Podcast appearances and mentions of andy neal

What happens when you mix YouTube, curiosity, charisma, and a whole lot of science? You get this week's guest: Trace Dominguez! Trace Dominguez is a science communicator, producer, television presenter, and digital creator. His work appears on channels from Vox Media, Discovery, Science, PBS television, PBS Digital Studios, and more. His production company, Trace Elements Media, develops, pitches, creates, and publishes content with partners and clients. On his podcast That's Absurd Please Elaborate, Trace and his co-host answer silly questions by citing real research. Trace creates science videos on his YouTube channels Trace Elements and Uno Dos of Trace. He is Telly & Webby award winning and an Emmy-nominated producer and host.Andy Neal sits down with the beloved science communicator and YouTube veteran to talk about his journey from the early days at Discovery Channel to carving out his own creative path as an independent creator.They dive into the rise of YouTube, the realities of burnout, and what it really takes to make science accessible (and exciting!) in today's world. Trace gets real about conspiracies, magical thinking, the decline of media literacy, and how AI is reshaping the way we tell science stories.From the future of energy storage to why batteries are actually way cooler than you think, this episode is packed with insight and inspiration. If you're curious about the universe—or just love a good deep-dive conversation—this one's for you.More About Trace: ⁠https://www.tracedominguez.comFollow Trace on Insta: ⁠https://www.instagram.com/tracedominguezFollow Trace on YouTube: ⁠https://www.youtube.com/tracedominguezMusic is licensed from Musicbed.com.  Subscribe to my YouTube:⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠www.youtube.com/@andyfilmsandhikes⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Follow Host Andy Neal on Instagram: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠www.instagram.com/andyfilmsandhikes⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Check out my TikTok: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠www.tiktok.com/@andyfilmsandhikes⁠⁠Buy Andy a Coffee ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.buymeacoffee.com/andyfilmsandhikes ⁠⁠⁠Need Outdoor gear for your next adventure? Use Andy's REI affiliate link and help Andy out: ⁠⁠https://alnk.to/fSeu523⁠⁠

Maybe you've seen the videos come across your social media feed. They show a man, with a backwards hat and hiking poles, grumpily tromping down some beautiful, forested trail. The caption: “going on a stupid hike for my stupid mental health.” On this week's episode of Peak Northwest, we talk to southern Oregon resident Andy Neal, creator of the videos, who has been turning his viral moment into a career advocating for mental health and outdoor recreation. Neal, who was relatively new to both filming and hiking when he first went viral in 2022, has since become passionate about the joy and peacefulness that can be found in the natural world. Here are some highlights from this week's show: How Neal went viral in the first place. How he has been using his newfound platform since 2022. What is it about the natural world that's so good for mental health? A few of Neal's favorite places to go on “stupid hikes.”  Subscribe to Peak Northwest on Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, Spotify or anywhere you listen to podcasts. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In this episode the special guest is Andy Neal. Andy is a life long friend who grew up in middle Tennessee and recently moved to Knoxville. After the move, he accepted a position in sales and consulting, which gave him an opportunity to leave the machinist job he had been doing for years. About a year ago, he was motivated by a family member and decided to change his life by starting a drastic weight loss journey. There have been obstacles and challenges, but also a lot of grit and determination. He has had the support of his amazing wife, Rachel, throughout it all. In October, she threw out the idea that they should run a half marathon. She had run several, but this would be Andy's first half. They began training on a mix of running and cross fit exercises and built up to a level that had him ready to run. In April of 2024, Andy conquered the Oak Barrel Half Marathon course in his hometown of Lynchburg, TN with a time of 2:41 and completed the goal set forth just a few months prior. It truly was an inspirational and emotional moment as he crossed the finish. He stated that it was the hardest thing that he had ever done... but he did it! I hope you find this podcast episode motivational and uplifting. Please follow the On PACE Podcast... Leave a Rating and Review... and Share the podcast. 

Arline interviews this week's guest, Andy Neal of Andy Films And Hikes fame. He is self described as a "plus size hiking influencer."Andy tells his story of deconstruction, acceptance of his body and his joy in nature. He is an inspiration to all to get outdoors and experience nature.LinksInstagramhttps://www.instagram.com/andyfilmsandhikes/Link Treehttps://linktr.ee/AndyNeal InteractFor quotes, recommendations, transcripts and more see the full episode show noteshttps://gracefulatheist.com/2023/11/19/andy-neal-andy-films-and-hikes/Join the Deconversion Anonymous Facebook grouphttps://www.facebook.com/groups/deconversionGraceful Atheist Podcast Merch!https://www.teepublic.com/user/gracefulatheistpodcastSupport the podcast on Patreonhttps://www.patreon.com/gracefulatheistSecular Gracehttps://gracefulatheist.com/2016/10/21/secular-grace/Deconversionhttps://gracefulatheist.com/2017/12/03/deconversion-how-to/Deconstructionhttps://gracefulatheist.com/2017/12/03/deconversion-how-to/#deconstruction/Attribution"Waves" track written and produced by Makaih Beatshttps://makaihbeats.net/

Today this episode is brought to you via the River Severn. Alex and Verity are on the Sabrina Boat's picnic boat and for this episode they will be talking about river safety. Joining the show for this one are experts on river safety Andy Neal and David Brown for West Mercia Search and Rescue. Also joining the show is representative from 'Make Our River Safer' - Victoria Ireland.Where does 'Make Our River Safer' come from and what impact can a Facebook page (that has 7,000 followers) have on the community? Well Victoria is here to talk about the great work that they do, collaborating with so many in Shrewsbury.Andy and David talk about 'the job.' What kind of duties are there when it comes to being a member of Search and Rescue. What advice is there for a worried parent or friend that is passionately looking for a someone that may have fallen into the river? What advice is there for someone who might find a person struggling in the river? What advice is there for you, if you happen to fall in the river?There is so much information included in this episode that It really is just best to get stuck into it.Follow 'Make Our River Safer' on Facebook right here - https://www.facebook.com/makeourriversaferFind our everything you need to know about West Mercia Search and Rescue via their website right here - https://westmerciasar.org.uk/Thank you to everyone involved with this one. We appreciate that this is a difficult subject for many. We are just glad that we managed to put something together that can help people with some great advice. - AL

Known for his viral Instagram Reels and TikTok videos advocating for outdoor inclusion, & mental health, Andy is a plus size men's outdoor and fashion model, actor, and social media influencer. Andy has worked with national brands REI, Zappos, Eddie Bauer, Every Man Jack, US Foods, Sawyer Products, Gregory Packs, Merrell, Columbia Sportswear and many more.     Andy has a strong social media following with over 175 followers on Instagram and 30k followers on TikTok with millions of views on TikTok and Instagram Reels, having “gone viral” numerous times.   As well as modeling, Andy is podcast producer and host, editor, producer, and a strong media and communication professional with a Bachelors of Science focused in Digital Cinema from Southern Oregon University and a Bachelors of Leadership from Multnomah University. Andy is also the host of The Hiker Podcast, a top 100 Wilderness/Outdoor Podcast on Apple Podcasts.

Andy Neal's (he/him) grumpy hiker video went viral in January 2022, and he abruptly found himself representing fat & plus-size bodies in the outdoor space. Andy shares his journey from never being an outdoorsy kid to his binge eating diagnosis to going on his first hike at the request of his therapist. And how one person from a plus-size hiking group changed how he felt about his body and kick-started his own body liberation journey.Andy is a plus-size men's outdoor and fashion model, actor, and social media influencer. Andy has worked for national brands CNOC Outdoors, Eddie Bauer, Every Man Jack, US Foods, Bear Vault, Sawyer Products, Gregory Packs, Columbia Sportswear and many more. Andy has a strong social media following with over 170K on Instagram and 25k TikTok with millions of views on TikTok and Instagram Reels having “gone viral” numerous times. As well as modeling, Andy is also the host of The Hiker Podcast, a top 100 Wilderness/Outdoor Podcast on Apple Podcasts.Organizations we mentioned in the episode: Unlikely Hikers and Gregory Packs.Connect with Andy on his website, Instagram, and TikTok.This episode's poem is called “Lost in the Woods III” by Dagne Forrest.Please connect with Fat Joy on our website, Instagram, and YouTube (full video episodes here!). And please also give us a rating & subscribe.Hello sweet listener, Sophia here! You're going to love this episode with Andy, and there's bonus content for you through Apple Subscriptions or Patreon with every episode. Producing a weekly podcast takes time and resources from several wonderful people, and paid subscriptions will make continuing our work possible. So, as you're able, please consider subscribing to “Some Extra Fat Joy: 10 Qs” where each guest answers 10 unexpected questions. Want to know what Andy's big dream is?Our thanks to AR Media and Emily MacInnis for keeping this podcast looking and sounding joyful.

This week's guest on the show is Andy Neal, an agent from Orlando, Florida.  In this episode Andy discusses how he came from the UK to Florida and became the top 1% of Realtors in Orlando.  He goes over the differences he has experienced in the real estate industry between both the UK and America.  Andy also discusses how he has grown his business into what it is today.   Link to Bootcamp: agentXcelbootcamp.com Instagram: @chrisbowers_realestate

Terry Bradshaw fat shames Kansas City Chiefs head coach Andy Neal after his team's win at Super Bowl LVII. We watched the video and discuss. PLUS - here's how you can volunteer at the 2023 Full Figured Industry Awards - listen in!FFIAS Volunteer Info: https://www.instagram.com/thefullfiguredindustryawards/Beers: Jody - Free Wave Hazy IPA by Athletic Brewing | Bruce - Dead Guy Ale, by Rogue Ales & SpiritsHeavy Conversation Beer List: https://untappd.com/user/JodyKoenig/lists/362753

In this final episode of season 1, we chat to Andy about his fasciating journey from pastor to plus size hiker and activewear male model. He chats to us about his changes in values surrounding faith, his discovery of the joy of hiking regardless of size and free from expectation and how one social media video changed his life.If you would like to speak to us regarding any of the topics today, or suggest a guest please email everybodyfitspodcast@gmail.comFollow Laura on Instagram @andyhikesthelakesAmy @aw2wellnessKim @kim.bodyimage.fitness Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This week Andy is excited to Welcome Back Hiker, Speaker and Author Derick Lugo! Storytelling is Derick Lugo's forte; he's the author of the popular book, The Unlikely Thru-Hiker, a humorous memoir of his 6-month thru-hike of the Appalachian Trail. He has written several pieces for outdoor magazines, short stories for various books and is currently working on two new books, including a children’s picture book, and a second memoir detailing his 5-month thru-hike of the Continental Divide Trail. He’s a sought-after keynote speaker, adventurer, and host of the Unlikely Stories Podcast. To learn more about Derick Lugo, his new writing projects, and his next adventure, follow him on Instagram & Facebook @dericklugo, and at www.dericklugo.com Our host Andy is now an Ambassador for Gregory Packs. To get 15% off your order, and help Andy out use promo code ‘Andy15’ when you check out at https://www.gregorypacks.com/ ... We'd like to thank our sponsor CNOC Outdoors making our adventures the best possible, simple, enjoyable, fulfilling and sustainable. Use the link & be sure to use coupon code 'Hiker Podcast' for 10% off trekking poles. https://tinyurl.com/2p93ecrv Big thank you to our Patreon Patron's for supporting The Hiker Podcast: www.patreon.com/andynealplussizehiker The Music for the Hiker Podcast is licensed from Musicbed.com. This weeks opening song is “Begin Again” by Andrew Judahwhich you can listen on our Spotify Playlist: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/5lXwaTWf2f0CUnXiogxCLj?si=c12c1fa33cd94c64 Go to www.hikerpodcast.com for all our social media accounts, email, and all the ways to listen to The Hiker Podcast! Follow Host Andy Neal on Instagram: www.instagram.com/andyfilmsandhikes Send Andy a Postcard from the trail! Andy Neal 1750 Delta Waters Road STE 102-406 Medford, OR 97504 --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/hikerpodcast/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/hikerpodcast/support

High School senior committed to West Point Academy to play baseball. We discuss the recruiting process and his baseball journey. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

The REal Advice Podcast, hosted by Katie Day. Listen in on interviews with top Real Estate Agents to discover their advice, tips, tricks, & best practices that have propelled them to the Top 1% of their marketplace. This week, our guest is Andy Neal, Real Estate Agent in Windermere, FL.Follow Katie Day on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/movemetotx/Follow the REal Advice podcast on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/realadvice.podcast/

This week we talk about two recent interviews with Joy Nash and Andy Neal doing things fat people are not expected to do. We also talk about a recent academic study on the British bear scene and share our own stories of being perceived as “masculine."

Andy Neal is the host of the Hiker Podcast (not the HiiKER Podcast) and content creator in the outdoors space. One of his instagram reels has cultivated over 37 million views and continues to grow. Listen to Eoin and Andy talk about life in the Outdoors industry, creating your own brand and using your platform to enable more diversity and free expression in outdoor spaces.

This month we hear about more resilient grape varieties and growing grapes in the UK from new grower Victoria Vine Lizard, we are offered a mind bending new way of understanding what soil is from Rothamsted research scientist Andy Neal and you can sit back and relax as we take you on a farm tour on the other side of the world with Greg Hart of Mangarara Station in Aotearoa New Zealand. It's been a long year and we don't know about you, but here at the Farmerama team we are pretty exhausted. We wanted to say thank you to all of you, the Farmerama listeners and people out there doing the work to build a more ecological and just farming future for all of us. We know this isn't easy but we really appreciate you and it's an honor to all be in this together. May 2022 bring beauty to you all. We're very grateful to those of you that support us and allow us to bring you these stories every month. Even the smallest contribution makes a big difference to us. If you'd like to become a supporter, visit patreon.com/Farmerama

This week I am so excited to talk with Andrea Kelly. Andrea Kelly is an outdoor enthusiast, size inclusion advocate, public speaker, and curvy model. She has been with Columbia Sportswear for over 10 years and now serves as the Senior Merchandiser for the brand's Extended Sizing division. She's spent the last half of her 20-year career in the Outdoor Apparel industry championing size inclusivity, with the intention of changing the industry from the inside out. Follow Andrea on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/makeplusequal/ Follow Columbia Sportswear on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/columbia1938/ CNOC Outdoors making our adventures the best possible, simple, enjoyable, fulfilling and sustainable. Go to https://cnocoutdoors.com and be sure to use coupon code 'Hiker Podcast' for 10% off trekking poles. Or use this link: https://cnocoutdoors.com/discount/Hiker%2520Podcast CS Instant Coffee makers of environmentally sustainable and great tasting instant coffee for the trail. Use our affiliate link to get yours and help the show: https://cs-instant-coffee.peachs.co/a/andy-neal . Also use the Promo Code “hikerpodcast” when checking out to be entered in the contest Andy told you about on the end of the show! Big thank you to our Patreon Patron's for supporting The Hiker Podcast. If you'd like to support The Hiker Podcast on Patreon go to https://www.patreon.com/thehikerpodcast. ALL PATREON SUPPORTERS GET AN EXCLUSIVE "HIKING IS FOR EVERYBODY" STICKER! Music licensed by muscbed.com This weeks opening song is “Fearless” by Kat Leon. The Closing music is “Tenderness” by Tony Anderson. You can find both songs and all the music used in The Hiker Podcast Episode on this Spotify Playlist. https://open.spotify.com/playlist/5lXwaTWf2f0CUnXiogxCLj?si=2c8d274a139d4240 Each week new hiker Andy Neal, takes you along on the trail talking with voices in the outdoor and hiking community finding stories of how hiking has inspired them to grow, create, and better the world and environment around them. A show for those first starting out on the trail and for experienced thru-hikers! Follow Host Andy Neal on Instagram: www.instagram.com/andyfilmsandhikes Email Andy andy@hikerpodcast.com Go to www.hikerpodcast.com for all our social media accounts, email, and all the ways to listen to The Hiker Podcast! Send Andy a Postcard from the trail! The Hiker Podcast 1750 Delta Waters Road STE 102-406 Medford, OR 97504. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/hikerpodcast/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/hikerpodcast/support

