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Wild Ideas Worth Living

by REI Co-op

High-impact interviews for those who love adventure and the outdoors. Host and journalist Shelby Stanger interviews world-class explorers, athletes, authors, scientists, health experts and entrepreneurs about how they’ve taken their own wild ideas and made them a reality, so you can too. Some of the wildest ideas can lead to the most rewarding adventures.

Chart trend

Position in the Wilderness chart (US), last 90 days.

#3
all-time peak
8
days in the top 3 since Nov 2024

Latest episodes

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Expanding Access to the Outdoors with Alison Mariella Désir

Alison Mariella Désir is a runner, activist, author of Running While Black, and host of the award winning PBS series Out & Back. In 2013, she started a community run club

Sep 8
27 min

The First Person to Complete the Double Seven with Rob Lea

Rob Lea is an endurance athlete, mountaineer, and open water swimmer who became the first person to complete the Double Seven in June 2026. The project combines climbing

Sep 1
28 min

Why Bike Commuting Makes Us Happier with Jenn Dice

Jenn Dice is the CEO of PeopleForBikes, a national nonprofit dedicated to making biking safer, easier, and more accessible across the United States. As a lifelong cyclist

Aug 25
26 min

Walking Barefoot Across the US with Anton Nootenboom

Anton Nootenboom is an endurance athlete, mental health advocate, and world record holder known as the Barefoot Dutchman. He has walked thousands of miles barefoot throug

Aug 18
30 min

Setting Records and Winning the Cocodona 250 with Rachel Entrekin

Rachel Entrekin is an ultrarunner and three time champion of the Cocodona 250, one of the most demanding ultramarathons in the United States. Known as the "Queen of Cocod

Aug 11
28 min

The Secret to Healthy Feet and Pain Free Adventure with Courtney Conley

Courtney Conley is a movement specialist, foot health expert, and author of the national bestselling book Walk. Through her work as founder of Gait Happens, she helps peo

Aug 4
32 min

A 3-Year Bike Journey Around the World with Samer Abouhamad

Samer Abouhamad is a long distance cyclist who biked 46,000 miles through 61 countries during a three year journey around the world. He began the ride just outside his fa

Jul 28
26 min

Setting Ultramarathon Records at 75 Years Old with Michael Koppy

Michael Koppy is a 75-year-old ultrarunner and retired engineering professor from northern Minnesota who is still breaking records in endurance sports. Over the past deca

Jul 21
30 min

Slacklining Around the World with Breannah Yeh

Breannah Yeh is a slackliner, highliner, and content creator who has spent the last six years dedicated to life on the line. Whether she's landing tricks on a slackline i

Jul 14
26 min

How to Pace an Ultramarathon Runner with Lisa Jhung

Lisa Jhung is a writer, trail runner, and ultramarathon pacer who first began pacing runners more than 25 years ago. Drawn to the challenge and camaraderie of endurance s

Jul 7
23 min

First Woman to Walk the Length of the Americas with Lucy Barnard

Lucy Barnard is an Australian adventurer walking the length of the Americas, a years long expedition from Argentina to Alaska she began in 2017. Along the way, she adopte

Jun 30
29 min

Kayaking 310 Miles Down the Klamath River with Tasia Linwood

On June 12, 2025, 15 year old Tasia Linwood set out to kayak 310 miles down the Klamath River, from southern Oregon to the coast of northern California. She went with sev

Jun 23
24 min

Biking Across Every Continent with Liam Garner

Liam Garner is a long distance cyclist who set out at 17 to bike from Prudhoe Bay, Alaska to Ushuaia, Argentina, completing nearly 20,000 miles and becoming the youngest

Jun 16
28 min

How to Talk to Trees with Lindsay Branham

Lindsay Branham is an environmental psychologist exploring how we build deeper, more reciprocal relationships with nature. Her work invites us to go beyond simply spendin

Jun 9
25 min

Finding Purpose in Endurance Running with Yassine Diboun

Yassine Diboun is a Portland-based ultrarunner and coach who found endurance sports during recovery from addiction. After signing up for his first triathlon in 2004 to br

Jun 2
29 min

Training Tips for Your Next Adventure with Joe Holder

Joe Holder is a Nike Master Trainer and GQ fitness columnist with a track record of coaching elite athletes and high profile clients. Grounded in a background in health a

May 26
21 min

Rowing Solo Across the Atlantic Ocean with Taryn Smith

In January 2026, Taryn Smith became the third American woman to row solo across the Atlantic Ocean, completing a 46 day Atlantic Ocean crossing in open water conditions.

May 19
26 min

Swimming 140 Mies Across Lake Powell with Shane Schieffer

Shane Schieffer is an endurance swimmer who spent more than 15 years dreaming of a full length swim of Lake Powell, the desert reservoir stretching from Utah into Arizona

May 12
30 min

Thru-hiking The Appalachian Trail with 15 Kids with Nikki Bettis

Nikki Bettis turned a simple hike on the Appalachian Trail into an audacious plan to thru hike the entire trail with her fifteen kids, ranging in age from 4 to 21. As a s

May 5
27 min

How The Bucket List Family Travels the World with Garrett Gee

Adventurer Garrett Gee turned a four month family trip in 2015 into The Bucket List Family, documenting world travel with his wife, Jessica, and their kids. What began as

Apr 28
30 min

Chart positions

Where Wild Ideas Worth Living ranks today in each Apple Podcasts chart (US, Sep 8, 2026).

#48 ▼ 3 Wilderness US

What listeners say

A curated, balanced selection of Apple Podcasts reviews.

Wild Ideas Worth Living gave me the courage to finally launch my own wild idea. After years of homeschooling my kids around the world while they chased their surfing dreams, I’m now leading adventure trips for women. Shelby’s stories remind me to keep saying yes to what lights me up. Thank you for what you put out into the world!

Jen, Founder of WOW · Mar 2026

I am so thankful that I found this podcast! It is where I head on the days where I need an extra dose of inspiration and happiness. Thank you Shelby for finding your guests, sharing their stories and encouraging your listeners to follow our own wild ideas.

HolJul 15 · Jan 2026

I love this podcast! I found it because I’m a Harvey Lewis fan and sought out interviews with him. Since that show, I’ve just kept listening to. Such interesting interviews and stories. Thank you Shelby and the folks at REI

Moodymb77 · Jun 2025

I saw an ad at REI and started listening. Now I’m 5 episodes deep and I love the storytelling and learning from people’s adventures on here. She asks great questions.

Laura_Allen · Mar 2025

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