This episode is brought to you by REI Co-op, which believes that life outside is essential.

Research demonstrates numerous physical and mental benefits to heading out your door.

Unfortunately, one in three Americans simply don't have outside spaces close to where

they live.

Challenges range from a lack of public transportation to a highway that cuts off a neighborhood

from a park to systemic issues.

It's a problem that affects the entire country, which is why REI is on a mission to get every

American outside in five minutes or less.

The movement is called outside in five, and it includes a combination of support for

local community-led organizations and a national campaign to pass the outdoors for all act.

Whether it's re-greening city blocks, creating safe bike lanes, or simply making our outdoor

spaces more equitable, together we can make getting to the park, a walk in the park.

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From outside magazine, this is the outside podcast.

When you think of high-risk adventure on the Open Sea, the usual images that come to mind

are global sailing races, or people rowing small boats across the ocean, or maybe someone

diving in a submarine to the deepest locations on the planet.

I'm Michael Roberts, and over my many years at Outside Magazine, I've worked on numerous

stories that cover these topics, but as I've learned, there's something that might be more

perilous than any of that, chasing bad guys.

On the high seas, there are very few laws, and there's almost no enforcement.

It is what journalist Ian Urbina calls the last untamed frontier.

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