Best Jonathan Ronzio Podcasts (2025)

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71: Simeon Baker on Traveling the World with His Guitar and a Camera 1:03:59

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Simeon Baker is an Aussie made musician and photographer who dove head first into his passions, and the world. With little but a guitar and a dream, he up and left Australia, moved to London, and now spends his time playing music on the road, on the streets, and of course on YouTube and Instagram, while traveling in a T5 Van and photographing the w…

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70: If It Was Only That Easy... with Professional Cliff Diver, Travis Sims 1:25:00

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From his high school dive team to the infamous cliffs of Colorado's Casa Bonita, and eventually to making a living as a professional cliff diver, content creator, and waterfall guide, Travis Sims is obsessed with pushing his personal and professional limits while building a community around cleaning up the places we play. Learn how Travis created a…

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69: Why We’ve Decided That Balance is Bullshit and Imbalance is Beautiful 49:51

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It's an Emily and Jonathan episode ya'll! And after 68 of these stoke-filled inspiration sessions where we initially set out to tackle the concept of balancing work, life, and adventure while having fun and making a difference, we've just come to the conclusion that real balance is total BS. Tune in to hear what we mean! Plus! Don't miss the top Ex…

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68: Andrew Muse On Jumping Without A Safety Net 1:11:05

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Andrew Muse is a professional multi-sport athlete, content creator, and social media influencer who consistently generates compelling and high production value content with his adventure dog Kicker by his side. In this episode we explore the circumstances of his youth, how an unstable family dynamic influenced his yearning for the wild west, the re…

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67: How To Build A Life Doing Everything You Love, with Alpinist & Storyteller Graham Zimmerman 1:10:10

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Graham is an award-winning professional climber and well-recognized film maker in the outdoor industry. He works as a producer and the director of development with Bedrock Film Works through which he his able to utilize his extensive logistics, rigging, marketing and media expertise while maintaining his role as an athlete in the outdoor industry. …

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66: Capturing Spontaneous Moments, with Rock Climber & Filmmaker, Matty Hong 1:11:28

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Matty Hong is a professional rock climber and filmmaker. He grew up in Boulder, Colorado into a family of climbers and has been surrounded by the sport nearly his entire life. His passion for climbing stems from his parents—both pioneers in the sport and active first ascensionists since the early 90s. Raised in the dirt of Rifle Canyon, Matty quick…

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65: Unstructured Narratives and Nonprofits with the Nature Chola, Karen Ramos 1:19:54

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Karen Ramos is the founder of non-profit Get Out Stay Out (aka Vamos Afuera), an organization that connects indigenous-migrant children with the outdoors through hiking, camping, and backpacking adventures. But in words......is nothing more than your average and not-so-average Latinx- indigenous 20-something year old brown girl who stumbled, rolled…

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64: For The Love Of Mountains, with Alex Borsuk 1:10:54

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Alex is a sports nutritionist and mountain athlete passionate about helping people exceed their mountain dreams through the use of practical and wholesome nutrition, while pushing her limits during early morning dawn patrols and long days in the mountain. Alex was born and raised in Cleveland, Ohio, but after graduating college followed her lifelon…

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63: The Roller Coaster of Entrepreneurship, with Range CEO & Founder Jeanine Pesce 1:09:59

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Jeanine Pesce is the go-to woman for tracking global active trends in action sports and outdoors. She is the founder and CEO of Range—an independent agency + magazine inspired by the culture of the modern outdoor movement—a former on-air style correspondent for Outside TV, a speaker, and trend consultant. In this episode, Jeanine candidly shares he…

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62: Becoming an Uphill Athlete (Part 2) with Steve House & Scott Johnston 51:47

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In part 2 of the conversation with Uphill Athlete authors and founders, Steve House and Scott Johnston, Emily and Jonathan get candid advice and chat about their respective upcoming mountain goals—a 50k race and a rapid ascent of Pico de Orizaba! Get their take on how to prepare for such big objectives, what to expect from and how to handle the alt…

