The Dirtbag Diaries
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The Shorts -- Little White Canoe
The Dirtbag Diaries
02/12/21 • 16 min
4.0
“Thru-hiking started to feel like a compulsion: I had to hike the same way I had to breathe,” writes Eloise Robbins. After she fell in love with another thru-hiker on the PCT, she uprooted her life to be with him in Canada. Deprived of a job, a community, and most of all--mountains, Eloise wondered if the sacrifice for love was worth it.
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The Shorts -- Coming In
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06/25/21 • 13 min
Cycling intervals, homework assignments, planner items: Emily Schaldach raced through her life checking off her list. When Emily’s grandmother invited her to a silent meditation retreat in the woods of Colorado, she reluctantly accepted. Compelled to sit still for a few days, Emily saw herself in a way she hadn’t yet envisioned.
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Story Call Out
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10/22/21 • 9 min
The most memorable gifts often aren’t purchased online. Sometimes, it’s as simple as the time we give to one another. A favorite recipe. An old bike that needs a new set of legs to pedal it. The gifts can be grand or small.
For the upcoming holiday season, we’re looking for stories about gifts that weren’t purchased for a special mini series with our friends at Patagonia.
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Above Ground
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11/26/21 • 41 min
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When Cam Fields returned from a deployment in Afghanistan, violent dreams filled his nights. Diagnosed with PTSD, Cam tried therapy, but still felt himself spiralling. Then, he got a phone call that would change his course in life.
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The Shorts--Roundabout River
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06/24/22 • 12 min
5.0
The Colorado River is supposed to be chocolatey brown, not a vibrant blue-green like it is just below the Glen Canyon Dam. Chris Kalman had written off spending any time in those unnatural, human-affected waters– until a friend towed him along for a paddle.
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The Shorts--In The Current
The Dirtbag Diaries
11/12/21 • 30 min
Today, we bring you two shorts about the power of currents. As Keith Wagner struggled with PTSD after a career in the Air Force, the thought of wearing a PFD never crossed his mind. But one fateful day on the Brazos River in Texas, a close encounter with death finally taught him the value of his own life. And for Chandra Brown, the Grand Canyon provided a backdrop to see the tensions of time passing both on and off the river.
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Winter Vacation
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12/28/21 • 37 min
5.0
While most people curled up on the couch with a mug of hot cocoa, Emily Ford set out in the frigid winter to thru-hike Wisconsin’s 1200 mile Ice Age Trail. Over the course of their two and a half month winter vacation, Emily and her borrowed sled dog, Diggins, tested their endurance and found solitude, friendship, and beauty to last a lifetime.
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The Shorts -- Twindom
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08/14/20 • 15 min
Sarah Lann and her twin sister, Becca, had their lives planned out together. They’d raise their kids hiking, berry-picking, and stargazing together. But after their plans went astray, they scheduled a backpacking trip together on the John Muir Trail to stay connected despite the different path their lives had taken.

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08/28/20 • 2 min

The Land That Never Has Been Yet
The Dirtbag Diaries
09/18/20 • 20 min
Today, we are sharing one of our favorite podcasts-- Scene on Radio. Over the course of twelve episodes, host John Biewen and collaborator Chenjerai Kumanyika explore a theme both evergreen and immediately urgent: democracy in America. Fitz talks with John about the recent season and shares the trailer.
From Scene On Radio: “Our season-long series will touch on concerns like authoritarianism, voter suppression and gerrymandering, foreign intervention, and the role of money in politics, but we’ll go much deeper, effectively retelling the story of the United States from its beginnings up to the present. Through field recordings and interviews with leading thinkers, we’ll tell under-told stories and explore critical questions like—How democratic was the U.S. ever meant to be, anyway? American democracy is clearly in crisis today, but . . . when was it not? Along the way, there’s a good chance that we’ll complicate, maybe upend, our listeners’ understanding of American history.”
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FAQ
How many episodes does The Dirtbag Diaries have?
The Dirtbag Diaries currently has 359 episodes available.
What topics does The Dirtbag Diaries cover?
The podcast is about Podcasts, Sports and Wilderness.
What is the most popular episode on The Dirtbag Diaries?
The episode title 'The Shorts -- Little White Canoe' is the most popular.
What is the average episode length on The Dirtbag Diaries?
The average episode length on The Dirtbag Diaries is 24 minutes.
How often are episodes of The Dirtbag Diaries released?
Episodes of The Dirtbag Diaries are typically released every 14 days, 1 hour.
When was the first episode of The Dirtbag Diaries?
The first episode of The Dirtbag Diaries was released on Mar 1, 2007.
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