This week I am so excited to talk with HIKER, ADVENTURER, EDUCATOR & AUTHOR Gail Muller! Gail Muller is an adventurer, hiker, author, and educator. For fifteen years she struggled with muscular-skeletal issues and the chronic pain that would arise from them. In 2019, after years searching for cures for her physical and mental health, she realized it was time for a profound change. She knows now she's not able to live a regular life and is embracing this new understanding of herself: adventuring, hiking, writing and inspiring others to do the same. She lives, hikes and swims in Cornwall. She has recently returned from the Continental Divide Trail - a massive hike across the United States where she battled with unmarked trails, weeks at altitude and raging snowmelt-filled river fords. A large, ever-growing online community accompanied her on her trip, gaining advice, inspiration and embracing the joy of her adventures. Gail's debut memoir Unlost: A journey of self-discovery and the healing power of the wild outdoors, is set to release on Tuesday September 7. Buy Gail's Book Unlost: A journey of self-discovery and the healing power of the wild outdoors: https://www.amazon.com/Unlost-journey-self-discovery-healing-outdoors/dp/1800196849/ref=tmm_pap_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=1630612611&sr=8-1 Follow Gail on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thegailmuller/ Check out everything else Gail does: https://gailmuller.com We'd like to thank our sponsors: CNOC Outdoors making our adventures the best possible, simple, enjoyable, fulfilling and sustainable. Go to https://cnocoutdoors.com and be sure to use coupon code 'Hiker Podcast' for 10% off trekking poles. Or is this link: https://cnocoutdoors.com/discount/Hiker%2520Podcast CS Instant Coffee makers of environmentally sustainable and great tasting instant coffee for the trail. Use our affiliate link to get yours and help the show: https://cs-instant-coffee.peachs.co/a/andy-neal . Also use the Promo Code “hikerpodcast” when checking out to be entered in the contest Andy told you about on the end of the show! Big thank you to our Patreon Patron's for supporting The Hiker Podcast. If you'd like to support The Hiker Podcast on Patreon go to https://www.patreon.com/thehikerpodcast. ALL PATREON SUPPORTERS GET AN EXCLUSIVE "HIKING IS FOR EVERYBODY" STICKER! Music licensed by muscbed.com This weeks song is “Where the Adventure Begins” by Tim Halperin which you can listen to on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/album/5BOLg0rOdRET26jZiFMmct?si=780fkitLTIS78K2fARtrEQ&dl_branch=1 Each week new hiker Andy Neal, takes you along on the trail talking with voices in the outdoor and hiking community finding stories of how hiking has inspired them to grow, create, and better the world and environment around them. A show for those first starting out on the trail and for experienced thru-hikers! Follow Host Andy Neal on Instagram: www.instagram.com/andyfilmsandhikes Email Andy andy@hikerpodcast.com Go to www.hikerpodcast.com for all our social media accounts, email, and all the ways to listen to The Hiker Podcast! Send Andy a Postcard from the trail! The Hiker Podcast 1750 Delta Waters Road STE 102-406 Medford, OR 97504. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/hikerpodcast/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/hikerpodcast/support

I sit down with the inspiring Andy Neal about how the outdoors gave him new ways to be creative and how to allowed him to find his true self. You can find out more about Andy on his Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/andyfilmsandhikes/ Or listen to the Hiker Podcast here. If you're interested in being a guest on Nomads on the Map, email me at alex@alexonthemap.com and I'll have you fill out a short application and get you booked! You can find the My National Park Journal here: https://amzn.to/3Btbqma I'll be back soon with a new season featuring amazing travel creatives living the van life and remote work dream! --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/alex-schnee6/support

This week I am so excited to talk with a climber… that's right, I have Cimber and outdoor advocate Drew Hulsey on the show! Drew is a climber and plus sized outdoor advocate from Tennessee who believes that climbing is for everybody and everyBODY! Drew's goal is to let everyone know that climbing is an amazing sport that you should at least try it once. Drew's INSTAGRAM: https://www.instagram.com/drewclimbswalls/ We'd like to thank our sponsors: CNOC Outdoors making our adventures the best possible, simple, enjoyable, fulfilling and sustainable. Go to https://cnocoutdoors.com and be sure to use coupon code 'Hiker Podcast' for 10% off trekking poles. Or is this link: https://cnocoutdoors.com/discount/Hiker%2520Podcast CS Instant Coffee makers of environmentally sustainable and great tasting instant coffee for the trail. Use our affiliate link to get yours and help the show: https://cs-instant-coffee.peachs.co/a/andy-neal . Also use the Promo Code “hikerpodcast” when checking out to be entered in the contest Andy told you about on the end of the show! Big thank you to our Patreon Patron's for supporting The Hiker Podcast. If you'd like to support The Hiker Podcast on Patreon go to https://www.patreon.com/thehikerpodcast. ALL PATREON SUPPORTERS GET AN EXCLUSIVE "HIKING IS FOR EVERYBODY" STICKER! Each week new hiker Andy Neal, takes you along on the trail talking with voices in the outdoor and hiking community finding stories of how hiking has inspired them to grow, create, and better the world and environment around them. A show for those first starting out on the trail and for experienced thru-hikers! Follow Host Andy Neal on Instagram: www.instagram.com/andyfilmsandhikes Email Andy andy@hikerpodcast.com Go to www.hikerpodcast.com for all our social media accounts, email, and all the ways to listen to The Hiker Podcast! Send Andy a Postcard from the trail! The Hiker Podcast 1750 Delta Waters Road STE 102-406 Medford, OR 97504 --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/hikerpodcast/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/hikerpodcast/support

This week on The Hiker Podcast Andy has another great conversation talk with filmmaker, YouTuber, PCT and Te Araroa thru-hiker Elina “Tip Tap” Osborne. Most recently Elina completed the Te Araroa which spans the length of Elina's home of the nation of New Zealand. In 2019 “Tip Tap” also hiked the Pacific Crest Trail, the 2,650 mile (4270 kilometers) trail that runs from Mexico to Canada through California, Oregon and Washington in the US, in 2019. Her short documentary film on her PCT hike, “It is the People”, was selected at this years New Zealand Mountain Film Festival. Elina's YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/elinabox Elina's INSTAGRAM: https://www.instagram.com/elinasborne/ Elina's WEBSITE: elinaosborne.com We'd like to thank our sponsors: CNOC Outdoors making our adventures the best possible, simple, enjoyable, fulfilling and sustainable. Go to https://cnocoutdoors.com and be sure to use coupon code 'Hiker Podcast' for 10% off trekking poles. Or is this link: https://cnocoutdoors.com/discount/Hiker%2520Podcast CS Instant Coffee makers of environmentally sustainable and great tasting instant coffee for the trail. Use our affiliate link to get yours and help the show: https://cs-instant-coffee.peachs.co/a/andy-neal . Also use the Promo Code “hikerpodcast” when checking out to be entered in the contest Andy told you about on the end of the show! Big thank you to our Patreon Patron's for supporting The Hiker Podcast. If you'd like to support The Hiker Podcast on Patreon go to https://www.patreon.com/thehikerpodcast. ALL PATREON SUPPORTERS GET AN EXCLUSIVE "HIKING IS FOR EVERYBODY" STICKER! Each week new hiker Andy Neal, takes you along on the trail talking with voices in the outdoor and hiking community finding stories of how hiking has inspired them to grow, create, and better the world and environment around them. A show for those first starting out on the trail and for experienced thru-hikers! Follow Host Andy Neal on Instagram: www.instagram.com/andyfilmsandhikes Email Andy andy@hikerpodcast.com Go to www.hikerpodcast.com for all our social media accounts, email, and all the ways to listen to The Hiker Podcast! Send Andy a Postcard from the trail! The Hiker Podcast 1750 Delta Waters Road STE 102-406 Medford, OR 97504 --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/hikerpodcast/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/hikerpodcast/support

This week Andy is excited to talk with Ranger Allie of the Cascade-Siskiyou National Monument outside of Ashland, Oregon. After growing up miles away from the San Andreas fault in Southern California , Allie became fascinated by fault systems and mountains. She spent 5 years studying geology in Hawaii before taking her experience as a park ranger to pursue her dream job (at the time) working at the Monterey Bay aquarium as a tour guide. While living and working in Monterey, Allie was able to earn her Certified Interpretive Guide certification solidifying her love of informal education to the public. During her time in that area, she also fell back in love with being outdoors and started leading guided hiking tours through Airbnb experiences. She wanted to take these skills to the next level and search for a way to keep growing. She started backpacking and realized this is where her career path was going. This is how Allie came to be an undergraduate in Outdoor Adventure Leadership at Southern Oregon University. She has earned her Wilderness First Responder certification and is excited to continue to grow as a leader in the outdoor field. She looks forward to the opportunity to travel and gain experience in other cultures. Follow Allie on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/adventure_allie13/ Allies Blog- https://adventurealliecom.wordpress.com Be sure to listen to the end of the episode to find out how to win a year supply of coffee from our sponsor CS Instant coffee. We'd like to thank our sponsors: CNOC Outdoors making our adventures the best possible, simple, enjoyable, fulfilling and sustainable. Go to https://cnocoutdoors.com and be sure to use coupon code 'Hiker Podcast' for 10% off trekking poles.  Or is this link: https://cnocoutdoors.com/discount/Hiker%2520Podcast CS Instant Coffee makers of environmentally sustainable and great tasting instant coffee for the trail. Use our affiliate link to get yours and help the show: https://cs-instant-coffee.peachs.co/a/andy-neal . Also use the Promo Code “hikerpodcast” when checking out to be entered in the contest Andy told you about on the end of the show! Big thank you to our Patreon Patron's for supporting The Hiker Podcast. If you'd like to support The Hiker Podcast on Patreon go to https://www.patreon.com/thehikerpodcast. ALL PATREON SUPPORTERS GET AN EXCLUSIVE "HIKING IS FOR EVERYBODY" STICKER! Each week new hiker Andy Neal, takes you along on the trail talking with voices in the outdoor and hiking community finding stories of how hiking has inspired them to grow, create, and better the world and environment around them. A show for those first starting out on the trail and for experienced thru-hikers! Follow Host Andy Neal on Instagram: www.instagram.com/andyfilmsandhikes Email Andy andy@hikerpodcast.com Go to www.hikerpodcast.com for all our social media accounts, email, and all the ways to listen to The Hiker Podcast! Send Andy a Postcard from the trail! The Hiker Podcast 1750 Delta Waters Road STE 102-406 Medford, OR 97504 --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/hikerpodcast/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/hikerpodcast/support

This week Andy is excited to talk with Bennett Rahn (she/her) from Seattle, WA (occupied Duwamish territory). Bennett is a climber, mountaineer, activist, software engineer, teacher, plus size human, artist and a queer woman who is passionate about a lot of things and loves to work hard and play harder. ***Some content in the episode MAY not be appropriate for younger audiences*** Follow Bennett on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/bennettrahn/ Be sure to listen to the end of the episode to find out how to win a year supply of coffee from our sponsor CS Instant coffee. We'd like to thank our sponsors: CNOC Outdoors making our adventures the best possible, simple, enjoyable, fulfilling and sustainable. Go to https://cnocoutdoors.com and be sure to use coupon code 'Hiker Podcast' for 10% off trekking poles. Or is this link: https://cnocoutdoors.com/discount/Hiker%2520Podcast CS Instant Coffee makers of environmentally sustainable and great tasting instant coffee for the trail. Use our affiliate link to get yours and help the show: https://cs-instant-coffee.peachs.co/a/andy-neal . Also use the Promo Code “hikerpodcast” when checking out to be entered in the contest Andy told you about on the end of the show! Big thank you to our Patreon Patron's Danielle, Renee Mike, Daniel, Deb, Cade, Ren, Jacob, Tommy, Chad, Alasdair, Stephanie, Ava, Annette , Matthew, and Maggie for supporting The Hiker Podcast. If you'd like to support The Hiker Podcast on Patreon go to https://www.patreon.com/thehikerpodcast. ALL PATREON SUPPORTERS GET AN EXCLUSIVE "HIKING IS FOR EVERYBODY" STICKER! Each week new hiker Andy Neal, takes you along on the trail talking with voices in the outdoor and hiking community finding stories of how hiking has inspired them to grow, create, and better the world and environment around them. A show for those first starting out on the trail and for experienced thru-hikers! Follow Host Andy Neal on Instagram: www.instagram.com/andyfilmsandhikes Email Andy andy@hikerpodcast.com Go to www.hikerpodcast.com for all our social media accounts, email, and all the ways to listen to The Hiker Podcast! Send Andy a Postcard from the trail! The Hiker Podcast 1750 Delta Waters Road STE 102-406 Medford, OR 97504 --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/hikerpodcast/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/hikerpodcast/support

This week in Walt's Apartment we are joined by Andy Neal, creator of The DCast, and The Hiker Podcast. Enjoy as we reminisce about our amazing friend and cohost Chris Brown. As always we hope you enjoy the view from Walt's Apartment. Check us out  on our website : Walt's Apartment (waltsapt.com)Walt's Apartment Facebook Pagehttps://www.facebook.com/WaltsApartmentPodcastWalt's Apartment Instagram AccountsShow Page   @waltsapartmentpodcastAmber @amberatincosplayBreanna  @breanna_kae7Samantha @smantha_mlodeckiDavid  @blerdhulkTim @mrtiminycricketSean @seannybergAndy @andyfilmsandhikesJade @snips_jrShawn @bigpapadisneyJades Tattoo Pagehttps://www.facebook.com/Tattoos-by-Jade-Robles-101662645499779Be sure to get all your news from the Disney Universe from our friends at The Disinsider. They are your one-stop for all things Disney.Also if you are looking to book a Disney Vacation please use our friends at Getaway Today. Also if you call 855-GET-AWAY and mention Walt's Apartment you will get a special value just for mentioning us.Start your Getaway Today Vacation with the link belowhttps://www.getawaytoday.com?referrerid=8636Getaway  Today Awesome Disney Merchandisehttps://www.getawaytoday.com/merchandise?referrerid=8636Thanks for always supporting us here at Walt's Apartment.

Season 3 Premiere! This week Andy is excited to talk with Miranda Webster, know on YouTube as “Miranda in the Wild” Be sure to listen to the end of the episode to find out how to win a year supply of coffee from our sponsor CS Instant coffee. Miranda is a backpacker, rock climber, and occasional van dweller who left NYC to pursue life outdoors. In 2020, after ten years of working in the outdoor industry, she launched Miranda In The Wild on REI's YouTube channel. Miranda shares her knowledge and humor through content that is accessible, relatable, and designed to break down barriers to getting outside. She lives just outside Seattle with her adventure dog, Nala, her boyfriend, Sky, and her cat, Oscar, who is slowly learning to walk on a leash. Follow Miranda on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/mirandagoesoutside/ Watch Miranda on REI's YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL7tqTAgUK4Uz-_qEwjQXk6FIni-PIow20 We'd like to thank our sponsors: CNOC Outdoors making our adventures the best possible, simple, enjoyable, fulfilling and sustainable. Go to https://cnocoutdoors.com and be sure to use coupon code 'Hiker Podcast' for 10% off trekking poles.  Or is this link: https://cnocoutdoors.com/discount/Hiker%2520Podcast CS Instant Coffee makers of environmentally sustainable and great tasting instant coffee for the trail. Use our affiliate link to get yours and help the show: https://cs-instant-coffee.peachs.co/a/andy-neal . Also use the Promo Code “hikerpodcast” when checking out to be entered in the contest Andy told you about on the end of the show! Each week new hiker Andy Neal, takes you along on the trail talking with voices in the outdoor and hiking community finding stories of how hiking has inspired them to grow, create, and better the world and environment around them. A show for those first starting out on the trail and for experienced thru-hikers! Follow Host Andy Neal on Instagram: www.instagram.com/andyfilmsandhikes Email Andy andy@hikerpodcast.com Go to www.hikerpodcast.com for all our social media accounts, email, and all the ways to listen to The Hiker Podcast! --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/hikerpodcast/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/hikerpodcast/support

