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Open Air Humans is a bi-weekly podcast in which outdoor luminaries share incredible stories about how they've found a happier, healthier more human life outside. For millennia, humans spent 90% of their lives outside. Today, they spend 90% inside. It’s no wonder so many feel out of balance and disconnected from their essential nature. Recent scientific studies prove what many have long suspected: that more time outside makes the modern human happier, healthier and more fulfilled. In the Open Air Humans podcast, Emmy award winning host Jesse Roesler uncovers the stories that led outdoor luminaires to spend a substantial amount of their time in wild places and the ultimate impact it’s had on their lives. Along the way, guests share actionable advice, rituals, insights, favorite gear and destinations that can help us all live a better life outside.
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S3E1 21: Spiritual Ecology, Seasonality & The Emergence of Wild Church with Daniel Cooperrider
In this spritually expansive episode, author, teacher and wild church pastor Daniel Cooperider digs into the themes of his first two books: Speak With The Earth And It Will Teach You & the…
S2E6 20: Sauna + Cold Therapy For Body & Mind with Leigha Horton & Travis Norman
Leigha Horton & Travis Norman of Silvae Spiritus dig into the ritual and physiology of thermic cycling: the practice of combining sauna with cold therapy and how it can help us stay close to…
S2E5 19: Urban Foraging & The Art of Eating Insects with Tim Clemens
Tim Clemens, who goes by the handle mnforager, is known for his educational posts on all things related to harvesting wild foods, be it plants, mushrooms or insects - and often in an urban setting.…
S2 18: Introducing The Open Air Outpost
Inspired by the conversations with our incredible guests, we’ve created a nature escape to help you put all of the great wisdom and advice shared on this show into action. It’s an 18-acre sanctuary…
S2E4 17: The Nordic Art of Friluftsliv with Linda McGurk
Swedish American writer Linda McGurk is the author The Open-Air Life and There’s No Such Thing As Bad Weather. In episode 17, she shares some of the fascinating Scandinavian histories that gave rise…
S2E3 16: Finding the Church of the Woods with Okee Dokee Brothers’ Joe Mailander
Ep 16 is a very special and very musical episode of Open Air Humans! The Okee Dokee Brothers are a Grammy Award-winning bluegrass and American roots children's music duo of Joe Mainlander and Justin…
S2E2 15: Finding Bird Joy with Wisco Birder Dexter Patterson
In episode 15, Dexter Patterson, who enthusiastically extolls the many benefits of what he calls bird joy through his exuberant online presence, The Wisco Birder, shares how paying closer attention…
S2E1 14: A Naturalist's View of Death & Renewal with Emily Stone
Can looking closer at the natural world help erase our fear of death? In episode 14, naturalist Emily Stone shares how observing the small miracles of death and renewal in plants, mushrooms and…
S1E13 13: Author Chris Salisbury on the enchantment of night time hikes
In Episode 13, an invitation to go on a nocturnal excursion and experience the enchantment of night time in the forest. Today’s guest Chris Salisbury is the author of Wild Nights Out - The Magic of…
S1E12 12: Naturalist Emily Stone on the wondrous interconnections hidden all around us
In episode 12, naturalist Emily Stone Emily shares stories about the wonderous interconnectedness of plants and animals of the Northwoods, many hidden in plain sight. She also shares a really fun way…
S1E11 11: Indigenous ethnobotanist Linda Black Elk on plant medicine & the sentience of flora
In episode 11, Linda Black Elk shares her transformative experience with and expansive knowledge of indigenous plant medicines and foods. As an indigenous ethnobotanist working at the intersection of…
S1E10 10: Author Florence Williams explores your brain on nature, forest bathing & micro-dosing awe
In Episode 10, an exploration of how immersion in nature literally changes our physiology and how micro-dosing awe can keep us more resilient against life’s mental and physical challenges. All of…
S1E9 9: Jim Zartman Part 2: The power of ritual, resetting the body and the birth of belonging
Part two of our discussion with Jim Zartman.
S1E8 8: Poet Jim Zartman on looking for beauty & nature as medicine for mind, heart & body
In episode 8, searching for beauty as an emotional & spiritual practice, cold exposure to cure nearly all that ails you and how extended mileage in nature is medicine for the mind heart and body.…
S1E7 7: Forager Chef Alan Bergo on savoring micro-seasonality and making forgotten food unforgettable
In episode 5, an exploration of how Forager Chef Alan Bergo is making forgotten food unforgettable. Having spent more than a decade in some of the best restaurants in the midwest before coming to…
S1E6 6: Park ranger and poet Shelton Johnson on how national parks let us live in the miraculous
In episode 6, poet and Yosemite park ranger @yosemite_shelton on how the raw beauty of our national parks can rearrange your molecules and allow you to live in the miraculous. Shelton is an…
S1E5 5: Forager Sam Thayer on gathering food, small miracles and tending the wild
In episode 5, a meditation on what happens when we look more closely at the world around us and participate in something humans have been doing since they began walking the Earth: gathering wild…
S1E4 4: Long distance hiker Emily Ford on wintering well & how long hikes are a mental cleanse
On March 6th, 2021 Emily Ford made history as the first woman and person of color to thru hike the 1200 mile Ice Age Trail in Wisconsin in the dead of winter, sleeping out in temps as low as -35 for…
S1E3 3: Culinary adventurer Andrew Zimmern on cosmic insignificance & cooking and eating in the wild
In episode 3, the life-improving qualities of discovering our cosmic insignificance through nature-immersed moments of awe — and what happens when you begin to cook and eat more of your meals…
S1E2 2: Master falconer Rodney Stotts on how raptors saved his life & how wild things can improve yours
In episode 2, a story about second chances. And how wild things can turn a life right side up - in incredibly profound ways. Rodney Stotts is one of very few black falconers in America. He’s recently…
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Open Air Humans has published 21 episodes since March 2022, covering topics in Sports, Wilderness.
Open Air Humans is currently sporadic with new episodes monthly. Average episode length is 36m.
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