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Monarch is a collection of campfire stories set in the world of long-distance backpacking.

Laura Munsil


    • Aug 2, 2024 LATEST EPISODE
    • weekly NEW EPISODES
    • 32m AVG DURATION
    • 14 EPISODES


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    Episode Thirteen: New Mexico Part II

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 2, 2024 28:55


    Monarch's journey ends. Not with a bang, but with breakfast at a hermitage. STARRING: Laura Munsil as Monarch Michael Hart as Max Tate McCullough as Doug the Hermit Chance Owen as Freeman Joshua Malloy as Uribe SOUND DESIGN & THEME BY: Nile Popchock FEATURING AN ORIGINAL COMPOSITION BY: Nile Popchock LEARN MORE: Website: monarchcast.com Instagram: monarchpodcast TikTok: monarchpodcast YouTube: monarchpodcast

    Episode Twelve: New Mexico Part I

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 2, 2024 38:48


    Monarch thaws out in the Gila River Wilderness in New Mexico. The serenity of the Gila lulls her into quiet reflection, until she notices she's being followed. Everything echoes in a canyon. STARRING: Laura Munsil as Monarch Austin Von Johnson as Jules Chelsea Smith as Anna James Logan as Sharpshooter Michael Hart as Max SOUND DESIGN & THEME BY: Nile Popchock LEARN MORE: Website: monarchcast.com Instagram: monarchpodcast TikTok: monarchpodcast YouTube: monarchpodcast

    Episode Eleven: Now Darkness Falls

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 26, 2024 34:10


    In the San Juan Mountains, Monarch finds shelter in a yurt. She sees a pika, hears a wolf, and sings with a chorus of cows. Will it ever stop snowing? SOUND DESIGN & THEME BY: Nile Popchock LEARN MORE: Website: monarchcast.com Instagram: monarchpodcast TikTok: monarchpodcast YouTube: monarchpodcast

    Episode Ten: Salida

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 19, 2024 47:49


    Monarch hikes through Rocky Mountain National Park, and notices that winter has arrived - early. A small-town waitress makes sure everyone knows who's boss, and a run-in at an outhouse leaves Monarch feeling uneasy. In Salida, Monarch thinks about exits. STARRING: Laura Munsil as Monarch Christian Prior as Stone Katie Preston as Minnie Jessica Holmes as Sheila Halaia Barnett as Jess Austin Von Johnson as Jules SOUND DESIGN & THEME BY: Nile Popchock LEARN MORE: Website: monarchcast.com Instagram: monarchpodcast TikTok: monarchpodcast YouTube: monarchpodcast

    Episode Nine: The Sawtooth Tapes

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 12, 2024 42:52


    Monarch enters the Great Divide Basin, a long stretch of barren, flat trail. It's salt flats and sand, wild horses, and brutal sun. She recalls a story a hiker told her about mysterious lights, and struggles with water rationing. When Monarch finally makes it to town, she finds the Basin isn't easy to shake. STARRING: Laura Munsil as Monarch Christian Prior as Stone Katie Preston as Sawtooth SOUND DESIGN & THEME BY: Nile Popchock LEARN MORE: Website: monarchcast.com Instagram: monarchpodcast TikTok: monarchpodcast YouTube: monarchpodcast

    Episode Eight: The Winds (of Winter)

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 12, 2024 26:18


    The Wind River Range has been described as a backpacker's fantasy land. Almost like it can't quite be real. Hope Monarch makes it through! STARRING: Laura Munsil as Monarch Christian Prior as Stoneheart/Stone Joshua Malloy as Sir Farhar Chance Owen as Crier Dominic Boucher as Thug Hailey Boucher as Handmaiden Kearney Thompson as Starclaw Sage Lords as Second Story SOUND DESIGN & THEME BY: Nile Popchock LEARN MORE: Website: monarchcast.com Instagram: monarchpodcast TikTok: monarchpodcast YouTube: monarchpodcast

    Episode Seven: West Yellowstone

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 12, 2024 36:38


    Monarch thinks about bison, burger and otherwise, on her walk into Yellowstone National Park. A man gives her a smoke and a story outside a karaoke bar in Lander but she doesn't care much for either. Have you ever heard of Shadow People, Princess? STARRING: Laura Munsil as Monarch Chance Owen as Clerk Halaia Barnett as Belinda Mason Dodson as Carver Sierra Padilla Huitt as Yvonne Clare Olson as Rocky Austin Von Johnson as Jules SOUND DESIGN & THEME BY: Nile Popchock LEARN MORE: Website: monarchcast.com Instagram: monarchpodcast TikTok: monarchpodcast YouTube: monarchpodcast