Andy wraps up Season 2 of The Hiker Podcast. Season 3 coming to you July 27, 2021. Follow Host Andy Neal on Instagram: www.instagram.com/andyfilmsandhikes Email Andy andy@hikerpodcast.com Go to www.hikerpodcast.com for all our social media accounts, email, and all the ways to listen to The Hiker Podcast! Send Andy a Postcard from the trail! The Hiker Podcast 1750 Delta Waters Road STE 102-406 Medford, OR 97504 We'd like to thank our sponsors: CNOC Outdoors making our adventures the best possible, simple, enjoyable, fulfilling and sustainable. Go to https://cnocoutdoors.com and be sure to use coupon code 'Hiker Podcast' for 10% off trekking poles. Or use this link: https://cnocoutdoors.com/discount/Hiker%2520Podcast CS Instant Coffee makers of environmentally sustainable and great tasting instant coffee for the trail. Use our affiliate link to get yours and help the show: https://cs-instant-coffee.peachs.co/a/andy-neal GET 10% off your order by using the PROMO Code ‘hikerpodcast'. Big thank you to our Patreon Patron's Danielle, Renee Mike, Daniel, Deb, Cade, Ren, Jacob, Tommy, Chad, Alasdair, Stephanie, Ava, Annette and our newest Patreon Patron Maggie for supporting The Hiker Podcast. If you'd like to support The Hiker Podcast on Patreon go to https://www.patreon.com/thehikerpodcast. ALL PATREONS GET AN EXCLUSIVE "HIKING IS FOR EVERYBODY" STICKER! Music licensed through musicbed.com. Intro Song: NEVER STOP by Tyler Brown William- https://open.spotify.com/track/4fGgmcD5Ke4I4ZfJ1hZeiW?si=cc831237612840c6 Closing Song: STILL WANDERING by Bronze Radio Return- https://open.spotify.com/track/7wJyGhYZ6OjFmxaD62tlbZ?si=565bd9892e944732 Each week new hiker Andy Neal, takes you along on the trail talking with voices in the outdoor and hiking community finding stories of how hiking has inspired them to grow, create, and better the world and environment around them. A show for those first starting out on the trail and for experienced thru-hikers! --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/hikerpodcast/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/hikerpodcast/support

This week I'm excited to talk with the co founders of C.S Instant Coffee, Monica & Ian. Monica and Ian are the co-founders of CS Instant Coffee. CS was created by a love of simplicity, coffee, and being outside. Monica grew up in a small town in Ohio. She recently biked solo across the USA. Ian was born in Upstate New York and spent most of his youth outside in the great outdoors of New England. Follow Host Andy Neal on Instagram: www.instagram.com/andyfilmsandhikes Email Andy andy@hikerpodcast.com Go to www.hikerpodcast.com for all our social media accounts, email, and all the ways to listen to The Hiker Podcast! Send Andy a Postcard from the trail! The Hiker Podcast 1750 Delta Waters Road STE 102-406 Medford, OR 97504 We'd like to thank our sponsors: CNOC Outdoors making our adventures the best possible, simple, enjoyable, fulfilling and sustainable. Go to https://cnocoutdoors.com and be sure to use coupon code 'Hiker Podcast' for 10% off trekking poles. Or use this link: https://cnocoutdoors.com/discount/Hiker%2520Podcast CS Instant Coffee makers of environmentally sustainable and great tasting instant coffee for the trail. Use our affiliate link to get yours and help the show: https://cs-instant-coffee.peachs.co/a/andy-neal GET 10% off your order by using the PROMO Code ‘hikerpodcast'. Big thank you to our Patreon Patron's Danielle, Renee Mike, Daniel, Deb, Cade, Ren, Jacob, Tommy, Chad, Alasdair, Stephanie, Ava, Annette and our newest Patreon Patron Maggie for supporting The Hiker Podcast. If you'd like to support The Hiker Podcast on Patreon go to https://www.patreon.com/thehikerpodcast. ALL PATREONS GET AN EXCLUSIVE "HIKING IS FOR EVERYBODY" STICKER! Music licensed through musicbed.com. Intro Song: NEVER STOP by Tyler Brown William- https://open.spotify.com/track/4fGgmcD5Ke4I4ZfJ1hZeiW?si=cc831237612840c6 Closing Song: STILL WANDERING by Bronze Radio Return- https://open.spotify.com/track/7wJyGhYZ6OjFmxaD62tlbZ?si=565bd9892e944732 Each week new hiker Andy Neal, takes you along on the trail talking with voices in the outdoor and hiking community finding stories of how hiking has inspired them to grow, create, and better the world and environment around them. A show for those first starting out on the trail and for experienced thru-hikers! --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/hikerpodcast/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/hikerpodcast/support

This week I'm excited to talk with Hiker and YouTuber Cory “Second Chance Hiker”. Cory better known as Second Chance Hiker was 33 years old when a cardiologist told him he was close to having a heart attack in he next few years. With the support of his family Cory sold his house and decided to change his life by hiking the Pacific Crest Trail, staying on trail for 8 months and chronicling his journey on YouTube. Since the PCT Cory started hiking all over from Germany, Croatia, and Florida with no plans to stop. Cory's YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/secondchancehiker Cory's IG: https://www.instagram.com/secondchancehiker/ Follow Host Andy Neal on Instagram: www.instagram.com/andyfilmsandhikes Email Andy andy@hikerpodcast.com Go to www.hikerpodcast.com for all our social media accounts, email, and all the ways to listen to The Hiker Podcast! Send Andy a Postcard from the trail! The Hiker Podcast 1740 Delta Waters Road STE 102-406 Medford, OR 97504 We'd like to thank our sponsors: CNOC Outdoors making our adventures the best possible, simple, enjoyable, fulfilling and sustainable. Go to https://cnocoutdoors.com and be sure to use coupon code 'Hiker Podcast' for 10% off trekking poles. Or use this link: https://cnocoutdoors.com/discount/Hiker%2520Podcast CS Instant Coffee makers of environmentally sustainable and great tasting instant coffee for the trail. Use our affiliate link to get yours and help the show: https://cs-instant-coffee.peachs.co/a/andy-neal GET 10% off your order by using the PROMO Code ‘hikerpodcast'. Big thank you to our Patreon Patron's Danielle, Renee Mike, Daniel, Deb, Cade, Ren, Jacob, Tommy, Chad, Alasdair, Stephanie, Ava, Annette and our newest Patreon Patron Maggie for supporting The Hiker Podcast. If you'd like to support The Hiker Podcast on Patreon go to https://www.patreon.com/thehikerpodcast. ALL PATREONS GET AN EXCLUSIVE "HIKING IS FOR EVERYBODY" STICKER! Music licensed through musicbed.com. Intro Song: NEVER STOP by Tyler Brown William- https://open.spotify.com/track/4fGgmcD5Ke4I4ZfJ1hZeiW?si=cc831237612840c6 Closing Song: STILL WANDERING by Bronze Radio Return- https://open.spotify.com/track/7wJyGhYZ6OjFmxaD62tlbZ?si=565bd9892e944732 Each week new hiker Andy Neal, takes you along on the trail talking with voices in the outdoor and hiking community finding stories of how hiking has inspired them to grow, create, and better the world and environment around them. A show for those first starting out on the trail and for experienced thru-hikers! --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/hikerpodcast/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/hikerpodcast/support

This week I'm excited to talk with artist and hiker Alina “Abstract” Drufovka! Alina “Abstract” Drufovka is a Colombian-American painter and illustrator based out of Philadelphia, PA. She has hiked the Appalachian Trail (2015 & 2017), Israel National Trail (2018), and Pacific Crest Trail (2019). After 5,000+ miles of thru hiking, she now transforms all the nostalgia and beauty from her treks into surreal paintings back to the "trailverse." Website: www.thrudesigns.com IG: @abstract.hikes Follow Abstract on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/abstract.hikes Follow Host Andy Neal on Instagram: www.instagram.com/andyfilmsandhikes Email Andy andy@hikerpodcast.com Go to www.hikerpodcast.com for all our social media accounts, email, and all the ways to listen to The Hiker Podcast! Send Andy a Postcard from the trail! The Hiker Podcast 1740 Delta Waters Road STE 102-406 Medford, OR 97504 We'd like to thank our sponsors: CNOC Outdoors making our adventures the best possible, simple, enjoyable, fulfilling and sustainable. Go to https://cnocoutdoors.com and be sure to use coupon code 'Hiker Podcast' for 10% off trekking poles. Or use this link: https://cnocoutdoors.com/discount/Hiker%2520Podcast CS Instant Coffee makers of environmentally sustainable and great tasting instant coffee for the trail. Use our affiliate link to get yours and help the show: https://cs-instant-coffee.peachs.co/a/andy-neal GET 10% off your order by using the PROMO Code ‘hikerpodcast'. Big thank you to our Patreon Patron's Danielle, Renee Mike, Daniel, Deb, Cade, Ren, Jacob, Tommy, Chad, Alasdair, Stephanie and our newest Patreon Patrons Ava and Annette for supporting The Hiker Podcast. If you'd like to support The Hiker Podcast on Patreon go to https://www.patreon.com/thehikerpodcast. ALL PATREONS GET AN EXCLUSIVE "HIKING IS FOR EVERYBODY" STICKER! Music licensed through musicbed.com. Intro Song: NEVER STOP by Tyler Brown William- https://open.spotify.com/track/4fGgmcD5Ke4I4ZfJ1hZeiW?si=cc831237612840c6 Closing Song: STILL WANDERING by Bronze Radio Return- https://open.spotify.com/track/7wJyGhYZ6OjFmxaD62tlbZ?si=565bd9892e944732 Each week new hiker Andy Neal, takes you along on the trail talking with voices in the outdoor and hiking community finding stories of how hiking has inspired them to grow, create, and better the world and environment around them. A show for those first starting out on the trail and for experienced thru-hikers! --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/hikerpodcast/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/hikerpodcast/support

This week I'm excited to bring back Julia "Rocket" Sheehan, after completing her thru hike of the Arizona Trail. Julia is a veteran thru-hiker who still feels like she has no idea what she is doing in life and trail. As a military veteran, nurse and outdoor adventure lover Julia has learned to take life one step at a time. After spending years taking care of others, Julie set out on a journey and trajectory that would have her life head down a path she had never dreamed of. Now she juggles half her life in the real world and half as hiker trash. Julia hikes in hopes of spreading love and information about how healing the outdoors can be! Follow Rocket on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/juliasheehan Subscribe to Julia "Rocket" Sheehan's YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/user/jls935 Follow Host Andy Neal on Instagram: www.instagram.com/andyfilmsandhikes Email Andy andy@hikerpodcast.com Go to www.hikerpodcast.com for all our social media accounts, email, and all the ways to listen to The Hiker Podcast! Send Andy a Postcard from the trail! The Hiker Podcast 1740 Delta Waters Road STE 102-406 Medford, OR 97504 We'd like to thank our sponsors: CNOC Outdoors making our adventures the best possible, simple, enjoyable, fulfilling and sustainable. Go to https://cnocoutdoors.com and be sure to use coupon code 'Hiker Podcast' for 10% off trekking poles. Or use this link: https://cnocoutdoors.com/discount/Hiker%2520Podcast CS Instant Coffee makers of environmentally sustainable and great tasting instant coffee for the trail. Use our affiliate link to get yours and help the show: https://cs-instant-coffee.peachs.co/a/andy-neal GET 10% off your order by using the PROMO Code ‘hikerpodcast'. Big thank you to our Patreon Patron's Danielle, Renee Mike, Daniel, Deb, Cade, Ren, Jacob, Tommy, Chad, Alasdair, Stephanie and our newest Patreon Patrons Ava and Annette for supporting The Hiker Podcast. If you'd like to support The Hiker Podcast on Patreon go to https://www.patreon.com/thehikerpodcast. ALL PATREONS GET AN EXCLUSIVE "HIKING IS FOR EVERYBODY" STICKER! Music licensed through musicbed.com. Intro Song: NEVER STOP by Tyler Brown William- https://open.spotify.com/track/4fGgmcD5Ke4I4ZfJ1hZeiW?si=cc831237612840c6 Closing Song: STILL WANDERING by Bronze Radio Return- https://open.spotify.com/track/7wJyGhYZ6OjFmxaD62tlbZ?si=565bd9892e944732 Each week new hiker Andy Neal, takes you along on the trail talking with voices in the outdoor and hiking community finding stories of how hiking has inspired them to grow, create, and better the world and environment around them. A show for those first starting out on the trail and for experienced thru-hikers! --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/hikerpodcast/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/hikerpodcast/support

This week I'm excited to bring you a conversation with my friend hiker, mountain biker, rock climber and skier Ben Allen. Ben Allan is a hiker, mountain biker, rock climber and skier who currently lives in the Bay Area, working as a Ranger Aide for Midpeninsula Regional Open Space District. Ben was born in England and grew up in the Bay Area, and was exposed to a lot of classic hikes in both California and England by his family. In 2017 Ben moved to Ashland, Oregon to attend Southern Oregon University. Through SOU's Outdoor Program, Ben was introduced to more outdoor activities, and started working for the program as trip staff. Through working in the outdoors in an institutional setting, Ben has become passionate about making outdoor experiences more accessible for others and ensuring that others can have the same transformative experiences he has had in the outdoors. This has also led him to a complete career change from studying Communications/Digital Cinema in college, to hopefully working in public lands as a ranger. Ben is currently in the selection process for the CA State Parks Ranger Academy and hopes to become a full-time generalist ranger. His Instagram is @Ben_Allan_ Follow Host Andy Neal on Instagram: www.instagram.com/andyfilmsandhikes Email Andy andy@hikerpodcast.com Go to www.hikerpodcast.com for all our social media accounts, email, and all the ways to listen to The Hiker Podcast! Send Andy a Postcard from the trail! The Hiker Podcast 1740 Delta Waters Road STE 102-406 Medford, OR 97504 We'd like to thank our sponsors: CNOC Outdoors making our adventures the best possible, simple, enjoyable, fulfilling and sustainable. Go to https://cnocoutdoors.com and be sure to use coupon code 'Hiker Podcast' for 10% off trekking poles. Or use this link: https://cnocoutdoors.com/discount/Hiker%2520Podcast CS Instant Coffee makers of environmentally sustainable and great tasting instant coffee for the trail. Use our affiliate link to get yours and help the show: https://cs-instant-coffee.peachs.co/a/andy-neal GET 10% off your order by using the PROMO Code ‘hikerpodcast’. Big thank you to our Patreon Patron's Danielle, Renee Mike, Daniel, Deb, Cade, Ren, Jacob, Tommy, Chad, Alasdair, Stephanie and our newest Patreon Patrons Ava and Annette for supporting The Hiker Podcast. If you'd like to support The Hiker Podcast on Patreon go to https://www.patreon.com/thehikerpodcast. ALL PATREONS GET AN EXCLUSIVE "HIKING IS FOR EVERYBODY" STICKER! Music licensed through musicbed.com. Intro Song: NEVER STOP by Tyler Brown William- https://open.spotify.com/track/4fGgmcD5Ke4I4ZfJ1hZeiW?si=cc831237612840c6 Closing Song: STILL WANDERING by Bronze Radio Return- https://open.spotify.com/track/7wJyGhYZ6OjFmxaD62tlbZ?si=565bd9892e944732 Each week new hiker Andy Neal, takes you along on the trail talking with voices in the outdoor and hiking community finding stories of how hiking has inspired them to grow, create, and better the world and environment around them. A show for those first starting out on the trail and for experienced thru-hikers! --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/hikerpodcast/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/hikerpodcast/support

This week I'm VERY VERY excited to bring you a conversation I had with Hiker, Advocate and Founder of Unlikely Hikers, Jenny Bruso! Follow Jenny on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/jennybruso/ For more about Jenny and Unlikely Hikers go to https://jennybruso.com/unlikelyhikers/ Follow Host Andy Neal on Instagram: www.instagram.com/andyfilmsandhikes Email Andy andy@hikerpodcast.com Go to www.hikerpodcast.com for all our social media accounts, email, and all the ways to listen to The Hiker Podcast! We'd like to thank our sponsors: CNOC Outdoors making our adventures the best possible, simple, enjoyable, fulfilling and sustainable. Go to https://cnocoutdoors.com and be sure to use coupon code 'Hiker Podcast' for 10% off trekking poles. Or use this link: https://cnocoutdoors.com/discount/Hiker%2520Podcast CS Instant Coffee makers of environmentally sustainable and great tasting instant coffee for the trail. Use our affiliate link to get yours and help the show: https://cs-instant-coffee.peachs.co/a/andy-neal GET 10% off your order by using the PROMO Code ‘hikerpodcast’. Anchor.fm- go to Anchor.FM to easily create a Podcast of your own. Big thank you to our Patreon Patron's Danielle, Mike, Daniel, Deb, Cade, Danielle, Ren, Jacob, Tommy, Chad, Alasdair, Stephanie and our newest Patreon Patron Renee for supporting The Hiker Podcast. If you'd like to support The Hiker Podcast on Patreon go to https://www.patreon.com/thehikerpodcast. ALL PATREONS GET AN EXCLUSIVE "HIKING IS FOR EVERYBODY" STICKER! Music licensed through musicbed.com. Intro Song: NEVER STOP by Tyler Brown William- https://open.spotify.com/track/4fGgmcD5Ke4I4ZfJ1hZeiW?si=cc831237612840c6 Closing Song: STILL WANDERING by Bronze Radio Return- https://open.spotify.com/track/7wJyGhYZ6OjFmxaD62tlbZ?si=565bd9892e944732 Each week new hiker Andy Neal, takes you along on the trail talking with voices in the outdoor and hiking community finding stories of how hiking has inspired them to grow, create, and better the world and environment around them. A show for those first starting out on the trail and for experienced thru-hikers! --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/hikerpodcast/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/hikerpodcast/support

