The Joy Trip Project

Series produced by James Mills

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The Joy Trip Project is a news gathering and reporting program that covers outdoor recreation, environmental conservation, acts of charitable giving and practices of sustainable living.

The purpose of this project is to raise and maintain awareness for the importance of environmental protection and the participation of all people in outdoor recreation activities and practices of healthy living.

Method:
The Joy Trip Project produces a regularly occurring online audio feature or podcast on topics related to environmental protection and the active lifestyle. Through aggressive reporting and creative storytelling combined with contemporary music the JTP aims to inform, entertain and inspire. The podcast is distributed via Real Simple Syndication (RSS) through audio programming websites such as iTunes.


47 Pieces

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Alex Honnold
From: James Mills
Series: The Joy Trip Project
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An interview with free-solo rock climber Alex Honnold

Bought by XRAY.fm


  • Added: Oct 04, 2011
  • Length: 10:01
  • Purchases: 1
Happy
From: James Mills
Series: The Joy Trip Project
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A interview with filmmaker Roko Belic discussing his film on the study of happiness

  • Added: Oct 04, 2011
  • Length: 10:24
With My Own Two Wheels
From: James Mills
Series: The Joy Trip Project
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A review of a film that shares the transformational powers of bicycles

  • Added: Jun 25, 2011
  • Length: 03:30
The Freedom Riders
From: James Mills
Series: The Joy Trip Project
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A conversation with Freedom Rider and civil rights historian Earnest “Rip” Patton and German-American artist Charlotta Janssen whose depiction of F...

Bought by KVSC


  • Added: May 11, 2011
  • Length: 10:18
  • Purchases: 1
Save Our Snow
From: James Mills
Series: The Joy Trip Project
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An Interview with professional skier and environmental advocate Alison Gannett on her non profit the Save Our Snow Foundation

  • Added: Feb 27, 2011
  • Length: 11:00
The Extreme Ice Survey
From: James Mills
Series: The Joy Trip Project
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An interview with National Geographic glacier photographer James Balog

  • Added: Feb 27, 2011
  • Length: 10:51
350.org
From: James Mills
Series: The Joy Trip Project
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An interview with environmental journalist Bill McKibben on his climate change awareness organization 350.org

  • Added: Feb 27, 2011
  • Length: 08:37
The Secrets of Shanghri La
From: James Mills
Series: The Joy Trip Project
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An interview with professional mountaineer Peter Athans that explores his project preserve ancient Tibetan artifacts that pre-date Buddhism.

Bought by KPIP-LP


  • Added: Jan 03, 2011
  • Length: 11:36
  • Purchases: 1
Let Me Down Easy
From: James Mills
Series: The Joy Trip Project
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The actress Anna Deavere Smith performing scenes from her one-woman play "Let Me Down Easy"

  • Added: Jan 03, 2011
  • Length: 14:53
Freedom to Roam
From: James Mills
Series: The Joy Trip Project
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An interview with Rick Ridgeway, executive director of Freedom to Roam, a program that works to protect the corridors through which animals travel ...

  • Added: Jan 02, 2011
  • Length: 15:51
The Cove
From: James Mills
Series: The Joy Trip Project
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An interview with Louie Psihoyos, the Oscar wining director of a film that depicts the tragic circumstances behind the annual slaughter of 23,000 d...

  • Added: Jan 02, 2011
  • Length: 17:48
Environmental Justice
From: James Mills
Series: The Joy Trip Project
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An interview with Peggy Shepard executive director of West Harlem Environmental Action Inc.

Bought by KUFM - Montana Public Radio


  • Added: Jan 02, 2011
  • Length: 16:21
  • Purchases: 1
Project Tandem
From: James Mills
Series: The Joy Trip Project
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A conversation with photo journalists Alan Winslow and Morrigan McCarthy on their 11,000-mile bicycle journey to record and photograph the thoughts...

  • Added: Jan 02, 2011
  • Length: 17:00
Planet Walker
From: James Mills
Series: The Joy Trip Project
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An interview with author John Francis, an environmental scientist who spent 17 years without speaking or riding in a motorized vehicle.

  • Added: Jan 02, 2011
  • Length: 15:08
Majora Carter Urban Revitalization Strategist
From: James Mills
Series: The Joy Trip Project
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An interview with MacArthur Genius grant winner Majora Carter on the role minorities will likely play in the creation of sustainable environmental ...

Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio


  • Added: Jan 02, 2011
  • Length: 13:03
  • Purchases: 1
Take A Seat
From: James Mills
Series: The Joy Trip Project
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An interview with adventure filmmaker Dominic Gill and his journey riding a tandem bicycle 22,000 miles from Alaska to Argentina while inviting com...

Bought by KUT


  • Added: Jan 02, 2011
  • Length: 15:18
  • Purchases: 1
Mountain 2 Mountain
From: James Mills
Series: The Joy Trip Project
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An interview with Shannon Galpin executive director of an organization that works to provide education and pre-natal care for women in Afghanistan

  • Added: Dec 30, 2010
  • Length: 15:56
Robert Egger
From: James Mills
Series: The Joy Trip Project
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An interview with the director and founder of the D.C. Central Kitchen Robert Egger

  • Added: Dec 30, 2010
  • Length: 13:46
Point of No Return
From: James Mills
Series: The Joy Trip Project
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Filmmakers Nick Rosen and Peter Mortimer share their thoughts on the tragic deaths of three killed in an avalanche while shooting on location in China

  • Added: Dec 29, 2010
  • Length: 13:09
Greg Mortenson: Stones into Schools
From: James Mills
Series: The Joy Trip Project
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An interview with best-selling author and the director of the Central Asia Institute.

  • Added: Dec 29, 2010
  • Length: 11:48

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