Outside Podcast: What We Really Know About Life in Outer Space
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In recent years, the search for extraterrestrials has been accelerated by a wave of new technologies that allow us to better probe distant reaches of the galaxy.

Outside Podcast: A Close Encounter with the Real Moby Dick
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Last fall, Rowan Jacobsen joined a small crew in the Caribbean that was filming and studying sperm whales by getting in the water with them.

Outside Podcast: Ayana Elizabeth Johnson Wants YOU to Save the Planet
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Ayana Elizabeth Johnson’s journey to becoming a star in the environmental movement has been defined by a collaborative approach to problem solving, and now she’s asking us all to work together on answering a very big question: What does the future look like if we get it right?

Outside Podcast: Changing How You Breathe Could Change Your Life
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James Nestor, whose interest in breathing began when he wrote a feature for Outside on the sport of freediving, talks with editor Christopher Keyes about his years-long investigation into the history and science of human breathing, and his own journey to becoming a better breather.

Outside Podcast: The Climbers Speaking Up About Eating Disorders
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In this episode, Kai Lightner and Beth Rodden open up about their journeys and talk about the need to change damaging beliefs about weight and food that are deeply embedded in the culture of climbing.

Outside Podcast: How a Fight Over Trees Transformed American Politics
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It wasn’t all that long ago that protecting the environment was an issue considered to be above partisanship.

Outside Podcast: The Whole Life Challenge Is Easier than You Think
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Petranek and Stanwyck sat down with Outside editor Chris Keyes to discuss the problem with diets, the keys to changing habits, the power of crowds, and how small lifestyle changes add up to make a big difference.

Outside Podcast: A Long-Shot Bid to Save the Monarch Butterfly
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Conservationists hoping to protect a threatened wild species tend to take a standard set of actions.

Outside Podcast: What AI Hears in the Rainforest
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Topher White founded the nonprofit Rainforest Connection with the intent of creating a low-cost monitor that could help remote communities in their efforts to halt illegal logging, which is an enormous threat to tropical habitats.

Outside Podcast: How Nature Heals an Injured Brain
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After suffering a brain injury in a bicycle accident, Sarah Allely found it difficult to read, write, and watch television.

Outside Podcast: The Switch in Your Brain That Turns Down Stress
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Wouldn’t it be great if there was a technique that would allow us to vanquish fear and beat back stress? There just might be.