Welcome to Strange Country, a podcast devoted to bizarre, surreal and extraordinary stories that make America the weird place it is. Co-hosts Kelly and Beth are former newspaper reporters turned school librarians who have always had a soft spot for a good story--the stranger the better. Discover the first woman to survive a barrel ride over Niagara Falls and the man who invented “complex marriage” in one of the most successful utopian experiments. Things get weird pretty quickly around here.
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When climbing was a fringe sport, the epic tales of achievement were told around the campfire. As the sport continues to grow, Alex Honnold and co-host Fitz Cahall grab the mic to share stories from the people who define climbing by pushing the boundaries and challenging the status quo of the previous generation.
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This is what adventure sounds like. Climb. Ski. Hike. Bike. Paddle. Run. Travel. Whatever your passion, we are all dirtbags. Outdoor writer Fitz Cahall and the Duct Tape Then Beer team present stories about the dreamers, athletes and wanderers.
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An Irish web developer living in Brighton, England working with Clearleft. I built Huffduffer.
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Kitsap Matters is a show focused on the unique people, places, and things of Kitsap County, Washington. The host, Kevin Campbell, spends time interviewing different people from around the area (including Poulsbo, Bremerton, Bainbridge Island, Kingston, Silverdale, Port Orchard, and more). While the host is the founder of Peaks Financial, a Poulsbo-based financial advisory firm, the show focuses on the things that matter most to Kitsap County residents; this includes family, occupation, recre ...
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Authentic, freedom loving explosives and weapons experts discuss issues in culture, science, and spirituality. Dropping quantum thought bombs that still make sense in a world that is ever expanding. Up-level your thinking on the worlds dramas with these Texans whom are into self development and airy fairy things. Or stay for the explosive action as they blow stuff up for fun, we mean in the name of science.... as they are fully licensed explosives and weapons manufacturers who had a TV show ...
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We interview American diplomats, capturing the sacrifice, leadership, humor, heroism, wisdom, and lessons of modern American diplomacy. Through historical reflections and personal anecdotes, guests explain foreign policy and tradecraft, or what they were trying to accomplish and how. Episodes include conversations with America’s diplomatic legends -- including Thomas Pickering, John Negroponte, Bill Burns, Maura Harty, Beth Jones and Kristie Kenney -- as well as rising leaders and foreign po ...
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No Ordinary Cloth: Intersection of textiles, emerging technology, craft and sustainability
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Textiles matter! It is the most ubiquitous and powerful material we live with - it has the power to fulfil both our senses and our soul. Join Mili Tharakan, a Smart Textiles designer and researcher with 20+ years experience, as she speaks to textile makers, engineers, bio-chemists, material scientists, artists, innovators and others who are pushing the boundaries of the Textile and Fashion industry by creating textiles that challenge the very meaning, role and function of fabrics as we know ...
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My Guest this week on the podcast is Laura-Beth Salter. A well kent face on the Glasgow Folk and Roots scene, mandolinist, tutor, singer and composer Laura-Beth is a founding member of award winning folk bands The Shee & Kinnaris Quintet. She was nominated for the MG Alba Composer of the year award in 2013 after the success of her Celtic Connection…
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Tucked away in a corner of Chilean Patagonia, Valle Cochamó wasn’t going to stay hidden forever. The soaring unclimbed granite walls instilled dreams of first ascents in climbers. Industrialists eyed its free flowing rivers with their potential for hydroelectric power. Conservationists hoped it could provide a final puzzle piece of an incredible pr…
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Tucked away in a corner of Chilean Patagonia, Valle Cochamó wasn’t going to stay hidden forever. The soaring unclimbed granite walls instilled dreams of first ascents in climbers. Industrialists eyed its free flowing rivers with their potential for hydroelectric power. Conservationists hoped it could provide a final puzzle piece of an incredible pr…
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Kati Davis: On Real Estate and commitment to clients, problem solving, hobbies & more..
