Elizabeth Weil – Writing and Publishing Stories About People Who Live Their Wild Ideas

Wild Ideas Worth Living

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🗓️ 21 November 2018

⏱️ 53 minutes

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Elizabeth Weil writes about those who live outside the normal boundaries of society and pursue their own wild ideas. She has written about everyone from snowboarder Shaun White and skier Mikaela Shiffrin to swimmer Diana Nyad, Senator Kristen Gillibrand and a man named Doba who kayaked across the Atlantic in his seventies. In addition to writing articles for The New York Times Magazine, Outside Magazine, Wired, and more, she recently penned New York Times bestseller The Girl Who Smiles Beads.

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0:00.0	Today's guest is the writer Elizabeth Weyl.
0:05.0	Welcome to Wild Ideas Worth Living,
0:07.0	an adventure podcast presented by REI Coop,
0:10.0	the brand who helps get you outside through gear, classes, and adventures.
0:15.0	We talk to experts who have taken a wild idea and made it a reality so you can too.
0:20.0	For people who have climbed the tallest peaks, started thriving businesses, and even broken records,
0:25.3	some of the wildest ideas can lead to the most rewarding adventures.
0:29.4	I'm your host, Shelby Stanger, and I hope you enjoy this show.
0:33.0	Have you ever read an article in a magazine that was so good you look to see who wrote it.
0:43.5	Well I've done this time and time again with today's guest, the award-winning writer Elizabeth
0:48.4	Wyle. Liz covers people and subjects I'm especially interested in.
0:52.4	People who tend to live on the fringe and do... people and
0:53.4	tend to live on the fringe and do wild things.
0:56.0	She also has impeccable taste for detail in her writing
0:59.5	and she's a voracious reporter.
1:01.6	She's written about everyone from snowboarder Sean White to swimmer
1:05.3	Diana Nyad Olympic skier Michaela chiffer in Olympic swimmer Dana Torres
1:10.6	Senator Kristen Gillibran and she's also written books about her own marriage,
1:15.3	helped countless people write their own books, and she recently penned The Girl Who Smiles Beeds,
1:20.8	which won several awards and was a New York Times bestseller.
1:24.0	Aside from writing, Liz is a mom to two teenage daughters and she's married to the
1:29.0	famous surf writer, the author Daniel Duane. We cover a lot of ground in this interview, but we focus mostly on one of her more recent subjects.
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