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Hear stories of women with a passion for the outdoors, from everyday athletes to activists breaking societal barriers to nature.
By pushing limits in the wild, these women discover that they're more capable than they first thought-- and you are, too.
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🔥Surviving Capitalism in the Outdoor Industry: Jen Gurecki on 12 Years of Coalition Snow, Enoughness, and Building Far Out by Her Values
Thursday, September 17, 2026 • Duration 01:11:25
Jen started the first women-owned ski and snowboard brand in the universe, ran it for 12 years, and then closed it — and this conversation about what's actually worth fighting for is required listening for anyone who wants to survive capitalism and do some good in the world.
Jen Gurecki is a multi-hyphenate entrepreneur who has spent her life doing things differently — founding Zawadisha, a microlending program for women in rural Kenya; starting Coalition Snow, the first women-owned ski and snowboard brand in the universe; and mentoring small business owners on aligning their values with their livelihoods. Her newest venture, Far Out, brings together outdoor adventure travel and creative exploration.
Jen and Angie talked about:
Growing up as an activist, not an entrepreneur — from a McDonald's playground moment to taking down her principal in the school paper
Starting Coalition Snow in 2014 "to fuck with the industry"
Why "unisex" gear is a business decision, not change
The cancer diagnosis that rewrote what's worth fighting for
Deciding to close Coalition after 12 years
Far Out: no fake urgency, no discounts, and a story page for every maker
Redefining wealth, enoughness, and why you should stop waiting for someone else to fix it
📢 How to Blend Your Adventure Passions and Advocacy with Alex Garcia
Thursday, September 3, 2026 • Duration 47:10
Although Puerto Rico is less than a four-hour flight from East Coast hubs like New York City and Washington, D.C., many continental Americans haven't experienced its stunning ecosystems and culture: rainforest, mangroves, bioluminescent bays, and one of the largest underground cave systems in the world.
Writer, athlete, and engineer Alex Garcia grew up in that landscape, and this conversation traces how she carried it with her through a hard relocation to the mainland US, a period of major injuries and professional upheaval, and back out into some of the biggest adventures of her life.
Alex and Angie talked about:
The culture shock of relocating to Virginia for work
Feeling like a second-class citizen despite being born a US citizen
Getting through 2021–2023, a period riddled with major injuries and professional upheaval, and the mantra that carried her: "the only way out is through"
Difficult Pursuits: her yearly practice of choosing one hard, self-designed outdoor challenge
Becoming the first and fastest person to complete the Veredas Noreste, Puerto Rico's only long-distance backpacking trail, in January 2023
How to be a sustainable change agent without burning out — focusing your energy where it's needed most
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🚲 Parenting Is Easier Outside: Mountain Biking Through Pregnancy + Building the Mothership Collective with Julie Bacon
Thursday, August 20, 2026 • Duration 45:45
If you've ever worried that becoming a parent means losing the adventurous parts of yourself, this conversation is the antidote: Julie mountain biked through both of her pregnancies, and she's built a community of thousands of moms proving you don't have to shrink your world after kids.
Julie Bacon is the founder of Mothership Collective, a community helping moms stay connected to the outdoors, adventure, creativity, and themselves through motherhood. (And they fully embrace "alien disco ball vibes" as feral moms.)
Julie and Angie talked about:
What moms are missing in traditional outdoor communities
The viral climbing-wall photo that drew hundreds of critical comments a day
How pregnant athletes can modify sports
The hardest parts of the first year of motherhood
Building the Mothership: a viral reel, a 10,000-member Facebook group, and 160 Rally the Village events across North America in one month
What outdoor brands get wrong when talking to moms and why honesty beats polish
Her pep talk for new moms: you don't have to wait, and you can start small
🌲 What Makes a Fantastic Outdoor Leader: Resilience through a Rappelling Accident, NOLS Rejections, and Olympic Dreams with Jeannette Stawski
Thursday, August 6, 2026 • Duration 51:38
On day 21 of an instructor course in the Wind River Range, Jeannette Stawski's rope dislodged a 250-pound boulder. It landed on her legs — 15 miles from the nearest trailhead, in a designated wilderness where no helicopter was coming fast.
Since then, Jeannette has identified the ingredients that make a fantastic outdoor leader, and resilience is a muscle she's built through an entire career of setbacks that became pivots: Olympic dreams ended by back surgery, multiple NOLS rejections, and that day under the boulder.
Jeannette and Angie talked about:
Pivoting from pre-Olympic rowing camps to raft guiding in Glacier National Park after back surgery ended her Olympic dreams
Getting rejected by NOLS multiple times and how their coachable rejections shaped her career
The rappelling accident in the Wind River Range and the rescue that followed
The gift she's giving her kids: a cross-country road trip to climb the Grand Teton without their parents
The self-deprecation pattern in women outdoor leaders
⛺ Campfire Stories from 70 Years Outdoors: Scout Wilkins on Idiot Badges, Animal Instincts, and Why Life Doesn't End at Any Age
Thursday, July 23, 2026 • Duration 38:02
Meet a lifelong outdoor guide who has kept adventure in her life for 70 years and counting. You'll hear 7 campfire stories about what the wilderness has taught her.
