
Bouncing Back From Heart Attacks, With Chef and Angler Ranga Perera
Ranga Perera is a sought after personal chef and fly fishing companion in Bozeman, Montana, who lives with disarming joy and optimism in the face of tragedy and an eery brush with death

The Benefits (and Drawbacks) of Adult Beginner-ness, With Mirna Valerio
Take it from a professional trier-of-new-things: taking up a new outdoor pursuit can change your life—and the more hurdles you face in doing so, the more reasons you have to try

Taking the Battle of the Sexes Outside, With Katie Burrell
You probably know Katie Burrell from her Instagram skewering of outdoor stereotypes and her race ski-sharp takes on how relationships live and die on the trail. So you’d think talking to her would be a non-stop gigglefest, but Burrell has range that requires a lot of emotional intelligence. It turns out there’s no better place to develop that than on skis and mountain bikes.

How to Hear the Minnesota Wilderness in a Guitar Chord, With Dave Simonett
Is Minnesota the most underrated outdoor adventure state? Lead singer of Trampled by Turtles, Dave Simonett, was heavily influenced by the states’ unique beauty, spending his youth exploring its rolling woods. But nature wasn’t just his playground - his love for fishing, hiking, and all things outdoors inspired his music and shaped his songwriting career.

What Everyone Can Learn From Mount Everest, With Ben Ayers
What drives people to climb the world’s highest peak? Writer and explorer Ben Ayers has had countless conversations with mountaineers from all over the world. Hear the insights he’s gathered during his time living in Kathmandu.

If You’re Going Fast, You’re Doing It Wrong, With Ellen Bradley
We’re all guilty of rushing through the outdoors—chasing the next thrill or squeezing in a quick ride. But what if slowing down could actually bring us closer to nature and ourselves? Skier and scientist Ellen Bradly found that when she moved with intention, the forest started speaking in ways she’d never noticed.

Snowboarding, Surfing, and How to Make Your Dad Cry with Selema Masekela
What is outdoor culture and how do we define it? To really understand, you need someone who has held a mic in front of a camera at world class skiing, snowboarding, and surfing events for decades and who has lived in the gooey, buzzing center of our culture since the 1990s.

Need to Unburden Yourself of Secrets? Take a River Trip—Just Ask Mikah Meyer
Before he was making headlines for visiting all 419 National Parks in one continuous trip, endurance athlete Mikah Meyer carried a secret he thought would define him forever. How did he come to terms with himself to live life to the fullest?

What Snowboarding Has to do With Parenthood, Loss, and Cancer With Kimmy Fasani
Kimmy Fasani is one of the best snowboarders on the planet, but the lessons she's learned sliding sideways downhill are relevant to all of us, regardless of whether or not we've tackled a sheer Alaskan face or stared down Stage 3 cancer.

The Universal Hilariousness of Outdoorsy People With Scott Losse
If you're a mountain biker or a snowboarder, there's a good chance you've seen Scott Losse appear in your IG feed, with his deadpan, hilarious observations of the more ridiculous aspects to both sports. Host PaddyO gets him to open up about why he only kids those he loves.

Introducing the NEW Outside Podcast With Host PaddyO
We have some fun, exciting news! Longtime Outside Podcast contributor, Paddy “PaddyO” O’Connell is taking over as host of the show. In every episode, PaddyO will chat with people about how their experiences in the outdoors have shaped the way they navigate life.

The Joyful History of Black Surfing
The first written accounts of surfing in Africa predate accounts of surfing in Hawaii by 100 years. In his new movie, 'Wade in the Water,' documentarian David Mesfin asks: What else have we glossed over in the history of Black surfing?

The Cold Hard Facts of Freezing to Death
What happens to your body when you get lost and confused on a mountain in the bitter cold of a winter night?

How to Keep Your Chin Up When It Hurts
When John Orth, a violin maker from Colorado, set out to break his own world record for the most pull-ups in 24 hours, he had no idea he was competing against a college kid from Virginia

Who’s Got It Worse, Ass-Pens or J-Holes?
Outside spends a lot of time ranking the best mountain towns in the country, but which one is the worst?

Shaun White’s Next Twist
Shaun White has been the face of snowboarding for two decades. So what’s he doing in retirement?

Up a Tree Without a Paddle
It was the trip of a lifetime. Several months paddling the Amazon, trying to eat without being eaten. It almost all went to plan.

A Bull Named Party Bus and the Rodeo Clown Showdown
JJ Harrison is the only person at a rodeo who is supposed to get hit by the bulls

How We Survive
The US military is responsible for the emission of more greenhouse gasses than any other single institution in the world. It is actively planning for the consequences of climate change, but is it doing anything to prevent it?