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61: Becoming an Uphill Athlete (Part 1) with Steve House & Scott Johnston 56:50

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Steve House is a world-renowned climber and mountain guide. Scott Johnston is an adventure and endurance athlete coach, a ski racer, and aerospace engineer. Together, they are the authors of Training for the New Alpinism, and Training for the Uphill Athlete. In the first ever two-part episode of The Stokecast, Emily and Jonathan chat with Scott and…

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60: She Explores Founder, Gale Straub, on Creating Value for Yourself and Your Community 1:22:31

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Gale Straub is a podcaster, photographer, and writer with a love for shaping stories that tell themselves. She is the founder of She Explores and host of the popular She Explores podcast. Show notes: https://exploreinspired.com/sheexplores Hosts: Jonathan Ronzio, Emily Holland Editor: Chris Plante Presented by: Explore Inspired…

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59: Nick Dio on Reframing the 9-5 and Building Something on the Side 1:30:58

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Nick Dio is Head of Education at The Sasha Group, master of ceremonies for Gary Vaynerchuk's 4Ds (Digital Discovery+ Deep Dive) workshop, WOLACO Creative Director, marathon runner, and (not really, but) NYC ambassador. Show notes: https://exploreinspired.com/nickdio Hosts: Jonathan Ronzio, Emily Holland Editor: Chris Plante Presented by: Explore In…

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58: At What Cost? Champion Underwater Huntress, Kimi Werner, Dives In 1:23:30

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On episode 58, we're keeping it wild with Kimi Werner. Kimi is a Hawaiian freediver, US National Spearfishing Champion, conservationist and founder of Keep Wild Co—a company that makes reusable utensil kits packaged in recycled surf competition banners. She's also a certified culinary chef and you can find tons of great recipes on her blog. She's a…

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57: How to Take More Initiative To Get What You Want, with Renee and Matthew Hahnel 1:28:35

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Australian influencers, bloggers, photographers, authors, Renee Roaming & Matthew Hahnel share their story and advice on building your dream life by channeling resilience, passion, determination, and just taking the initiative. Show notes: https://exploreinspired.com/roaming Hosts: Jonathan Ronzio, Emily Holland Editor: Chris Plante, CP Pro Audio P…

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56: Challenging Yourself to Level Up, with Jen Hudak 1:32:21

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Jen Hudak is a retired professional skier, avid mountain biker, co-founder of Escapod Trailers, and a self-proclaimed Dream Believer. Jen takes us on a journey of self realization and following your true passions. While training and competing to be a potential Olympian, her body, her community and her family had other plans. She kept chasing this s…

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55: Letting Go Of What You Can't Control, with Jim Harris 1:11:08

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Jim Harris worked as a ski photographer and writer, for clients including National Geographic, until he was injured while snowkiting in Patagonia fracturing nine vertebra and was paralyzed from sternum down. It took over a week after the injury to reach definitive care where five of his nine broken vertebra were fused. It was an abrupt end not just…

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54: Community, Connection, and Changing The World, with Katie Boué 1:17:19

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Katie Boué is a Cuban-American outdoor advocate, freelance writer + social media expert, professional adventurer, climber, public speaker, former van-dweller, and public lands wonk. She is Miami-raised and traded flat Florida swamps for a life of exploring mountains, camping in the desert and playing in the snow. Boué currently lives in Salt Lake C…

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53: What Does Stoke Mean To You? (1-Year Anniversary Episode) 53:02

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Episode 53 kicks off the start of a new year for The Stokecast! Learn what stoke means to our listeners with a handful of replies to our signature question, get goal updates from Emily and Jonathan, and hear about the challenges and wins throughout the past year of building this podcast. Presented by: Explore Inspired Hosts: Jonathan Ronzio, Emily …

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52: Professional Surfer, Non-Profit Leader, Emi Koch on Making A Difference Doing What You Love 1:11:30

