Episode 81
Riding Through Peru
We take a rambling ride with Patrick Verity, mostly across Peru. Patrick’s enthusiasm for bikes, adventures and general silliness shine through.
Where trust and corners meet. Friendly horns and tire repair protocal.
Are Peruvians the best drivers? The guy in the white jeep suggests that they are.
Episode 78
Riding Through Peru
We take a rambling ride with Patrick Verity, mostly across Peru. Patrick’s enthusiasm for bikes, adventures and general silliness shine through.
Patrick talks about the lifetime it takes to work through first to third gear in Trujillo.
Episode 75
Raised in the Alaska Bush
“Hard work, low pay.” So read a classified ad that Phil’s dad handed him years ago. Phil somehow passed the interview process and found himself employed as a packer on the Alaska Peninsula. There he met our guest, Tia Shoemaker for the first time. Tia joins us to talk about growing up in Bush Alaska, twice-yearly trips to the grocery store, jammed rifles, smoking airplane engines, thoughts on pink camo and three clean jokes.
A conversation about the future of hunting, politics thereof and whether eyeliner belongs in the field.
Episode 59
Emily Maxwell
Iditarod Musher
Lots of people visit Alaska and say they want to live there. Some of them actually do move to the 49th State. A few of them do some interesting things in the Last Frontier. One of them moved from Iowa City and ran the Iditarod, the Last Great Race on Earth. Her name is Emily Maxwell.
Emily shares the weight of responsibility, decisions and dog psychology. And things to consider before you consider changing your life to do something straight up magical.
Episode 58
Emily Maxwell
Iditarod Musher
Lots of people visit Alaska and say they want to live there. Some of them actually do move to the 49th State. A few of them do some interesting things in the Last Frontier. One of them moved from Iowa City and ran the Iditarod, the Last Great Race on Earth. Her name is Emily Maxwell.
Emily and the dogs encounter tussocks- an Old English word that closely translates to walking on basketballs. Tired mushers, tired dogs and big red buttons.
Episode 57
Emily Maxwell
Iditarod Musher
Lots of people visit Alaska and say they want to live there. Some of them actually do move to the 49th State. A few of them do some interesting things in the Last Frontier. One of them moved from Iowa City and ran the Iditarod, the Last Great Race on Earth. Her name is Emily Maxwell.
Emily has a year under her belt, a team she’s trained and bonded with and circumstances force a switcheroo. Can she find a team, will they run for her? What will Ma’ Nature have in store for them?
Episode 56
Emily Maxwell
Iditarod Musher
Lots of people visit Alaska and say they want to live there. Some of them actually do move to the 49th State. A few of them do some interesting things in the Last Frontier. One of them moved from Iowa City and ran the Iditarod, the Last Great Race on Earth. Her name is Emily Maxwell.
Emily shares her strategy, talks about a plan and deviating from it. The dogs have highs and lows and so does she. The chess match of food, energy, stamina and weather.
Episode 55
Emily Maxwell
Iditarod Musher
Lots of people visit Alaska and say they want to live there. Some of them actually do move to the 49th State. A few of them do some interesting things in the Last Frontier. One of them moved from Iowa City and ran the Iditarod, the Last Great Race on Earth. Her name is Emily Maxwell.
Emily dispels the myth that mushers make dogs run. She becomes the leader of a team that wants to pull her a thousand miles. The bond between these equals with different roles is hard for regular folks to understand or even imagine.
Episode 52
Ryan Scorecki
Helicopter Pilot Extraordinaire
Have you ever swamped a boat and thought you were done for?
Ryan talks of a boat trip that almost went fatally wrong in Kachemak Bay, Alaska.
Many people come to Alaska for a few seasons, returning home for the rest of the year before committing to full-time residency. Not many of them come to Alaska for the winter and retreat for the summer. But Ryan Skorecki loves winter. So much so that he has worked on snow in Alaska, Antarctica and Nepal. He shares a little bit about all of it with us. Highlights include penguins, pregnant passengers and capsizing a boat. Learn and laugh along with us.
Episode 51
Ryan Scorecki
Helicopter Pilot Extraordinaire
Have you ever climbed into an aircraft with 4 people and landed with 5?
Ryan talks of an emergency evacuation in Nepal where he started with 4 passengers, and ended with 5.
Many people come to Alaska for a few seasons, returning home for the rest of the year before committing to full-time residency. Not many of them come to Alaska for the winter and retreat for the summer. But Ryan Skorecki loves winter. So much so that he has worked on snow in Alaska, Antarctica and Nepal. He shares a little bit about all of it with us. Highlights include penguins, pregnant passengers and capsizing a boat. Learn and laugh along with us.