All Bodies Outside

This episode’s guest was Dr. Susan Houge Mackenzie who is a professor at the University of Otago in New Zealand. Her research integrates psychology and tourism by developing and applying psychology theories to adventure tourism, recreation, and education contexts. Her primary research focuses on links between nature-based adventure and well-being for tourists, guides, and host communities. Her res...

This episode’s guest was Dr. Sheina Lew-Levy who is a professor at Durham University in England. Her research applies approaches from anthropology and psychology to research hunter-gatherer societies and social learning. Specifically, she studies how and from whom children learn through meaningful participation in every day activities.   I first came across Dr. Lew-Levy’s research while reading th...

This episode’s guest was Martinus Evans who was featured on episode #32. I invited Martinus back on to All Bodies Outside because he is releasing his book tomorrow on June 6th. The title of his book is, ‘Slow AF Run Club: The Ultimate Guide for Anyone Who Wants to Run’. This book has everything you need to get running in the body you have right now. Learn how to run properly – from breathing techn...

This episode’s guest was author Ted Alvarez. He has written several books including, ‘Ask a Bear: Everything You Ever Wanted to Know (And Weren’t Afraid to Ask) About Bears’, ‘The National Parks Coast to Coast: 100 Best Hikes’, ‘The Survival Hacker’s Handbook: How to Survive with Just About Anything’, and ‘The Wilderness Idiot: Lessons from an Accidental Adventurer’.  In 2024, Ted will be releasin...

This episode’s guest was psychologist and behavioral scientist Dr. Eric Brymer who is a professor at Southern Cross University in Australia. Dr. Brymer’s research focuses on the human-nature relationship, the impact of outdoor adventure sports on wellbeing, and experiential outcomes of outdoor extreme sports. He is the author of the book titled, ‘Phenomenology and the Extreme Sport Experience’.

This episode’s guest was Don Reichelt who is a very accomplished trail and ultra runner. In November of 2022 he set three manual treadmill world records in the span of 24 hours for: furthest distance run in 12 hours, fastest 100 miles, and furthest distance run in 24 hours. Additionally, he has run a trail 100 miler in 13 hours and 16 minutes! Don is very in tune with his body and has objectively...

This episode’s guest was Hailey Moore who is a freelance writer and copyeditor in Boulder, Colorado. She writes about people, the outdoors, food, and local community matters. Additionally, she regularly bike tours on gravel roads and trails, and enjoys sharing about her adventures in her writings. I invited Hailey on to All Bodies Outside because I wanted to learn more about bike touring and to le...

This episode’s guest was Alex Marquardt, who is the Executive Director of the Climate Defense Project, which is a legal nonprofit that advises and supports the climate movement primarily in the United States. The Climate Defense Project has been a leading advocate of the climate necessity defense, also known as the choice-of-evils defense, in which nonviolent protesters have argued for the legal j...

This episode’s guest was Dr. Will Dobud. He is an American living in Adelaide, South Australia, and works at Charles Sturt University. For almost two decades, he has been working with adolescents in outdoor settings to improve wellbeing and mental health. He is the founder and director of True North Expeditions, which is a non-profit program in Adelaide that provides adventure therapy expeditions...

This episode’s guest was Ragen Chastain who is a thought leader in weight science, weight stigma, health, and healthcare. She has spent years as a speaker, writer, researcher, Board Certified Patient Advocate, and multi-certified health and fitness professional. Furthermore, she is the author of the following book, ‘Fat: The Owner’s Manual’ and she is the editor of ‘The Politics of Size: Perspecti...

This episode was exciting because it connects research about the health benefits of exercising in the outdoors with someone who has used the outdoors as a medium to boost their own wellbeing. This episode’s guest was Nick Barlow, who is an avid gravel bike rider. However, he wasn’t always into adventuring in the outdoors and has found that the outdoors provide solace and many health benefits, whic...

This episode’s guest was Leslie Alford who is a retired Army Lieutenant Colonel and served for 24 years. However, her military career began with a debilitating injury. During Army Officer Candidate School, Leslie was training on an obstacle course and took a perilous fall, which resulted in four fractured vertebrae, a broken wrist, nerve damage, scoliosis, and other injury-related issues. The doct...