Alone and Broken in the Desert
Claire Nelson was more than a mile off the trail when she fell 30 feet in Joshua Tree National Park

Navigating a Class V Marriage
When Katie Arnold and her husband Steve were invited to run the Middle Fork of the Salmon River, it was a lifelong dream come true. But then disaster struck.

Butterflies on the Wall—Part 2
The border wall had an all star cast of political operatives trying to get it built. The butterflies had Marianna Trevino Wright.

Butterflies on the Wall—Part 1
How did a US congressional candidate and the director of the National Butterfly Center end up in a physical altercation on the US border with Mexico?

The Disappearance of the Monarch King—Part 2
Was Homero’s death an accident? Or murder? And who would want Homero dead?

The Disappearance of the Monarch King—Part 1
Monarchs are considered the king of the butterflies. In Michoacan, Mexico conservationist Homero Gomez Gonzalez was considered the king of the Monarchs. Until one day in 2020, when he disappeared without a trace.

A Suspiciously Straightforward Treasure Hunt
The world's most interesting video game designer just hid a treasure in the woods. What's he up to?

Ada Limón Wants Picnic Tables to Make You Feel Something
When Ada Limón, America’s first Latina poet laureate, was tasked with bringing poetry to people who otherwise might not be exposed to it, she knew just where to put it: National Parks

The Banks Growing Money on Trees
A quarter of the money at the world’s largest banks goes directly to funding fossil fuel projects. But what if it didn’t?

The Mystery of the Mis-Labeled Mollusk
Emojis are silly. But sometimes something silly gets lodged in your brain and you can’t stop thinking about it. Recently, reporter Meg Duff noticed that her phone was mis-classifying a handful of animal emojis, and an internet rabbit hole turned into a headphones smiley face.

The Story of Outside’s Funniest Story
What’s stranger than a story about people stuffing ferrets down their pants? How about that story leading the writer to create one of the largest, most successful digital media companies, ever

The Olympic Athletes Being Required to Take Drugs
Since the beginning of women’s sports, a question has loomed: who qualifies as female?

The Battle for Swimming’s Suits and Running’s Soul
When a technological breakthrough gives some athletes a major advantage, how should we think about the victories, the medals, the world records?

How Fat Makes You Fast
Some of the most hardcore athletes in the world are elite race walkers. Moving faster than most people can run, their sport pushes the limits of endurance, pain tolerance, and fueling.

In Search of a Quiet Mind
After suffering a mental health crisis during a mountaineering expedition, National Geographic photographer Cory Richards walked away from his climbing career. After a terrible rafting accident, Outside writer Katie Arnold nearly ended her marriage. This summer, they are both telling their stories.

What You Can Learn from More than One Octopus
After ‘My Octopus Teacher’ won the Oscar for Best Documentary, the producers realized they had left an important voice out of their movie—indigenous South Africans who had been silenced and separated from the ocean by apartheid

Caroline Gleich's Biggest Adventure Yet
Caroline Gleich is a renowned climber and skier, a climate activist, and now the Utah democratic party’s candidate for US senate

A Pro Kayaker Walks into Some Hip-Hop Bars
What does a professional kayaker do when he realizes he’s in the twilight of his career? He releases a rap album, of course.

Hello Darkness. Let’s Get Weird
Three days in total blackout darkness doesn’t sound that hard, until you hear this story about someone who tried to do it

The Craziest Lost Dog Story Ever
If your family dog ran off on its first camping trip, how far would you go to get them back?

A Totally Different Way to Look at the Northern Lights
Is the Aurora Borealis magic, science, or something in between?

The 200-Mile Race to Tell the World about Everest
When the British Empire finally put boots on top of the world on May 29, 1953, the news was entrusted to a young man named Ten Tsewang Sherpa, who ran 200 miles to Kathmandu

The Runners Who Went So Hard They Were Never the Same
Athletes train for years to overcome pain, exhaustion, and fatigue. But some people take it too far and are never the same again.

The Subtle Art of Catch and Release
When PTSD from military service in Somalia changed the course of Chad Brown’s life, the subtle art of catch and release fly fishing changed it back

Breaking Down ‘Point Break’
Movies don’t get much better than surfer-heist popcorn flick ‘Point Break’ (1991). Movies don’t really get much worse than surfer-heist popcorn flick ‘Point Break’ (2015). What happened?

Your Rain Jacket May Soon Be Illegal
“Forever Chemicals” keep mud out of your boots and make rain jackets waterproof, but they’re about to be illegal

Alaska is the Center of the Universe
Where did eagles come from? Why are grizzly bears so mean? In this Audible Original excerpt, host James Dommek Jr—the great-grandson of a famous Iñupiaq storyteller—travels around the state sharing legends from different cultures and traditions

Wild Animals Taught Me to… Run!
Singer-songwriter David Lindes found his way into running with help from the most unexpected teacher: a bull moose

On the Front Lines of NYC’s ‘Kittenpocalypse’
We think of New York as having a rat problem, but cats are doing just as much damage

The Size Disadvantage
Look around the start line of an endurance race and you don’t see many tall competitors. Look on the podium, and you never see any. Why is that?