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In this episode of Kitsap Matters, Katie Davis, a realtor with Keller Williams Realty in Kitsap County and a founding member of the Kitsap Executive Association, shares her journey from growing up in Little Rock, Washington, to working on a guest ranch in Montana, to eventually finding her way into real estate. Katie explains her commitment to goin…
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Our guest on this episode of the Tunes From Doolin Podcast is Alan Reid, banjo player from Leitrim now based in North Clare and member of Goitse. Alan is a great multi-instrumentalist and composer and on this episode we talk about his formative years, his compositions, his project #TunebookTuesday, the band Goitse’s new album and much, much more.ht…
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Our guest on this episode of the Tunes From Doolin Podcast is Alan Reid, banjo player from Leitrim now based in North Clare and member of Goitse. Alan is a great multi-instrumentalist and composer and on this episode we talk about his formative years, his compositions, his project #TunebookTuesday, the band Goitse’s new album and much, much more.ht…
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Listen to this episode from Dive Club 🤿 on Spotify. I remember the exact moment where I first explored MercuryOS. It was clear Jason Yuan was one of the most skilled design thinkers I'd ever encountered. No wonder he landed a role designing AI products at Apple shortly after.But the main reason I wanted to interview him was to learn more about his …
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While most people curled up on the couch with a mug of hot cocoa, Emily Ford set out in the frigid winter to thru-hike Wisconsin’s 1200 mile Ice Age Trail. Over the course of their two and a half month winter vacation, Emily and her borrowed sled dog, Diggins, tested their endurance and found solitude, friendship, and beauty to last a lifetime. Kee…
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Jamie Logan: Going The Distance
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5.13 at 78. That’s staggering, but the numbers don’t capture the breadth of Jamie Logan’s climbing career, which now spans seven decades. Through every chapter of our sport, Jamie has been a contributor from pioneering free climbing in the 1960’s to leading design trends of the modern gym. The risk she took in her 70’s may ultimately prove to be th…
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The Mandolins and Beer Podcast Episode #109 Eva Holbrook (SHEL, Lady Moon) – Mandolins and Beer Podcast
My guest this week is Eva Holbrook. You may be familiar with her from her incredible band with her sisters called SHEL. You may also be familiar with her as her solo project Lady Moon. However you know her, you know she is an extremely talented musician!https://podcast.mandolinsandbeer.com/the-mandolins-and-beer-podcast-episode-109-eva-holbrook-she…
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The Mandolins and Beer Podcast Episode #109 Eva Holbrook (SHEL, Lady Moon) – Mandolins and Beer Podcast
My guest this week is Eva Holbrook. You may be familiar with her from her incredible band with her sisters called SHEL. You may also be familiar with her as her solo project Lady Moon. However you know her, you know she is an extremely talented musician!https://podcast.mandolinsandbeer.com/the-mandolins-and-beer-podcast-episode-109-eva-holbrook-she…
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My guest this week on the podcast is Irish musician Sean Keegan. Seán was born in London; his parents emigrating from Longford and Leitrim in the late ’70s. A pupil of the renowned traditional music teacher Brendan Mulkere from a young age, Seán grew up within the vibrant Irish music scene in London.https://podcast.mandolinsandbeer.com/the-mandolin…
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My guest this week on the podcast is Irish musician Sean Keegan. Seán was born in London; his parents emigrating from Longford and Leitrim in the late ’70s. A pupil of the renowned traditional music teacher Brendan Mulkere from a young age, Seán grew up within the vibrant Irish music scene in London.https://podcast.mandolinsandbeer.com/the-mandolin…
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My Guest this week on the podcast is Laura-Beth Salter. A well kent face on the Glasgow Folk and Roots scene, mandolinist, tutor, singer and composer Laura-Beth is a founding member of award winning folk bands The Shee & Kinnaris Quintet. She was nominated for the MG Alba Composer of the year award in 2013 after the success of her Celtic Connection…
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We're getting some feelings out about WordPress and Matt Mullenweg vs WP Engine drama, as well as the Web Components conversation that happened this past week.https://shoptalkshow.com/636/
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We're getting some feelings out about WordPress and Matt Mullenweg vs WP Engine drama, as well as the Web Components conversation that happened this past week.https://shoptalkshow.com/636/
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Frank Ellerbroek: On Mortgage services, Family Life, Great Outdoors & Innovative Technology
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In this interview with Frank Ellerbroek, a long-time resident of Washington and Kitsap County, shares his journey into the mortgage industry, where he has built a successful career over the last 26 years. As a mortgage broker with Vantage Mortgage Brokers and a founding member of the Kitsap Executive Association, Frank discusses how his entrepreneu…
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And 10 other features we got along the wayhttps://offthemainthread.tech/episode/stylable-select-element/
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And 10 other features we got along the wayhttps://offthemainthread.tech/episode/stylable-select-element/
