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ENCORE: You’ve got a friend: Making BFF’s at midlife

GenX Stories - April 24, 2024 04:00 - 37 minutes ★★★★★ - 42 ratings
Well, we’re not back from our extended spring break just yet, have no fear, dear listeners. There will be new season five episodes very soon - we promise. For now, check out an encore of one of our favorite episodes: “You’ve got a friend: making BFFs at midlife “.  Seeya next weds with a brand n...

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Merging Freediving and Art with Oriana Poindexter

Wild Ideas Worth Living - April 23, 2024 10:00 - 23 minutes
Oriana Poindexter is a professional artist whose work weaves together photography, science, and marine life. Her art is very unique. Oriana uses seaweed and light-sensitive chemicals to make stunning, almost haunting prints. She lives in San Diego where she free dives in kelp forests for inspira...

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From Planks to Pavement: A Historical Review of Florida Roadways

BetweenTheBeachesPodcast - April 17, 2024 17:36 - 53 minutes
Travel in the early days of Florida was tough at best. Much of the state was underwater for a majority of the year which meant travel by waterways or horseback was most efficient. Roadways and transportation infrastructure blew the state wide open leading it to be the mega-state powerhouse that i...

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Traveling to Every Country Without Flying with Thor Pedersen

Wild Ideas Worth Living - April 16, 2024 10:00 - 31 minutes
In 2013, Thor Pedersen left his home in Denmark for the trip of a lifetime. His goal was to travel to every country in the world. He had three rules for his journey. He had to spend at least 24 hours in each country. He couldn't return to Denmark until he had crossed off every nation on the list...

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Traveling to Every Country Without Flying with Thor Pedersen

Wild Ideas Worth Living - April 16, 2024 10:00 - 31 minutes ★★★★★ - 904 ratings
In 2013, Thor Pedersen left his home in Denmark for the trip of a lifetime. His goal was to travel to every country in the world. He had three rules for his journey. He had to spend at least 24 hours in each country. He couldn't return to Denmark until he had crossed off every nation on the list...

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159. A Sentinel For Florida Agriculture: A Conversation With Ardis Hammock

BetweenTheBeachesPodcast - April 10, 2024 04:05 - 1 hour
Ardis Hammock is an integral part of Frierson Family Farm and the Florida agricultural community. Located immediately adjacent to the southern boundary of Lake Okeechobee for well over 100 years, her family shares a deep legacy in South Florida and has a history of service to not only agriculture...

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Cycling Around the World with Lael Wilcox

Wild Ideas Worth Living - April 09, 2024 10:00 - 29 minutes ★★★★★ - 904 ratings
Lael Wilcox is known as one of the world's best ultra-endurance cyclists. She's ridden over 150,000 miles in more than 50 countries. Now, Lael is going after her wildest idea yet: to break the record for cycling around the world. Her goal is to ride more than 18,000 miles in 110 days. Connect w...

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Cycling Around the World with Lael Wilcox

Wild Ideas Worth Living - April 09, 2024 10:00 - 29 minutes
Lael Wilcox is known as one of the world's best ultra-endurance cyclists. She's ridden over 150,000 miles in more than 50 countries. Now, Lael is going after her wildest idea yet: to break the record for cycling around the world. Her goal is to ride more than 18,000 miles in 110 days. Connect w...

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THE BEAVER EPISODE (finally!) with Dr. Emily Fairfax and Dr. Sophie Gilbert

Life with Fire - April 03, 2024 16:57 - 51 minutes
The long-awaited beaver episode! In this episode, we learn about how beavers are not only champions of wildfire resilience but are also sleeper endurance athletes (climbing mountains to find new watersheds), dedicated anti-capitalists (not giving a **** about the regulatory or material concerns ...

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Taking Less on the Trail with Glen Van Peski

Wild Ideas Worth Living - April 02, 2024 10:00 - 27 minutes ★★★★★ - 904 ratings
Glen Van Peski is known as the king of ultralight backpacking. While backpackers will hit the trails with a pack that weighs upwards of 20 pounds, sometimes even up to 50 or more, Glen's pack usually only weighs around 12 pounds. Glen is also the founder of the functional lightweight backpacking...

