Hello, and welcome back to the Shadows Run Podcast!

Today's episode features a conversation with Amy Martin. Amy is the founder, host, and executive producer of Threshold, an award-winning documentary podcast about our place as humans in the natural world. In addition to creating Threshold, Amy has produced stories for NPR's All Things Considered and other national outlets. In 2016, she was selected for the Scripps Fellowship in Environmental Journalism at the University of Colorado Boulder. Amy has been invited to give presentations about her work at the Environmental Film Festival in Washington DC, the International Wildlife Film Festival, the Arctic Frontiers conference in Norway, and on the TEDx stage.

In this conversation, we discuss:

• what motivated Amy to start her own documentary podcast
• how Amy chooses the themes for each season
• why stories and storytelling matters
• what the concepts of "home" and connection to place mean to her personally
• the guiding principles behind her work
• what advice she has for young people in these incredibly challenging times
• ...and a whole lot more!

I am so glad you are here!

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Amy's Website: https://www.thresholdpodcast.org/

Threshold on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/5K6hm9zIOXSe1u8hY182eK?si=b792aa4994f349f5

Threshold on Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/threshold/id1198899314

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Hello, and welcome back to the Shadows Run Podcast!

This episode is part 2 of my conversation with friend, adventurer, business owner, writer, podcaster, and Christian man of faith, Chase Goodwin. It is a continuation of our in-depth discussion of faith, belief, religion, and how to connect with people you may fundamentally disagree with. We pick up right where we left off in part 1, with me asking Chase what he would say to those who simply don't or can't believe in the Christian worldview!

We go deep in this conversation. We talk about...

• defining what is "evil"
• where we source truth
• I ask Chase for his thoughts on the afterlife and what "hell" looks like from a Christian perspective
• Chase explains why he views hate as an essential component of love
• the soverignty of God vs. free will
• views on free speech
• shifting stances on social and political issues
• Chase's experience stepping out of the traditional system to forge his own path and build a career aligned with his integrity
• ...and So. Much. More.

This conversation is deeply philosophical, thought provoking, and at times challenging. I really hope our dialogue can inspire us all to ask hard questions, to make friends in unlikely places, and to continue speaking truth even (and especially!) in the face of opposition.

Thank you for being here! Please enjoy.

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Chase's Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/goodwintravelz/

Chase's Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/chase.goodwin.659379

Chase's Substack: https://substack.com/@chasegoodwin

Chase's YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/@ChaseGoodwinSpeaks

Chase Goodwin Show on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/7EseYiPW63HM3zsA7Gg54J?si=beaa91c2a8a24bf0&utm_medium=share&utm_source=linktree

Chase's Email: chaseg2001@gmail.com

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Hello, and welcome back to the Shadows Run Podcast!

Today's episode features part 1 of a conversation with friend, adventurer, business owner, writer, podcaster, and Christian man of faith, Chase Goodwin.

Chase and I detail the full story of our friendship in our conversation, and on so many levels our connection is an unlikely one! Chase and I are two humans from vastly different backgrounds, who hold some strongly opposed beliefs, but who have found a way to love and value the friendship of the other through a foundation of mutual respect, curiosity, and a desire to understand.

Chase is someone I deeply admire for his sincerity, his courage, his kindness, and his convictions formed through real thought and study of life. We strongly believe our world is in need of more friendships and conversations that bridge divides, and that unite people with fundamentally divergent views and beliefs. It is our hope that this conversation can serve as one model of that kind of friendship.

In this conversation...:

• we describe our unlikely friendship and how we have been able to learn from one another
• Chase tells the story of his early life navigating homelessness and finding Christianity
• we dive into the concepts of faith and belief
• we talk about our own lived experiences with religion
• we talk about mainstream Christian culture in America today
• ...and a whole lot more

Thank you so much for joining us!

Chase's Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/goodwintravelz/

Chase's Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100092263930042&ref=pl_edit_ig_profile_ac

Chase's Substack: https://substack.com/@chasegoodwin

Chase's YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/@ChaseGoodwinSpeaks

Chase Goodwin Show on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/7EseYiPW63HM3zsA7Gg54J?si=beaa91c2a8a24bf0&utm_medium=share&utm_source=linktree

Chase's Email: chaseg2001@gmail.com

Mutual Aid Linktree / Organizations to support in and around Minneapolis: https://linktr.ee/mplsmutualaid?utm_source=linktree_profile_share

Report and track ICE activity in your community: https://iceout.org/en/

Resources and scripts for calling elected officials: https://5calls.org/

Email your elected officials: https://indivisible.org/get-involved/take-action/

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Hello, and welcome back to the Shadows Run Podcast!

Today's episode is part 2 of a conversation with author, illustrator, podcast host, ultralight backpacker, and UFO researcher, Mike Clelland. In this half of our conversation, Mike and I dive right back in where we left off in part 1.

• Mike shares more about his research on the connection between owls and UFO encounters
• We talk about the various archetypal representations of the owl across time and across cultures
• Mike shares a handful of stories he has received from others in his research about their powerful encounters
• And then…Mike shares the full story of what he calls his "confirmation event," a fascinating series of synchronicities involving multiple desert UFO encounters, a psychic vision, and culminating with a feeling of clarity about the path he is following in life!

This episode was a lot of fun to record, and thank you to Mike for all the time he gave to this conversation!

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Mike's Website: https://mikeclelland.com/

Mike's Podcast: https://open.spotify.com/show/389xS095h0og3tr80pst7c?si=223d585194c748c9

Mike's book "The Messengers": https://www.amazon.com/dp/1733980814

Mike tells the story of the "confirmation event" on The Aether podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-aether/id1836168818?i=1000734207433 / https://open.spotify.com/episode/0C0qIQxt6DmqkDxi2MdQ9Z

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Hello, and welcome back to the Shadows Run Podcast!