Scout Wilkins has been guiding since she was 11 years old — backpacking, horses and mules, rivers and canyons, winters as a ranch hand, a fire lookout tower in eastern Oregon, and these days guiding in places like the Zion Narrows. She has taken what she learned in the wilderness and mapped it over to the human-built environment: her trainings work to free people, systems, and cultures from being trapped in the idea that there is one right way.
The First Ukrainian Woman to Summit the Five Highest Mountains on Earth: What Mountaineer Antonina Samoilova Wants Women to Know About Fear
Thursday, July 9, 2026 • Duration 49:11
Antonina Samoilova's mountaineering career began with a breakup, two weeks' notice, and a one-way ticket to Antarctica.
Antonina is the first Ukrainian woman to summit the five highest mountains on Earth — Everest, K2, Kanchenjunga, Lhotse, and Makalu — and in 2024 she made history by summiting Everest and Lhotse in a single 24-hour push. She grew up as a city girl in central Ukraine with zero outdoor background, and her message for women is as direct as the routes she climbs: fear is a door, not a wall.
Antonina and Angie talked about:
Growing up in a landlocked city in Ukraine with no mountains and no outdoor role models
Her first mountain — Kilimanjaro — and swearing she'd never climb again (she lied)
The breakup that sent her to Antarctica on two weeks' notice, and how that trip changed everything
Summiting Everest just four months after Antarctica
Running out of oxygen on Kanchenjunga at 8,400 meters — and her only option was to keep climbing
Summiting Everest and Lhotse back-to-back in exactly 24 hours
Why she believes women's biggest limits live in their heads, not their bodies
Managing your menstrual cycle at extreme altitude
Her current "fear frontier": public speaking in English
What's next — Nanga Parbat and the full Crown of the Earth
🏃♀️ Human-First Run Coaching, Fueling for Sport, and Why Trail Culture Needs Your Story with Zoë Rom
Thursday, June 25, 2026 • Duration 54:31
Our First 50k Sisterhood runners ran their first ultramarathon last weekend, and Coach Zoë was one of the folks who made it so successful.
Zoë Rom is a journalist, coach, podcast host, and ultrarunner based in Carbondale, CO. She co-hosts Your Diet Sucks and The Trailhead Podcast. Zoe's journalism focuses on public lands and the environment. She coaches endurance athletes through Microcosm Coaching, where she designed the First 50k Sisterhood's training program alongside her partner TJ David.
We talk about:
Why carbs are queen and other women’s nutrition talk
When should you hire a coach?
Coaching the First 50k Sisterhood and what shifted for the 15 women
Mental barriers she sees for women athletes and why "just be confident" misses the point
What trail races can do to be more welcoming of women
Zoë’s path to 2nd place at Leadville in 2024
What perimenopausal listeners of Your Diet Sucks are asking about
Insta-Coach: Zoe answers one-sentence coaching questions on toddlers, treadmills, night miles, and making carbs less scary
Why YOUR story can be just as impactful as Rachel Entrekin’s!
📖 Blending Mountains + Medicine into a Memoir: Tap Dancing on Everest with Grit Lit Featured Author Mimi Zieman
Thursday, June 11, 2026 • Duration 39:45
Mimi was a third-year medical student when she signed on as the sole medical officer and only woman on a four-climber expedition attempting the east face of Everest from Tibet (a route that had only been climbed once before).
If you love what Mimi has to say, her memoir was the featured book in our last winter Grit Lit box. Join Grit Lit now and you'll get our welcome box plus the next quarterly box this summer. Proceeds fund wilderness scholarships for girls and women.
Mimi Zieman is a physician, writer, and the 2025 Georgia Author of the Year for her memoir Tap Dancing on Everest, also selected as the Best Memoir of 2024 by the American Writing Awards.
Mimi and Angie talk about:
Training to be the sole medical officer on an Everest expedition while still a third-year med student
Solo backpacking in Nepal in a pre-internet era
Why Mimi became an OB/GYN after a bad teenage appointment
The beauty and challenge of being the sole woman on an Himalayan expedition
What menstruating adventurers should know before heading into the backcountry
Advice for women who want to write a book, and behind the scenes of writing a vulnerable memoir
📚 Join Grit Lit — Tap Dancing on Everest was in last winter's box!
🌲 How to Build a Sustainable Career in Seasonal Work with Sasha Clonts of Guide Theory
Thursday, May 28, 2026 • Duration 45:17
Seasonal workers know the feeling: You love the community, the adventure, the purpose, and then every fall you get laid off, change your address, and try to figure out health insurance, again.
Sasha Clonts is the founder of Guide Theory, a platform helping seasonal workers build more sustainable, empowered lives through coaching, community, and practical tools.
Sasha and Angie talk about:
The COVID-era burnout that pushed her to change her life and work
Selling her car, buying a van, and ending up at a Taos rafting company
Falling in love with the seasonal lifestyle before she even knew how to raft
Why empathy is one of the most powerful tools adventure leaders can hold
Why she was the wrong fit for full-time raft guiding (and what that taught her)
How she built her business, Guide Theory, to help seasonal workers find sustainability in finance and lifestyle
Curiosity as the antidote to imposter syndrome
What corporate employees can learn from seasonal workers
See Her Outside is partnering with Western Colorado University's Outdoor Industry MBA — a remote degree program built for people who want to lead, build, and create in the outdoor space. If you've ever thought about building a career or business in the outdoor industry, WCU's Outdoor Industry MBA was made for you.
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