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Emi Koch is a professional surfer, conservationist, educator, National Geographic Adventurer of the Year, and non-profit leader, making waves of difference around the world. Her non-profit organization, Beyond The Surface International, is empowering coastal communities through surfing lessons and visual storytelling workshops. On this episode of T…

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51: Showing Up, with Lynsey Dyer 1:14:35

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Lynsey Dyer is a professional skier who has won every big mountain competition she’s entered, been awarded Female Skier of the Year by Powder Magazine multiple times, and cemented her place as one of the best big mountain skiers in the world while inspiring a generation of young female athletes through popular TED talks on 'Ski Like A Girl' and fil…

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50: Wild Positivity, with Pro Skier Drew Petersen 1:05:09

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Drew Petersen is a passionate skier, mountain man, and burrito enthusiast based in the Wasatch Mountains of Utah. For this episode's notes, visit: https://exploreinspired.com/drewpetersen Hosts: Jonathan Ronzio, Emily Holland Editor: Chris Plante Presented by: Explore Inspired

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49: Following Happiness, with Photographer & Mountain Climber, Scott Kranz 1:17:12

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48: The Joy of Creating, with Artist & Adventurer Jessa Gilbert 1:12:31

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On episode 48 of The Stokecast, Baldface Lodge splitboard guide and experiential landscape artist Jessa Gilbert shares why she didn’t, or couldn’t, chose just one path. For the notes from this episode, visit: https://exploreinspired.com/jessagilbert Hosts: Jonathan Ronzio, Emily Holland Editor: Chris Plante Presented by: Explore Inspired…

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47: Social Entrepreneur & Mountain Athlete, Mike Chambers on Voluntourism and Epic Weekend Adventures 1:13:57

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Mike Chambers is the co-founder of Summits Education and Flying Kites Academy, two non-profit organizations working to improve educational opportunities in Haiti and Kenya respectively. He is also a multi-faceted mountain athlete on the ambassador roster for brands like Merrell and MSR, and is the co-creator and host of Beat Monday, a new series on…

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46: Loki the Wolfdog - How Kelly Lund Made A Business Out Of Adventuring With His Pup 1:13:03

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Loki The Wolfdog is one of the most famous adventure pups on Instagram, and Kelly Lund is the man behind (and sometimes also in front) of the camera. But Kelly and Loki's adventures go well beyond the perfect Insta-photo. He's crafted this life with his 4-legged friend into quite the well-rounded business. Kelly and Loki have their paws in everythi…

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45: Behind The Scenes on Air Travel and the Pilot Gender Gap, with Pilot Shanelly 1:16:00

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Shannon Pereira, maybe better known as Pilot Shanelly, is a commercial airline pilot for Jet Blue, a world-traveler, dog-rescuer, and unapologetic dancer. On this episode of The Stokecast, she shares a unique perspective on the behind-the-scenes backbone of the travel industry, as well as commentary around being a female pilot when even today only …

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44: Adventurepreneur Jeremy Jensen on Epiphany Moments and Intentional Living 1:17:42

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Jeremy Jensen shares the many reasons he's leaving management consulting and Washington D.C. behind to head back West, out to Boulder, in pursuit of intentionally designing a more fulfilling life. Jensen is a skier, biker, and whitewater kayaker. He's also the creator and host of the Adventurepreneur Playbook podcast, a speaker and coach, the co-fo…

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43: How To Become Indiana Jones, with Simon Donato 1:15:03

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Simon Donato might be best known for creating and starring in the television show Boundless, as well as author of The Boundless Life. But beyond his epic pursuits as an ultra-endurance athlete in the worldwide adventure racing circuit, he's a geologist passionate about combining field-based research with extreme athletics to explore new and cultura…

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42: Getting Out Of Your Own Way, with Andy Best 1:07:17

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Photographer and Cinematographer, Andy Best, joins The Stokecast for an inspiring an introspective conversation around his career and life story developed. From his early days nurturing the inner artist with pastels and oil paints at his Grandmother's studio to his work as a commercial filmmaker turned landscape and adventure photographer. Andy is …

