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Science of Survival Ep 10: Line of Blood in the Sand
January 24, 2017

Denmark’s rugged Faroe Islands are known for sheep, rowboats, and a brutal tradition called “The Grind” in which Faroese men butcher hundreds of pilot whales by hand, on the beach, in full view of locals and tourists.

The Outside Interview Ep 07: Mark Sundeen on the New Pioneers
January 10, 2017

Writer Mark Sundeen spent the last three years chronicling the lives of three couples who have dropped out of mainstream society, trading cars, technology, and electricity for freedom and hard work on the new American frontier.

Dispatches Ep 03: Call of the Wild Things
December 13, 2016

Wolf howls, bird songs, , crickets, frogs—soundscapes contain clues to not only what’s going on around us but also who we are. Not just as individuals, but as human beings. Or at least, that’s what Bernie Krause says.

The Outside Interview Ep 06: Secretary of the Interior Sally Jewell
November 29, 2016

“If you’re not at the table, you’re on the menu,” says Sally Jewell. Hopeful, thoughtful, slightly ticked-off, and surprisingly emotional, the outgoing Secretary of the Interior talks with Outside editor Chris Keyes about the presidential election and ...

Science of Survival Ep 09: Cliffhanger, Part 3
November 15, 2016

Dan and Isaac are back from searching through the wreckage of Eastern Airlines Flight 980 on a remote mountain in Bolivia, but their findings have prompted a whole new set of questions. Will anyone look at the material they brought back to the U.S.?

Science of Survival Ep 08: Cliffhanger, Part 2
November 01, 2016

Since colliding with a Bolivian mountain in 1985, Eastern Airlines Flight 980 has been frozen inside a glacier perched on the edge of a 3,000 foot drop. With wreckage now melting out of the ice at the base of the cliff,

Science of Survival Ep 07: Cliffhanger, Part 1
October 18, 2016

It’s one of history’s greatest aviation mysteries: on New Year’s Day in 1985, Eastern Air Lines Flight 980 was carrying 29 passengers and a hell of a lot of contraband when it crashed into the side of a 21,112-foot mountain in Bolivia.

Dispatches Ep 02: National Parks Don’t Need Your Stinkin’ Reverence
October 05, 2016

John Muir rhapsodizing about Yosemite is one thing, but Outside contributing editor Ian Frazier has had it with people calling their favorite outdoor spots “cathedrals,” “shrines,” and “sacred spaces.” When he made his case in an issue of Outside,

Dispatches Ep01: The Sound of Science
September 20, 2016

Scientists are compiling huge amounts of data on the impact of global warming, but the story of that data often gets lost. Enter Nik Sawe, a researcher at Stanford who is transforming big data into music.  Two parts science, one art,

The Outside Interview Ep 05: The Hard Lessons of Climbing Superstar Conrad Anker
September 07, 2016

For two decades, Conrad Anker has been at the forefront of climbing, evolving into America’s best all-around alpinist. With skills on rock, ice, and big peaks, he’s now something of an elder statesmen and mentor to a new generation of elite athletes.