All Episodes
A Conversation with Alicia Zatcoff
Episode 40 - As Richmond's sustainability czar, Alicia Zatcoff tries to encourage best practices in everything from recycling to vehicle fleet emissions. But this isn't a battle you win in a year -- or 20.
A Conversation with Mike Larson
Episode 39 - RVA's Best Kept Outdoors Secret? The Richmond Ski Club Has Been After Fresh Powder for 65 Years
A Conversation with Shay Wilson
Episode 38 - The James River Park's Artist-In-Residence: Making Art In and From the Outdoors
A Conversation with Andy Slabaugh
Episode 37- How One Man Uses the James River Park to Help Kids Heal
A Conversation with Mayor Stoney and Chris Frelke
Episode 36 - Mayor Levar Stoney and Parks Director Chris Frelke on the present and future of RVA's exploding outdoor scene
A Conversation with Jamie Brunkow
Episode 35 - Best Job Ever? What It Takes to Be the James Riverkeeper
A Conversation with Mike Burton
Episode 34 - The Highs, Lows and Future of Maintaining America's Premier Urban Trail System
A Conversation with Tee Clarkson
Episode 32 - Outdoor Recreation in RVA and Beyond: Where Did We Come From? Where are We Going?
A Conversation with Jason Bullock
Episode 31 - 63 Roadtrips: Inside the Virginia Natural Wonders That Hide in Plain Sight
A Conversation with Sherri Crowell
Episode 31- Local Entrepreneur Builds Community One Water Stop at a Time
A Conversation with Joe Costello
Episode 29 - Modern Day Quixote Leads Charge to Restore Architectural Gem
A Conversation with Chris DeRoco
Episode 28 - Chris DeRoco Goes Outside in Search of Answers to Our Biggest Questions
A Conversation with Andrew Philpot and John Fury
Episode 27 - The Overland Camping Revolution is Underway (and It Will Be Televised)
A Conversation with Penelope Davenport
Episode 26 - Can Penelope Davenport Make the James River Park an Incubator for Young Adventurer/Environmentalists?
A Conversation with Earl Swift
Episode 25 - Chesapeake Requiem: Author, adventurer Earl Swift on the vanishing of Tangier Island
A Conversation with Clark Jones
Episode 24 - Pocahontas State Park is Trail Heaven. Meet the Man Responsible.
A Conversation with Rick DeJarnette
Episode 23 - The Fall and the Long Road Back: A Richmond Ice Climbing Story
A Conversation with Carrie Hood Katie Lemmert Melissa Vaughan
Episode 22 - What Makes RVA Such Fertile Ground for Whitewater-Loving Women?
A Conversation with Marjolein de Wit
Episode 21 - Learning the Old Ways: Why is this Local Doctor, Bicyclist Building a Log Cabin in the Wilderness
A Conversation with Joey Parent
Episode 20 - Risk vs. Reward: Could VCU's Innovative Outdoor Program Go Away?
A Conversation with Andrew Freiden
Episode 18 - How's the weather up there? Andrew Freiden makes the climb to talk RVA outdoors pursuits.
A Conversation with Giles Harnsberger
Episode 17 - Giles Harnsbarger on cultivating RVA's next generation of urban conservationists
A Conversation with Casey Cockerham
Episode 16 - If RVA's Outdoors Scene Had 3 Godfathers, This Guy Would Be One of Them
A Conversation with Bill Street
Episode 15 - Bill Street on Riverfront Plans, Playing Politics and Why Nothing Matters More than a Clean James
A Conversation with Jay Peluso
Episode 14 - Jay Peluso swims (and races) with the fishes...and he's bringing a national championship race to Richmond
A Conversation with Aaron McFarland
Episode 13 - Aaron McFarland runs 'Treelab,' and if it succeeds, he'll clean the James River while making Richmond cooler, happier, and less crime ridden.
A Conversation with Bethany Patterson
Episode 12 - Going the Distance with the World Class Richmond Athlete You've Never Heard Of
A Conversation with Max Hepp-Buchanan
Episode 11 - How bike/pedestrian friendly will Richmond's future be?
A Conversation with Ted Elmore
Episode 10 - Move over Highline: Inside the effort to turn the Manchester Bridge into an epic park
A Conversation with Nathan Burrell
Episode 9 - James River Park Superintendent Nathan Burrell on the future of RVA's most treasured attraction
A Conversation with Kitt West
Episode 8 - Catching air with RVA’s trail riding, dirt jumping Evel Knievel
A Conversation with David Kunnen
Episode 7 - The Blue Sky Fund's David Kunnen on reaching urban youth through outdoor education
A Conversation with Mike Baum
Episode 6 - Mike Baum on trash picking, shrinkage and building RVA's largest polar plunge.
A Conversation with Trevor Frost
Episode 5 - At just 32, Nat Geo photog Trevor Frost has traveled the globe in search of great wildlife stories.
A Conversation with Brad Cooke & Michael Stratton
Episode 4 - Brad Cooke & Michael Stratton lead an RVA outdoors youth movement.
A Conversation with Cat Anthony
Episode 3 - Cat Anthony isn't 30, but her vision will pave the future of the region's most popular path.
A Conversation with Ralph White - Part 2
Episode 2 - If you thought Part 1 of the Ralph White interview was wide-ranging, check this out...
A Conversation with Ralph White - Part 1
Episode 1 - The great Ralph White dishes on beauty, meeting with hobos, and the biblical figure he's most like.