Wonder Outside

Send us Fan Mail Ranger Ted introduces One Minute for Wonder.  Quick, easy, actionable ways to get outside easily, often and confidently!  

Send us Fan Mail Jason Milligan of the G.O. Get Outside Podcast and yours truly introduce Hometown Explorers: The Wonder Outside 3 x 3 Challenge.  We will be interviewing people from all over the country and asking them, what exciting, fun, beautiful outdoor spaces are near them.?  Specifically, what's 3 minutes away? What's 30 minutes away? And what's 3 hours away from their home. ...

Send us Fan Mail “Let’s go deep in the woods!” Rolf would say to his mother and by his tone you might think he was about to enter the Yukon. But the three-year-old was standing in his back yard in St. Louis Park, Minnesota. The Foshay Tower in downtown Minneapolis just a few miles away. Rolf, bundled up in his snowsuit, was about to venture off into a relatively small collection of trees in an adj...

Send us Fan Mail Anything you see. Anything you hear. Mike Mattison , the two-time Grammy award winning singer, songwriter for the Tedeschi Trucks Band and the Derek Trucks Band knows the blues.  As a singer, composer, author and student of blues music Mike guides us along the many routes in which the blues meets the outdoors.  The effect of the blues and how it's been impacted by the landsca...

Send us Fan Mail Bradley Rutherford knows his mangroves. And his turtles, barracudas, kayaks, caves, estuaries, needlefish, sharks and much more! And if you can’t find him at the water’s edge on Grand Bahama island he’s probably nearby somewhere filling up a garbage bag with the litter that other’s left on the trail or taking care of the home that he loves. His work with container ships as a young...

Send us Fan Mail Melissa Constanzer, a professional broadcast meteorologist with AccuWeather , will run for miles in temperatures ranging from 9 degrees above zero to 97 degrees above zero.  That wide spectrum of commitment to getting outside combined with her thorough knowledge and passion for weather is why she is our Wonder Guide for episode 14. Stories that Help Everyone Despite her vast knowl...

Send us Fan Mail Yours truly is your Wonder Guide for episode 13!  I'll break down some simple, easy, fun and useful ways to wonder. This episode I’m going to be your Wonder Guide.  And I’m going to do that by giving you some concrete steps that will inspire and motivate you get outside more easily often and confidently. WONDER is the key. It’s easy to speed right on by that word. We’ve got t...

Send us Fan Mail Josh Daugherty’s desire to connect to nature is palpable. He’ll do anything possible to immerse himself in a rainstorm, wade into a river, throw a frisbee barefoot and all along remind us that ego is the enemy. He also might be skinny dipping in that lake so – fair warning.   He’ll also build a thriving outdoor community out of nothing by aiming his frisbee at the light pole on yo...

Send us Fan Mail Doug Wallace is eighty-four years old going on fifty-five.  He’s up by 5:30 am and if his wife, Peggy Hunter, isn’t up by six, he’s going to wake her because it’s time to get in the canoe. They canoe every day (weather permitting) from ice out in May to closing up the cabin in late September on Lake Vermilion. Lake Vermilion in northern Minnesota is big.  In fact, it’s the 5th big...

Send us Fan Mail Loons Need Long Runways Not many people in this world know that a loon is one of the few birds with solid bones, which makes them heavier than most birds of similar size.  Still fewer would know what to do when a loon can’t take off from a lake that’s just beginning to freeze over entirely.   Enter Mark Hennessy, loon-runway-builder.  Or perhaps ice-breaker for loons should be his...

Send us Fan Mail DJ Shark is our Wonder Guide in Episode 9 where we look at the first 8 Where Art Meets Nature Segments.  A replaying of these segments will really inspire you to get outside...or write or song....or sing a song =)!  

Send us Fan Mail Camping is for Everyone Michelle, Julie and Courtney are back to share their wisdom and tips on camping with their families.  From meal planning to realistic expectations to unplugging from devices to navigating the many personalities in any family, these Wonder Guides have a lot more value to offer all of us. People Want to Help You One of the most important themes to emerge from...

Send us Fan Mail Courtney Brown, Julie Pearl-Slater and Michelle Silver are our Wonder Guides for Episode 7 and boy do they know how to camp!  And with kids! When Courtney moved from the ample and beautiful beaches of Orange County, California to Utah she embraced the opportunity to ‘stretch out’ and explore the mountains with her children.  All FIVE of them. When Julie left Chicago for L.A. she h...

Send us Fan Mail Kristina Haddad is our Wonder Guide for episode six.  If you’re looking for some motivation, passion and commitment when it comes to the preservation and celebration of wild places look no further! If you’re looking for someone thoroughly versed in environmental activism and justice, you’ve come to the right place! Kristina is currently the program director at the environmental no...

Send us Fan Mail Enrico Colantoni is back for the second half of our conversation in episode five. If you like ghost stories then look no further! We'll touch on some of the rather spooky and unexplainable events that occurred in the mountains in the Lake Arrowhead area of Southern California. But since I get scared easily by ghost stories we'll turn our attention to other topics includi...

Send us Fan Mail Bryna Campbell and Mike Murawski keep the joy of exploration at the center of what they do: providing useful, engaging and fun outdoor trail guides and activities for kids and families. They created Super Nature Adventures out of a need to keep their son less resistant and more engaged on their outings. And it really worked. Even more than that, Mike and Bryna have and undeniable...

Send us Fan Mail In this variety show for nature, today's special Wonder Guide guest is Enrico Colantoni.  You may know his extensive work as an actor on Veronica Mars, Just Shoot Me, Contagion and Galaxy Quest. But his reason for being on the show is to highlight just how passionate he is about the outdoors and how much nature has influenced his art and his life. We cover a wide variety of s...

Send us Fan Mail In the Earth Day launch of the Wonder Outside Podcast, naturalist and outdoor educator, Ted Mattison, also known as Ranger Ted, talks with Annabeth Gish about how to find simple, practical and available adventures in the great outdoors. Covering a wide range of topics from New Mexico to Iowa; from hikes with kids to finding solace in the vast expanse of the prairie, from walking i...

Send us Fan Mail New York Times best-selling and award winning author, master carpenter and longtime fan of the great outdoors joins Ranger Ted for Episode 2 of the Wonder Outside Podcast. They sit down in the sunny, pre-Covid, Silverlake meadow in Los Angeles for a ranging conversation from Elk baths, Rocky Mountain inspirations and meandering Iowa rivers. Tim is a master storyteller and that&apo...

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Send us Fan Mail Ranger Ted introduces the Wonder Outside podcast in this trailer.  The show that helps everyone of all ages, abilities and experience levels get outside more easily, more often and more confidently.  The core message of this show is to help you and your loved ones connect with your sense of wonder, awe and adventure in the great outdoors.  By talking with a featured Wonder Guide e...