A Close Encounter with the Real Moby Dick

Outside Podcast

Sports, Wilderness

4.4 • 2.1K Ratings

🗓️ 24 June 2020

⏱️ 25 minutes

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For a good number of travelers, the ultimate bucket-list experience is swimming with whales. There’s something about the idea of being in the water with these enormous creatures that calls to people. And if you talk to people who have swum with whales, chances are they’ll tell you it changed their lives. This is true even for veteran adventurers who’ve seen it all—people like Outside contributing editor Rowan Jacobsen, whose past assignments include a journey to the Amazon to seek out the source of the world’s greatest chocolate. Last fall, Jacobsen joined a small crew in the Caribbean that was filming and studying sperm whales by getting in the water with them. Though he had no delusions that swimming with whales would heal him or transform him, he was certain that he would learn a thing or two from being very, very close to these legendary giants of the sea. And he did. This episode of the Outside Podcast is brought to you by Avocado Green Mattress, makers of 100 percent organic-certified mattresses—and more products, like their new meditation pillow. Visit avocadogreenmattress.com to learn more. And to save $175 dollars on any mattress, use the code OUTSIDE175 at checkout.

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0:00.0	This episode of the Outside Podcast is brought to you by Avocado Green mattress,
0:05.0	makers of the 100% organic certified avocado mattress.
0:09.0	And maybe, like me, you've never really thought about what exactly goes into the piece of furniture you put
0:14.4	inches from your face for hours every night.
0:17.5	I have to admit I never thought that a mattress could have potential, let's say, negative health effects.
0:24.4	Well, you know, so many mattresses are made with petroleum-based poly-earthane foam,
0:30.0	and then they're put together with all sorts of chemical adhesives.
0:33.7	This is Mark Abrio, one of the founders of Avocado Green mattress.
0:37.8	Those chemicals, Mark says, are very prone to emitting volatile organic compounds or VOCs which people know is off-gassing and they
0:47.1	can cause all sorts of health issues everything from irritations to asmas to more serious issues.
0:57.0	Which is why Avocado decided to do things differently, not only producing 100% organic mattress, but creating a sustainable, socially responsible product by introducing the idea of farm to bedroom.
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