This episode’s guest was Dr. Gemma Gibson who is a sociologist. Her research focuses on the fat activist movement, the contemporary body positive movement, and the Health at Every Size movement. A couple of her recent publications are: 'Health(ism) at every size: The duties of the “good fatty”' AND 'Just there for the fashion, basically: Politicized fem(me)ininity in the fat-o-sphere&#...

This episode’s guest was Brian Passenti who has been involved with endurance sports for nearly four decades. He has experienced a variety of endurance challenges, including Ironman triathlons and ultramarathons up to 240+ miles. He coaches a variety of athletes through his business, Altitude Endurance Coaching (www.altitudeendurancecoaching.com). During this episode, I was excited to learn that Br...

This episode was an exciting one because All Bodies Outside is doing a collaboration with The EVOLVE Podcast which is hosted by this episode’s guest, Steve Cutler. The mission of The EVOLVE Podcast is to empower people to disrupt their lives, to EVOLVE their body, EVOLVE their mind, EVOLVE their soul, and to EVOLVE their tribe. The EVOLVE podcast shares timeless wisdom by interviewing the best exp...

This episode’s guest was Dr. Rasul Mowatt. Dr. Mowatt is the Department Head for Parks, Recreation, and Tourism Management of the College of Natural resources at North Carolina State University. His research interests are: the Racial Geographies of Public Space, Violence and the Geographies of Threat, social justice, the Theory of the Leisure Class, and the Sociology of Leisure. During this episod...

This episode’s guest was CJ Greco who is a certified interpretive guide, naturalist, and an educator at Lincoln Park Zoo in Chicago. Also, CJ co-hosts a podcast called ‘The Birdy Bunch’ which features three nature enthusiasts who examine the world of ecology and conservation. You can check out more about 'The Birdy Bunch' podcast at: www.thebirdybunchpodcast.com . Additionally, CJ serves o...

This episode’s guest was Michelle Schroff who is an avid and accomplished runner and also a podcast host. During this episode, we heard about Michelle’s love of running and her podcast called ‘Fun of the Run’. Additionally, we heard about some of her sponsorships and ambassadorships. Her love of life and love of running were both palpable throughout the entire episode. She was super fun to have on...

This episode’s guest was Dr. Kara Alexzander who is an eastern medicine doctor, nutritionist, acupuncturist, and PMS specialist. She has been practicing alternative medicine and natural forms of healing since 1998. Her areas of specialization are endocrine, digestive discomfort, acute and chronic pain, fertility and pregnancy, body comfortability, emotional imbalances, and trauma. You can check ou...

This episode's guest was Dr. Lauren Mullenbach who is a professor of geography and environmental sustainability at the University of Oklahoma. Her research focuses on environmental justice issues related to urban land use. Some of her recent published manuscripts are: 'Climate change adaptation plans: Inclusion of health, equity, and green space' 'An antiracist, anticolonial agenda...

On June 5th of 2021, Dr. Williams was elected to represent District 6 of the City of Fort Worth, which is the community that raised him. He is the first African American Councilmember to represent District 6 and one of the youngest Councilmembers ever in the history of Fort Worth. Currently he is serving his first term and represents over 108,000 residents in far south and southwest Fort Worth whe...

This episode’s guest was Freya McGregor who started Access Birding which works towards helping birding locations, such as nature centers, state parks, and county parks, design or retrofit more accessible environments, and to upskill and empower program managers, staff, volunteers, bird outing leaders, and fellow birders to be more welcoming and inclusive. Her work is very important because more th...

On this episode, we hear the detailed story of Peter Van Horn's survival when 28,000 Volts passed through his body. To give you a frame of reference, people typically die or experience traumatic injury when they are shocked with more than 3,000 Volts. Pete was told that surviving 28,000 Volts is equivalent to the probability of a one in a million odds of survival. Pete’s high voltage electrocu...

This episode’s guest is Elizabeth Scott who is an educator, psychotherapist, and the co-founder of The Body Positive, which is a nonprofit organization focused on eating disorders prevention. Elizabeth’s work focuses on the intersection of embodiment, social justice, and mindfulness. At The Body Positive she also serves as the Director of Training and she teaches people to listen to their bodies,...

This episode's guest was Martinus Evans. On June 6th, 2023 his book titled, 'Slow AF run club: The ultimate guide for anyone who wants to run’ will be released. Be sure to pre-order it immediately from any major book distributor. Martinus graciously shared the first chapter with me and it was fantastic! I highly recommend it. Also, he has been on the cover of Runner's World Magazine and is the fou...