The Backcountry Manifesto – Details, episodes & analysis

Podcast details

Technical and general information from the podcast's RSS feed.

The Backcountry Manifesto

Outdoor Visions Media

Sports

Frequency: 1 episode/13d. Total Eps: 42

Welcome to The Backcountry Manifesto Podcast, the adventure podcast for everyone. Join your buddy out west, Hayden Sammak, as he talks to friends old and new about wild places, exploration, and backcountry adventure. From talking space exploration with astronaut Loral O’Hara, to bullshitting about rock climbing with Rick Accomazzo and John Long, TBM has something for everyone, no matter what you’re into. If it has anything to do with outdoor adventure in wild places, you’ll find us talking about it here. Welcome to the backcountry – welcome to The Backcountry Manifesto!

Recent rankings

Latest chart positions across Apple Podcasts and Spotify rankings.

Apple Podcasts

🇩🇪 Germany - wilderness
28/08/2026
#93
🇩🇪 Germany - wilderness
27/08/2026
#72
🇩🇪 Germany - wilderness
26/08/2026
#59
🇩🇪 Germany - wilderness
25/08/2026
#47
🇩🇪 Germany - wilderness
24/08/2026
#35
🇩🇪 Germany - wilderness
23/08/2026
#92
🇩🇪 Germany - wilderness
17/08/2026
#91
🇨🇦 Canada - wilderness
16/08/2026
#95
🇩🇪 Germany - wilderness
16/08/2026
#82
🇨🇦 Canada - wilderness
15/08/2026
#65

Spotify

No recent rankings available

Shared links between episodes and podcasts

Links found in episode descriptions and other podcasts that share them.

See all

https://outyondercompany.com/pages/shop-the-out-yonder-x-backcountry-manifesto-collab
40 shares
https://outyondercompany.com/
14 shares
https://SharedPour.com
9 shares

https://www.youtube.com/@EverestMystery
3 shares
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dh5zOzx2FRg
2 shares
https://youtu.be/VU2N-N86uVs
2 shares

RSS feed quality and score

Technical evaluation of the podcast's RSS feed quality and structure.

See all

RSS feed quality

To improve

Score global : 47%

Publication history

Monthly episode publishing history over the past years.

Year

Latest published episodes

Recent episodes with titles, durations, and descriptions.

See all

How to Find GOLD | Dan Hurd Prospecting | Ep. 004

Season 1 · Episode 4

Thursday, February 27, 2025 • Duration 01:12:56

With over 1.3 million Youtube subscribers and counting, Dan Hurd of Dan Hurd Prospecting might be the world’s most popular prospector. This week, Dan swings by the Backcountry Manifesto Podcast studio with some amazing gold, gem and mineral specimens. Whether you’re a Dan Hurd Prospecting fan, a seasoned prospector, or even a first time 49er, stay tuned – this prospecting podcast is solid gold.

In this episode, we discuss:

Dan’s background
Claims & Mining
Gold, Gems, & Treasures
How to become a prospector
Top things to prospect for in US & CA

Links mentioned in this episode

Dan Hurd’s Youtube, Instagram, and Online Shop

Connect

Catch up with Hayden on IG, TikTok, and more
Follow TBM on Youtube, IG, and everywhere else
Get yer limited-run TBM X Out Yonder Co. merch
Join the TBM Patreon Community

Partners

Special thanks to our partners at Shared Pour! Visit SharedPour.com! Promo code coming soon!
Special thanks to our partners (except Grady) at Out Yonder Company! Use code BACKCOUNTRY 15 for 15% off site-wide!

Many thanks to the folks that made this episode possible

Featuring Dan Hurd
Produced By Andrew O’Neill with Hayden Sammak
Production Assistance by John Stock
“Welcome to the Backcountry” theme song by Logan Roth, Will Brown, Arjun Dube and produced at Treacle Mine Studios, Phila, PA

Read moreCollapse

The World's Most Brutal Race: The Barkley Marathons | Laz Lake | Ep. 007

Season 1 · Episode 7

Thursday, March 20, 2025 • Duration 01:32:24

Today, Laz Lake is in the studio talking about the Barkley Marathons. The Barkley Marathons is the most notorious trail race around, and Laz Lake is the semi-evil genius behind it. Runner’s World has described it as “Five Loops Of Death” and “Arguably the craziest race in the world,” and it was even the subject of a full-length documentary called “The Race That Eats Its Young.”

The Barkley Marathons is a five loop, approximately 125 mile race held annually in the Tennessee backcountry, specifically Frozen Head State Park. Over those 125 miles, finishers will have experienced a vertical gain equivalent to climbing Mount Everest TWICE. The cutoff time is just 60 hours. There are no formal course guides or aid stations, and the runners are forced to navigate by their own, hand drawn paper maps. Since 1986 only 20 runners out of more than 1000 have finished the Barkley Marathons.

