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Rick Ridgeway estimates he’s spent about five years of his life sleeping in tents, often in the world’s most remote places alongside fellow outdoor...

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, KGUA, WMUU-LP, KSQD Santa Cruz, Cove Mountain Educational Broadcasting and more


  • Added: Nov 10, 2021
  • Length: 58:59
  • Purchases: 11
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Rick Ridgeway estimates he’s spent about five years of his life sleeping in tents, often in the world’s most remote places alongside fellow outdoor...

  • Added: Nov 10, 2021
  • Length: 58:59
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Joe Friedrichs is just out with a book about Janice Matichuk, Quetico’s longest-serving interior ranger. The book is called Her Island. Ann spoke ...

  • Added: Jan 15, 2021
  • Length: 20:01
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HOUR ONE: "Wintering In The Wild" - Think it's cold now? Bundle up for a hour with walruses and reindeer shamans. HOUR TWO: "Get Happy" - Can sci...

  • Added: Dec 20, 2019
  • Length: 01:58:58
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HOUR ONE: "Going Underground" - The most unexplored part of the world is under our feet. Join us for caves, catacombs and more stories from the und...

  • Added: Nov 01, 2019
  • Length: 01:58:58
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HOUR ONE: "How To Be An Ethical Traveler" - Uttakleiv, Norway, population 13, is inundated by 250,000 tourists every year. This hour, how can we t...

  • Added: May 24, 2019
  • Length: 01:58:58
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This week on the show: A hyperloop dream for Europe - Amsterdam to Barcelona in about an hour. Wouldn't it be great if Europe had its very ow...

  • Added: Dec 05, 2018
  • Length: 30:00
Caption: Amy & Dave Freeman, Credit: Bryan Hansel
Explorers & adventurers Amy and Dave Freeman, who recently spent a year living in the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness, are back in Cook Count...

  • Added: Jun 27, 2017
  • Length: 21:39
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Mike Klein is an artist working in drawing, sculpture, and community murals. When he's not creating art, he's an assistant professor in the Departm...

  • Added: Feb 21, 2017
  • Length: 08:41
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Amy & Dave Freeman spent the last year living in the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness to call attention to the value of wilderness in the face...

  • Added: Nov 22, 2016
  • Length: 19:03
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Three friends from Northland College, Andy Butter, Evan Flom, and Allissa Stutte, set out to run all the way around Lake Superior this summer. The ...

  • Added: Oct 05, 2016
  • Length: 18:54
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Four young women set out from Seagull Lake May 29 to canoe to Hudson Bay. Called Journey 4 Renewal, the trip was a fundraiser for Wilderness Canoe ...

  • Added: Aug 16, 2016
  • Length: 18:28
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Three young friends who met at Northland College, Andy Butter, Evan Flom, and Allissa Stutte, are running around Lake Superior this summer--that's ...

  • Added: Jun 07, 2016
  • Length: 20:04
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Ken Ilgunas talks about his adventures while hiking nearly 2,000 miles along the proposed route of the Keystone XL Pipeline

Bought by KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash., KGLT, KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio, Yellowstone Public Radio, KSJD and more


  • Added: May 16, 2016
  • Length: 29:01
  • Purchases: 7
Caption: "Dreaming of Lions: My Life in the Wild Places"
Elizabeth Marshall Thomas has spent a lifetime observing other creatures and other cultures, from the African savannah to her own backyard. You may...

  • Added: Apr 12, 2016
  • Length: 20:31
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Grand Marais-based explorer Lonnie Dupre recently returned from Nepal, where he and his team explored newly-opened areas for possible climbs in 201...

  • Added: Dec 15, 2015
  • Length: 20:35
Caption: Vivienne Morgan: Nature/Nurture/Typology/ Beltrami County, Cumbria
Close your left eye. Now close your right eye. See how everything shifts? That’s Vivienne Morgan’s approach to photography. Vivenne talked with Are...

Bought by KKWE Niijii Radio


  • Added: Nov 13, 2015
  • Length: 12:55
  • Purchases: 1
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Musician Ben Weaver is riding his bicycle around Lake Superior to engage people along the route in conversation about the state of our fresh water....

Bought by KVSC and KSRQ


  • Added: Jul 29, 2015
  • Length: 25:45
  • Purchases: 2
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Lonnie Dupre summitted Denali a few weeks ago after three previous attempts, becoming the first person to ever accomplish this solo in January. He ...

Bought by KSRQ


  • Added: Feb 06, 2015
  • Length: 32:05
  • Purchases: 1
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Gary Fiedler of Hermantown just returned from a seven-month odyssey in the Boundary Waters and Quetico, making 13 trips over every portage and taki...

  • Added: Nov 20, 2014
  • Length: 19:11
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Eric Larsen, formerly of Grand Marais, just completed his "Last North" unsupported and unassisted expedition to the North Pole. He and his teammate...

  • Added: May 28, 2014
  • Length: 17:11
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WTIP's Buck Benson chatted with Grand Marais polar explorer Lonnie Dupre about his new film, "Cold Love," an exploration of the beauty of the world...

Bought by KSRQ


  • Added: Oct 16, 2013
  • Length: 17:12
  • Purchases: 1
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Boundary Waters lover Barry Johnson has put together a book of essays about his favorite place, the "BWCA Reader." Several dozen stories from diffe...

Bought by KSRQ


  • Added: Sep 24, 2013
  • Length: 14:13
  • Purchases: 1
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Keith Morris made an epic kayak journey recently, traveling about 100 miles from Fall Lake in Ely to his cabin on Poplar Lake, in a kayak he built ...

Bought by WDSE


  • Added: Jul 02, 2013
  • Length: 07:42
  • Purchases: 1
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WTIP's Buck Benson chatted recently with explorer Lonnie Dupre, just back from his third unsuccessful attempt to summit Denali solo in January. Lo...

  • Added: Mar 13, 2013
  • Length: 27:28