Nature Saved My Life
Out There
Willow Belden
4.6 • 608 Ratings
🗓️ 22 August 2019
⏱️ 40 minutes
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Summary
On this episode, we introduce you to the newest cohort of Out There ambassadors, listeners who help spread the word about the podcast.
They come from wildly different backgrounds, but each feels that nature has rescued them in some way — that it's reshaped their lives.
On this episode, they share their stories: stories of bravery, of healing, of defying cultural expectations — and of finding your way in the world, with a little help from mother nature.
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| 0:00.0 | Hi, I'm Willow Belden and you're listening to Out There, the podcast that explores big questions through intimate stories outdoors. |
| 0:10.0 | So when I did my first long-distance backpacking trip, I remember spending a lot of time trying to figure out the logistics of personal hygiene. |
| 0:19.0 | I really didn't want to have to pack out large quantities of used |
| 0:23.1 | toilet paper. So I did some research online. And what I found was that a lot of women apparently |
| 0:30.1 | were using something called p-rags. A p-rag in its most basic form is just a bandana that you use to wipe instead of toilet paper whenever you just need to do number one. |
| 0:42.3 | I became an instant convert. |
| 0:45.3 | Fast forward to now, and one of our sponsors for this episode is a company called Kula. |
| 0:52.3 | They make pea cloths that are a lot better than bandanas. |
| 0:56.8 | Pea cloths that are specifically designed to be pea cloths. |
| 1:01.0 | We'll have all the details on that at the end of this episode, |
| 1:04.0 | but for now, just know that you can get 10% off your order at kula cloth.com |
| 1:09.0 | with the promo code Out There. |
| 1:15.6 | Today's episode is a little different than most. |
| 1:21.6 | I want to introduce you to our new cohort of ambassadors. |
| 1:25.6 | They are listeners just like you who are helping spread the word about out there. |
| 1:31.9 | You may remember hearing from our initial cohort of ambassadors back in January. |
| 1:36.8 | Some of them are still with us, and now we have some new faces to add to the crew. |
| 1:42.0 | When I first made plans to interview our newest ambassadors, I thought we'd do some quick introductions |
| 1:46.6 | and leave it at that. |
| 1:48.3 | But their stories were so compelling that I wanted to let you hear them in a bit more detail. |
| 1:53.6 | What fascinated me was that each of the new ambassadors sees the outdoors as much more than a |
| 1:59.4 | nice place to play. They each feel that nature has rescued them in some way, or reshaped their lives. |
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