We talk to Laz Lake about

The origination of the Barkley Marathons
How to apply for the Barkley Marathons
Veterans and virgins
Laz’s bad habits
Finish rate of the Barkley Marathons
Athletic Achievement in endurance sports
Jasmin Paris’s Completion of the Barkley Marathons
Other backyard ultra-marathons

Links mentioned in this episode

Connect

Partners Many thanks to the folks that made this episode possible

The Ultimate Survivalists | Evolutionary Anthropologist Dr. Steven Churchill | Ep. 008

Season 1 · Episode 8

Thursday, March 27, 2025 • Duration 01:43:31

This week on the show, we have Duke University’s Dr. Steven Churchill swinging into town to talk about early man as the ultimate survivalist. Dr. Churchill has been part of discovering two important early hominids and when it comes to neanderthals, he’s certainly among the most knowledgeable. One thing he knows for sure? Early man was on the strugglebus, but pushed through to become the ultimate survivalist.

We talk about:

Some of Dr. Churchill’s research at Duke University
Homo Neledi
The Rising Star cave system
How to say “Cro Magnon” the sexy (and correct) way
Steve’s book, Thin on the Ground
How everything wanted to kill early man
Neanderthals being hybrid into oblivion
Hunting habits and tools
Why living in “the fertile crescent” sucked
How cave bears were vegans, but would happily unalive you

Links mentioned in this episode

Connect

Our Partners

Special thanks to our partners at Shared Pour! Visit SharedPour.com - Use code “BACKCOUNTRY” for 10% off at checkout.

Credits

Is Bigfoot Real? | Sasquatch Researcher and Idaho State Anthropologist Dr. Jeff Meldrum | Ep. 009

Season 1 · Episode 9

Thursday, April 3, 2025 • Duration 02:47:05

Does Bigfoot exist? Dr. Jeff Meldrum – a professor of anatomy and anthropology specializing in primate locomotor adaptations and bipedalism at Idaho State University – believes Bigfoot is real (and probably prefers the term “Sasquatch”). Today on the show, Dr. Meldrum drops by TBM HQ to talk all things Sasquatch, as well as his life-long fascination with the controversial “relict hominoid.” In our conversation, we cover:

Bigfoot vs Sasquatch
The origins of Bigfoot
The Bluff Creek Site
The Patterson Gimlin Film
Bigfoot footprints
Pressure ridges and anatomical characteristics
Why it's so hard to fake a footprint
Bigfoot Skeptics
Bigfoot Range
An estimate of the current Bigfoot population
Why we haven’t found a Bigfoot body
Dr. Meldrum's experiences hunting Bigfoot
The biggest question: Will we ever find Bigfoot?

All that and more in this episode. If you’re a Bigfoot nerd or just interested in an academic’s perspective on the mystery primate, this episode of TBM is for you!

Links mentioned in this episode

Jeff Meldrum's Book: Sasquatch: Legend Meets Science
Gareth Patterson's Book: Beyond the Secret Elephants
Relict Hominoid Inquiry

Connect

Our Partners Credits

The FULL STORY of DB Cooper | Investigator Eric Ulis | Ep. 010

Season 1 · Episode 10

Thursday, April 10, 2025 • Duration 02:36:02

Who is DB Cooper? On November 24th, 1971, an unassuming middle aged man pulled off the only unsolved skyjacking in US history, parachuting out of the back of a Boeing 727 somewhere over the pacific northwest with $200,000 in cash strapped to his chest. He was never found. Today, some 53 years later, DB Cooper investigator Eric Ulis sits down with us to tell the whole story of DB Cooper, including new developments. We talk about:

Eric Ulis, a pro blackjack player turned cold case investigator
Hijacking a Boeing 727
$200k cash ransom
DB Cooper's successful evasion of the law
The cash discovery at Tena Bar
Flaws in the FBI investigation
Eric's new theory on where DB Cooper landed
Summer diatoms
The necktie
Eric's lawsuit against the FBI
The metallurgist suspect

All this and much more. If you're a nerd for unsolved mysteries, you're going to love this deep dive into all things DB Cooper.

Connect

Our Partners

Special thanks to our partners at Shared Pour! Visit SharedPour.com - Use code “BACKCOUNTRY” for 10% off at checkout.
Special thanks to our patterns at Out Yonder Company! Visit OutYonderCompany.com and use code “BACKCOUNTRY15” for 15% off at checkout.

Credits

Featuring Eric Ulis
Produced by Andrew O'Neill with Hayden Sammak
Intro and Animations by Barry Thompson
Photograph Contributions for Animation by Carver Weeks

The Backcountry Manifesto – Details, episodes & analysis

Podcast details

Recent rankings

Apple Podcasts

Spotify

Shared links between episodes and podcasts

RSS feed quality and score

Publication history

Latest published episodes

Related Shows Based on Content Similarities

Related Shows Based on Content Similarities

Apple Podcasts

Spotify

The Backcountry Manifesto – Details, episodes & analysis

Podcast details

Recent rankings

Apple Podcasts

Spotify

Shared links between episodes and podcasts

Other47

Youtube33

Amazon15

RSS feed quality and score

Publication history

Latest published episodes

Similar podcasts and content

Related Shows Based on Content Similarities

Related Shows Based on Content Similarities

Other47

Youtube33

Amazon15

Apple Podcasts

Spotify