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Taking Less on the Trail with Glen Van Peski

Wild Ideas Worth Living - April 02, 2024 10:00 - 27 minutes
Glen Van Peski is known as the king of ultralight backpacking. While backpackers will hit the trails with a pack that weighs upwards of 20 pounds, sometimes even up to 50 or more, Glen's pack usually only weighs around 12 pounds. Glen is also the founder of the functional lightweight backpacking...

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Afraid of Abducted: The Human Harvest

Afraid of Nothing Podcast - March 29, 2024 19:00 - 1 hour
Many guests have claimed that aliens are good. Tonight's guest has a different take -- and it's disturbingly personal. Author/Experiencer Karin Wilkinson ( “STOLEN SEED, EVIL HARVEST”) shares the chronicle of her life experiences and insights into the activities and dark motives of the alleged ...

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158. A Taste Of Tallahassee's Colorful And Controversial Past

BetweenTheBeachesPodcast - March 28, 2024 02:08 - 44 minutes
It may come as quite a surprise to many while being common knowledge to others, Tallahassee owns a very interesting and rather sordid past. It has flirted with famed Americans and infamous Floridians throughout the years and this week's episode highlights two such examples filled with overlapping...

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Sailing Solo Around The World with Ruby Gates

Wild Ideas Worth Living - March 26, 2024 10:00 - 26 minutes
At the age of 50, Ruby Gates left her career and home to get on a sailboat for seven months. At the time, she knew nothing about sailing, but the trip changed her life. Now, nine years later, Ruby has decided to go after the wildest idea she's ever had. She's circumnavigating the world by sailbo...

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Sailing Solo Around The World with Ruby Gates

Wild Ideas Worth Living - March 26, 2024 10:00 - 26 minutes ★★★★★ - 904 ratings
At the age of 50, Ruby Gates left her career and home to get on a sailboat for seven months. At the time, she knew nothing about sailing, but the trip changed her life. Now, nine years later, Ruby has decided to go after the wildest idea she's ever had. She's circumnavigating the world by sailbo...

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157. Remembering Wild and Wooly Days In The Flatwoods Of Florida; with Dusty Holley

BetweenTheBeachesPodcast - March 20, 2024 04:05 - 1 hour
Dusty Holley is a man with many talents and a diverse knowledge base that allows him to be equally at home in a board room or sitting on a board in a set of cow pens. Aside from being the Director of Field Services for the Florida Cattlemen's Association, he's a great storyteller with extensive f...

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38: Navigating The Journey of Life's Final Act with End-of-Life Doula, Lynn Principe

I Wonder If - March 19, 2024 14:25 - 28 minutes
Discover the transformative wisdom of Lynn Principe, an end-of-life practitioner, as she shares her insights into embracing our final farewells with grace and love. Her book "Walking Me Home" serves as both a guide and a companion for those seeking solace and understanding in the complexities of...

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Retiring From Competitive Skiing at 23 with Grace Miller

Wild Ideas Worth Living - March 19, 2024 10:00 - 24 minutes ★★★★★ - 904 ratings
What if your wild idea no longer brings you joy? Retired pro skier, Grace Miller, is intimately familiar with a change of course. Grace grew up in Alaska and started skiing at a young age. Before she was out of high school, she was recruited to compete at the highest level, but at age 23 after ...

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Retiring From Competitive Skiing at 23 with Grace Miller

Wild Ideas Worth Living - March 19, 2024 10:00 - 24 minutes
What if your wild idea no longer brings you joy? Retired pro skier, Grace Miller, is intimately familiar with a change of course. Grace grew up in Alaska and started skiing at a young age. Before she was out of high school, she was recruited to compete at the highest level, but at age 23 after ...

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Experiences of Wildfire in Montana, with Young Indigenous Storytellers and the Montana Media Lab

Life with Fire - March 15, 2024 16:00 - 29 minutes
Today's episode is a special one. We collaborated with the Montana Media Lab—a program of the University of Montana's School of Journalism—to help support their winter "Youth Voices" workshop, which empowers young rural and Indigenous storytellers to learn more about audio storytelling while sha...