Today's episode is the sixth and final installment of the WRFI Stories series. The Wild Rockies Field Institute is a nonprofit organization that offers college level field courses accredited through the University of Montana. Their mission is to offer academically rigorous, place-based field courses that develop engaged, informed citizens and strong leaders capable of addressing complex social and environmental issues.

Today's guest is Fiona Monahan, a student on the most recent Restoration Ecology course during summer 2025. Fiona is in school at Reed College in Oregon studying Environmental Studies with a concentration in Biology. They hope to go on to pursue a PhD in Ecology or Lichenology. They are an avid backpacker, river surfer, climber, all-round adventurer, and steward of the world around them!

In this conversation we talk about:

• Fiona's experience hiking the Colorado Trail after high school
• their thoughts on risk and risk assessment
• why they took a WRFI course, and some stories from the field
• the definitions and differences between restoration, conservation, and preservation
• Fiona's thoughts on building community with the more-than-human world
• ...and a lot more

Thank you for joining us!

Wild Rockies Field Institute website: https://www.wrfi.net/

Ways to Support WRFI: https://www.wrfi.net/support/ways-to-give/

WRFI's Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/wild_rockies/

Women's Wilderness: https://womenswilderness.org/

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Hello, and welcome back to the Shadows Run Podcast!

This episode is part 2 of my conversation with friend and world traveler, Chloe Carnegey. In this half of our conversation, Chloe and I tell the story of our New Zealand hitchhiking adventure from the mountains of the south island to Queenstown, both sharing journal entries we wrote chronicling those days in real-time. We talk about spending New Year's Eve of 2018 on a magical remote property south of Queenstown, and then about Chloe's travels after New Zealand to Costa Rica and Peru! I ask Chloe about her thoughts on gap years broadly and what that year changed in her, and share some of my thoughts as well.

Chloe and I then talk about what she has been up to in the 7 years since we took our gap years, including her path to her undergraduate degree, and more international travel. We finish the conversation talking about where Chloe is at now, looking to pursue work as a birth doula and diving more deeply into her passion for music and songwriting!

I loved this half of our conversation; Chloe has so much wisdom to share about what makes for a meaningful life and the value of following an authentic path, even if it is unconventional. It was so good to reconnect for this conversation, and if you enjoyed part 1 with Chloe I have no doubt you will love the second half as well!

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Hello, and welcome back to the Shadows Run Podcast!

Today's episode is part 1 of a conversation with friend, artist, and world traveler Chloe Carnegey. Chloe and I went to high school together, and then went on to take gap years and traveled to New Zealand for four months from October 2018 to January 2019. Chloe went on to keep living this wild life of spontaneity and travel and adventure, and has hardly stopped moving since our time in New Zealand! She now has a Bachelor's degree in Botany and Plant Pathology with two minors in Spanish and Chemistry, and is currently looking into becoming a doula and working with mothers in that capacity.

In this first half of our conversation, Chloe and I talk about how we met in the awesome outdoor class we were both a part of in high school. Chloe tells the story of how I inspired her to take a gap year, an interaction I ironically have no memory of but marked the beginning of what became a life-changing adventure we took on together.

We then talk about some of our memories in New Zealand - the highs and lows of being 18 years old and learning how to travel and live on our own 7,000 miles from home. We talk about WWOOFing (Willing Workers On Organic Farms) and our first host farm, and then about how - after a month traveling solo - we met up again for a harrowing and exhilarating handful of days during the week of Christmas 2018 on another host property on the rugged west coast of the South Island.

Both Chloe and I share some journal entries from our time in New Zealand in this episode, and I hope you enjoy this glimpse into our minds and lived experiences as 18-year-olds on a wild adventure.

I am so glad you are here, and hope you enjoy!

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Hello, and welcome back to the Shadows Run Podcast!

Today's episode is the fifth installment of the six-part WRFI Stories series rolling out on the podcast from July to December, where I am partnering with the Wild Rockies Field Institute to help tell some of the stories of WRFI's history and impact on the world over time. The Wild Rockies Field Institute is a nonprofit organization that offers college level field courses accredited through the University of Montana, and their mission is to "offer academically rigorous, place-based field courses that develop engaged, informed citizens and strong leaders capable of addressing complex social and environmental issues."

The guest for today's episode is Ashley Dresser. Ashley is a former WRFI student, having taken part in the Montana Afoot and Afloat course back in 2006! She now lives in Bilbao, Spain, and works as a freelance Learning Experience Designer and Consultant. She also works as a food and wine guide in Bilbao! Prior to her current life in Spain, Ashley studied International Relations with an emphasis on peace and conflict resolution at the University of Minnesota with a minor in Sustainability, and got her Masters in Linguistics. She also spent time working as an adventure guide in college, has traveled extensively, lived in Northern Ireland for a time, and has generally made the most of her wild and adventurous life.

Thank you so much for joining us!

Wild Rockies Field Institute website: https://www.wrfi.net/

Ways to Support WRFI: https://www.wrfi.net/support/ways-to-give/

WRFI's Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/wild_rockies/

Clip from film 'El Pico' depicting Bilbao in the 1980s: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I8PjWj4ULBE

'Maixabel' movie trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RJHlh5zTaiE

Folk song in Basque language, Euskera "Txori Txoria": https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0NW7CZxOxhI&list=RD0NW7CZxOxhI&start_radio=1

Backstory on the song: https://basqueculture.eus/en/stories/music/from-mikel-laboa-to-delorean-the-flight-of-a-free-bird

Ashley's LinkedIn profile: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ashley-dresser/

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