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For alpinist Ben Clark, scaling the world’s toughest mountains was a source of pride and peace; for his parents it was a source of constant worry. ...
- Added: Aug 15, 2016
- Length: 18:44
Ari Ofsevit is a guy from Boston fueled by an intense, nerdy love for sports. The day after running this year’s Boston Marathon, his face was all o...
- Added: Aug 11, 2016
- Length: 20:12
Producer Taylor Quimby has been defending Vibram FiveFingers™ shoes to naysayers for years. When people see him wearing them while he’s on the trai...
- Added: Aug 11, 2016
- Length: 24:42
We trace the religious roots of the Olympic games, from Zeus to the Nazi Olympics, and on to the present day. And we profile 3 believers who find t...
- Added: Aug 05, 2016
- Length: 54:00
In a soundscape of surf, sand and spirituality, Father Father Christian Mondor recounts how he began riding waves at age 70. In water, he finds a m...
- Added: Aug 05, 2016
- Length: 11:33
As sport fans, we subject ourselves to anxiety and depression nearly every week. Why do we do it? This episode explores the reasons why we care so ...
Bought by WHCP-LP Cambridge
- Added: Jul 14, 2016
- Length: 15:07
- Purchases: 1
Sue Jay Johnson talks charisma, working fast, and fighting cultural stereotypes.
- Added: Jun 13, 2016
- Length: 14:15
Grant Frashier attends student archery tournament in Grand Rapids, Minnesota.
- Added: Mar 15, 2016
- Length: 11:22
The Sawtooth Outdoor Bonspiel holds renown for being the only outdoor bonspiel in the Pacific Northwest of the United States. The ice is bad, the c...
- Added: Feb 09, 2016
- Length: 05:06
Producer Milt Lee laughs with Danny Root, fishing lure and decoy maker, and owner of Larry The Bear in Grand Rapids, MN.
Bought by KKWE Niijii Radio
- Added: Feb 08, 2016
- Length: 08:28
- Purchases: 1
Paddle Minnesota producer Jim Gallagher shares an audio postcard from a canoe trip he took during the summer of 2015 in the barren lands at the cen...
- Added: Feb 04, 2016
- Length: 07:39
With miles of beautiful beaches, the sound of ocean waves often touch a deep part of California residents. For some, it’s not about the physical wa...
Bought by PRX Remix
- Added: Feb 03, 2016
- Length: 01:00
- Purchases: 1
As a podcast made for KCRW’s SoundLA program, this 1-minute podcast shares the impact that the crowd’s roar at the USC Coliseum has on the head foo...
- Added: Jan 22, 2016
- Length: 01:01
Milt Lee talks with Bill Schweider, fisherman for life, conservationist, and former teacher.
Bought by KKWE Niijii Radio
- Added: Jan 19, 2016
- Length: 08:02
- Purchases: 1
Two wheels, a ski pole with attached pipe and six steely grins. 3-2-1 Polo! Once in a lifetime happens three nights a week at the University of Mon...
- Added: Dec 02, 2015
- Length: 01:20
Catch a wave on Lake Superior! Jim Gallagher talks with Randy Carlson of UMD’s Recreational Sports Outdoor Program about surfing the frigid waves ...
- Added: Nov 13, 2015
- Length: 05:31
In this episode we break down the factors that will influence the fate of football in the United States. Is football doomed or is it immune to the ...
- Added: Nov 04, 2015
- Length: 34:39
You might think the arrival of winter means the end of sailing in Madison Wisconsin. For some, it just means it's time to bring out the Ice Yachts....
- Added: Oct 29, 2015
- Length: 03:35
- Purchases: 2
Coach Roscoe Bryant and filmmaker Eugene Corr talk baseball, family values, and the importance of play.
- Added: Oct 27, 2015
- Length: 28:01
Jim Gallagher talks with canoe racer and race organizer Mark Walters about the Minnesota Canoe Championship Race held earlier in September in Bemid...
- Added: Oct 12, 2015
- Length: 10:45
Join the team onThe Pine as they visit with Ted Ginn, Executive Director of the Ginn Academy.
- Added: Jun 27, 2015
- Length: 18:12
Inspired by an Old Spice commercial as a kid, Kieran Burke always wanted to be a surfer. But learning proved difficult with no one to teach him.
- Added: Mar 22, 2015
- Length: 04:39
Bicycling shouldn't be limited to those daring enough to battle traffic. How to reconfigure cities for bicycles. Also: The rise of electric bikes a...
- Added: Mar 20, 2015
- Length: 53:55
- Purchases: 7
If you think Asian-Amerian man, chances are you don’t think of sweaty guys pushing, shoving and shouting on a court. But that’s exactly what 9-Man ...
Bought by WABE
- Added: Mar 16, 2015
- Length: 05:00
- Purchases: 1
A sport for the twenty-first century? Two words: rocket racing. Ann Kane explores this real-life combination of NASA and NASCAR. Then, Lillian Warn...
- Added: Jan 15, 2015
- Length: 06:21