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Afraid of The Paranormal Pendulum

Afraid of Nothing Podcast - March 14, 2024 17:00 - 57 minutes
In this episode we talk pendulum dowsing with Dan Baldwin and George Sewell, and unearth the Lindsey Higgins abduction case as seen on Netflix's Haunted (Season 1, Episode 5). AI-generated episode art created at NightCafe Creator. BIOS: Dan Baldwin is a professional writer, often a "ghost wri...

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Microadventuring with Alastair Humphreys

Wild Ideas Worth Living - March 12, 2024 10:00 - 28 minutes
Alastair Humphreys is an author and adventurer who has walked 600 miles across Southern India, ran an ultra marathon through the Sahara Desert, and hiked and rafted across Iceland. Alastair's newest wild idea is to embrace the concept of "microadventures," an adventure that is short, easily acce...

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Microadventuring with Alastair Humphreys

Wild Ideas Worth Living - March 12, 2024 10:00 - 28 minutes ★★★★★ - 904 ratings
Alastair Humphreys is an author and adventurer who has walked 600 miles across Southern India, ran an ultra marathon through the Sahara Desert, and hiked and rafted across Iceland. Alastair's newest wild idea is to embrace the concept of "microadventures," an adventure that is short, easily acce...

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Embracing Your Truth: A Path to Fulfillment and Freedom

Wake Your Ask Up - March 10, 2024 21:00 - 8 minutes ★★★★★ - 1 rating
Making the decision to honor your truth is a vital step towards living a well-rounded lifestyle. Often, we find ourselves swayed by popular opinions, influenced by the expectations of others, or trapped in a victim mindset, blaming our upbringing or past for our struggles. However, dwelling in v...

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37: On Life Transitions and New Beginnings with Veteran Journalist Fawn Germer

I Wonder If - March 05, 2024 14:00 - 45 minutes
Navigating the relentless pursuit of dreams, this episode illuminates how perseverance serves as a lighthouse amidst the tumult of self-doubt and adversity. Drawing from our guest’s own tapestry of experiences, including the elation of a first tour and the determination to write a book amidst in...

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Becoming the First Woman to Travel Around the Moon with Christina Koch

Wild Ideas Worth Living - March 05, 2024 11:00 - 28 minutes ★★★★★ - 904 ratings
What if you had an opportunity to travel around the moon? Christina Koch has worked at NASA for the last 10 years, and has been a part of groundbreaking missions in outer space. In 2019, Christina embarked on a 328-day stay on the International Space Station, setting a record for the longest sin...

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Becoming the First Woman to Travel Around the Moon with Christina Koch

Wild Ideas Worth Living - March 05, 2024 11:00 - 28 minutes
What if you had an opportunity to travel around the moon? Christina Koch has worked at NASA for the last 10 years, and has been a part of groundbreaking missions in outer space. In 2019, Christina embarked on a 328-day stay on the International Space Station, setting a record for the longest sin...

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The one who swims with sharks with Lebogang Matlakala

Leave our world a better place - March 04, 2024 15:06 - 47 minutes
Africa Foundation’s Future Leaders Program Manager Lebogang Matlakala is a paradox. A girl who grew up in the dry and dusty interior of South Africa who is an avid diver and oceanographer. An impressive academic and public speaker who advocates for simple and effective communication of ...

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[REBROADCAST] 32. Cur Dogs: Origins And Evolution of a Florida Cowboy's Best Friend

BetweenTheBeachesPodcast - February 29, 2024 14:48 - 43 minutes
Join us for a rebroadcast of this episode that takes a deeper historical look into the origins and development of the Florida rancher's favorite working partner, the cur dog or Florida cow dog. Suffice to say that when our ancestors sailed across the Atlantic to settle in North America, they brou...

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Afraid of Alien Encounters

Afraid of Nothing Podcast - February 28, 2024 18:00 - 1 hour
On your mark, get set, GO ... up into an alien spacecraft. But who do you talk to about the experience once you return from the Mother Ship? Yep, there's a support group for that. Tonight's guest, Lester Velez, is a UFO investigator, author and founder of OPUS, the Organization for Paranormal U...

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