Episodes

  • #80 You Carry The Tent, I'll Cary The Baby: Thru-Hiking The PCT With A 9 Month Old

    #80 You Carry The Tent, I'll Cary The Baby: Thru-Hiking The PCT With A 9 Month Old
    Dec 13 2024
    Hiking the Pacific Crest Trail is quite an undertaking on its own. But what about thru-hiking with a baby? That’s exactly what today’s guests did — this remarkable family traversed roughly 1,500 miles in 3 months with a 9 month old in tow. In this episode we’ll cover hardships on and off the trail: deadly bee stings, navigating relationship turbulence, and facing adversity in the outdoors as a family. Tune in for tools to mend relationships in challenging situations, green flags to look out for in an adventure partner, and how to know when it’s time to call it quits on epic pursuits. Costa Rica 2025 details: buff.ly/4fpQTTc Join me in Peru! 2025 details: https://buff.ly/4gfiHdW Calen's Unruly Budget Travel Guide: https://wanderwoman.online/index.php/unrulystore/The-Art-of-Unruly-Travel-on-a-Budget-Printed-Copy-p390907964 You Carry The Tent, I'll Carry The Baby: https://animaltreks.com/product/you-carry-the-tent-ill-carry-the-baby/ Jack McClure's Blog: https://animaltreks.com/ Epic Trips website: www.worldpackers.com/epic - Unruly Travel & Living Blog: unrulytravel.com - Unruly email newsletter: buff.ly/4a1bPwT
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    49 mins
  • #79 Becoming Rowdy Girl: Lessons From A Former Cattle Rancher Gone Vegan

    #79 Becoming Rowdy Girl: Lessons From A Former Cattle Rancher Gone Vegan
    Nov 28 2024
    Renee King-Sonnen earned her title as “Rowdy Girl” through grit, determination, and hard-earned transformation. Formally a “rhinestone cowgirl,” this Texan is the first documented cattle farmer gone vegan. Now managing 147 acres that countless of animals call sanctuary, Renee and Tommy at Rowdy Girl Sanctuary are changing the ranching industry from the inside out. Listen in for comedy, inspiration, and motivation to dare to push back against supposedly set-in-stone cultural norms. Costa Rica 2025 details: buff.ly/4fpQTTc Calen's Unruly Budget Travel Guide: https://wanderwoman.online/index.php/unrulystore/The-Art-of-Unruly-Travel-on-a-Budget-Printed-Copy-p390907964 Calen's Vegan resources: https://wanderwoman.online/index.php/unruly-veganism/ Rowdy Girl Sanctuary: https://rowdygirlsanctuary.org/ Epic Trips website: www.worldpackers.com/epic - Unruly Travel & Living Blog: unrulytravel.com - Unruly email newsletter: buff.ly/4a1bPwT
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    57 mins
  • #78 There's No Taste Like Home: How To Forage For Wild Foods (And Beyond!) With Alan Muskat

    #78 There's No Taste Like Home: How To Forage For Wild Foods (And Beyond!) With Alan Muskat
    Oct 26 2024
    Is foraging legal? Is it bad for the environment? Is foraging innate or learned? These are the top questions being asked on Google around foraging, a regulating activity that our ancestors depended on to sustain life. Here today to answer our questions and go beyond the technicalities of foraging is Alan Muskat, the founder of the largest foraging education company in the world. In this episode Alan touches on the essence of foraging: feeling safe, feeling provided for, and feeling at home in the world. (And you thought it was just about food!) We also discuss how artificial scarcity pushes us to pay for food rather than collect it for free ourselves, why societal boxes are deadly, and how cities are actually some of the best places to practice foraging. Costa Rica 2025 details: buff.ly/4fpQTTc Epic Trips website: https://www.worldpackers.com/epic My Foraging Tour Experience with No Taste Like Home: https://wanderwoman.online/index.php/2024/11/01/foraging-wild-food-tours-no-taste-like-home-asheville-north-carolina/ Alan's website: https://alanmuskat.com/ No Taste Like Home: https://notastelikehome.org - Unruly Travel & Living Blog: unrulytravel.com - Unruly email newsletter: buff.ly/4a1bPwT
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    56 mins
  • #77 Yes, I'm OK After Hurricane Helene. But Not Really.

