Let's Take This Outside
What happens when we play outside? We become healthier - both mentally and physically We become more creative and more focused We connect - with nature, each other, and ourselves Let’s Take This Outside: a new podcast hosted by me - Mary Anne Ivison - an aspiring outdoor athlete and nature lover.. I speak to athletes, outdoor professionals, and scientists about their connection to nature, how it affects their performance and everyday life.
Episodes
June 6, 2023 • 23 mins
Will Gadd is one of the top adventure athletes in the world (Outside, Men's Journal and Explore). He is best known for wild outdoor adventures in multiple different sports, but he's most proud of his ability to complete those adventures safely and share them with others.
He has appeared in, hosted or produced more than 100 global television projects. He is an award-winning writer, film maker, and dad (no awards yet). His book on ic...
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Josephine Baran is currently the Director of Outward Bound Canada's Training Academy for Outdoor Professionals which is seeking to create access and training opportunities for groups that have been traditionally under-represented in the outdoor industry. She fell in love with Canada’s natural spaces when she moved here as a teenager and firmly believes we are the best version of ourselves when we are outdoors. She led the National ...
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May 9, 2023 • 26 mins
Lhakpa Sherpa, is a Nepalese mountain climber, having the record for the most summits of Mount Everest by a female climber (which is 10 times by the way).
Lhakpa was born in Nepal and grew up in the shadow of Mount Everest, so being a Sherpa is literally in her name and blood. In 2016, she was listed as one of BBC's 100 Women.
She runs a mountain climbing expedition company called Cloudscape Climbing, and is currently raising funds...
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April 25, 2023 • 34 mins
Sonya Looney is an American Pro Mountain Biker, Podcast Host, Health and Mental Performance Coach, Writer, Speaker, and mom.
She’s raced her mountain bike across the world in 25+ countries at the hardest endurance races in places like the Sahara Desert, Himalayas of Nepal, tropical jungles in Asia, steppes of Mongolia, and mountain ranges in Poland.
Sonya is also interested in the integration of high performance and well-being thr...
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April 11, 2023 • 37 mins
Kyle Brittain is a freelance videojournalist and weather specialist who spent over four years documenting various high impact weather events across western Canada as a reporter for The Weather Network.
As a storm chaser and former wildland firefighter, some of the more memorable events he covered included wildfires, tornadoes, blizzards, high winds, and temperature extremes.
He is passionate about weather forecasting, risk commun...
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March 28, 2023 • 45 mins
Jill Wheatley is an athlete and mountain climber currently climbing the world’s 14 peaks above 8,000 metres, with only 30% of her vision.
In 2014, while teaching a physical education class in Germany, a baseball hit Jill in the side of her head, leaving her with a traumatic brain injury (TBI) that took 70% of her vision and nearly her life. Before the accident, she was an athlete, teacher and coach who ran on trails, cycled and com...
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March 14, 2023 • 32 mins
Mercedes Nicoll is a 5x National Champion, she has eight World Cup podiums and represented Team Canada at 4x Winter Olympics in snowboard halfpipe.
Mercedes currently works in the winter at Whistler Blackcomb in the Ride with an Olympian Program. Mercedes is chair of the Canada Snowboard athlete’s council with a seat on the Canada Snowboard board and is also on the Canadian Olympic Committee Athletes Commission.
In 2020 Mercedes l...
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February 28, 2023 • 36 mins
Jonathan Allen is the editor of Allday magazine and owner of LCKD N LDED. Ever since he can remember he was riding bikes not being attracted to video games.
He raced bikes as a teen, until a big accident eventually led to him putting riding on hold.
A few years later he got back on the bike, and got the ‘’bug’’ again to be more serious about it and started a bike related blog. It is after a trip during covid that he realized that i...
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February 14, 2023 • 26 mins
Dawson Mossman is an ultra runner, adventurer and avid traveller. He can usually be found running the trails in New Brunswick, Canada or enjoying a long race somewhere around the world.
Dawson is also the Chief Technology Officer (CTO) for Product Development at Deloitte Canada and a father of three. He believes in a balance between family, health, work and personal ambitions - and always focuses on the journey rather than the res...
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January 31, 2023 • 39 mins
Real is an Ottawa based outdoor and endurance enthusiast. He has participated in the Canadian Ski Marathon since 1991 – taking part every year because it’s an event that means so much to him personally and to the local outdoor community. Real is currently the “CSM” president and with a team of volunteers helped guide the event through the pandemic years.