This week Andy is excited to talk to hiker and yoga instructor Sarah Settimo. Sarah Settimo grew up and currently lives in Ashland, Oregon where her love of the outdoors began. With Ashland's trail network in her backyard, Sarah grew up exploring the southern Oregon forests and cultivating a bond with the natural world. In 2015, Sarah's father gifted her a camera and her passion for photography began. In college, Sarah spent her weekends hiking across Oregon to photograph the beauty that surrounded her. Over time, this led her to hike further and venture deeper into the forests of Oregon. Since returning to Ashland in 2020, Sarah has been re-discovering her love of day hiking and discovering her love of backpacking with her canine co-pilot Kyah and friends. While she's itching to thru-hike the PCT, Sarah's backpacking plans this summer include a week on the Colorado Trail, the Teton Crest Trail, and weekend trips in the Pacific Northwest. Follow Sarah on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/sarahsettimo/ Follow Host Andy Neal on Instagram: www.instagram.com/andyfilmsandhikes Email Andy andy@hikerpodcast.com Go to www.hikerpodcast.com for all our social media accounts, email, and all the ways to listen to The Hiker Podcast! We'd like to thank our sponsors: CNOC Outdoors making our adventures the best possible, simple, enjoyable, fulfilling and sustainable. Go to https://cnocoutdoors.com and be sure to use coupon code 'Hiker Podcast' for 10% off trekking poles. Or use this link: https://cnocoutdoors.com/discount/Hiker%2520Podcast Instant Coffee makers of environmentally sustainable and great tasting instant coffee for the trail. Use our affiliate link to get yours and help the show: https://cs-instant-coffee.peachs.co/a/andy-neal Anchor.fm- go to Anchor.FM to easily create a Podcast of your own. Big thank you to our Patreon Patron's Danielle, Mike, Daniel, Deb, Cade, Danielle, Ren, Jacob, Tommy, Chad, Alasdair, Stephanie and our newest Patreon Patron Renee for supporting The Hiker Podcast. If you'd like to support The Hiker Podcast on Patreon go to https://www.patreon.com/thehikerpodcast. Music licensed through musicbed.com. Intro Song: NEVER STOP by Tyler Brown William- https://open.spotify.com/track/4fGgmcD5Ke4I4ZfJ1hZeiW?si=cc831237612840c6 Closing Song: STILL WANDERING by Bronze Radio Return- https://open.spotify.com/track/7wJyGhYZ6OjFmxaD62tlbZ?si=565bd9892e944732 Each week new hiker Andy Neal, takes you along on the trail talking with voices in the outdoor and hiking community finding stories of how hiking has inspired them to grow, create, and better the world and environment around them. A show for those first starting out on the trail and for experienced thru-hikers! --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/hikerpodcast/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/hikerpodcast/support

This week Host Andy Neal takes your questions from Social media. Big thanks to everyone who submitted a question and sorry if I was unable to get to yours. :( Follow Host Andy Neal on Instagram: www.instagram.com/andyfilmsandhikes Email Andy andy@hikerpodcast.com Go to www.hikerpodcast.com for all our social media accounts, email, and all the ways to listen to The Hiker Podcast! We'd like to thank our sponsors: - CNOC Outdoors making our adventures the best possible, simple, enjoyable, fulfilling and sustainable. Go to https://cnocoutdoors.com and be sure to use coupon code 'Hiker Podcast' for 10% off trekking poles. Or use this link: https://cnocoutdoors.com/discount/Hiker%2520Podcast CS - Instant Coffee makers of environmentally sustainable and great tasting instant coffee for the trail. Use our affiliate link to get yours and help the show: https://cs-instant-coffee.peachs.co/a/andy-neal - Big thank you to our Patreon Patron's Danielle, Mike, Daniel, Deb, Cade, Danielle, Ren, Jacob, Tommy & our newest Patreon Patron Stephanie for supporting The Hiker Podcast. If you'd like to support The Hiker Podcast on Patreon go to https://www.patreon.com/thehikerpodcast. Music licensed through musicbed.com. Intro Song: NEVER STOP by Tyler Brown William- https://open.spotify.com/track/4fGgmcD5Ke4I4ZfJ1hZeiW?si=cc831237612840c6 Closing Song: STILL WANDERING by Bronze Radio Return- https://open.spotify.com/track/7wJyGhYZ6OjFmxaD62tlbZ?si=565bd9892e944732 Each week new hiker Andy Neal, takes you along on the trail talking with voices in the outdoor and hiking community finding stories of how hiking has inspired them to grow, create, and better the world and environment around them. A show for those first starting out on the trail and for experienced thru-hikers! --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/hikerpodcast/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/hikerpodcast/support

This week I'm excited to bring you a conversation I had with Plus-size outdoor professional and adventurer Ashley Manning. We have an amazing conversation talking about our experiences as plus-sized outdoors people regarding social media, stigmas, gear, how other hikers like Jenny Bruso of Unlikely Hikers have encouraged us, and how much we appreciate companies like Columbia that make clothes for plus sized adventurers! Thank you so much Ashley for coming on the show and having this conversation with me. This was one of my favorite thus far and I am so excited to share it with you all! Ash Manning is a plus-size hiker and river runner from North Georgia. Her mission is to encourage others to break the stigma around fat bodies and get into the outdoors responsibly and safely. Through humor and entertainment, Ash aims to bring knowledge to aspiring plus-size outdoors folk. ***Some language used in this episode may not be appropriate for younger audiences*** Follow Ashley on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ashleysadventure/ Follow Ashley on TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@ashleysadventure Thumbnail photo by Tommy Corey : www.instagram.com/@twerkinthedirt Follow Host Andy Neal on Instagram: www.instagram.com/andyfilmsandhikes Email Andy andy@hikerpodcast.com Go to www.hikerpodcast.com for all our social media accounts, email, and all the ways to listen to The Hiker Podcast! We'd like to thank our sponsors: - CNOC Outdoors making our adventures the best possible, simple, enjoyable, fulfilling and sustainable. Go to https://cnocoutdoors.com and be sure to use coupon code 'Hiker Podcast' for 10% off trekking poles. Or use this link: https://cnocoutdoors.com/discount/Hiker%2520Podcast CS - Instant Coffee makers of environmentally sustainable and great tasting instant coffee for the trail. Use our affiliate link to get yours and help the show: https://cs-instant-coffee.peachs.co/a/andy-neal - Big thank you to our Patreon Patron's Danielle, Mike, Daniel, Deb, Cade, Danielle, Ren, Jacob, Tommy & our newest Patreon Patron Stephanie for supporting The Hiker Podcast. If you'd like to support The Hiker Podcast on Patreon go to https://www.patreon.com/thehikerpodcast. Music licensed through musicbed.com. Intro Song: NEVER STOP by Tyler Brown William- https://open.spotify.com/track/4fGgmcD5Ke4I4ZfJ1hZeiW?si=cc831237612840c6 Closing Song: STILL WANDERING by Bronze Radio Return- https://open.spotify.com/track/7wJyGhYZ6OjFmxaD62tlbZ?si=565bd9892e944732 Each week new hiker Andy Neal, takes you along on the trail talking with voices in the outdoor and hiking community finding stories of how hiking has inspired them to grow, create, and better the world and environment around them. A show for those first starting out on the trail and for experienced thru-hikers! --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/hikerpodcast/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/hikerpodcast/support

This week I'm excited to bring you all a conversation I had with John Sprankel of The Oahu Coastline Trail. Big thank you to John for being so patient on getting this episode out! John Sprankel is an Eagle Scout and US Army veteran that graduated from Georgia Southern Universitywith a bachelor's degree in Graphic Design, where he met and married his wife, Tori. Since then, their careers lead them to Winston-Salem, North Carolina and later to Honolulu, Hawaii, in order to pursue the opportunity to ive in paradise, while also demonstrating to their daughter, Rowan, the value of travel, meeting new people, and seizing opportunities. With a civilian career path that has always focused around logistics and leadership consultation, the availability of time that came from the COVID shutdowns provided an opportunity to develop the idea of hiking around the island of Oahu from a passing thought to a viable endeavor. While training for the Honolulu Marathon in 2019, the idea of circumnavigating the island transitioned from anidea for a fun challenge to a backpacking thru-hike, and, finally, to a scouting trip to develop a recognizedNational Scenic Trail. Working with the Hawaii DLNR and the National Park Service, John has been working to identify the many facets of a National Scenic Trail that this pathway will need to meet in order to fulfill the requirements said status, while also working to generate interest via Instagram (@the_oct_project) by bloggingthe 100 days leading up to the start of the scouting trip. Follow John on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/the_oct_project/ Go to https://www.facebook.com/TheOCTProject/ for more information on the OCT Follow Host Andy Neal on Instagram: www.instagram.com/andyfilmsandhikes Email Andy andy@hikerpodcast.com Go to www.hikerpodcast.com for all our social media accounts, email, and all the ways to listen to The Hiker Podcast! We'd like to thank our sponsors: - CNOC Outdoors making our adventures the best possible, simple, enjoyable, fulfilling and sustainable. Go to https://cnocoutdoors.com and be sure to use coupon code 'Hiker Podcast' for 10% off trekking poles. Or use this link: https://cnocoutdoors.com/discount/Hiker%2520Podcast CS - Instant Coffee makers of environmentally sustainable and great tasting instant coffee for the trail. Use our affiliate link to get yours and help the show: https://cs-instant-coffee.peachs.co/a/andy-neal - Big thank you to our Patreons Danielle, Mike, Daniel, Deb, Cade, Danielle, Ren, Jacob and Tommy for supporting The Hiker Podcast. If you'd like to support The Hiker Podcast on Patreon go to https://www.patreon.com/thehikerpodcast. Music licenced through musicbed.com. Intro Song: NEVER STOP by Tyler Brown William- https://open.spotify.com/track/4fGgmcD5Ke4I4ZfJ1hZeiW?si=cc831237612840c6 Closing Song: STILL WANDERING by Bronze Radio Return- https://open.spotify.com/track/7wJyGhYZ6OjFmxaD62tlbZ?si=565bd9892e944732 Each week new hiker Andy Neal, takes you along on the trail talking with voices in the outdoor and hiking community finding stories of how hiking has inspired them to grow, create, and better the world and environment around them. A show for those first starting out on the trail and for experienced thru-hikers! --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/hikerpodcast/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/hikerpodcast/support

This week Andy talks with Hiker, Author, YouTuber and founder of Hike Oregon Franziska Weinheimer. Franziska Weinheimer is a 25+ year resident of Oregon and grew up enjoying the outdoors. In her mid-twenties she started hiking every week and grew increasingly frustrated with the lack of reliable information about the hiking trails that was available online. So she decided to work her way through the hiking guidebooks she owned and after every hike documented the hike online with detailed photos, trail descriptions, accurate mileage and elevation gain and made her own fun maps that point out special things to look out for along the way. This website was named Hike Oregon. Over the next few years Franziska started the Hike Oregon YouTube channel, published two hiking guidebooks, and continues to add hikes to the website monthly. Subscribe to Hike Oregon on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UClmtRlQX9GvG6vQohRcRoSg Follow Franziska on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/hike.oregon/ Go to www.hikeoregon.net for more information on Hike Oregon and to buy Franziska's Book: OREGON'S BEST VIEWS: 50 BREATHTAKING VIEWPOINT HIKES Follow Host Andy Neal on Instagram: www.instagram.com/andyfilmsandhikes Email Andy andy@hikerpodcast.com Go to www.hikerpodcast.com for all our social media accounts, email, and all the ways to listen to The Hiker Podcast! We'd like to thank our sponsors: CNOC Outdoors making our adventures the best possible, simple, enjoyable, fulfilling and sustainable. Go to https://cnocoutdoors.com and be sure to use coupon code 'Hiker Podcast' for 10% off trekking poles.  Or use this link: https://cnocoutdoors.com/discount/Hiker%2520Podcast CS Instant Coffee makers of environmentally sustainable and great tasting instant coffee for the trail. Use our affiliate link to get yours and help the show: https://cs-instant-coffee.peachs.co/a/andy-neal  Big thank you to our Patreons Danielle, Mike, Daniel, Deb, Cade, Danielle, Ren, Jacob and Tommy for supoorting The Hiker Podcast. If you'd liek to support The Hike rPodcast on Patreon go to https://www.patreon.com/thehikerpodcast. Music licenced through musicbed.com. Intro Song: NEVER STOP by Tyler Brown William-  https://open.spotify.com/track/4fGgmcD5Ke4I4ZfJ1hZeiW?si=cc831237612840c6 Closing Song: STILL WANDERING by Bronze Radio Return- https://open.spotify.com/track/7wJyGhYZ6OjFmxaD62tlbZ?si=565bd9892e944732 Each week new hiker Andy Neal, takes you along on the trail talking with voices in the outdoor and hiking community finding stories of how hiking has inspired them to grow, create, and better the world and environment around them. A show for those first starting out on the trail and for experienced thru-hikers! --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/hikerpodcast/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/hikerpodcast/support

This week Andy talks with hiker and backpacker Justice Wise. Justice Wise is a day hiker and a backpacker who is returning to it after a short hiatus which caused her to miss it greatly. She was a Girl Scout as well as a YMCA Camp Counselor in Northern New Mexico. She grew up exploring the mountains of New Mexico and this is where she feels the most at home. She feels that the mountains ground her and finds healing as she moves through trails as she explores with her dog, Rio. She is an advocate for mental health and healing in the outdoors and shares her experiences with mental health. In addition, she promotes Leave No Trace principles. In her off trail life, she is a Special Education Math teacher as well as a classical flautist. This summer, Justice plans to complete the Colorado Trail as well as many backpacking trips in New Mexico and has plans for future thru hikes in the years to come, one of which she hopes to take her dog Rio on next year. Follow Justice on Instagram:https://www.instagram.com/mindfulsyncopations/ We'd like to thank our sponsors: CNOC Outdoors making our adventures the best possible, simple, enjoyable, fulfilling and sustainable. Go to https://cnocoutdoors.com and be sure to use coupon code 'Hiker Podcast' for 10% off trekking poles. Or use this link: https://cnocoutdoors.com/discount/Hiker%2520Podcast CS Instant Coffee makers of environmentally sustainable and great tasting instant coffee for the trail. Use our affiliate link to get yours and help the show: https://cs-instant-coffee.peachs.co/a/andy-neal Music Licenced through musicbed.com. Intro Song: NEVER STOP by Tyler Brown William- https://open.spotify.com/track/4fGgmcD5Ke4I4ZfJ1hZeiW?si=cc831237612840c6 Closing Song: STILL WANDERING by Bronze Radio Return- https://open.spotify.com/track/7wJyGhYZ6OjFmxaD62tlbZ?si=565bd9892e944732 Each week new hiker Andy Neal, takes you along on the trail talking with voices in the outdoor and hiking community finding stories of how hiking has inspired them to grow, create, and better the world and environment around them. A show for those first starting out on the trail and for experienced thru-hikers! Follow Host Andy Neal on Instagram: www.instagram.com/andyfilmsandhikes Email Andy andy@hikerpodcast.com Go to www.hikerpodcast.com for all our social media accounts, email, and all the ways to listen to The Hiker Podcast! --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/hikerpodcast/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/hikerpodcast/support

