Running Anthropologist
Latest Episodes
Earth Day, Earth Year: On Healing & Recovery
Welcome back! In our new season's first episode, "Earth Day, Earth Year: Healing & Recovery" we look at ways to heal our planet while healing ourselves, personally and collectively. We feature ultra trail athlete Michael Wardian (about Earth Day 5K and he
Life with G-ma, featuring Jan Dennis
This episode is all about Gma, our family nickname for my grandmother, Jan Dennis. The interview featured here took place during our many hours of free time in the pandemic year, and I actually spoke with her several times about her life stories and runni
Conscious Running in 2021, with Lisah Hamilton - Performance & Functional Movement Specialist
Lisah Hamilton is interested in helping us be more conscious of our movements and mental approach to running, as well as how we see ourselves. Her perspective on gives us insight into the emerging culture of conscious running, and is yet another example o
Light Emerges from the Darkness & Our 2020 Run-Down
In our last episode of 2020, we look for the light of hope just around the next bend, amidst great suffering & a year of global reckoning with the pandemic… none of us are immune and we all need an outlet. This has given the outdoor/trail and distance run
Beth Evans, on Wheelchair Racing & The Magic of it All
Beth is a champion endurance athlete and barely lets on when you meet her or talk to her about the sport she is now helping to shape, move forward and inspire change. She carries that magic with her, or perhaps gathers it to share back out, from Disney Ra
Running Multi-Day Challenges & Relays, feat. Rush Darwish & Team members
This episode features the Chairman and Co-Founder of The Refugee Life Foundation Rush Darwish (pictured above), who shares with us how and why The Refugee Life Foundation started, and the Running Refugees Relays shortly thereafter to fill a great need. Ru
Running Refugees Relay across Florida
Traversing 262 miles across the state of Florida with a team of 10, representing a global cause. From St.Pete beach up the coast, cutting inland through Ocala National Forest to St.Augustine! Some are on the ground in Florida and some joining virtually, o
Celtic Culture & Pandemic Running, featuring musician Marc Gunn
Marc Gunn is an acclaimed musician and storyteller, on the cultural rhythm and lore of history and fantasy, and hosts the most popular Irish and Celtic music podcast out there, performs and produces his own fusion music on the autoharp, as well as hosting
The New Civil Rights- Movement & Our Relationships, with Life Coach Jomil Bell
Jomil Bell joins us for a special Labor Day edition of the Running Anthropologist and shares her work of highlighting American stories within the context of "The New Civil Rights Movement". She also reflects on personal movement of the body, mind & spirit
Mario Mendoza on Faith, Hope, and Mountains
Ultra running mentor and one of our few Latino role models in the long distance & Ultra world, Mario Mendoza uses the unique space he occupies for goals much bigger than himself and his own goals. With typical Mario humility, he sits down with us to talk