Explore every episode of the podcast Remote Trails Radio
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| Ep. 1: Meet your hosts! | 03 Sep 2024 | 00:36:23 | |
Garrick & Melody introduce themselves, their rigs, and share what overlanding means to them. | |||
| Ep. 19: Rally Recoveries, Moto Mods, Modular Sleeping Platforms | 16 Jun 2025 | 01:04:17 | |
This episode Garrick is getting ready for his Owyhee Canyonlands trip and Melody spent her weekend volunteering for a rally race by running sweep and recovery. Garrick recalls his recent efforts to add a rally tower to his motorcycle in order to block wind, increase the headlight power, and install a garmin GPS headunit. There's a relatively new gear option in the overlanding space, modular sleeping platforms. We cover a few of the most prominent options and discuss their pros and cons. We close out with a new set of recommendations which happen to be random!
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| Ep. 18: Recovering Under Pressure, Overland Collective Controversy, Garrick’s 3 Collarbones | 30 May 2025 | 00:47:44 | |
This episode Garrick shares the details of how he broke his collarbone while cycling. Melody details a high stress recovery effort conducted on a busy road within city limits. We cover the recent news of the combining of X Overland and Overland Journal/Portal into the Overland Collective and discuss the community reactions to a divisive statement made in the merger announcement. We close out with some random recommendations for you!
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| Ep. 9: RTR's Overland Trail Essentials | 24 Jan 2025 | 01:23:24 | |
This week we start off with a recap of our holiday travels and then jump into our Overland Trails Essentials list. We were inspired by the wilderness ten essentials to come up with a list of essentials for overlanding. In this episode we cover the existing ten essentials list and adapt them to overlanding as well as providing additional categories of our own. | |||
| Ep. 8: Happy New Year, Crew! Road trip prep and tips, Edmunds.com's top vehicles for overlanding | 09 Jan 2025 | 00:54:29 | |
Our first podcast in 2025! Do you know the lyrics to Auld Lang Syne? This is commonly known as the "New Years Eve" song in America. If not, then check out our links to learn more. | |||
| Ep. 7: Happy holidays, Squatches! Scott to the rescue, beware the tariffs, Wisconsin Old Fashioned, Can you go camping: the game | 26 Dec 2024 | 01:10:46 | |
****SENSITIVITY WARNING**** Mentions of death and suicide in the context of Search and Rescue missions to recover human remains. The content may be distressing or upsetting for some listeners. Please take care when deciding whether to listen to this episode. If you feel that the subject matter may be triggering or uncomfortable, we encourage to skip this episode or proceed with caution. | |||
| Ep. 6: Motorbike crashes in Moab, fixing Iceco and Ecoflow shortcomings, free tire swaps | 13 Dec 2024 | 01:13:40 | |
The Moab episode!
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| Ep. 5: Loose valve cores, bikepacking, how to not die in the woods, staying dry, journey vs destination | 28 Nov 2024 | 01:11:50 | |
We our joined this week by our friend Beth who drives a 2021 SR5 4Runner that's taken on a scratch or two since she first bought it. We discuss some of the mods that Beth has added to her rig and how she chose them. | |||
| Ep. 4: Jeeping in Vietnam, recovery points, the overland scam, treading lightly | 14 Nov 2024 | 01:06:15 | |
After a long break, we are back! We have some updates from our previous episodes to share along with some new segments to introduce in this episode. | |||
| Ep. 3: Diesel heat, rice cooker confessions, HT destruction, Jeep people | 01 Oct 2024 | 00:48:52 | |
We are happy to introduce our first esteemed guest, Shannon! We learn a little about Shannon's near stock Jeep JL Wrangler and how he has selected his upgrades so far. Shannon then shares some insights on how to navigate the murky waters of purchasing a Chinese diesel heater for the winter. | |||
| Ep. 2: Secret ruins, Washington's highest road, owl spotting, and hot springs | 18 Sep 2024 | 00:48:35 | |
Garrick and Melody discuss their latest mods and mechanical failures on their 4Runners. Garrick finds secret ruins on Washington's highest elevation road, as well as spots an owl on the North Cascades Highway. Melody and Garrick share highlights on their most recent, week-long overlanding adventures including traversing Idaho and hopping between various hot springs in Nevada. | |||
| Ep. 17: Desert 100 If You Dare, iOverlander Developer Responds To Community, Gear Wins and Woes | 16 May 2025 | 00:51:20 | |
Quick disclaimer on this episode. We had a technical difficulty where our studio software selected the wrong microphone on Garrick's computer. Garrick's audio is lower quality than our usual standard, but it does get corrected around the 35 minute mark. Thank you for your understanding! We have a couple of interesting updates from previous shows to start this episode off. First Garrick shares his terrible customer support experience with GSI Outdoors, then Melody provides a glimpse at the community interaction iOverlander is having after disabling their original app. What have we been up to lately? Melody had a fun, if windy, trip down to The Dalles on the border between Washington and Oregon. She also figured out how to fix the rear cargo door on her 5th gen 4Runner. Garrick took a trip out to Eastern Washington to experience the Desert 100 event in Odessa and managed to drop his motorbike a ton. Do you have a power station that you are not using between your overland trips? We share some ways to use them in between trips and maybe even save you a little money in process. As always, we close out the episode with a fresh set of Random Recommendations!