On the 2nd episode this week, Andy talks with Tracy, owner of BearVault. Thank you to BearVault for sponsoring this weeks episode. Tracy is the owner of BearVault, manufacturer of bear resistant food canisters for backpackers and adventurers. An experienced backpacker, Tracy idolizes a world in which wilderness stays truly wild, and considerate adventurers will have the privilege of being awed by nature, now and forever. Tracy stays busy working on virtually every aspect of the business, and in her spare time she enjoys hiking and skiing. Before focusing on bears, Tracy worked for startups and initiatives in wind, solar, green building, and with environmental nonprofits. She holds an MBA, a BS, and a BA.  Get a BearVault Bear Canister at www.bearvault.com  We'd like to thank our sponsors: CNOC Outdoors making our adventures the best possible, simple, enjoyable, fulfilling and sustainable. Go to https://cnocoutdoors.com and be sure to use coupon code 'Hiker Podcast' for 10% off trekking poles.  Or use this link: https://cnocoutdoors.com/discount/Hiker%2520Podcast   CS Instant Coffee makers of environmentally sustainable and great tasting instant coffee for the trail. Use our affiliate link to get yours and help the show: https://cs-instant-coffee.peachs.co/a/andy-neal    Music Licenced through musicbed.com. Intro Song: NEVER STOP by Tyler Brown William-  https://open.spotify.com/track/4fGgmcD5Ke4I4ZfJ1hZeiW?si=cc831237612840c6 Closing Song: STILL WANDERING by Bronze Radio Return- https://open.spotify.com/track/7wJyGhYZ6OjFmxaD62tlbZ?si=565bd9892e944732 Each week new hiker Andy Neal, takes you along on the trail talking with voices in the outdoor and hiking community finding stories of how hiking has inspired them to grow, create, and better the world and environment around them. A show for those first starting out on the trail and for experienced thru-hikers! Follow Host Andy Neal on Instagram: www.instagram.com/andyfilmsandhikes Email Andy andy@hikerpodcast.com Go to www.hikerpodcast.com for all our social media accounts, email, and all the ways to listen to The Hiker Podcast! --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/hikerpodcast/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/hikerpodcast/support

This Week Andy Talks with photographer, filmmaker and hiker Tommy Corey. Tommy Corey, otherwise known as “Twerk” is a 33-year-old thru-hiker and outdoor photographer from Bend, Oregon. In 2018, while thru hiking the Pacific Crest Trail he created an editorial photo series called “Hiker Trash Vogue”. Currently, he has created a film project called “Twerk’s Visual Podcast” where he explores the emotionally intimate stories of those that inhabit the outdoor community. Follow Tommy on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/twerkinthedirt/ Check out Tommy's work on his website: https://www.tommycorey.com ***Some content in the episode may not be appropriate for younger audiences*** We'd like to thank our sponsors: CNOC Outdoors making our adventures the best possible, simple, enjoyable, fulfilling and sustainable. Go to https://cnocoutdoors.com and be sure to use coupon code 'Hiker Podcast' for 10% off trekking poles. Or use this link: https://cnocoutdoors.com/discount/Hiker%2520Podcast CS Instant Coffee makers of environmentally sustainable and great tasting instant coffee for the trail. Use our affiliate link to get yours and help the show: https://cs-instant-coffee.peachs.co/a/andy-neal Music Licenced through musicbed.com. Intro Song: NEVER STOP by Tyler Brown William- https://open.spotify.com/track/4fGgmcD5Ke4I4ZfJ1hZeiW?si=cc831237612840c6 Closing Song: STILL WANDERING by Bronze Radio Return- https://open.spotify.com/track/7wJyGhYZ6OjFmxaD62tlbZ?si=565bd9892e944732 Each week new hiker Andy Neal, takes you along on the trail talking with voices in the outdoor and hiking community finding stories of how hiking has inspired them to grow, create, and better the world and environment around them. A show for those first starting out on the trail and for experienced thru-hikers! Follow Host Andy Neal on Instagram: www.instagram.com/andyfilmsandhikes Email Andy andy@hikerpodcast.com Go to www.hikerpodcast.com for all our social media accounts, email, and all the ways to listen to The Hiker Podcast! --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/hikerpodcast/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/hikerpodcast/support

This Week Andy Talks with AT and LST Thru Hiker Kayla Bold! Kayla Bold is an Appalachian Trail thru-hiker and Lone Star Hiking Trail thru-hiker. She lives in her RV full time in Central Texas and plans to start traveling in a few years. In her free time, she enjoys writing and painting.She's a strong advocate for mental health and is open about her own struggles. She has plans to complete the Long Trail this year and many more next year. Follow Kayla on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/kayla.bold/ We'd like to thank our sponsors: CNOC Outdoors making our adventures the best possible, simple, enjoyable, fulfilling and sustainable. Go to https://cnocoutdoors.com and be sure to use coupon code 'Hiker Podcast' for 10% off trekking poles. Or is this link: https://cnocoutdoors.com/discount/Hiker%2520Podcast CS Instant Coffee makers of environmentally sustainable and great tasting instant coffee for the trail. Use our affiliate link to get yours and help the show: https://cs-instant-coffee.peachs.co/a/andy-neal Music Licenced through musicbed.com. Intro Song: NEVER STOP by Tyler Brown William- https://open.spotify.com/track/4fGgmcD5Ke4I4ZfJ1hZeiW?si=cc831237612840c6 Closing Song: STILL WANDERING by Bronze Radio Return- https://open.spotify.com/track/7wJyGhYZ6OjFmxaD62tlbZ?si=565bd9892e944732 Each week new hiker Andy Neal, takes you along on the trail talking with voices in the outdoor and hiking community finding stories of how hiking has inspired them to grow, create, and better the world and environment around them. A show for those first starting out on the trail and for experienced thru-hikers! Follow Host Andy Neal on Instagram: www.instagram.com/andyfilmsandhikes Email Andy andy@hikerpodcast.com Go to www.hikerpodcast.com for all our social media accounts, email, and all the ways to listen to The Hiker Podcast! --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/hikerpodcast/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/hikerpodcast/support

This week Andy is excited to talk with hiker and author of ALONE IN WONDERLAND, Christine Reed ! Christine discovered long distance backpacking while surfing the internet at work. She decided that day to attempt to thru-hike the Appalachian Trail. One adventure led to another and a few years later she set out on the Wonderland Trail in Mt Rainier National Park. Her Rugged Outdoors Woman persona started as a joke, a nod to the outdoor adventurer that she wished to be. But in the years since, she has come into her own as a backpacker, rock climber, and trail runner. Her debut memoir, Alone in Wonderland, is a testament to the decision to name who you want to be and make it so. Get ALONE IN WONDERLAND - https://campsite.bio/ruggedoutdoorswoman Follow Christine on Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/ruggedoutdoorswoman/ We'd like to thank our sponsors: CNOC Outdoors making our adventures the best possible, simple, enjoyable, fulfilling and sustainable. Go to https://cnocoutdoors.com and be sure to use coupon code 'Hiker Podcast' for 10% off trekking poles. Or is this link: https://cnocoutdoors.com/discount/Hiker%2520Podcast CS Instant Coffee makers of environmentally sustainable and great tasting instant coffee for the trail. Use our affiliate link to get yours and help the show: https://cs-instant-coffee.peachs.co/a/andy-neal Music Licenced through musicbed.com. Intro Song: NEVER STOP by Tyler Brown William- https://open.spotify.com/track/4fGgmcD5Ke4I4ZfJ1hZeiW?si=cc831237612840c6 Closing Song: STILL WANDERING by Bronze Radio Return- https://open.spotify.com/track/7wJyGhYZ6OjFmxaD62tlbZ?si=565bd9892e944732 Each week new hiker Andy Neal, takes you along on the trail talking with voices in the outdoor and hiking community finding stories of how hiking has inspired them to grow, create, and better the world and environment around them. A show for those first starting out on the trail and for experienced thru-hikers! Follow Host Andy Neal on Instagram: www.instagram.com/andyfilmsandhikes Email Andy andy@hikerpodcast.com Go to www.hikerpodcast.com for all our social media accounts, email, and all the ways to listen to The Hiker Podcast! --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/hikerpodcast/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/hikerpodcast/support

This week Andy is excited to talk with hiker and owner of Purple Rain Adventure Skirts, Mandy Bland. Purple Rain Adventure Skirts was founded by Mandy ‘Purple Rain’ Bland and first launched on Etsy in March 2014. During a 2012 thru-hike of the Appalachian Trail Mandy was inspired to try hiking in a skirt. Unable to find what she wanted, she went about designing her own. Hacking up an old pair of convertible hiking pants, adding a comfortable waistband and some pockets, Mandy then headed back out on trail testing the design on the PCT that following summer. Thus the Purple Rain Adventure Skirt was born. Originally based out of Portland, Oregon Mandy launched the business from a dining room table. Completing a grant program with Mercy Corp Northwest she gained access to small business resources and assets to further expand the company. Now residing in southern Oregon, each skirt is handmade with love from her in-home studio. All emails are handled by Mandy directly, providing an intimate customer/owner connection unrivaled by big box stores. Purple Rain Adventure Skirts is dedicated to providing people with performance apparel that inspires the freedom of adventure without compromising style or function. We believe that hiking gives us strength to take on life's challenges. The wilderness we trek through teaches us to find peace and perseverance in a hectic world. Purple Rain Skirts encourages others to take comfort in the natural world, find their inner strength and to simply live. Find out more about Mandy and get your own Purple Rain Adventure Skirt at https://www.purplerainskirts.com. We'd like to thank our sponsors: CNOC Outdoors making our adventures the best possible, simple, enjoyable, fulfilling and sustainable. Go to https://cnocoutdoors.com and be sure to use coupon code 'Hiker Podcast' for 10% off trekking poles. Or is this link: https://cnocoutdoors.com/discount/Hiker%2520Podcast CS Instant Coffee makers of environmentally sustainable and great tasting instant coffee for the trail. Use our affiliate link to get yours and help the show: https://cs-instant-coffee.peachs.co/a/andy-neal Each week new hiker Andy Neal, takes you along on the trail talking with voices in the outdoor and hiking community finding stories of how hiking has inspired them to grow, create, and better the world and environment around them. A show for those first starting out on the trail and for experienced thru-hikers! Follow Host Andy Neal on Instagram: www.instagram.com/andyfilmsandhikes Email Andy andy@hikerpodcast.com Go to www.hikerpodcast.com for all our social media accounts, email, and all the ways to listen to The Hiker Podcast! --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/hikerpodcast/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/hikerpodcast/support

Incentivising Sales People is a real can of wormsPay them too much for little work and get little work out of themReward them too little and you demotivate themCap their earnings and you cap their work and salesGive them a blank cheque and the business cannot afford itSo what do you do?Well thankfully we have Andy Neal from Astute Sales Solutions join Dave and Marie to discuss his top tips on how you can get the right balance.Dave and Marie bring in their experiences to Andy so its not all focused on how great Sales people are and as a result this podcast is a well rounded view on how you can motivate all players and not just the Sales Team but the Sales Team feel like they get a good deal.What are your experiences in Sales and Sales Incentives?

This week Andy is excited to talk with hiker, mountaineer, skier, mountain biker and environmental educator Sami Wolniakowski. Sami Wolniakowski is a recent graduate of the Master of Science in Environmental Education at Southern Oregon University. Before attending the program, she was a teacher and environmental educator for 4 years. She believes in utilizing the outdoors as her classroom and making it accessible for all students. In her free time, she enjoys spending time outdoors hiking, mountaineering, skiing, paddle boarding, and mountain biking. Follow Sami on Instagram https://www.instagram.com/samiski21/ We'd like to thank our sponsors: CNOC Outdoors making our adventures the best possible, simple, enjoyable, fulfilling and sustainable. Go to https://cnocoutdoors.com and be sure to use coupon code 'Hiker Podcast' for 10% off trekking poles. Or is this link: https://cnocoutdoors.com/discount/Hiker%2520Podcast CS Instant Coffee makers of environmentally sustainable and great tasting instant coffee for the trail. Use our affiliate link to get yours and help the show: https://cs-instant-coffee.peachs.co/a/andy-neal Each week new hiker Andy Neal, takes you along on the trail talking with voices in the outdoor and hiking community finding stories of how hiking has inspired them to grow, create, and better the world and environment around them. A show for those first starting out on the trail and for experienced thru-hikers! Follow Host Andy Neal on Instagram: www.instagram.com/andyfilmsandhikes Email Andy andy@hikerpodcast.com Go to www.hikerpodcast.com for all our social media accounts, email, and all the ways to listen to The Hiker Podcast! --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/hikerpodcast/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/hikerpodcast/support

This week Andy talks with filmmaker and hiker Darwin Rakestraw. They have a great conversation about being a filmmaker and a hiker, creativity, social media and the hiking community, and what he is doing to encourage everyone to protect public lands. Go to www.theoutdoorevolution.com to see everything Darwin is doing. "Through the Great Southwest", Darwin's documentary film about the Arizona Trail: https://theoutdoorevolution.com/through-the-great-southwest Darwin’s YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC18exdGWh7piVWisrnDXiZg Support Darwin on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/darwinonthetrail Darwin’s Blog: https://darwinonthetrail.com We'd like to thank our sponsors: CNOC Outdoors making our adventures the best possible, simple, enjoyable, fulfilling and sustainable. Go to https://cnocoutdoors.com and be sure to use coupon code 'Hiker Podcast' for 10% off trekking poles. Or is this link: https://cnocoutdoors.com/discount/Hiker%2520Podcast CS Instant Coffee makers of environmentally sustainable and great tasting instant coffee for the trail. Use our affiliate link to get yours and help the show: https://cs-instant-coffee.peachs.co/a/andy-neal Each week new hiker Andy Neal, takes you along on the trail talking with voices in the outdoor and hiking community finding stories of how hiking has inspired them to grow, create, and better the world and environment around them. A show for those first starting out on the trail and for experienced thru-hikers! Follow Host Andy Neal on Instagram: www.instagram.com/andyfilmsandhikes Email Andy andy@hikerpodcast.com Go to www.hikerpodcast.com for all our social media accounts, email, and all the ways to listen to The Hiker Podcast! --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/hikerpodcast/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/hikerpodcast/support

This week on The Hiker Podcast Andy talks with the founders of CNOC Outdoors (pronounced K'nock, who are also a sponsors of the Hiker Podcast) Gilad and Mika Nachmani. Gilad Nachmani founded CNOC Outdoors in 2016 upon moving to Portland, OR with his wife, Mika and two small children. An avid outdoorsman and outdoor retail industry professional of over 17 years, Gilad used, tested, broke, tinkered and played with gear in both personal and professional capacities. Throughout this time, he was developing new product ideas and improvements to items already in the market. Together, Gilad and his wife Mika scraped together enough resources for Gilad to place an order of redesigned trekking poles. Gilad designed and made his first truly unique product with the profits from the pole sales, and CNOC quickly became known for the Vecto, as well as for our commitment to doing the right thing – for our customers, our community, and the environment. CNOC is also offering, STARTING FEBRUARY 3, 2021, a 10% discount on new trekking poles with discount code “Hiker Podcast” or use of the following link: https://cnocoutdoors.com/discount/Hiker%2520Podcast The trekking poles, handmade in PORTLAND, OREGON will likely be the last pair you need to buy. FOR MORE ABOUT CNOC GO TO: https://cnocoutdoors.com We'd like to thank our sponsors: CNOC Outdoors making our adventures the best possible, simple, enjoyable, fulfilling and sustainable. Go to https://cnocoutdoors.com and be sure to use coupon code 'Hiker Podcast' for 10% off trekking poles. Or is this link: https://cnocoutdoors.com/discount/Hiker%2520Podcast CS Instant Coffee makers of environmentally sustainable and great tasting instant coffee for the trail. Use our affiliate link to get yours and help the show: https://cs-instant-coffee.peachs.co/a/andy-neal Each week new hiker Andy Neal, takes you along on the trail, reviewing gear, exploring hiking trends and most importantly talking with voices in the outdoor and hiking community finding stories of how hiking has inspired them to grow, create, and better the world and environment around them. A show for those first starting out on the trail and for experienced thru-hikers! Follow Host Andy Neal on Instagram: www.instagram.com/andyfilmsandhikes Email Andy andy@hikerpodcast.com Go to www.hikerpodcast.com for all our social media accounts, email, and all the ways to listen to The Hiker Podcast! --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/hikerpodcast/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/hikerpodcast/support

