
Wonder Outside
Wonder Outside with Ranger Ted is a variety show for nature and adventure. Each episode will feature a conversation with a Wonder Guide designed to help everyone of all abilities and ages to get outside more easily, more often and more confidently. Wonder Guides will come from all walks of life: authors, actors, thought leaders, wilderness adventurers, guides, teachers and more. The core message of this show is to motivate you and your loved ones to connect to your sense of wonder, awe and adventure. Each show will have informative, inspirational and fun segments including: Where in the World Are You Game; The 3 x 3 Main Street Challenge; There's No Planet B and Where Art Meets Nature. Ted Mattison, also known as Ranger Ted, is a Certified California Naturalist, professional hiking guide, park docent, actor, teacher, director, author, husband, father and lifelong outdoorsman.
Episodes
20 episodes
Introducing Hometown Explorers: The Wonder Outside 3 x 3 Challenge
Jason Milligan of the G.O. Get Outside Podcast and yours truly introduce Hometown Explorers: The Wonder Outside 3 x 3 Challenge. We will be interviewing people from all over the country and asking them, what exciting, fun, beautiful outdo...
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Season 3
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Episode 1
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23:08

Finding Your Listening Point with Rolf Thompson
“Let’s go deep in the woods!” Rolf would say to his mother and by his tone you might think he was about to enter the Yukon. But the three-year-old was standing in his back yard in St. Louis Park, Minnesota. The Foshay Tower in downtown Minneapo...
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Season 2
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Episode 17
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1:22:39

The Blues as Lens to the Outdoors with Mike Mattison
Anything you see. Anything you hear.Mike Mattison, the two-time Grammy award winning singer, songwriter for the
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Season 2
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Episode 16
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1:15:45

Heart, Soul and Mangroves with Bradley Rutherford
Bradley Rutherford knows his mangroves. And his turtles, barracudas, kayaks, caves, estuaries, needlefish, sharks and much more! And if you can’t find him at the water’s edge on Grand Bahama island he’s probably nearby somewhere filling up a ga...
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Season 1
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Episode 15
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1:28:54

Storytelling With Weather
Melissa Constanzer, a professional broadcast meteorologist with AccuWeather, will run for miles in temperatures ranging from 9 degrees above zero to 97 degrees above zero. That wide spectru...
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Season 1
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Episode 14
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1:22:04

Why, How and Where to Wonder
Yours truly is your Wonder Guide for episode 13! I'll break down some simple, easy, fun and useful ways to wonder.This episode I’m going to be your Wonder Guide. And I’m going to do that by giving you some concrete steps tha...
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Season 1
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Episode 13
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54:17

Quiet Invigoration in Nature with Josh Doughterty
Josh Daugherty’s desire to connect to nature is palpable. He’ll do anything possible to immerse himself in a rainstorm, wade into a river, throw a frisbee barefoot and all along remind us that ego is the enemy. He also might be skinny dipping i...
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Season 1
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Episode 12
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59:11

Spiritual Experiences with Doug Wallace
Doug Wallace is eighty-four years old going on fifty-five. He’s up by 5:30 am and if his wife, Peggy Hunter, isn’t up by six, he’s going to wake her because it’s time to get in the canoe. They canoe every day (weather permitting) from ice...
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1:15:02

Loon Runways and the Need to Be Outside with Mark Hennessy
Loons Need Long RunwaysNot many people in this world know that a loon is one of the few birds with solid bones, which makes them heavier than most birds of similar size. Still fewer would know what to do when a loon can’t ta...
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Season 1
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Episode 10
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1:21:24

Music Meets Nature Round Up with DJ Shark
DJ Shark is our Wonder Guide in Episode 9 where we look at the first 8 Where Art Meets Nature Segments. A replaying of these segments will really inspire you to get outside...or write or song....or sing a song =)!
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Season 1
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Episode 9
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58:59

Camping Savvy Moms: Part II: Courtney Brown, Julie Pearl-Slater & Michelle Silver
Camping is for EveryoneMichelle, Julie and Courtney are back to share their wisdom and tips on camping with their families. From meal planning to realistic expectations to unplugging from devices to navigating the many pe...
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Season 1
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Episode 8
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44:47

Bouldering with Whistles and other Tips from Camping Savvy Moms: Courtney Brown, Julie Pearl-Slater and Michelle Silver
Courtney Brown, Julie Pearl-Slater and Michelle Silver are our Wonder Guides for Episode 7 and boy do they know how to camp! And with kids!When Courtney moved from the ample and beautiful beaches of Orange County, California to Uta...
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Season 1
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Episode 7
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50:28

All Hands on Deck for Nature with Kristina Haddad
Kristina Haddad is our Wonder Guide for episode six. If you’re looking for some motivation, passion and commitment when it comes to the preservation and celebration of wild places look no further! If you’re looking for someone thoroughly ...
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Season 1
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Episode 6
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1:17:16

The Paradigm of Survival and Ghosts with Enrico Colantoni
Enrico Colantoni is back for the second half of our conversation in episode five. If you like ghost stories then look no further! We'll touch on some of the rather spooky and unexplainable even...
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Season 1
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Episode 5
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58:27

Super Nature Adventurers Bryna Campbell & Mike Murawski
Bryna Campbell and Mike Murawski keep the joy of exploration at the center of what they do: providing useful, engaging and fun outdoor trail guides and activities for kids and families. They created
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Season 1
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Episode 4
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1:06:19

Navigating the Vortex with Enrico Colantoni
In this variety show for nature, today's special Wonder Guide guest is Enrico Colantoni. You may know his extensive work as an actor on Veronica Mars, Just Shoot Me, Contagion and Galaxy Quest. But his reason for being on the show is to h...
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Season 1
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Episode 3
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59:44

Canoe Camping and Aspens with Tim Johnston
New York Times best-selling and award winning author, master carpenter and longtime fan of the great outdoors joins Ranger Ted for Episode 2 of the Wonder Outside Podcast. They sit down in the sunny, pre-Covid, Silverlake meadow in Los Angeles ...
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Season 1
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Episode 2
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56:59

Being Intrigued Outdoors with Annabeth Gish
In the Earth Day launch of the Wonder Outside Podcast, naturalist and outdoor educator, Ted Mattison, also known as Ranger Ted, talks with Annabeth Gish about how to find simple, practical and available adventures in the great outdoors. Coverin...
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Season 1
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Episode 1
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56:10
