Don't Forget Your Boots

Mar 25 2024 51 ep. 55 mins 34
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Travel and conservation podcast, where we hope to get and give inspiration for our adventures at home and away.

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John Perlin, author of A Forest Journey: The Role of Trees in the Fate of Civilization

Mar 25 2024 94 mins  
In this episode, I speak with John Perlin, author of the renowned book A Forest Journey which he recently expanded updated for Patagonia Press. He explains how trees changed the world (pretty much started life) including the first one archaeopteryx, how trees and deforestation contribute to emerging and novel diseases like Lyme disease, corona-virus, and Ebola, and how trees are ev

Steven Hawley, author of Cracked: The Future of Dams in a Hot, Chaotic World

Jan 30 2024 75 mins  
In this episode, I interview Steven Hawley, author of author of Cracked: The Future of Dams in a Hot, Chaotic World. Steven talks to me about the real environmental impact of dams, how they actually aren't climate-friendly, and how people can help join the grassroots efforts across the world to get rid of them.

Chris Yoko, Founder of Carbon Off

Nov 07 2023 47 mins  
In this podcast episode, I speak with Chris Yoko President & CEO of Yoko Co, and Founder of Carbon Off, a straightforward and easy way for employers to show their employees they care about the environment by offsetting their employee's personal carbon footprints. We discuss the wild and nuanced world of carbon offsets, and how employers can leverage Carbon Off, and being cautio

Dr Larry Cahoon, UNCW Professor returns for another episode

Aug 21 2023 67 mins  
Per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) have been in the news a lot lately, and are a growing concern of water quality around the United States. In this podcast episode, Dr. Larry Cahoon, a professor at UNC Wilmington, speaks about the state of PFAs in the drinking water both locally as well as globally and discusses some of the successes he and the Cape Fear River Watch have se

Justin Winters of One Earth

Dec 21 2022 69 mins  
In this episode, I can speak with Justin Winters, the Co-Founder and Executive Director of One Earth, a non-profit working on solving the climate crisis through energy transition, nature conservation, and regenerative agriculture. We talk about the responsibilities of individual nations on the climate crisis, the biggest levers we have, and why we should all feel positive about our

Author and fly fisherman Dylan Tomine

Nov 28 2022 73 mins  
In this podcast episode, I speak with fly fisherman and author of the recent book Headwaters: The Adventures, Obsession and Evolution of a Fly Fisherman, Dylan Tomine.

Adventure Photographer and Author Dave Brosha

Nov 08 2022 77 mins  
In this podcast, I speak with photographer Dave Brosha where we talk about a lot of things personal and professional including almost dying of dehydration in Namibia, the less glamorous side of photography, and other stories in his recent book The Art of Misadventure: The Outtakes and Mistakes of an Adventurous Photographer.

Bestselling Author and Naturalist Doug Peacock

Apr 10 2022 53 mins  
In this episode, I chat with bestselling author and naturalist Doug Peacock, about his most recent book Was It Worth It? We talk about a range of things, from his storied career in grizzly conservation, to grizzly population trends and their issues with genetic isolation, problems with states managing their bear populations (Montana in particular), as well as his work as the founde

Kim Wheeler of The Red Wolf Coalition

Jan 28 2022 90 mins  
In this episode of the podcast, I chat with Kim Wheeler, the Executive Director of The Red Wolf Coalition. We speak about the last of the Red Wolves in existence, the struggle of getting people to not fear Red Wolves, and the dangers of her job as a wolf defender (she has been run off the road by another car, no kidding). Quick note, I asked Kim a few very specific questions about

Mountaineer, author, and filmmaker Rick Ridgeway

Dec 02 2021 76 mins  
Rick Ridgeway could be one of the most incredible people I have spoken with. He's the man The Rolling Stones called "the real Indiana Jones. He's the 2008 recipient of National Geographic’s “Lifetime Achievement in Adventure”. He's a lifelong adventurer, filmmaker of over 30 documentaries, has climbed virtually all of the world's highest peaks on all continents—including Ev