On this weeks episode Andy talks with Hiker and Writer Maggie Slepian about her experience on the trail, social media, and the outdoor industry. Maggie Slepian is an Appalachian Trail thru-hiker, a full-time writer, and the co-founder of BackpackingRoutes.com. She lives in Bozeman, Montana, and is loosely putting together a plan for four thru-hikes in 2021... but we all know plans are very loose right now. Get in touch at MaggieSlepian.com. Follow Maggie on IG: https://www.instagram.com/maggie_slepian We'd like to thank our sponsor CS Instant Coffee makers of environmentally sustainable and great tasting instant coffee for the trail. Use our affiliate link to get yours and help the show: https://cs-instant-coffee.peachs.co/a/andy-neal For more information about Unlikley Hikers go to https://jennybruso.com/unlikelyhikers/ Check out CNOC Outdoors: https://cnocoutdoors.com Each week new hiker Andy Neal, takes you along on the trail, reviewing gear, exploring hiking trends and most importantly talking with voices in the outdoor and hiking community finding stories of how hiking has inspired them to grow, create, and better the world and environment around them. A show for those first starting out on the trail and for experienced thru-hikers! Follow Host Andy Neal on Instagram: www.instagram.com/andyfilmsandhikes Email Andy andy@hikerpodcast.com Go to www.hikerpodcast.com for all our social media accounts, email, and all the ways to listen to The Hiker Podcast! --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/hikerpodcast/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/hikerpodcast/support

On this weeks episode Andy talks with Hiker and Vlogger Becca “Little Skittle” Bergstrom about her hike of the PCT, canceling hikes because of covid, vulnerability, and her YouTube channel. Becca Bergstrom had a single-night's experience of backpacking before she embarked on her solo thru-hike of the 2,650-mile-long Pacific Crest Trail in 2019. In the span of 135 days, she walked from Campo to Manning Park carrying everything she needed to make the long journey, including a newfound sense of happiness, confidence and self-worth. She earned her trail name Little Skittle very early on, powered through the Sierra during one of the highest snow years on record and unfortunately spent the final 1,000 miles processing grief and honoring her grandma, documenting it all and more on cell phone videos she would upload to YouTube. In 2020, Becca had plans, like many of us did. She had hopes of thru-hiking the Appalachian Trail in March, and when those plans fell through, she attempted to thru-hike the Continental Divide Trail in July, but called it after only eight miles because Coronavirus cases had recently spiked and it just didn't feel like the right thing to do. She still has her sights set on hiking those two trails, earning her the Triple Crown title, but until then, she's using her voice to share her struggles with eating disorders and bringing awareness to mental health, all while prioritizing the management of her own in the best way she knows how, getting outside and moving through the mountains. Follow Becca on IG: https://www.instagram.com/ms_rebecca_ann/ Subscribe to Becca’s YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCa_pWpSu7iVSKQlYd_tQAgQ We'd like to thank our sponsor CS Instant Coffee makers of environmentally sustainable and great tasting instant coffee for the trail. Use our affiliate link to get yours and help the show! Get some CS Instant Coffee: https://cs-instant-coffee.peachs.co/a/andy-neal Check out CNOC Outdoors: https://cnocoutdoors.com Each week new hiker Andy Neal, takes you along on the trail, reviewing gear, exploring hiking trends and most importantly talking with voices in the outdoor and hiking community finding stories of how hiking has inspired them to grow, create, and better the world and environment around them. A show for those first starting out on the trail and for experienced thru-hikers! Follow Host Andy Neal on Instagram: @andyfilmsandhikes Email Andy andy@hikerpodcast.com Go to www.hikerpodcast.com for all our social media accounts, email, and all the ways to listen to The Hiker Podcast! --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/hikerpodcast/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/hikerpodcast/support

On this weeks episode Andy talks with Hiker and Vlogger Julia "Rocket" Sheehan.  After thru-hiking the Appalachian Trail in 2019, Julia Sheehan, aka Rocket has never looked back. Julia is a air force veteran, registered emergency medicine nurse and an avid backpacker. She vlogs, writes and hopes to inspire personal connection in the hiking community. Follow Rocket on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/juliasheehan/?hl=en Subscriber to Julia "Rocket" Sheehan's YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/user/jls935  We'd like to thank our sponsor CS Instant Coffee makers of environmentally sustainable and great tasting instant coffee for the trail. Use our affiliate link to get yours and help the show!  Get some CS Instant Coffee: https://cs-instant-coffee.peachs.co/a/andy-neal Each week new hiker Andy Neal, takes you along on the trail, reviewing gear, exploring hiking trends and most importantly talking with voices in the outdoor and hiking community finding stories of how hiking has inspired them to grow, create, and better the world and environment around them. A show for those first starting out on the trail and for experienced thru-hikers! Email Andy andy@hikerpodcast.com Go to www.hikerpodcast.com for all our social media accounts, email, and all the ways to listen to The Hiker Podcast Follow Host Andy Neal on Instagram: @andyfilmsandhikes --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/hikerpodcast/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/hikerpodcast/support

We are opening up Season 2 with an amazing conversation with advocate and hiker Darrah Blackwater! We talk about her story, hiking on Indigenous Lands, spectrum sovereignty and her work as an advocate. Darrah Blackwater is from Farmington, NM and is a citizen of the Navajo Nation. She is a recent graduate of the University of Arizona, where she earned her law degree studying Indigenous law and telecommunications law. She spent a year of law school working on tribal issues in Washington D.C. for the Assistant Secretary of Indian Affairs, the Inspector General of the Department of Interior. This summer she hiked the 486-mile Colorado Trail to raise awareness about the digital divide in Indigenous communities. For more from Darrah Blackwater: https://blackwatersoul.org Follow Darrah on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/blackwatersoul/ Find out who’s land you’re hiking on by texting 907.312.5085 Each week new hiker Andy Neal, takes you along on the trail, reviewing gear, exploring hiking trends and most importantly talking with voices in the outdoor and hiking community finding stories of how hiking has inspired them to grow, create, and better the world and environment around them. A show for those first starting out on the trail and for experienced thru-hikers! Email Andy andy@hikerpodcast.com Go to www.hikerpodcast.com for all our social media accounts, email, and all the ways to listen to The Hiker Podcast Follow Host Andy Neal on Instagram: @andyfilmsandhikes --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/hikerpodcast/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/hikerpodcast/support

For the final episode of 2020 and of Season1 Andy reflects on the last 21 episodes and the last year of hiking while answering your questions. Season 2 begins Monday January 4, 2021. Each week new hiker Andy Neal, takes you along on the trail, reviewing gear, exploring hiking trends and most importantly talking with voices in the outdoor and hiking community finding stories of how hiking has inspired them to grow, create, and better the world and environment around them. A show for those first starting out on the trail and for experienced thru-hikers! Email Andy andy@hikerpodcast.com Go to www.hikerpodcast.com for all our social media accounts, email, and all the ways to listen to The Hiker Podcast Follow Host Andy Neal on Instagram: @andyfilmsandhikes --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/hikerpodcast/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/hikerpodcast/support

This week, Andy is talking with Writer, Redliner, & Hiker Rebecca “Socked In” Sperry. Rebecca "Socked In" Sperry is an avid hiker based out of New Hampshire. She is a big proponent for encouraging women to get outdoors, with or without someone else, and has done hundreds of hikes solo herself. After finishing the NH48 4000'ers in 2018, she went on to hike the NE67 4000'ers in thirty-six days. In 2019 she focused her attention on backpacking and has done a small handful of backpacking trips including the Monadnock-Sunapee Greenway in New Hampshire. In 2020, she began an attempt at redlining all of The White Mountains in a year, something no female has accomplished. She was sidelined in her attempt, first by COVID, and then was diagnosed with Breast Cancer in August, 2020. She has continued to hike throughout her cancer treatment and hopes that she can inspire other people who are going through treatment to remain active. She uses her social media platforms to educate people about what cancer treatment is really like as well as to share her own journeys both in cancer treatment and hiking. Follow Rebecca on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/sockedinhikes Rebecca's Blog: https://sockedinhikes.com Each week new hiker Andy Neal, takes you along on the trail, reviewing gear, exploring hiking trends and most importantly talking with voices in the outdoor and hiking community finding stories of how hiking has inspired them to grow, create, and better the world and environment around them. A show for those first starting out on the trail and for experienced thru-hikers! Email Andy andy@hikerpodcast.com Go to www.hikerpodcast.com for all our social media accounts, email, and all the ways to listen to The Hiker Podcast Follow Host Andy Neal on Instagram: @andyfilmsandhikes --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/hikerpodcast/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/hikerpodcast/support

This week, Andy is very excited to talk with Blogger and Hiker, Danni Krumins Danni has been day hiking in the Canadian Rockies since moving to Alberta in 2018. She is a former college athlete, a CrossFit Level 1 certified coach, and a gymnastics coach. Danni has created Summiting Strong to combine her passion of hiking with strength and conditioning as a way to inspire health both mentally and physically. She has goals of completing her first thru hike in the next couple of years. Check out Summiting Strong at: https://www.summitingstrong.com Follow Summiting Strong anywhere you are social: @summitingstrong Banff Centre Mountain Film Festival & World Tour- https://filmfest.banffcentre.ca/?campaign=WT-163509 Follow the Southern Oregon University Outdoor Program on Instagram- https://www.instagram.com/sououtdoorprogram/ Each week new hiker Andy Neal, takes you along on the trail, reviewing gear, exploring hiking trends and most importantly talking with voices in the outdoor and hiking community finding stories of how hiking has inspired them to grow, create, and better the world and environment around them. A show for those first starting out on the trail and for experienced thru-hikers! Email Andy andy@hikerpodcast.com Go to www.hikerpodcast.com for all our social media accounts, email, and all the ways to listen to The Hiker Podcast Follow Host Andy Neal on Instagram: @andyfilmsandhikes --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/hikerpodcast/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/hikerpodcast/support

This week, Andy is very excited to talk with Creative Professional and Hiker, Luke Pearsall. Luke Pearsall is a graduate of the Rochester Institute of Technology’s School of Photographic Arts and Sciences. His career in media has spanned over 19 years including work on large scale Television and Film Productions in Los Angeles as well as Print Advertising Photography work with clients including Samsung Mobile USA and Bridgestone Tires among others. In 2006, Luke took a hiatus from film to work as an Adventure Guide in South America where his love for the outdoors grew in to a love for travel and adventure. Luke credits this period of time sparking what would become a lifelong pursuit of working creatively as a creative professional working primarily in the adventure lifestyle and outdoors industry genre of work. In 2015 Luke hiked 550 miles across Spain on the Camino de Santiago and after a 2020 NO GO of the PCT, Luke hiked 495 miles completing the Colorado Trail in the state that he has been a resident of since 2016. Follow Luke on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/lukepearsallphoto. Subscribe to Luke on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC5p3HvKpH0vrmqtmpn9qc4A Luke’s Profession Website: http://www.lukepearsall.com/ Go to www.hikerpodcast.com for all the ways to listen or to follow us on social media. Each week new hiker Andy Neal, takes you along on the trail, reviewing gear, exploring hiking trends and most importantly talking with voices in the outdoor and hiking community finding stories of how hiking has inspired them to grow, create, and better the world and environment around them. A show for those first starting out on the trail and for experienced thru-hikers! Email Andy andy@hikerpodcast.com Go to www.hikerpodcast.com for all our social media accounts, email, and all the ways to listen to The Hiker Podcast Follow Host Andy Neal on Instagram: @andyfilmsandhikes --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/hikerpodcast/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/hikerpodcast/support

This week Andy talks with writer and hiker Katie "Oats" Houston about gear, getting injured on trail, and how hiking has changed her life! Katie got bit by the thru-hiking bug in 2019 on her trek of the AT. After meeting her partner 1,100 miles into her journey, she now lives in Texas with her partner and two pups and is currently converting a school bus into a tiny home. She has also thru-hiked the Colorado Trail and has goals including completing the Great Western Loop in 2022 and hiking 10,000 miles by 25. Follow Katie on IG: www.instagram.com/mosspetal Follow Katie On Facebook: www.facebook.com/mosspetal Read what Katie Writes: www.thethrucrew.com Each week new hiker Andy Neal, takes you on a journey to demystify hiking.   Andy sits down with voices in the outdoor and hiking community, getting to know the hikers behind the trekking poles.  Hikers tell stories of how hiking has inspired them to grow, create, and better the environment, getting past the how and to the why of hiking.  A show for those first starting out on the trail and for experienced thru-hikers!   Email Andy andy@hikerpodcast.com  Go to www.hikerpodcast.com for all our social media accounts, email, and all the ways to listen to The Hiker Podcast Follow Host Andy Neal on Instagram: @andyfilmsandhikes --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/hikerpodcast/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/hikerpodcast/support

This week Andy talks with Hiker, Health Counselor, Nutrition Coach, & Trailblazer Aria Zoner. Aria Zoner is a dually-certified Health Counselor & Nutrition Coach, however, his goal in attaining these certifications wasn't to run a practice with clients, it was to sustain his own health & wellbeing during long-distance adventures. Zoner has completed the Pacific Crest, Arizona, Colorado, and many other long-distance trails and has even created a few original routes which he's published guidebooks for. The Hot Springs Trail and The Siskiyou Peaks Trail are both National Trail proposals, meaning they were published to be used as templates to create new trails for the National System, but are not currently designated. Should people become excited about these causes, Zoner plans to continue his efforts; however, he's also said in the past, "these trails began as personal journeys, and if they end that way, I'm okay with that." That said, Zoner invites you to explore his trails and more importantly, to "view your adventures as opportunities to invest in your health." Zoner's passion for health and adventure extends well beyond the trail. On his website Whole Food Hiker (https://www.wholefoodhiker.com) you'll find info and guidebooks for his trails, tips on trail-specific nutrition, plus insights on how to maintain optimal health during long-distance hikes. You can also learn more about his National Trail proposals and his approach to nutrition on Instagram at Aria Zoner. While you're there, share your thoughts on this episode using #wholefoodhiker. Each week new hiker Andy Neal, takes you along on the trail, reviewing gear, exploring hiking trends and most importantly talking with voices in the outdoor and hiking community finding stories of how hiking has inspired them to grow, create, and better the world and environment around them. A show for those first starting out on the trail and for experienced thru-hikers! Leave a voice message for Andy: https://anchor.fm/hikerpodcast Email Andy andy@hikerpodcast.com Go to www.hikerpodcast.com for all our social media accounts, email, and all the ways to listen to The Hiker Podcast Follow Host Andy Neal on Instagram: @andyfilmsandhikes --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/hikerpodcast/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/hikerpodcast/support

This week Andy is very excited to talk with Hiker, Runner, & Outdoor Educator Heather Diaz! Heather Diaz is a former experienced long-distance runner and first-generation hiker from the suburbs of Houston, Texas. She moved around Texas for her bachelor’s and graduate degrees. Life took her to San Francisco in 2012 to chase her career, and she met her partner along the way. He asked her to go on a hike for their first date, which led to thru-hiking nearly 2300 miles of the Pacific Crest Trail two years later (2017). What a loaded question! The rest is history. Her other passions include weightlifting, day-hiking, backpacking, camping, cycling, conservation, and helping even the most novice feel included and empowered in the outdoors. You can now find her day-hiking along the Central Coast or Bay area. Look out for the girl in purple pants or vibrant colors or patterns, and she might be picking up trash at her favorite local preserve too. In 2021, she and her partner, Stephen, are planning to finish the Sierra section they skipped. Check out hikeandlift.com to follow her tips, adventure plans, and Bay Area trail guides at hikeandlift.com. Go to www.hikerpodcast.com for all the ways to listen or to follow us on social media. Each week new hiker Andy Neal, takes you along on the trail, reviewing gear, exploring hiking trends and most importantly talking with voices in the outdoor and hiking community finding stories of how hiking has inspired them to grow, create, and better the world and environment around them. A show for those first starting out on the trail and for experienced thru-hikers! Leave a voice message for Andy: https://anchor.fm/hikerpodcast Email Andy andy@hikerpodcast.com Go to www.hikerpodcast.com for all our social media accounts, email, and all the ways to listen to The Hiker Podcast Follow Host Andy Neal on Instagram: @andyfilmsandhikes --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/hikerpodcast/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/hikerpodcast/support

This week Andy is excited to talk to filmmaker, hiker, photographer and director of the forthcoming documentary chronicling the “Fastest Know Time” attempt of the Colorado Trail in Summer of 2020 by prior Hiker Podcast guest Jeff “Legend” Garmire, Dylan Harris. Dylan Harris is a Freelance Photographer, Film-maker, long-distance backpacker/bikepacker and explorer who lives in Phoenix, AZ. Traveling much of the year around the American Southwest, Harris works to capture human interaction with outdoor spaces, while promoting the usage and protection of local trail systems. For more from Dylan go to https://dylharris.com. Also CONGRATS TO DYLAN on his recent engagement! Go to www.hikerpodcast.com for all the ways to listen or to follow us on social media. Each week new hiker Andy Neal, takes you along on the trail, reviewing gear, exploring hiking trends and most importantly talking with voices in the outdoor and hiking community finding stories of how hiking has inspired them to grow, create, and better the world and environment around them. A show for those first starting out on the trail and for experienced thru-hikers! Leave a voice message for Andy: https://anchor.fm/hikerpodcast Email Andy andy@hikerpodcast.com Go to www.hikerpodcast.com for all our social media accounts, email, and all the ways to listen to The Hiker Podcast Follow Host Andy Neal on Instagram: @andyfilmsandhikes --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/hikerpodcast/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/hikerpodcast/support