The Trouble with the Internet’s Most Famous Moose
When Marty Moose strolled into Santa Fe looking for a mate, he became a viral sensation in New Mexico. But that did nothing to help his search for love—and it created big issues for wildlife managers.

Way, Way, Too Close to a Whale
People dream of boating or swimming with whales. But that’s based on the false assumption that they are gentle giants that don’t bother humans.

Do Couples That Ski Together Stay Together?
Adventures can provide fuel for romance, but only if you know how to take what you learned in the mountains back home

The ‘Into the Wild’ Bus Has Another Story to Tell
The abandoned vehicle where Chris McCandless died teaches us a lot about modern Alaska

A Wild Conversation with E. Jean Carroll
Before she became famous for her lawsuits against former President Trump, the writer took a road trip for an Outside story that had her asking total strangers if they had sex outdoors.

The President of Off-the-Couch Fitness
What’s an acceptable baseline of fitness? According to the most adventurous American president in U.S. history, it was an ultra endurance trek.

Training Like a Pop Star (Taylor’s Version)
Is Taylor Swift an elite endurance athlete? On the Eras tour, the singer-songwriter is performing three nights a week, singing and dancing for as long as it takes most people to run a marathon.

The Anti-Bonk Diet
After a certain number of hours, endurance races are basically eating competitions

Burgers, Palm Trees, and Buried Treasure
In-N-Out Burger’s iconic palm trees are a reference to buried treasure, but they also make the restaurant a very unlikely climate change indicator

The Most Unexpected Way for an Athlete to Get Faster
We try to gain a competitive edge from things like nutrition, recovery, weight training, and new shoes. But what if becoming a parent does the trick?

Are We Done with the Endangered Species Act?
After 50 years, one of the most consequential environmental laws in U.S. history may no longer be relevant to the world we’re living in

The Curious Rise (and Fall) in Cougar Attacks
Mountain lions are becoming more aggressive. Or maybe they aren’t?

Big News About the Outside Podcast
Our founding host, Peter Frick-Wright, is returning—and we couldn’t be more excited

What Mikaela Shiffrin Only Tells Her Mom
When you’re one of the greatest skiers of all time, there are some things you only say to the person you trust most in the world

Celebrating the Spirit of an Adventurer
Honoring the life of someone who spent their days exploring wild places often means embracing the pursuits that brought them joy

The Strange New World of DIY Sufferfests
People all over the place are creating outrageous unofficial athletic contests that are equal parts grueling and just plain silly. What’s going on?

Learning to Love the Creepy-Crawly Things
Spiders and other hairy scary critters are everywhere. It’s best—for us and the planet—if we can figure out how to coexist.

So You Wanna Be an Outdoor Parent
There’s no way to guarantee that your kids will embrace nature and adventure, but you can do some things to point them in the right direction

“I Needed to Keep Running to Heal Myself”
For endurance athlete Dillon Quitugua, ultramarathons became a way to work through the pain of the abuse he’d suffered as a child

A Long Walk from Rural Alaska to the Runways of Paris
Indigenous model and activist Quannah ChasingHorse lives her life in two very different worlds

The Running Life of Indie Rocker Ben Gibbard
The singer, songwriter, and guitarist for the Postal Service and Death Cab for Cutie applies the same approach to ultramarathons that he does to touring: just keep moving

“These Brides Are Trying to Kill Us”
Nothing says “for better or for worse” like forcing your wedding guests to trek 60 miles to a ceremony deep in the jungle

Confessions of PCT Thru-Hikers
What really happens to you when you spend months trekking the Pacific Coast Trail? Getting tired and filthy is just the start of it.

In Search of a Darker Night
Artificial light makes it impossible for most people in North America to see the Milky Way. But we don’t have to live like this.

Summer Read: A Journey Across Iceland in Search of My Health
When Pam Houston traveled to the nordic island nation to ride its unique breed of spirited horses, she wasn’t just after an adventure—she was urgently seeking a way to be well again

When Yvon Chouinard Invites You to Go Surfing
You say yes, of course. But what about those other wild opportunities that you’re not so sure about?

Summer Read: A Murder on the Appalachian Trail
America’s most classic hiking route is generally a safe place for an adventure. But not always.

For the Love of Summer Camp
When your most cherished childhood experience becomes impossible for your own kids, there’s only one choice: recreate it for them yourself