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41: High-Performance Habits & How To Follow-Through 48:27

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Emily and Jonathan check in with their professional goals and personal targets from the last 90 days. Q1 2019 is coming to an end and as the second quarter kicks off, your hosts reflect on what worked and what didn't from the New Years goal-setting episode, as well as expand upon how the rest of the year might shape up for them. Along the way, hear…

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40: Climber Colette McInerney on Building a Career as a Content Creator 1:06:27

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Colette McInerney is a climber, photographer, and filmmaker. She is one of four co-founders of the Never Not Collective women's outdoor production company, and an athlete for Black Diamond Equipment and Five Ten. In this episode, Colette takes listeners on her journey from Nashville to New York, eventually to the Western United States, and eventual…

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39: From Sommelier To Skier, Staying Curious with Hadley Hammer 1:15:55

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Hadley Hammer is a professional skier, sure. But she's also a sommelier, gourmet chef, book nerd, showcase Mountain Athlete and climber. Hadley grew up amongst Wyoming's epic Teton mountains and developed a love for outdoor adventures early on, but she also recognized the benefits of a formal career outside of her mountain life. She headed east to …

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38: Building & Balancing Your Side Hustle, With Spencer Fochtman 1:10:32

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Spencer Fochtman is a former US Army Infantry Team Leader and was part of Google X's Project Loon and their mission to bring WiFi to third world countries and disaster zones using balloons in the stratosphere. He's also currently on the global business operations team at Tesla and building a commercial adventure and outdoor lifestyle photography bu…

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37: How To Pursue Every Passion, with Chris Benchetler 1:20:08

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Chris Benchetler is a pro skier. He's also an artist, a product engineer, an entrepreneur, director, climber, surfer, biker, husband, and father. So often, we're told we have to pick a path and learn to focus to find our greatness. Chris is a shining example of why that's not always the case. His varied pursuits are an inspiring case study in learn…

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36: Fight For The Gold, Fight For Your Life, with 5-Time Olympian Kikkan Randall 1:07:00

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For more from this episode: https://exploreinspired.com/kikkan-randall Hosts: Jonathan Ronzio & Emily Holland Editor: Chris Plante / CP Pro Audio

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35: Life, Legacy, & Identity, with Adventure Filmmaker/Photographer, Max Lowe 1:06:59

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In this episode of The Stokecast, we have adventure filmmaker/photographer, Max Lowe. Max is an incredible talent in the outdoor industry, responsible for films like Adventure Not War and Sky Migrations. and he has cultivated quite a reputation for having an eye for his ability to depict captivating human stories in the most inspiring of landscapes…

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34: Women Who Hike Founder, Nicole Brown, On Simply Getting Out And Doing Things 1:10:45

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Female Outdoor Adventurist, Public Lands Advocate, and Merrell Ambassador, Nicole Brown, chats about the personal and professional struggles and successes she's faced while building Women Who Hike—one of the largest communities both on and offline for outdoorsy women. In this episode, Nicole speaks to how Women Who Hike came to be and how she succe…

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33: Training Your Weakness, with Emily Harrington 1:14:34

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Emily Harrington is one of the most well-rounded and accomplished outdoor athletes alive, male or female. From crushing 5.14b climbs to skiing volcanoes, and El Capitan to Mount Everest, her pursuits are nothing short of mind-blowing. In this episode, your hosts chat with Emily about her recent adventures, learning to pivot, adapt, and embrace chan…

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32: Mastering The Double Life, With Jim Morrison 56:59

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Jim Morrison is a big mountain adventure skier on The North Face athlete team and made worldwide news in September when he and partner, Hilaree Nelson (The Stokecast Ep.28) made the first ski descent of the Lhotse Couloir. Jim Morrison is also a wildly successful luxury home builder and runs a construction company in California's Lake Tahoe area. I…

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30: How To Achieve Massive Results This Year (Goal-Setting Frameworks) 47:24