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The Moon and Earth are drifting gradually further apart. Every year the gap between them increases by a few centimetres. We know that the Moon’s gravity has an important effect on Earth - from controlling the tides to affecting the planet’s rotation - but slowly, imperceptibly, over billions of years, that influence will diminish as the Moon moves …
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The Moon and Earth are drifting gradually further apart. Every year the gap between them increases by a few centimetres. We know that the Moon’s gravity has an important effect on Earth - from controlling the tides to affecting the planet’s rotation - but slowly, imperceptibly, over billions of years, that influence will diminish as the Moon moves …
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Cory Richards: The Unquiet Mind
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Alpinist and photographer Cory Richards was living at full speed. A steady stream of Himalayan expeditions and assignments from National Geographic kept him relentlessly moving around the world. Meanwhile, his long struggle with bi-polar disorder, PTSD, alcoholism, and sex addiction hit new lows until Cory’s world came undone. Today, Cory’s stepped…
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Strange Country Ep. 289: Night of Terror
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Hey Dashhounds, it's our favorite month for creepy tales at Strange Country! October brings warmish temperatures at night, hot sunny days, hurricanes with power that you have never seen before, and the uncomfortable feeling of politics gone wrong--rarely landing with a woman in charge. Today Beth and Kelly bring you the story of the Night of Terror…
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Listen to The "Big 3" of Bluegrass from At the Crossroads. Over the next 90 minutes, I will dive into the music of the three major acts who laid the groundwork for the emerging genre of bluegrass in the 1940s. I begin with the "Father of Bluegrass", Bill Monroe, whose seminal 1946 recording session with Lester Flatt, Earl Scruggs and others split t…
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Listen to The "Big 3" of Bluegrass from At the Crossroads. Over the next 90 minutes, I will dive into the music of the three major acts who laid the groundwork for the emerging genre of bluegrass in the 1940s. I begin with the "Father of Bluegrass", Bill Monroe, whose seminal 1946 recording session with Lester Flatt, Earl Scruggs and others split t…
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Beth Wolfe : On philosophy of Life In Full Expression and her journey as a consultant.
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Beth Wolfe shares her journey as a third-generation entrepreneur in Kitsap County. Growing up in a family of business owners, she learned valuable financial lessons from her parents, who built successful businesses in the area. Beth has transitioned from a career in sports medicine, where she worked with Olympic athletes, into life consulting, foun…
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Ep 16. A Catalyst Shaping the Future of Sustainable and Ethical Fabric with Nina Marenzi and Amanda Johnston
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In this episode of No Ordinary Cloth, I sit down with Nina and Amanda, the brilliant minds behind the Future Fabrics Expo, to dive deep into how they’re revolutionising the textile and fashion industries through an expo that drives sustainability and innovation. The Future Fabrics Expo has become a key platform in the industry, showcasing thousands…
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Pattie Gonia: Naturally Iconic
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Wyn Wiley, often better known as Pattie Gonia, went out on a backpacking trip with an inkling of an idea and emerged walking a path. Today, Pattie Gonia’s feed is filled with joy– making music with famed cellist Yo-Yo Ma, raising hundreds of thousands of dollars for charity, headlining pride festivals, gravel biking– and most of the time it looks f…
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El Cap. Free. In a day. Putting those words on your resume puts you in the league of legends. How did that become the bar? Lynn Hill. A singular athlete who stepped up to the biggest stage in climbing, Lynn redefined what was athletically possible not just for her generation, but generations to come. Emily Harrington and Beth Rodden add their persp…
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Dave Lambert: On Making Beer, Owning a Restaurant & Creating Great Music & More
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Dave Lambert, a co-owner of Slippery Pig Brewery in Poulsbo, Washington, shares his journey from brewing beer at home to becoming a prominent figure in the local brewing scene. Known for his kilt-wearing persona, Dave reflects on the entrepreneurial path that led him and his wife to leave their corporate jobs and start the brewery, which now plays …
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Graham Zimmerman knows how to make decisions under pressure. As a professional mountain athlete, his life depends on it. Nearly a decade ago, Protect Our Winters saw this and brought him and his skillset into the political sphere to advocate for climate change legislation. In today’s episode he shares some tools from his kit to help you make your o…
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Margo Hayes: Renaissance Woman
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Ms. 5.15 – that was the moniker the climbing world bestowed on Margo Hayes after she became the first woman to climb the grade. Two more 5.15’s followed and Margo seemed poised to be a defining climber of her generation. Yet, in the background, Margo was quietly struggling with Lyme disease and exploring other interests when she wasn’t healthy enou…
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A documentary about the travelling musicians in Connemara.
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A documentary about the travelling musicians in Connemara.