On this weeks Episode of The Hiker Podcast I have a conversation with AT Thru Hiker, writer and Podcaster Rachel Meltzer. Rachel thruhiked the Appalachian Trail in 2018. She now works as a freelance writer in the tech education industry empowering others to change their lives with a new career. She’s also a climber, mental health advocate, and cat lover. You can find her on Instagram @meltzerseltzer or at trailnamehere.com. Go to https://sawyer.com for where to buy all of their amazing products that help keep us safe on the trail! Leave a voice message for Andy: https://anchor.fm/hikerpodcast  Email Andy andy@hikerpodcast.com Go to www.hikerpodcast.com for all our social media accounts, email, and all the ways to listen to The Hiker Podcast Follow Host Andy Neal on Instagram: @andyfilmsandhikes Each week new hiker Andy Neal, takes you along on the trail, reviewing gear, exploring hiking trends and most importantly talking with voices in the outdoor and hiking community finding stories of how hiking has inspired them to grow, create, and better the world and environment around them. A show for those first starting out on the trail and for experienced thru-hikers! Go to www.hikerpodcast.com for all the ways to listen or to follow us on social media. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/hikerpodcast/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/hikerpodcast/support

On this weeks Episode of The Hiker Podcast we talk with the Fastest Know Time(FKT) holder for the Oregon Coast Trail Josh Pulattie. Josh Pulattie is a public school teacher, football coach, and hiker.  He currently holds the Sefl-Supported FKT (Fastest Known Time) on the Oregon Coast Trail.  He got his start backpacking long sections of the Pacific Crest Trail in the summers before completing the OCT FKT in the summer of 2020, which presented unique challenges during the Covid-19 pandemic.  Josh is married to Abi and credits her support and patience as one of the biggest reasons he is able to enjoy his hiking adventures. Go to https://www.oregoncoasttrail.org for more information on the Oregon Coast Trail! Also this week on the “Sawyer Segment” we  talk with “The Prodigy” about what Sawyer is doing to encourage environmental responsibility and leave no trace principles. This weeks episode is brought to you by Sawyer Products, makers of the Sawyer Squeeze water filter. Go to https://sawyer.com for where to buy all of their amazing products that help keep us safe on the trail! Leave a voice message for Andy: https://anchor.fm/hikerpodcast  Email Andy andy@hikerpodcast.com Go to www.hikerpodcast.com for all our social media accounts, email, and all the ways to listen to The Hiker Podcast Follow Host Andy Neal on Instagram: @andyfilmsandhikes Each week new hiker Andy Neal, takes you along on the trail, reviewing gear, exploring hiking trends and most importantly talking with voices in the outdoor and hiking community finding stories of how hiking has inspired them to grow, create, and better the world and environment around them. A show for those first starting out on the trail and for experienced thru-hikers! Go to www.hikerpodcast.com for all the ways to listen or to follow us on social media. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/hikerpodcast/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/hikerpodcast/support

On this weeks episode of the Hiker Podcast we talk with Yoga instructor,Triple Crown Hiker and rabbit enthusiast Rachael “Rabbit” DeLano. Rachael aka “Rabbit” is a long-distance hiker and outdoor enthusiast residing in Colorado. She left behind a career in corporate America to thru-hike the Appalachian Trail in 2016, and this journey ignited her passion for backpacking. After completing the Appalachian Trail she thru-hiked the Pacific Crest Trail in 2017 and the Continental Divide trail in 2018 completing the triple crown of hiking. Then in 2019, she went on to section hike portions of the AT, PCT, and CDT and pursued hiking abroad in England completing the Hadrian’s Wall walk. Rabbit’s other passions include yoga, bike-packing, and caring for the two most adorable bunnies in the world. She is a certified yoga instructor and finds joy in teaching and practicing yoga. You can find out more about her adventures on Instagram @rabbithikes and on her website www.rabbithikes.com. Also this week on the “Sawyer Segment” and  talk with “Peanut” about using permethrin from Sawyer Products to threat your hiking clothes and gear. This weeks episode is brought to you by Sawyer Products, makers of the Sawyer Squeeze water filter. Go to https://sawyer.com for where to buy all of their amazing products that help keep us safe on the trail! Leave a voice message for Andy: https://anchor.fm/hikerpodcast  Email Andy andy@hikerpodcast.com Go to www.hikerpodcast.com for all our social media accounts, email, and all the ways to listen to The Hiker Podcast Follow Host Andy Neal on Instagram: @andyfilmsandhikes Each week new hiker Andy Neal, takes you along on the trail, reviewing gear, exploring hiking trends and most importantly talking with voices in the outdoor and hiking community finding stories of how hiking has inspired them to grow, create, and better the world and environment around them. A show for those first starting out on the trail and for experienced thru-hikers! Go to www.hikerpodcast.com for all the ways to listen or to follow us on social media. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/hikerpodcast/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/hikerpodcast/support

On this weeks episode of the Hiker Podcast we talk with new Colorado Trail FKT holder Jeff “Legend” Garmire. Jeff has completed the Calendar Year Triple Crown (AT, PCT, CDT in one year), climbed all the Colorado 14ers, The Great Western Loop, Nolans 14 in 59 hours, and broke the Arizona Trail self-supported FKT (Fastest Known Time), Pinhoti Trail self-supported FKT, Long Trail Unsupported FKT, and the Colorado Trail Unsupported FKT among 9 other records. You can go to https://freeoutside.com/ to find out where to buy his book or where to follow him on the various social media networks. Also this week on the “Sawyer Segment” we  talk with “The Prodigy” about what Sawyer Products has to offer to keep you insect free while on the trail. This weeks episode is brought to you by Sawyer Products, makers of the Sawyer Squeeze water filter. Go to https://sawyer.com for where to buy all of their amazing products that help keep us safe on the trail! Leave a voice message for Andy: https://anchor.fm/hikerpodcast  Email Andy andy@hikerpodcast.com Go to www.hikerpodcast.com for all our social media accounts, email, and all the ways to listen to The Hiker Podcast Follow Host Andy Neal on Instagram: @andyfilmsandhikes Each week new hiker Andy Neal, takes you along on the trail, reviewing gear, exploring hiking trends and most importantly talking with voices in the outdoor and hiking community finding stories of how hiking has inspired them to grow, create, and better the world and environment around them. A show for those first starting out on the trail and for experienced thru-hikers! Go to www.hikerpodcast.com for all the ways to listen or to follow us on social media. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/hikerpodcast/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/hikerpodcast/support

In light of the tragic wildfires that have been plaguing Oregon and the Western United States this week, Andy tells you what’s been happening with the tragic wildfires in Southern Oregon that have devastated much of the Rogue Valley, especially the towns Phoenix and Talent Oregon. Andy has a conversation with the president of the the Oregon Department of Forestry’s ”Keep Oregon Green” program Kristen Babbs. Oregon Voluntary Organizations Active in Disaster- orvoad.org Go to www.hikerpodcast.com to give directly to the Phoenix-Talent Families Fire Relief Fund administered by Phoenix-Talent Schools. It is estimated that approximately 50% of the families in the school district have lost their homes. Over 2,300 homes in Southern Oregon were destroyed in these wildfires. Also this week in our  “Sawyer Segment” we talk with “Peanut” about what Sawyer Products is doing to bring clean water around the world. This weeks episode is brought to you by Sawyer Products, makers of the Sawyer Squeeze water filter. Go to https://sawyer.com for where to buy all of their amazing products that help keep us safe on the trail! Leave a voice message for Andy: https://anchor.fm/hikerpodcast  Email Andy andy@hikerpodcast.com Go to www.hikerpodcast.com for all our social media accounts, email, and all the ways to listen to The Hiker Podcast Follow Host Andy Neal on Instagram: @andyfilmsandhikes Each week new hiker Andy Neal, takes you along on the trail, reviewing gear, exploring hiking trends and most importantly talking with voices in the outdoor and hiking community finding stories of how hiking has inspired them to grow, create, and better the world and environment around them. A show for those first starting out on the trail and for experienced thru-hikers! Go to www.hikerpodcast.com for all the ways to listen or to follow us on social media. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/hikerpodcast/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/hikerpodcast/support

This week on The Hiker Podcast Andy talks about his upcoming and first ever backpacking trip along the PCT AND we are excited to talk with legendary “trail angel”, author, and hiker Barney “Scout” Mann.  We talk about his journey as a trail angel and hiker along with his new book “Journey’s North: The Pacific Crest Trail” Also this week we have our second “Sawyer Segment” and  talk with “The Prodigy” about Lyme disease and what Sawyer Products is doing to raise awarness and help prevent Lyme disease and tick born illness. This weeks episode is brought to you by Sawyer Products, makers of the Sawyer Squeeze water filter. Barney Scout Mann has hiked the Appalachian, Pacific Crest, and Continental Divide Trails. He is president of the Partnership for the National Trails System. Mann has been recognized with a Lowell Thomas Journalism Award and is the coauthor of The Pacific Crest Trail: Exploring America’s Wilderness Trail and author of The Continental Divide Trail: Exploring America’s Ridgeline Trail. He and his wife, Sandy, live in San Diego and have hosted more than 7,000 PCT hikers. Visit him online at his Website--BarneyScoutMann.com. Scout's new book Journeys North spins a compelling tale of six hikers on the Pacific Crest Trail in 2007 as they walk from Mexico to Canada. This ensemble story unfolds as these half-dozen hikers--including Barney and his wife, Sandy--trod north, forming relationships and revealing their deepest secrets and aspirations. They face a once-in-a-generation drought and early severe winter storms that test their will in this bare-knuckled adventure. Only a third of all the hikers who set out on the trail that year would finish. "Journeys North is a masterclass in story telling. Barney Scout Mann invites readers into his trail family to experience a journey in goosebump-inducing detail. Zach Davis, editor in chief of The Trek. Go to https://sawyer.com for where to buy all of their amazing products that help keep us safe on the trail! Leave a voice message for Andy: https://anchor.fm/hikerpodcast  Email Andy andy@hikerpodcast.com Go to www.hikerpodcast.com for all our social media accounts, email, and all the ways to listen to The Hiker Podcast Follow Host Andy Neal on Instagram: @andyfilmsandhikes Each week new hiker Andy Neal, takes you along on the trail, reviewing gear, exploring hiking trends and most importantly talking with voices in the outdoor and hiking community finding stories of how hiking has inspired them to grow, create, and better the world and environment around them. A show for those first starting out on the trail and for experienced thru-hikers! Go to www.hikerpodcast.com for all the ways to listen or to follow us on social media. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/hikerpodcast/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/hikerpodcast/support

This week on The Hiker Podcast we talk with day hiker, trail runner and author of the trail book “Ashland Trails”,  Jim Faleknstein. Jim Falkenstein self-published his hyper-local trail guide AshlandTrails.com – The Book in 2019. Jim wrote the book based on his website www.AshlandTrails.com when he realized that some people couldn’t always figure out the internet and still liked purchasing books. He started building his website in 2015 when he realized that Los Angeles was noisy and crowded and moved to Ashland, Oregon. Jim had already created the hiking website www.TrailDummies.com in Los Angeles with help from his  co-host John Cooper. Something else that helps Jim out every day? - His Forestry degree from Michigan State University and his Master’s degree in Film and Television from The University of Michigan. Something else that really helps him out every day? – His wife Beth of 27 years and his two, not-in-the-house-anymore, daughters Freya and Gretel. Jim still dabbles in his 30 year career as a Property Master on television shows in Los Angeles, but that is just to support his full time bad habit of exploring, and sharing, as many trails in Southern Oregon as he can. Also this week we have our first “Sawyer Segment” and we talk with Andrew “Peanut” Glenn about the importance of properly filtering water while hiking and how Sawyer Products filters are making it easier and safer to do so. This weeks episode is brought to you by Sawyer Products, makers of the Sawyer Squeeze water filter. Go to https://sawyer.com for where to buy all of their amazing products that help keep us safe on the trail! Leave a voice message for Andy: https://anchor.fm/hikerpodcast Email Andy andy@hikerpodcast.com Go to www.hikerpodcast.com for all our social media accounts, email, and all the ways to listen to The Hiker Podcast Follow Host Andy Neal on Instagram: @andyfilmsandhikes Each week new hiker Andy Neal, takes you along on the trail, reviewing gear, exploring hiking trends and most importantly talking with voices in the outdoor and hiking community finding stories of how hiking has inspired them to grow, create, and better the world and environment around them. A show for those first starting out on the trail and for experienced thru-hikers! Go to www.hikerpodcast.com for all the ways to listen or to follow us on social media. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/hikerpodcast/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/hikerpodcast/support

On this weeks episode of The Hiker Podcast we are excited to talk with Hikers Tyler “The Prodigy” Lau and Andrew “Peanut” Glenn. Not only are they amazing hikers but they work for Sawyer Products, the sponsor of this episode. We spend our time talking about their story and how hiking has changed them and they in turn are making an impact on the world around them.  This weeks episode is brought to you by Sawyer Products, makers of the Sawyer Squeeze water filter.  Go to https://sawyer.com for where to buy all of their amazing products that help keep us safe on the trail!  Follow Tyler “The Prodigy” Lau on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/hikingprodigy/  Some Facts about “The Prodigy” - Dual Citizen of Hong Kong and the USA - Always enjoyed hiking and turned that into 10 plus seasons of trail work, wild-land fire, conservation work, natural resource management, environmental education work across the US and even abroad. - First thru-hike PCT 2016 (also included the JMT cause why not?) - Calendar Year Triple Crown (PCT, CDT, AT) in 2018, becoming 1st Person of Color, Asian-American and 9th Person overall to do so. - Finished Colorado Trail (the non-CDT shared miles) in 2019. - The Hiker Meme King - Passionate about diversity, equity, inclusion and justice in the outdoor space, making access available for disadvantaged groups - Likes long walks on the beach, bare foot of course Check out  Andrew “Peanut” Glenn on his blog: https://stilloutside.com or email Andrew@stilloutside.com Some Facts about “Peanut” - Texan, grew up in Arkansas with three older sisters - Thru-hiked the PCT (2017) - Thru-hiked the JMT with my dad (2018) - 5th person to connect the CDT to Canada's Great Divide Trail (2019) - The high snow years of 2017 and 2019 developed a love for mountaineering, which is where my outdoor love is currently focused. - Most likely to be found on trail dancing, napping, eating cereal, or finding a questionable ridge-line to scramble on.  Leave a voice message for Andy: https://anchor.fm/hikerpodcast   Email Andy andy@hikerpodcast.com Go to www.hikerpodcast.com for all our social media accounts, email, and all the ways to listen to The Hiker Podcast  Follow Host Andy Neal on Instagram: @andyfilmsandhikes  Each week new hiker Andy Neal, takes you along on the trail, reviewing gear, exploring hiking trends and most importantly talking with voices in the outdoor and hiking community finding stories of how hiking has inspired them to grow, create, and better the world and environment around them. A show for those first starting out on the trail and for experienced thru-hikers! Go to www.hikerpodcast.com for all the ways to listen or to follow us on social media. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/hikerpodcast/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/hikerpodcast/support

The week we are excited to talk with Renee "She-Ra" Patrick.  Renee measures time by the miles she hikes. This long-distance backpacker has wracked up over 11,000 miles hiked on 12 different trails around the world including the triple crown trails: Appalachian Trail, Pacific Crest Trail, and Continental Divide Trail. To stay fit, she packrafts, skis, walks, bikes, enjoys a daily yoga practice, and sometimes drinks a beer (or two). Renee is a professional hiker whose current job is to establish the 750-mile Oregon Desert Trail through south-eastern Oregon.  Follow Renee "She-Ra" Patrick on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/wearehikertrash/   Find out more about the Oregon Desert Trail: www.onda.org/OregonDesertTrail  Leave a voice message for Andy: https://anchor.fm/hikerpodcast   Go to www.hikerpodcast.com for all our social media accounts, email, and all the ways to listen to The Hiker Podcast  Follow Host Andy Neal on Instagram: @andyfilmsandhikes  Each week new hiker Andy Neal, takes you along on the trail, reviewing gear, exploring hiking trends and most importantly talking with voices in the outdoor and hiking community finding stories of how hiking has inspired them to grow, create, and better the world and environment around them. A show for those first starting out on the trail and for experienced thru-hikers! Go to www.hikerpodcast.com for all the ways to listen or to follow us on social media. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/hikerpodcast/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/hikerpodcast/support

This week we have an amazing conversation with PCT THRU HIKER Jennifer “Close Call” McDaniel. We have an amazing conversation about what it means to be a hiker, expectations on the trail, when you have to get off the trails, how the trail provides and how she got her trail name. Follow “Close Call" on Instagram:https://www.instagram.com/dirtyskirt/ Leave a voice message for Andy: https://anchor.fm/hikerpodcast Go to www.hikerpodcast.com for all our social media accounts, email, and all the ways to listen to The Hiker Podcast Follow Host Andy Neal on Instagram: @andyfilmsandhikes Each week new hiker Andy Neal, takes you along on the trail, reviewing gear, exploring hiking trends and most importantly talking with voices in the outdoor and hiking community finding stories of how hiking has inspired them to grow, create, and better the world and environment around them. A show for those first starting out on the trail and for experienced thru-hikers! Go to www.hikerpodcast.com for all the ways to listen or to follow us on social media. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/hikerpodcast/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/hikerpodcast/support

What sort of mindset do you need to have to be "good" at Sales? What makes a good salesperson? As a business owner how do you motivate your sales team?Dave and Marie are rejoined by Andy Neal of Astute Sales Solutions. Andy's previous visit to our podcast was so popular (3rd highest to date) so we had to get him back. Furthermore, Andy has a wealth of knowledge after he's been doing this for so long. Additionally, he's so happy to share this information to all our listeners.How do you motivate your sales staff?Do you like doing sales?How do you get in to the right mindset?Andy will get you a few useful tips.