    #77 Yes, I'm OK After Hurricane Helene. But Not Really.
    Oct 4 2024
    I hope that this episode finds you as well as possible. Here's a recording of 'Yes, I’m Ok After Hurricane Helene Hit North Carolina. But Not Really.' read by Calen Otto right after Hurricane Helene devestated Asheville, North Carolina and surrounding areas in September 2024. This essay explores the intersections of Helene, wildness, climate change, anti-speciesism, and more. Hurricane Helene Essay: https://wanderwoman.online/index.php/2024/10/03/hurricane-helene-damage-pictures-first-hand-account-from-western-north-carolina/ Donate to mutual aid orgs in WNC: https://preview.mailerlite.io/preview/757985/emails/134269466110330501 Episode #24 on Hurricane Florence: https://soundcloud.com/unrulytravel-podcast/modern-love-story-pig-rescue-hurricane-florence-north-carolina Unruly Travel & Living Blog: wanderwoman.online
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    22 mins
  • #76 How To Fall In Love, Do Good, And Hike A Volcano In Guatemala

    #76 How To Fall In Love, Do Good, And Hike A Volcano In Guatemala
    Aug 27 2024
    Join Calen, Darya, and Gio (Jorge) for an enlightening conversation on living a vibrant life, walking with death, and even falling in love on a volcano. In this episode we learn how Gio was able to create a eco-minded business that *actually* does serious good for his local community in Guatemala by investing in green tourism, prioritizing local workers, and extending well-being to the beyond-human world. Listen in to learn how to get volunteer tourism right, how to hike volcano Acatenango in Guatemala, and what moving to another country and uprooting your life to pursue love is like. Free Guatemala Travel Guides: https://wanderwoman.online/index.php/tag/guatemala/ Casa Donya: https://www.instagram.com/casadonya.antigua/ Second Gear / Podcast Sponsor: secondgearwnc.com
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    59 mins
  • #75 Lessons For The Writer, The Rebel, And 30-Something-Year-Old With Ken Ilgunas

    #75 Lessons For The Writer, The Rebel, And 30-Something-Year-Old With Ken Ilgunas
    Jul 31 2024
    Ken Ilgunas, author of 3 books including “Walden On Wheels,” has been called many things: a wanderer, pro-hitchhiker, journalist, and Alaskan back country ranger. Now, he’s taken on new titles like “husband” and “dad.” This leads us to ask: What happens to the most adventurous of our society when we enter a phase that calls for settling down, growing roots, and re-entering institutions? It’s a life transition that can feel tricky and hard to navigate. Luckily, Ken candidly shares what he’s learned while walking down this uncertain road that comes with no playbook. In this episode he takes us into the company of strangers by telling stories made of hitchhike magic, ex-cons, and religious hallucinations while thumbing his way thousands of miles across the US. He then pulls us behind the scenes of the writing process where he transforms these gritty life experiences into something worthy of being page-bound. Listen in as we ponder the sacredness of books; how writers risk damaging relationships in the name of creating good art; and how writing changes the narrative about our own lives. “I think to be a good artist, a small percentage of you has to be a sociopath. You have to be willing to sacrifice something in the name of the art.” Ken’s Substack: https://kenilgunas.substack.com/ Second Gear / Podcast Sponsor: https://secondgearwnc.com *Let them know the Unruly Podcast sent you for 10% off! - Unruly Travel & Living Blog: wanderwoman.online
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    1 hr and 15 mins
  • #74 How To Go Plant-Based On A Budget With Texas Herbivore Destiny DeJesus

