The Adventures Of Wild Women – Details, episodes & analysis

Chris Fagan is a true wild woman whose world of adventure includes polar exploring, ultra-running, paddling and mountaineering. Chris draws from her career in the field of innovation and creative thinking as a speaker, corporate consultant and award-winning author of The Expedition: Two Parents Risk Life and Family in an Extraordinary Quest to the South Pole.



In this episode, host Cline Owen chats with Chris Fagan about being bold and boundless in the wildest place on earth...Antarctica. Get ready to embrace new mindsets and fresh ideas!

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Di Westaway is the Founder and Chief Adventure Chick at Wild Women On Top. She is a global leader and award-winning woman of influence who has inspired her team to create life-changing adventures that get women walking in nature for good. Di has inspired more than 25,000 people to get off the couch through shared hiking adventures while raising over $20 million for charity and helping women lead adventurous lives they love.

In this episode, host Jennifer Haddow chats with Di to explore how we move into ageless vitality.

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Through our adventures, we become Wild Women.

We’ll get into the heart of what adventure is all about. We’ll talk travel, wellness, nature connection, spirituality, sex and social justice. We’ll share stories from the Wild Women who inspire us to reach higher and dig deeper.

We’ll shine a spotlight on the amazing places and people we’ve encountered in our travels around the world and where we are dreaming of going next...

The Adventures Of Wild Women is going on summer break! Stay tuned for more episodes coming to you in September.

Angela Maxwell is an inspirational speaker and mentor for women’s growth and empowerment. 

Walking nearly seven years across four continents, over 20,000 miles and 14 countries, Angela discovered her innate strength, conviction, and courage. She has been featured in Lonely Planet, Outside, and BBC Travel, among other publications. 

In this episode, Jennifer Haddow chats with Angela about how it's all in the journey.

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Find out more about Angela Maxwell

Check out her Ted Talk!

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Megan Hine is a wilderness guide, expedition leader, survivalist and producer on some of the biggest adventure/ survival shows on TV. She has been creating content and keeping talent and crew safe in remote wilderness environments for the past 15 years. Bear Grylls has described Megan’s leadership as ’stronger than 99% of the men he knows.”


Megan has been setting up and leading expeditions to remote, wilderness environments for almost 20 years, living and working for extended periods with indigenous communities. 


In this episode, host Cline Owen chats with Megan Hine about The Art Of Resilience. Hear about Megan’s wild experiences and lessons in resilience.

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Deborah Tannen is a Professor of Linguistics at Georgetown University and author of many books and articles about how the language of everyday conversation affects our relationships. Of her previous books, the best known is You Just Don’t Understand: Women and Men in Conversation, which was on the New York Times bestseller list for nearly four years, including eight months as No. 1! We also loved You're The Only One I Can Tell: Inside The Language Of Women’s Friendships and had to get Deborah on the podcast to share her wisdom!

In this episode, Candice Bartlett digs in a little with Deborah to discuss the ins and out of female friendships and how communication plays a role in shaping those relationships.

Find out more about Deborah Tannen

Check out her new book Finding My Father

In Episode Four, Jennifer Haddow chats with Ella Paradis. Ella is founder and Editor-In-Chief of The Black Explorer Magazine, a travel magazine championing diversity in travel and media by amplifying the rich voices of the Black travel community. 

Ella aims to normalize the presence and impact of Black communities in the travel industry and is passionate about highlighting underrepresented voices one adventurous story at a time. 

Find out more about The Black Explorer Magazine

On Instagram @blackexplorermag

Welcome to The Adventures Of Wild Women Podcast!
In this series, we’ll deep dive into finding bliss in the discomfort, the healing power of nature and becoming wild.

Kielyn Marrone is an adventure guide, wilderness living and traditional skills instructor and homesteader. She and her husband Dave run Lure of the North, a company passionate about all aspects of Winter, Wilderness Travel, and Northern Culture.

Kielyn was a kickass challenger on Season 7 of the History Channel’s popular survival show, ALONE. Her grit and her grace inspire us!

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Find out more about Kielyn Marrone 
Check out Lure Of The North

On Instagram @lureofthenorth

Nikki Van Schyndel has always done what scares her the most, which has led her on unbelievable adventures in the wild.

She once sold all her possessions and paid someone to abandon her on a deserted island on Canada’s west coast, to live for nearly two years in the wild with only hand-made tools. Nikki shares this incredible journey of dream home to lean-to, diamonds to bear claws, on the TEDx stage and in her bestselling book Becoming Wild.

Nikki starred on the History Channel’s TV Series ALONE, where she faced the challenge to survive in the Arctic winter by herself. She wears superhero belt buckles, and sneaks up on grizzly bears for fun! Stay tuned to Nikki’s social channels as she is launching a new experiential adventure company soon creating hand-crafted, life-empowering experiences into the wild.

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Find Nikki Van Schyndel 

YouTube: Becoming Wild