Flying Under the Radar

Dawn Pier went from Arctic research and an unhappy marriage to surfing, conservation work, real estate and life by the ocean in Baja California Sur. In this episode of Flying Under the Radar, Dawn talks about the wake-up call that changed her life, the white picket fence story she had to stop believing and the wave that made her say, “I am going to learn to surf.” We also talk about yoga, meditati...

This was supposed to be a guest episode. Then the guest came down with head to toe poison ivy, the first backup's internet in Italy quit on her, the next one stopped sleeping and, in turn, being able to put two sentences together, and the one after that turned out to be running a surfing competition in Cabo. So it's just me again, flying solo. In baseball they call this a rain delay. The b...

There's a kind of stuck that doesn't look stuck from the outside. The bills are paid, life looks fine and inside there's a flatness you can't shake. This show is for that. Episode one is just me, five questions and the most honest answers I've got. Every episode I sit down with someone who built a real life off the usual script and ask them the same five questions. For the firs...

Flying Under the Radar is a podcast for anyone who’s built a zigzag life, started more than they’ve finished, and can’t find advice from people standing where they’re standing. Host Andrea Maurer talks with people reinventing themselves and building something that matters on their own terms, one step at a time. The first full episode launches June 1, with new episodes every two weeks.