This week on Episode 4 of The Hiker Podcast we talk with Michael "Einstein" Gelfeld. "Einstein" is a semi-nomadic, somewhat full-time long distance hiker. He has hiked over 8,000 miles on various trails since 2016 and also completed two cross-country bicycle tours. He is originally from Maryland and currently lives in Flagstaff, AZ.  Follow "Einstein" on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/youth.retired  Read "Einstein's" Blog: https://www.unpublishedeinsteinthoughts.com Leave a voice message for Andy: https://anchor.fm/hikerpodcast Go to www.hikerpodcast.com for all our social media accounts, email, and all the ways to listen to The Hiker Podcast Each week new hiker Andy Neal, takes you along on the trail, reviewing gear, exploring hiking trends and most importantly talking with voices in the outdoor and hiking community finding stories of how hiking has inspired them to grow, create, and better the world and environment around them. A show for those first starting out on the trail and for experienced thru-hikers!  Go to www.hikerpodcast.com for all the ways to listen or to follow us on social media. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/hikerpodcast/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/hikerpodcast/support

This week on Episode 3 of The Hiker Podcast we talk with filmmaker, YouTuber, and PCT thru-hiker Elina “Tip Tap” Osborne. “Tip Tap” hiked the Pacific Crest Trail, the 2,650 mile (4270 kilometers) trail that runs from Mexico to Canada through California, Oregon and Washington in the US, in 2019.  Her short documentary film on her PCT hike, “It is the People”, was selected at this years New Zealand Mountain Film Festival. We talk about preparing for a thru hike, how hiking affects relationships with other people, what happened in Ashland, Oregon, and being a filmmaker on the trail. You can see Elina's film ‘It Is the People’, on her YouTube Channel as well as more amazing videos on her PCT Journey.  Elina's YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/elinabox  Elina's INSTAGRAM: @elinasborne  Elina's WEBSITE:  elinaosborne.com Each week new hiker Andy Neal, takes you along on the trail, reviewing gear, exploring hiking trends and most importantly talking with voices in the outdoor and hiking community finding stories of how hiking has inspired them to grow, create, and better the world and environment around them. A show for those first starting out on the trail and for experienced thru-hikers!  Go to www.hikerpodcast.com for all the ways to listen or to follow us on social media. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/hikerpodcast/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/hikerpodcast/support

Welcome to Episode 2 of The Hiker Podcast, we are keeping it close to home today with conversations with the president of Keep Oregon Green Kristen Babbs and Franziska, the founder of hikeoregon.net and Hike Oregon On YouTube. Follow Keep Oregon Green at https://keeporegongreen.org/ Follow Franziska of Hike Oregon at https://www.hikeoregon.net For all the ways to listen to The Hiker Podcast  or to follow us on social media go to https://www.hikerpodcast.com Be sure to join us next week as we go half way around the world and talk with Kiwi, PCT Thru Hiker, and filmmaker Elina Osbourne. Check out her YouTube Channel before you listen to next weeks episode: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCj7YznKvjMpXAXuzs9wWvtg  Each week new hiker Andy Neal, takes you along on the trail, reviewing gear, exploring hiking trends and most importantly talking with voices in the outdoor and hiking community finding stories of how hiking has inspired them to grow, create, and better the world and environment around them. A show for those first starting out on the trail and for experienced thru-hikers! Go to hikerpodcast.com for all the ways to listen, for our social media links, to sign up for our email list and to get more information. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/hikerpodcast/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/hikerpodcast/support

Welcome to the first ever episode of The Hiker Podcast. This week Host Andy Neal tells you his story of how he got into hiking and how hiking helped changed him during an existential crisis and helped heal his mind and heart. Each week new hiker Andy Neal, takes you along on the trail, reviewing gear, exploring hiking trends and most importantly talking with voices in the outdoor and hiking community finding stories of how hiking has inspired them to grow, create, and better the world and environment around them. A show for those first starting out on the trail and for experienced thru-hikers! Go to hikerpodcast.com for all the ways to listen, for our social media links, to sign up for our email list and to get more information.  --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/hikerpodcast/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/hikerpodcast/support

Dave and Marie are joined by Andy Neal from Astute Sales Solutions who helps cover his  top 3 Sales Techniques, helping business owners and leaders things to consider with their approach to Sales and Sales Strategy.Sales, well everything starts with Sales and in fact without the Sale the rest of the process is pretty mute.Andy, involved with sales for over 30 years, provides 3 clear insights in to the profession of Sales and how you need to approach it.

This week the crew discusses the big story on all Disney fans minds, the stepping down of Disney CEO Bob Iger. Don't worry everyone, it's going to be okay! We also update you on some new shows coming to The DCast Podcast feed. That and much more on this weeks episode of The DCast! Hosts: Brooke, Andy Neal, Shawn "Big Papa" Disney, David "Blerd Hulk", Chris "Big Bayou".Hidden Sensory Break Areas in Disneyland from Maxwell Glick- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gktk8SXQukU Listen on Anchor.fm/thedcast Listen on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/2WF85Huf8KlugcNBQe2LHvListen On Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/thedcast/id623429434 Go to www.thedisInsider.com for the #1 source for the latest in Disney Company News!Go to www.thedcast.net For all the latest, to buy merchandise and to follow our socials…Support The DCast on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/thedcastBuy DCast Merch: https://teespring.com/stores/the-dcastBig Thanks to Rogue City Comics in Downtown Medford, Oregon for sponsoring the DCast. Check out Rogue City Comics in the heart of Downtown Medford or go to https://www.roguecitycomics.com.Plan a Disney Trip with Sarah Forga at Ears of Experience: https://www.themouseexperts.com/agents/sarah-forga/--- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/thedcast/message

This week the crew talks Pixar’s Onward world premiere, Medford Comic Con, Favorite Star Wars Characters and Brooke Cusses (don’t worry we bleeped it).Hosts: Brooke, Andy Neal, Shawn "Big Papa" Disney, David "Blerd Hulk", Chris "Big Bayou".Listen on Anchor.fm/thedcast Go to www.thedisInsider.com for the #1 source for the latest in Disney Company News!Go to www.thedcast.net For all the latest, to buy merchandise and to follow our socials…Support The DCast on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/thedcastBuy DCast Merch: https://teespring.com/stores/the-dcastListen on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/2WF85Huf8KlugcNBQe2LHvListen On Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/thedcast/id623429434Big Thanks to Rogue City Comics in Downtown Medford, Oregon for sponsoring the DCast. Check out Rogue City Comics in the heart of Downtown Medford or go to https://www.roguecitycomics.com.Plan a Disney Trip with Sarah Forga at Ears of Experience: https://www.themouseexperts.com/agents/sarah-forga/--- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/thedcast/message

This week we announce our new Disney Parks Podcast, the rising Disney Parks prices, what happened at the 92nd Academy Awards and of course how TheDisinsider.com got the scoop on the Rick Moranis Out Of Retirement For ’Honey, I Shrunk The Kids’ Reboot ‘Shrunk’ story.Hosts: Brooke, Andy Neal, Shawn "Big Papa" Disney, David "Blerd Hulk", Chris "Big Bayou".Listen on Anchor.fm/thedcast Go to www.thedisInsider.com for the #1 source for the latest in Disney Company News!Go to www.thedcast.net For all the latest, to buy merchandise and to follow our socials…Support The DCast on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/thedcastBuy DCast Merch: https://teespring.com/stores/the-dcastListen on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/2WF85Huf8KlugcNBQe2LHvListen On Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/thedcast/id623429434Big Thanks to Rogue City Comics in Downtown Medford, Oregon for sponsoring the DCast. Check out Rogue City Comics in the heart of Downtown Medford or go to https://www.roguecitycomics.com.Plan a Disney Trip with Sarah Forga at Ears of Experience: https://www.themouseexperts.com/agents/sarah-forga/--- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/thedcast/message

The crew talks about what’s going on at the Disney Parks, Hamilton coming to the big screen, Mickey Mouse, Disney Plus and Black History Month.Hosts: Brooke, Andy Neal, Shawn "Big Papa" Disney, David "Blerd Hulk", Chris "Big Bayou".Listen on Anchor.fm/thedcast Go to www.thedisInsider.com for the #1 source for the latest in Disney Company News!Go to www.thedcast.net For all the latest, to buy merchandise and to follow our socials…Support The DCast on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/thedcastBuy DCast Merch: https://teespring.com/stores/the-dcastListen on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/2WF85Huf8KlugcNBQe2LHvListen On Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/thedcast/id623429434Big Thanks to Rogue City Comics in Downtown Medford, Oregon for sponsoring the DCast. Check out Rogue City Comics in the heart of Downtown Medford or go to https://www.roguecitycomics.com.Plan a Disney Trip with Sarah Forga at Ears of Experience: https://www.themouseexperts.com/agents/sarah-forga/--- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/thedcast/message

The Most Random Episode of The DCast ever... that's all that can be said. Hosts: Brooke, Andy Neal, Shawn Big Papa Disney, David Blerd Hulk, Chris Big Bayou, Sean Mark.Listen on Anchor.fm/thedcast Go to www.thedcast.net For all the latest, to buy merchandise and to follow our socials…Go to www.thedisInsider.com for the #1 source for the latest in Disney Company News!Support The DCast on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/thedcastBuy DCast Merch: https://teespring.com/stores/the-dcastListen on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/2WF85Huf8KlugcNBQe2LHvListen On Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/thedcast/id623429434Big Thanks to Rogue City Comics in Downtown Medford, Oregon for sponsoring the DCast. Check out Rogue City Comics in the heart of Downtown Medford or go to https://www.roguecitycomics.com.Plan a Disney Trip with Sarah Forga at Ears of Experience: https://www.themouseexperts.com/agents/sarah-forga/--- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/thedcast/message

The Crew Discusses All the Oscar Nominations for this Disney Company! Hosts: Brooke, Andy Neal, Shawn Big Papa Disney, David Blerd Hulk, Chris Big Bayou, Sean Mark.Listen on Anchor.fm/thedcast Go to www.thedcast.net For all the latest, to buy merchandise and to follow our socials…Go to www.thedisInsider.com for the #1 source for the latest in Disney Company News!Support The DCast on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/thedcastBuy DCast Merch: https://teespring.com/stores/the-dcastListen on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/2WF85Huf8KlugcNBQe2LHvListen On Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/thedcast/id623429434Big Thanks to Rogue City Comics in Downtown Medford, Oregon for sponsoring the DCast. Check out Rogue City Comics in the heart of Downtown Medford or go to https://www.roguecitycomics.com.Plan a Disney Trip with Sarah Forga at Ears of Experience: https://www.themouseexperts.com/agents/sarah-forga/--- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/thedcast/message

Rian Johnson has one. The GoT team had one. Kevin Feige is up to something... But today, The Story Geeks pitch their ideas for the next Star Wars trilogy! And, since this is a Nerdfight... there will be a WINNER! Competing today: Moderator: Daryl Smith Nerdfighter #1: Paul F. Verhoeven (author of Loose Units) Nerdfighter #2: Andy Neal (from the Dis Insider) Nerdfighter #3: Jay Sherer Who do YOU think won the Nerdfight? Let us know!   Want to join us LIVE on an Aftercast and vote on upcoming show topics? Become a member of The Story Geeks Club! Join the club and learn about our tiers and benefits here: https://www.patreon.com/thestorygeeks -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- PURCHASE TIMESLINGERS! Jay and Nathan's time travel novel is available now! TIMESLINGERS currently has 4.5/5 stars on Amazon.com! --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------   SUBSCRIBE FOR MORE STAR WARS PODCASTS IN THIS SERIES: (Note: Specific release dates subject to change...) Week 1: The Last Jedi - Dig Deeper Week 1: Aftercast: Make It Better - The Sequel Trilogy Week 2: The Mandalorian - Episodes 1 & 2 (to listen to ALL our The Mandalorian episodes, subscribe to The Story Geeks Talk Disney Plus) Week 3: The Jedi Religion - Dig Deeper Week 3: Aftercast: The Jedi & The Sith - Dig Deeper Week 4: Nerdfight: Pitch a New Star Wars Trilogy Week 4: Aftercast: Stories we want to see after The Rise of Skywalker Week 5: Character Focus: Anakin Skywalker Week 5: Aftercast: Top 10 Star Wars Characters Week 6: The Women of Star Wars Week 6: Nerdfight Aftercast: Most Powerful Star Wars Character Week 7: Star Wars: Episode IX Reaction Week 7: Aftercast: Character Focus: Emperor Palpatine Week 8: Redemption in Star Wars Week 8: Aftercast: Legends/Extended Universe - Dig Deeper   LINKS: THE STORY GEEKS CLUB - Benefits and rewards for our supporters--the smartest geeks on the planet (probably). Join us! TIMESLINGERS - Jay & Nathan's time travel novel. MORE CONTENT - All the content. FACEBOOK GROUP - Keep up to date and join our deep discussions!   SUBSCRIBE iTunes | Podbean | Stitcher | Spotify   SOCIAL Facebook Group | The Story Geeks YouTube Channel | Reclamation Society YouTube Channel Twitter | Instagram | Email: thestorygeeks@gmail.com | Jay: @JaySherer | Daryl: @darylhsmith | Sandra: @sand_rad | Justin: @justintheweaver | Nick: @ndukie

The show goes on this week despite the absence of Josh, leaving Tom to scrabble something together thanks to the arrival of the first trailer for the upcoming Jungle Cruise movie! Plus, Universal finally confirms that Jason Bourne is coming to Florida.

How do you convince private industry to take on a risk the federal government is not sure it can handle? When it comes to the National Flood Insurance Program, this guest did just that. Andy Neal is branch chief of Actuarial and Catastrophic Modeling at the Federal Emergency Management Agency. He's also a finalist in this year's Service to America Medals program. He joined Federal Drive with Tom Temin for more.

FEMA’s own Andy Neal (and team) from the National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP), was chosen as one of the 27 finalists for the Management Excellence Category of the Samuel J Heyman Service to America Medal – the “Sammie”. On this episode of the FEMA Podcast we talk with Andy Neal about the process of diversifying the NFIP’s risk through reinsurance, and what the Sammie Nomination has meant for his program.

FEMA’s own Andy Neal (and team) from the National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP), was chosen as one of the 27 finalists for the Management Excellence Category of the Samuel J Heyman Service to America Medal – the “Sammie”. On this episode of the FEMA Podcast we talk with Andy Neal about the process of diversifying the NFIP’s risk through reinsurance, and what the Sammie Nomination has meant for his program.