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| Ep. 16: Zippers meet dirt, Smoked out camping, Free satellite texting, Gear rants and raves | 02 May 2025 | 00:46:36 | |
This week we meet to discuss Garrick's "snow" camping experience and Melody shares some upcoming events in the PNW this May! If you're an iPhone user, you might be able to satellite text message for free! We did some testing of this feature and were mostly impressed, but there are some limitations. Prepare yourself for Garrick's ranting and raving about gear from a few well known companies in the overlanding and outdoor recreational industries. Have you had to deal with dirt affecting your zipper performance? We have as well! Garrick did some research into some mitigation solutions and Melody will be testing our top pick. We close out the episode with our random recommendations!
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| Ep. 15: Land Rover Lovers, Bouncing Kangaroos with ARB, Spooky Soloing | 18 Apr 2025 | 01:05:33 | |
This week we are joined by Demetre, an avid Land Rover and overlanding enthusiast. We jump in to learn about Demetre's 2 Land Rover Discovery rigs and how Demetre discovered overlanding from his homeland of Georgia. Demetre has explored quite a bit of the USA, so we discuss his favorites which include Wyoming, the Grand Circle, and Moab. We share some of our overlanding goals like getting to the Arctic Ocean and Demetre's goal to discover (pun intended) the source of the Columbia River. Demetre works for ARB, so of course we had to discuss the brand's gear and the Australian outback, don't you reckon? We close out with our random recommendations. Thank you for listening! You can help us out by following us on your podcast app to get our latest episodes downloaded automatically, giving us a 5 star review on Apple Podcasts, and sharing us on social media.
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| Ep. 14: The Secrets to a Great Overland Trip, Les Talk - More Laughs! | 04 Apr 2025 | 00:55:45 | |
We begin this episode by remembering Garrick's Uncle Les, who passed away recently, with a couple funny stories from over the years. Garrick provides some updates on his ongoing saga of radio issues. The primary topic of this episode is sharing how we plan for our longform overland trips. Melody is hosting a trip to North Vancouver Island and Garrick is hosting a trip to the Owyhee Canyonlands. We dig deep into many aspects of our research, planning, collaboration and communication. We bring back gear focus this week by discussing our various footwear loadouts for overlanding. As always, we have a fresh set of random recommendations to finish out the episode!
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| Ep. 13: Turn on your lights in the rain!, Project time, Consequences of National Forest staffing cuts | 21 Mar 2025 | 00:56:32 | |
We're "sorry to say" it's just us this episode, lol. We have been surviving the PNW wet season, even with other drivers running their cars in stealth mode. Our winter hibernation has been filled with projects and planning our big trips for the summer. We have some updates to share from previous episodes, then we jump into discussing National Forest trail closures due to the staffing cuts at the Federal level. As always, we send you off with some of our random recommendations!
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| Ep. 12: A Trail Name That's NSFW, Turbo Trivia, 2AM Wrangler Dudes, and Baby on Board the Trail | 07 Mar 2025 | 01:00:29 | |
This episode we are joined by new parents Chelsea and Jesse as well as their baby, Lucas! We jumpstart this episode with a new segment, Turbo Trivia! Can you beat our scores? We learn how the couple found overlanding, define the distinction between overlanding and off-road wheeling, discover how the Houston Overland group evolved from local meetups to a tightknit community, and how they grew Washington Overland to include over 10,000 adventure-seeking members. The episode features memorable tales from the Twisted Sisters, a challenging ride on the Alpine Loop in Colorado, and the unique experience of transitioning from Texas's limited public lands to the vast opportunities in the Pacific Northwest. Whether it's navigating snowy conditions on Umtanum Ridge or learning to adapt overlanding adventures for a growing family, these stories showcase the true spirit of outdoor exploration. We close out with some more or less random recommendations! Links:
Trivia Music by: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z6nc9IkQfcc
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| Ep. 11: Overlanding Dogs, Debead Trial and Error, Cozy Gaming | 21 Feb 2025 | 01:04:19 | |
This week we share what we have been up to including the challenges of snow wheeling, debeading tires, inaccessible public land, and riding in the winter. For our news topic, we gush over an overlanding themed game that will be releasing later in the year, but wish we could see more. At last, we finally formally introduce our dogs, Boba and Ryder, and detail our experiences overlanding with them. The pups get a say in the segment as well! We close out the episode with more random recommendations for you to check out.
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| Ep. 10: EVs vs Freedom, Things Said Over Bluetooth, You Should Be Driving It | 07 Feb 2025 | 01:08:03 | |
This week we are joined by Zack, aka The Motorcycle Librarian. Zack is a teacher by day and motorcycle wrencher by night. All three of us recently camped together at Grayland Beach State Park on the Washington coast and share our highlights of the trip including yurts and driving on the beach. The main focus of this episode is discussing the concept of Right to Repair and how it affects 4x4 overlanders and all motorsports enthusiasts alike. We finish out our episode with a fresh set of random recommendations! | |||
| Ep. 20: The Owyhee Canyonlands Redemption Tour | 30 Jun 2025 | 00:56:03 | |
This week Garrick recounts his recent trip to the Owyhee Canyonlands. This was a redo of a trip we attempted a couple of years ago, but unfortunately had to abandon due to the weather and trail conditions. Thankfully this time around the weather cooperated and we were able to complete the route! Prado Traveler walking RPG Single Serving Sweetened Condensed Milk | |||