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Some of the most powerful learning can happen outside the classroom. In the summer of 1975, public school teacher Mr. Hodges took 22 of his students on an unforgettable bike trip that would impact the rest of their lives. Grab your cut-off shorts, a 10-speed bike, and a sense of humor, and you’ll be along for the ride. Submit your story for the 15t…
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Babsi and Jacopo: The Flame Burns Bright
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While most of the elite climbing world has turned its attention to raw difficulty in sport and bouldering, Babsi Zangerl and Jacopo Larcher have been carrying the torch for hard, sometimes dangerous, traditional climbing. We talk about Eternal Flame, managing risk and getting sandbagged in Yosemite. Thanks to our sponsors The North Face COROS Use c…
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Strange Country Ep. 288: Talking Dolphins
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The mid-20th century was heady times full of LSD, and a NASA flush with cash, which is how we get to today’s story about a scientist trying to get dolphins to speak English. Strange Country co-hosts Beth and Kelly talk about Dr. John C. Lilly, inventor of the sensory deprivation tank and dolphin whisperer, whose plans for dolphin communication veer…
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🌱 Ep 15. Brewing Beer for Bio-Leather with Brett Cotten
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In this episode of the 'No Ordinary Cloth Podcast', we have Brett Cotten, co-founder of Arda Biomaterials, in discussion about their innovative leather alternative, New Grain made from the spent grain waste from breweries. Brett shares the establishment journey of Arda, from its founding in 2022, its recognition among Forbes 30 Under 30 and H&M's G…
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Beth Rodden: A Light Through The Cracks
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Beth Rodden started climbing in 1995, and it wasn’t long before she radically changed the sport. Within three years, she’d become the first woman to climb 5.14; within five, she established a still unrepeated free route on Yosemite’s El Capitan. Today, Beth is making waves in a different way: by leading the climbing community in difficult, vulnerab…
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Andrey Dombrowski: On Banking & More
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Andrey Dombrowski joins Kevin Campbell on Kitsap Matters discussing his role at Commencement Bank, the state of the banking industry and commercial loans. He also delves into his personal life, his family, and his love for the state of Washington. They discuss the biggest financial influences in his life…
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After a protracted battle over bolts and sport climbing, American climbers nearly lost the ability to climb on public lands in the early 1990s. It would have completely altered the course of our sport. Fortunately, lawyer and climber Armando Menocal rose to the challenge of protecting climbing for generations to come, despite the fact that many cli…
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Luke, Job, and Jonah have been best friends since childhood, and with the end of high school looming, they set out on their biggest adventure yet. During a month-long quest to canoe from Job’s backyard in Franklin, Tennessee, to the Gulf of Mexico, they encounter storms, venomous spiders, and alligators putting their skills and stoke are put to the…
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In 1986, a rag-tag group of dirtbags including Beth Wald, Russ Clune and Todd Skinner came up with a scheme to go behind the Iron Curtain with the goal of competing in the Soviet Union's speed climbing competition. It was audacious as any cutting edge climb. Originally aired in 2021. Thanks to our sponsors The North Face COROS Use code CLIMBINGGOLD…
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Today our guest is Matt Webb, a virtuoso tinkerer and creative whose experiments with interaction design and technology have led to such apps as the Galaxy Compass (an app that features an arrow pointing to the center of the universe) and Poem/1, a hardware clock that offers a rhyming poem devised by AI. He’s also a regular essayist on his blog Int…
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Today our guest is Matt Webb, a virtuoso tinkerer and creative whose experiments with interaction design and technology have led to such apps as the Galaxy Compass (an app that features an arrow pointing to the center of the universe) and Poem/1, a hardware clock that offers a rhyming poem devised by AI. He’s also a regular essayist on his blog Int…
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How did the Internet first begin? Why was it developed at the Advanced Research Projects Agency? Where was it initially launched at the end of the 1960s? Is it pronounced r-OO-ter or r-OW-ter?? These and other hard-hitting questions are answered as Jared & Ayush take a deep dive into the birth of humanity’s global computer network…with a dash of 90…
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How did the Internet first begin? Why was it developed at the Advanced Research Projects Agency? Where was it initially launched at the end of the 1960s? Is it pronounced r-OO-ter or r-OW-ter?? These and other hard-hitting questions are answered as Jared & Ayush take a deep dive into the birth of humanity’s global computer network…with a dash of 90…
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Alex Goes To Paris: Olympic Recap
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Adieu Paris. After a week at the Olympic games, Alex and the team reflect on an incredible moment for climbing and its brightest competitors. Watch Climbing Gold on YouTube Thanks to our sponsors The North Face: Join Alex and TNF in NYC at Climb Fest, August 23-24 COROS Use code CLIMBINGGOLD to get a free watch carabiner with the purchase of a VERT…
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