    #74 How To Go Plant-Based On A Budget With Texas Herbivore Destiny DeJesus
    Jun 16 2024
    Have you ever thought about adopting a plant-based diet? Or maybe you’re like me, an old timer vegan who still feels lost in the kitchen. *Enter Destiny DeJesus on stage left* Destiny, creator of Eat Yo Destiny, is here to show us how to eat in a way that helps our bodies thrive, the planet heal, and protects animals from harm. A tiny house livin' vegan in Texas, she highlights how to make plant-based eating affordable by sharing her best money saving tips for the grocery store and beyond. In this episode she reveals how to transition from eating animals to a plant-based diet (even if you travel often), her healthy and easy go-to meals, a fool-proof recipe for crispy tofu, the reality of buying and living in a tiny house, and why food pantries are for everyone. We answer questions from our listeners like, “Does going raw vegan really make your period cramps go away?”, “Have you ever accidentally eaten something that wasn’t vegan?," and most importantly, “How does Scotty like VDog?” 🐶 - Anti-speciesit language tips: https://wanderwoman.online/index.php/2023/03/31/is-veganism-a-diet-language-tips/ - Eating plant-based on a budget: https://wanderwoman.online/index.php/2018/07/22/eating-plant-based-on-a-budget/ - Vegan while traveling: https://wanderwoman.online/index.php/2017/05/01/eat-well-and-travel-vegan/ - Eat Yo Destiny website: eatyodestiny.com - Destiny’s tiny house tour: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UDxngthjVjs - Vegan cream cheese taste test: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KC-oC7Ex3VE * Chopped vegan cheese in the Bronx: https://eatplantega.com/ * A quick, affordable, and healthy meal for those on the go: https://katu.com/afternoon-live/cooking-recipes/vegan-spicy-peanut-noodle-salad * Destiny’s favorite ramen recipe: https://www.veganricha.com/spicy-peanut-butter-ramen/ * Texas Eats Green: https://www.texaseatsgreen.com/ - Unruly Travel & Living Blog: wanderwoman.online - Unruly email newsletter: buff.ly/4a1bPwT - Join the Unruly Podcast on Patreon: www.patreon.com/unrulytravel - Donate to the podcast: SoundCloud - @unrulystories,
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    1 hr and 28 mins
  • #73 Rainbow Everything Everywhere All At Once | Queer Country Reflections

    #73 Rainbow Everything Everywhere All At Once | Queer Country Reflections
    May 27 2024
    Join us for a special episode where host Calen Otto takes listeners back in time — traversing backyard woodlands and river rapids — to retrace bare-footed memories from each of our guests, woven together by illuminating storytelling. Charlie Sprinkman is featured on this episode among other trans, non-binary, and queer folks. This episode is an ode to the experiences of folks now in their mid 20's and 30's who grew up in rural spaces as queer children, found refuge in the outdoors, and have transmuted their unique experiences into the life-changing work that they do today. Podcast guest list: Charlie Sprinkman from Everywhere is Queer, Kaysn Kile from Rural Gone Rouge, Wesley Kile from By Wesley Photography, Rivers Wilder Green (musician), Dianni Hall from While She's Away, and Charlie Alexander from TNET. Sound clip including pattrice jones from VINE Sanctuary. Podcast episode TRANScript: https://wanderwoman.online/index.php/2024/05/27/unruly-podcast-charlie-sprinkman-everywhere-is-queer-pride/ Everywhere is Queer: https://www.everywhereisqueer.com/ TNET: https://transeducation.net Rural Gone Rouge: https://www.instagram.com/ruralgonerogue/ By Wesley Photo: https://www.instagram.com/bywesleyphoto/ While She's Away Podcast: https://whileshesaway.com Rivers Wilder Green: https://www.instagram.com/riverslovesswimming/ Unruly Travel & Living Blog: wanderwoman.online

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    53 mins