festival called Ephemerisle in the Sacramento River Delta, which i...
Should We Drain Hetch Hetchy?
A new report says the valley beneath Hetch Hetchy Reservoir in Yosemite would be worth $100 billion if we were to drain the reservoir and let the vall...
Big-Wave Surfer Mark "Doc" Renneker
San Francisco surfing legend Doc Renneker doesn't mince words when giving his opinions on surfing culture. Surf memoirs? Cliche. Surfing in the Olympi...
Photographer Chris Burkard on Exploring Iceland, Ruling Instagram and His Pet Alpacas
Chris Burkard got his start as a surfing photographer and has parlayed that into a full-blown media brand. He’s published a best-selling surf photogra...
Debunking Fitness Myths with Scott Johnston & Steve House
Pro climber and mountain guide Steve House and Olympic ski coach Scott Johnston just co-authored their second book, “Training for the Uphill Athlete.”...
Climbing Everest with Roxanne Vogel
Vogel is the nutrition and performance research director at Gu Energy Labs and recently completed a rapid ascent of Mount Everest. We cover the how sh...
Wolf Therapy with Teo Alfero
Alfero is the founder of Wolf Connection, a wolf sanctuary in the mountains above L.A. where he offers "wolf therapy" to troubled teens, Hollywood big...
Raising Alex Honnold with Dierdre Wolownick
Dierdre Wolownick's new memoir, "The Sharp End of Life," chronicles her life as the mother of world-class rock climber Alex Honnold as well as her jou...
Filmmaker Pablo Durana on Shooting Documentaries
When he's not filming the world's top adventure athletes in action, Pablo Durana is shooting documentaries around the world, from Greenland to Chile....
The Future of Skiing with Author Porter Fox
With climate change threatening to make our winters shorter and warmer, writer Porter Fox looks to ski areas around California to understand how highe...
The North Face's Matt Sharkey on Managing Pro Athletes
Matt Sharkey is the global sports marketing director for The North Face, which means he helps decide who gets on the company's roster of sponsored ath...
Rue Mapp of Outdoor Afro on Diversity in the Outdoors
Rue Mapp is the founder and CEO of Oakland's Outdoor Afro, a group that encourages African-Americans to get out and explore the outdoors. It's not as...
Conrad Anker on Climbing Everest, Mentorship, and Good Coffee
Mountaineer Conrad Anker has summited Everest several times, set first ascents on peaks around the world, mentored Alex Honnold, and been a pro mounta...
Tahoe Snow Forecaster Bryan Allegretto of OpenSnow
As a pre-eminent winter weather forecaster for OpenSnow, Bryan Allegretto knows more about how snowstorms hit Lake Tahoe than anyone. He has encyclope...
Shark Diver Ron Elliott & Filmmaker Josh Berry
Ron Elliott has had more encounters with great white sharks that perhaps anyone on the planet -- and he was recently attacked by one while filming sha...
Cody Townsend on 'The Fifty' Project and Life as a Pro Skier
Pro skier Cody Townsend reflects on his career so far, his conflicted thoughts on social media, performing "marketing turns," and his latest project t...
Dean Karnazes on Recovery, Aging, and Running in Every Country on Earth
The ultramarathon pioneer and best-selling author talks about getting older, how the sport of ultrarunning has grown and changed, and his big project...
Bianca Valenti On Fighting For Pay Equity In Pro Surfing
San Francisco big-wave surfer Bianca Valenti has been leading the fight for pay equity in professional surfing. Earlier this year, she and her organiz...
Climber/Filmmaker Cedar Wright on Filming in Antarctica, Climbing with Alex Honnold and the Dangers of Paragliding
Cedar Wright is a fixture of rock climbing, having grown up scaling walls in Yosemite, and has recently established himself as a crafty filmmaker as w...
Marathon Rower Lia Ditton On Training For 5 Months Alone At Sea
Bay Area rower Lia Ditton is mentally preparing for 5 months at sea alone by immersing herself in sensory deprivation chambers and ice baths, among ot...
Jeremy Jones On Disappearing Winters And His New Film 'Ode To Muir'
Big-mountain snowboarder Jeremy Jones talks about how naturalist John Muir inspired his new documentary, 'Ode to Muir,' and what's at stake if we let...
Everest Guide Adrian Ballinger & Climber Emily Harrington
Adrian Ballinger and Emily Harrington are one of the pre-eminent power couples in outdoor sports. He’s a mountain guide who has summited Mount Everest...
Alex Honnold + Filmmakers Behind 'Free Solo' documentary
Alex Honnold, Jimmy Chin, Chai Vasarhelyi and Sanni McCandless answer audience questions about the making of the new documentary film 'Free Solo.' The...
Alex Honnold on filming 'Free Solo' and pushing the edge of rock climbing
For this podcast, I met Alex in Yosemite Valley in the midst of his whirlwind media tour to hype his new film, 'Free Solo.' We took a walk through El...
What's Next for Martins Beach? With Surfrider CEO Chad Nelsen
The US Supreme Court this week declined to take up the case of tech billionaire Vinod Khosla's attempt to privatize a popular beach near Half Moon Bay...
Kim Chambers on swimming with sharks
Open water swimmer Kim Chambers has endured just about the most frightening things the ocean has to offer: great white sharks, jellyfish stings, hypot...
Rock climber Kevin Jorgeson on 'The Dawn Wall' documentary
With the highly anticipated release of "The Dawn Wall" documentary this month, we speak to climber Kevin Jorgeson about his drive to accomplish one of...