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She Explores

255 episodes - English - Latest episode: 10 months ago - ★★★★★ - 878 ratings

Come find inspiration with women in the outdoors. Interviews, in-the-field recordings, and listener submissions make up a tapestry of episodes covering themes such as solo hiking and camping, entrepreneurship, outdoor equity, aging, conservation, motherhood, chronic illness, and more as they intersect with outdoor experiences. Hosted by Gale Straub.

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Episodes

Micro Episode: Listeners Answer the Question - How do the outdoors make you feel?

July 21, 2016 17:29 - 17 minutes - 16.2 MB

We compiled listener submitted voice memos that describe how the outdoors make them feel. Some adjectives used include: inspired, energetic, connected, healed, calm... The list goes on. Thanks to Alyssa Hands, Hallie Rose Taylor, Laura Hughes, Kathleen Morton, Miranda Morehouse, Jackie Currie, Abigail Scott, Delicia Long, Kristin H, Ryan Scavo, Addy Polet, Stepfanie Aguilar, Kelsey Suemnicht, Rachel Spruston, and Lucie Fra. Music by Alyssa Hands, Portrayal, and MindsEye. Thanks to our spo...

"Being Here": How the Outdoors Make Us Feel

July 14, 2016 17:33 - 33 minutes - 30.8 MB

Interview with adventure writer Hilary Oliver about her short film, "Being Here." We talk about her motivation to create the film, how she felt about sharing it with the world, and how she sees adventure films changing for the better. We also include listener voice memos about how the outdoors make them feel.

On Fear #2: Human Powered Travel

June 30, 2016 02:36 - 28 minutes - 26.4 MB

Interview with Julie Hotz, a videographer and photographer in favor of human-powered travel. She bike-packed from Los Angeles, CA to Glacier National Park and then hiked the Pacific Northwest Trail to the Pacific Ocean. We talked about how we grow when we take on challenges that we're a little afraid of.

On Fear: Beginner Backpacking and Kickstarters

June 15, 2016 20:32 - 31 minutes - 28.6 MB

On Fear: Beginner Backpacking and Kickstarters. Interviews with Liz Song, founder of Snowqueen and Scout, and Rachel Goldfarb of @IdleTheoryBus. We talk about the fear associated with taking big leaps - because starting a podcast is a little scary.

About She Explores

June 15, 2016 20:13 - 2 minutes - 2.04 MB

An introduction to the motivation behind She Explores podcast from host Gale Straub. Featuring the voices of: Hiranya de Alwis Jayasinghe, Sheri Tingey, Beth Bradley, Katie Boué, and Rahawa Hailey. Learn more at She-Explores.com/podcast and join the conversation in our She Explores Podcast Facebook Group. Music is by Kai Engel using a CC by A license

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