About the Canadian Ski Marathon:
The Canadian Ski Marathon (CSM) is North Ame...
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January 17, 2023 • 39 mins
Corinna Coffin is a registered sports dietician, nutrition coach and hybrid athlete on a mission to help others realize their true potential and lead healthier lives through nutrition & fitness.
Corinna’s interest in nutrition first began as a personal pursuit to improve her own health and performance as a multisport athlete at Virginia Tech. There she competed on the university’s club lacrosse and triathlon teams and received dual...
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January 3, 2023 • 39 mins
Ted Kalil is the chair of Nordiq Canada and a strong ally to females in sport.
Ted’s love for the outdoors started at age 9 attending Camp Nominingue in the Laurentians (with ties to the legendary Jackrabbit Johannsen, who effectively introduced nordic skiing to North America). It was there, in cedar canvas canoes built onsite at the camp, that his passion for paddling first began.
One of his favourite quotes is Camp Nominingue’s m...
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December 20, 2022 • 36 mins
Dr. Joanna Young is an environmental educator with over a decade of experience leading backcountry expeditions for youth. She is the Director of Alaska Programs for Inspiring Girls Expeditions and a co-founder of the Girls on Ice Alaska program, which are unique, tuition-free expeditions for high school girls and gender-expansive youth that combine science, art, and outdoor exploration.
Joanna is also an expert in glaciology who st...
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December 6, 2022 • 38 mins
Michael Bennett is a ski and cycling enthusiast, and owner of Euro-Sports in Ottawa, ON.
Michael founded Euro-Sports in 2004, after spending his youth working in outdoor stores in Huntsville and Ottawa, and his parent’s ski shop in Muskoka.
Euro-Sports is “your Multi-Sport Lifestyle Shop” where every staff member fully indulges in the outdoor lifestyle. From cycling and trail running in the summer, to cross-country skiing, ski-mo a...
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November 22, 2022 • 32 mins
Nomades du Parc was created by Jacob and Vincent, two lovers of the Outaouais region who decided to settle in the heart of Chelsea, at the entrance to Gatineau Park, to offer you the rental of bikes and paddle board (SUP) by integrating guided experiences.
You will only need one visit to see that the community is at the heart of this new adventure!
The NDP team offers you a community facility with a terrace, a self-service bike rep...
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November 8, 2022 • 24 mins
Raised in northern Alberta, near Fort McMurray, Tracy Little grew up hunting and foraging with her forester father, first because it was practical — why spend money at the grocery store when there’s perfectly good food growing and available right beside you?
Later, the she developed an appreciation for food that tells a story about the place it comes from. That passion for hyper-local food that evokes a multi-sensory experience is ...
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October 25, 2022 • 32 mins
Molly Hurford is a writer in love with all things cycling, running, nutrition and movement-related. When not outside, she’s writing about being outside and healthy habits of athletes.
She created The Consummate Athlete weekly podcast, website and book, Becoming A Consummate Athlete with her husband, cycling coach Peter Glassford.
Molly is a little obsessed with getting people—especially women—psyched on adventure and being outsi...
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October 11, 2022 • 35 mins
Lawrence Colsell and Alister Gardner are the co-founder and co-owner of Xact Nutrition. Xact Nutrition started with one simple idea: surely it’s possible to make a better-tasting alternative to an energy gel.
Their foody passion love of outdoor sports led them to create products that work great and taste great, starting in 2012 handing out XACT ENERGY fruit bars at a wind-swept mountain top feed station.
Lawrence grew up in Bristo...
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September 27, 2022 • 52 mins
Dave believes the natural world is one of our most powerful teachers and mentors. Dave co-founded Forest Play in 2011 with the goal of facilitating programs that connect people to nature, others and themselves.
Forest Play is grounded in the learning philosophies of Coyote Mentoring and Forest Schools and inspired by the understanding that stories, wilderness skills and sensory experiences in nature can help children and adults be...
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September 13, 2022 • 22 mins
Dr. Melissa Lem is a Vancouver family physician who also works in rural and northern communities within Canada. Director of PaRx (Park Prescriptions), Canada’s national nature prescription program powered by the BC Parks Foundation, and President-Elect of the Canadian Association of Physicians for the Environment, she is an internationally recognized expert on the nature-health connection.
Just a few of Dr. Lem’s highlights includ...
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