    Episode Six: Rattler Country

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 28, 2024 33:41


    CONTENT WARNING: This episode contains a derogatory racial slur, which has been bleeped out, and other demeaning racial language in the context of the story. These depictions are representative of true interactions along the CDT and are meant to cast light on the uncomfortable situations hikers are sometimes placed in. They do not represent the opinions of the Monarch team or cast. Listener discretion is advised. Monarch hikes through a series of thunderstorms but sees beauty in them.  In Leadore, she sits on a front porch with the locals. One of them tells her a story that isn't his to tell. When Monarch finally hikes out, she's escorted by black-eyed goats. STARRING: Laura Munsil as Monarch Lance Thompson as Bo Pamela Kleibrink Thompson as Mary Justin Paulson as Mikey SOUND DESIGN BY: Nile Popchock LEARN MORE:Website: monarchcast.comInstagram: monarchpodcastTikTok: monarchpodcast

    Episode Five: The Anaconda Cutoff

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 28, 2024 35:16


    Monarch enjoys well-deserved chicken nuggets, and meets a former thru-hiker. She follows a riotous party of young people to an abandoned asylum, where one of them tells her his scariest story.  Rafters creak, and Monarch fails the Bechdel test. STARRING: Laura Munsil as Monarch Mason Dodson as Finn Hailey Boucher as Leah Dominic Boucher as Steve SOUND DESIGN BY: Nile Popchock LEARN MORE: Website: monarchcast.com Instagram: @monarchpodcast TikTok: @monarchpodcast

    Episode Four: Water Report

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 28, 2024 38:00


    Monarch rests in Darby, and her mom, Anna, calls with concerns. Later, she promises not tell anyone about Bill and Layla's secret huckleberry picking spot, but little ears are always listening to things they shouldn't. Monarch crosses a glacier-fed river at dusk. STARRING: Laura Munsil as Monarch Austin Von Johnson as Jules Chelsea Smith as Anna Hailey Boucher as Layla Dominic Boucher as Bill Kearney Thompson as Jackie Michael Hart as Matty SOUND DESIGN BY: Nile Popchock LEARN MORE: Website: monarchcast.com Instagram: monarchpodcast TikTok: monarchpodcast

    Episode Three: The Bob

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 21, 2024 35:40


    Monarch hikes through the famously forbidding Bob Marshall Wilderness. A man licks his lips in a threatening manner. Her eyes play tricks on her in a wildfire-smoked sunset and she projects a beaver, a horsepacker, a dismembered elk leg. F&%* horseflies! STARRING: Laura Munsil as Monarch SOUND DESIGN BY: Nile Popchock LEARN MORE: Website: monarchcast.com Instagram: monarchpodcast TikTok: monarchpodcast

    Episode Two: Angel

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 21, 2024 31:24


    Monarch sees a waterfall. A hiker, Sputnik, tells her a campfire tale about a long-haired man in a shadowy saloon. Later, she attends a Fourth of July barbecue in Great Falls. Fireworks ensue. STARRING: Laura Munsil as Monarch Austin Von Johnson as Jules James Logan as Marcus Clare Olson as Sputnik SOUND DESIGN BY: Nile Popchock LEARN MORE: Website: monarchcast.com Instagram: monarchpodcast TikTok: monarchpodcast

    Episode One: Synchronicity

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 21, 2024 29:15


    Hallie starts the CDT. Her brother, Jules, drops her at Glacier National Park and after a night in Babb, she gets on trail near Chief Mountain. Monarch thinks about harbingers, grizzly bears, and if her life is unfolding according to a plan. STARRING: Laura Munsil as Monarch Austin Von Johnson as Jules Christian Prior as Sam SOUND DESIGN BY: Nile Popchock LEARN MORE: Website: monarchcast.com Instagram: monarchpodcast TikTok: monarchpodcast

    Monarch Teaser Trailer

    Play Episode Listen Later May 7, 2024 0:44


    Hallie Halprin (trail name Monarch) sets off on the Continental Divide Trail on June 21st. This 13 episode limited series podcast brings you along as Monarch experiences hiking the rocky spine of the United States - 3000 miles from Canada to Mexico. Follow Monarch on her journey with the Monarch podcast.

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