Literary storytelling from the editors and writers of Outside Magazine
When PTSD changed the course of Chad Brownâs life, the subtle art of catch and release fly fishing changed it back. In this episode, the filmmaker, fisherman, soldier, and survivor tells the story of how giving backâto his community, to the river, to the fishâgave him a template for rebuilding his life.
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Movies donât get much better than surfer-heist popcorn flick Point Break (1991). Movies donât really get much worse than surfer-heist popcorn flick Point Break (2015). What happened? Each week on the movie and culture podcast Captive Audience, regular Outside contributor Alex Ward and his co-hosts break down a classic film that one of them hasnât seen. This week, they invited Outside Podcast host Peter Frick-Wright to discuss the Keanu Reeves cult classic, and the debacle that is the remake.
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'Forever Chemicals' keep mud out of your boots, and make rain jackets waterproof, but theyâre about to be illegal. Back in 2013, footwear maker Keen decided to try and figure out the formula for keeping everyone dry without poisoning our drinking water and contaminating our soil. Could they make high performance boots and shoes without causing cancer and suppressing the immune system? Would the rest of the outdoor industry follow their lead?
Outside Online: Forever Chemicals are Bad. And Everywhere
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Where did eagles come from? Why are grizzly bears so mean? In this Audible Original excerpt, host James Dommek Jrâthe great-grandson of a famous Iñupiaq storytellerâ travels around the state listening to legends from different cultures and traditions. The result is a beautiful portrait of life in the north, and a new twist on the idea of a survival story. Alaska isn't the last frontier, it's the center of the universe.
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Singer-songwriter David Lindes found his way into running with help from the most unexpected teacher: a bull moose. Growing up in Guatemala David had learned to ignore his body. Thanks to beatings by his adults, his body was a source of pain, and not much else. So he didnât play sports, he didnât dance, he found out later he wasnât even walking correctly. But as an adult, as he started to heal, he began to learn about his body. What it could do, how good it could feel to run and hike through the canyons near his home. Then, one day, he encountered a family of moose. And they put his newfound trust in his body to the test.
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We think of New York as having a rat problem, but cats are doing just as much damage. They hunt staggering numbers of birds, they carry parasites that cause birth defects, they spread diseases that wash into the ocean and kill sea otters and seals. NYCâs cat population is exploding. There are more cats in North America than ever before. Reporter Meg Duff investigates what, if anything, might be done about that.
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Look around the start line of an endurance race and you donât see many tall competitors. Look on the podium, and you never see any. Why is that? Why donât tall people win endurance races? Host Peter Frick-Wright and producer Paddy OâConnell are pretty much the two tallest athletes in all of the outdoors. Will they ever be champion runners? No they will not. But the reasons why might surprise you.
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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 loveâand it created big issues for wildlife managers. Moose donât usually wander that far south. Marty got a lot of âlikesâ but eventually his notoriety began to cause problems. Producer Steph Joyce explores why we all have such a hard time around celebrity animals.
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People dream of boating or swimming with whales. But thatâs based on the false assumption that they are gentle giants that donât bother humans. But theyâre not. And they do. Just ask Liz Cottriel and Julie McSorley, who found themselves kayaking off Californiaâs Central Coast when a group of humpback whales began feeding all around them. Producer Aaron Scott reports on how the dream of boating with whales stacks up against the reality of being surrounded by some of the largest creatures on the planet.
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How do you make the best of a golf addiction? Add running. Thatâs the formula contributor Alex Ward tried to perfect a few months ago, when he started figuring out a way to turn his rounds of golf into real exercise. Would golf be an endurance sport if he played sunrise to sunset? What if he wore running gear, carried just three clubs, and played this notoriously slow and calm sport absolutely as fast as he could?
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Adventures can provide fuel for romance, but only if you know how to take what you learned in the mountains back home. Just askPaddy OâConnell. Paddy loves two things: fresh pow, and his wife, Carly. On their one-year wedding anniversary, the cutest couple in all of the outdoors ventured to Portillo, Chile to contemplate their affection for skiing and each other. And eat great food. And get massages. And hike to powder so they could eat more great food. Then came the hard part: holding onto those feelings when it was all over.
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