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The 1000 Hours Outside Podcast

1KHO 792: Weather Brings Out the Kid in All of Us | Chris Bruin, The Weather Channel

The 1000 Hours Outside Podcast

Ginny Yurich

Kids & Family, Parenting

4.82.3K Ratings

🗓️ 8 May 2026

⏱️ 57 minutes

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Summary

This one will change the way you see every forecast, every storm, every ordinary day outside. On this episode of The 1000 Hours Outside Podcast, Ginny Yurich talks with meteorologist Chris Bruin about why weather isn’t something to endure. Instead, it’s something to experience, learn from, and even lean into as a family. From chasing blizzards and hurricanes to noticing clouds with your kids out the window, Chris makes a compelling case that curiosity about the sky can pull us back into wonder and connection. They talk about raising resilient kids, taking young children on real adventures, and how the elements themselves (wind, storms, shade) can shape who we become if we let them. This episode an invitation to stop waiting for perfect conditions and start stepping outside together, right now. Follow Chris on Instagram here ! ** A huge thank you to our sponsors! Check them ALL out below:  BetterHelp: Visit  ⁠www.BetterHelp.com/1000HOURS⁠  today to get 10% off your first month. Quince - Visit ⁠www.quince.com/outside⁠ and get free shipping and 365 day returns IXL Learning - Head to ⁠www.ixl.com/1000hours⁠ to get an exclusive 20% savings on your membership Whisker - Take care of your cats while taking an additional $50 off bundles with code 1000HOURS when you shop ⁠www.whisker.com/1000HOURS⁠  Skylight - Right now, Skylight calendar is offering our listeners $30 off their 15-inch calendar when you go to ⁠wwwlMySkylight.com/1000Hours⁠  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

Summer gets busy fast. One minute you're easing into warmer weather and the next you're juggling sports schedules, swim days, camping trips, road trips, late nights around the fire and trying to keep the house from completely falling apart in the middle of all of it.

0:13.2

And if you're a cat family too, there's still the everyday stuff waiting for you at home, including the litter box.

0:18.6

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0:21.5

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0:26.6

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0:31.3

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0:35.7

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0:54.3

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0:58.5

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1:04.1

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1:09.6

Welcome to the 1000 hours outside podcast. My name is Ginny Urge. I'm thecom slash 1,000 hours. Welcome to the 1000 Hours Outside podcast.

1:12.2

My name is Ginny Urge.

1:13.4

I'm the founder of 1,000 hours outside,

1:15.4

and I have a treat for you today for the first time in forever.

1:20.0

Actually, I don't even know why I said that.

1:21.9

It's because my daughter is in this play, Frozen, Jr., like tomorrow night.

1:25.7

And so she has to say in the intro for the first time in forever. So that's why I said it. It's like in my mind. But it is true. For the first time in forever, a real life meteorologist is here. Chris Bruin, welcome. Hey, thanks for having. So you're telling me you haven't had a meteorologist on this podcast? No, you're the first one.

1:45.0

Really?

1:46.0

Thank you for saying yes.

1:47.0

So excited about this because when you really think about like what excites kids and they, in getting them outside, they are so into the weather.

1:57.0

And I had heard from this woman, her name's Hannah Myruyama and she talks about jobs, you know, different types of jobs that kids can have.

2:03.6

She talks about career and college and, you know, what is your path sort of after high school into life?

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