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How do you go about setting and working toward your goals? In the first episode of 2019, Emily and Jonathan talk through their biggest goals for the New Year and break down the strategies they each employ to set out confidently towards realizing some seemingly massive dreams. For more, visit: https://exploreinspired.com/goal-setting-frameworks…

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29: From Broken Body to Business Success, Pro Climber and Alpine Start Founder, Matt Segal 1:17:54

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How did Miami, FL native Matt Segal become one of the world's top rock climbers? And in a departure from expedition-bound Netflix-binges, how did he turn inspiration from a book into a business opportunity with enough focus and purpose to find success in a crowded market? In episode 29 of The Stokecast, The North Face team climber and Alpine Start …

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28: Adventure Skier, Speaker, Mother, Hilaree Nelson On Lhotse, Life, and Why She Loves To Suffer 1:07:09

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How do you get to the point in your life where you even consider climbing up and then standing on skis looking down a 7,000-foot 50-degree couloir that drops off the 27,940-foot summit of the fourth highest mountain in the world, Lhoste? We chat about that first descent, the lifelong pursuit of passion and both physical and mental persistence that …

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27: Shelma Jun On Channeling Your Opportunity and Building Your Community 1:09:51

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On episode 27 of The Stokecast, founder of Flash Foxy and the Women's Climbing Festival, co-founder of the Never Not Collective production company, climber and Access Fund board member, Shelma Jun. In our conversation with Shelma, we dig into the contrasting balance of a life in pursuit of wild adventures with a home base in the big city, how an ur…

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26: Joe Kudla on Scaling Vuori Clothing to 8-Figures in 5-Years 1:06:46

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Vuori Clothing founder, Joe Kudla, shines light on the personal story behind the epic rise of one of today's fastest growing athleisure apparel brands. For the show notes from this episode and your Vuori Stokecast coupon, visit: https://exploreinspired.com/joe-kudla

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25: Steph Davis On The Things You Can't Not Do 1:18:30

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Legendary Climber, Flyer, Speaker, Writer, Steph Davis joins Emily and Jonathan on The Stokecast to talk about her life's wild and passionate pursuits. On the agenda? Balancing risk and comfort, creating a career as an athlete and storyteller, Steph's take on the vegan diet, creating and leading climbing clinics, coping with loss, and what it's lik…

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24: Ladies AllRide Founder, Lindsey Richter, On Overcoming The Fear-Based Mindset 1:13:08

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On episode 24 of The Stokecast, Ladies AllRide Founder and Survivor survivor, Lindsey Richter, joins us to chat about how to overcome your fear-based mindset and learning to change the thoughts that just don't serve you. On this episode: - "No bad weather, just bad gear" - Why where Lindsey grew up helped nurture her tolerance for suffering (6:30) …

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23: Learning To Nurture The Narrative Of Your Life, With Pro Climber Sam Elias 1:00:50

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Professional climber, skier, reader and tale-teller, "human being in process," Sam Elias takes to The Stokecast to chat with Emily and Jonathan about soulful pursuits of mind and body, nurturing your life's narrative, finding family, and trusting how you feel inside. On this episode: - Life as an athlete and body breakdowns (6:30) - Selfishness vs …

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22: Visual Storyteller Becca Skinner On Finding Balance In Her Food Forest 1:07:19

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What is a food forest? You'll have to listen to find out! On this episode of The Stokecast, Emily and Jonathan chat with adventure photographer, writer, farmer, conservationist, and National Geographic Explorer, Becca Skinner. For Becca's take on permaculture and sustainable ranching, her experience of building a career as photographer and storytel…

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21: Ski Mountaineer Kit Deslauriers On Giving Yourself Room To Dream & Time To Grow 1:22:39

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Kit Deslauriers is a Jackson-hole based ski mountaineer, the first person in the world to ski off the top of the highest mountain on each of the seven continents (famed Seven Summits), an author, speaker, activist, and mother. That's quite the impressive resumé and we were honored to chat with Kit for episode 21 of The Stokecast! For the show notes…