Go Wildly Podcast
Go Wildly Podcast
Podcast Description
The Go Wildly Podcast is what happens when two childhood friends turn into dirtbag adventure junkies and decide to bring a mic into the wilderness. We’re Emily & Heather—equal parts heart and chaos—pulling stories out of people like snacks from the bottom of a backpack. We hike. We float. We talk. At the heart of each episode is one question: What was your pivotal outdoor moment—the one that changed everything?
Together let’s GO WILDLY!
Podcast Insights
Content Themes
The podcast focuses on outdoor adventure stories, personal growth, and environmental consciousness, with themes including pivotal outdoor moments and sustainable living. Episodes explore topics like the transformative experience of Burning Man and overcoming personal challenges through nature.
Go Wildly is an outdoor adventure and storytelling podcast about the moments in nature that change us. Hosts Emily & Heather talk with athletes, river guides, conservationists, and outdoor entrepreneurs about their pivotal outdoor moment—the experience that reshaped how they live, lead, and explore. Recorded on rivers, trails, and in wild places across the Pacific Northwest. Together we Go Wildly!
🌲 Follow & connect
Instagram: @gowildlypodcast
YouTube: Go Wildly Podcast
Website: gowildlypodcast.com
Ashley Drake has spent 15 years turning adventure into a life — and a business.
Co-owner of Arrowhead River Adventures in Grants Pass, Ashley runs trips on the Rogue, teaches wilderness medicine, raises two wild kids named Wren and Rosie, and is usually the first voice you hear when you call — unless she's out on the water, which is entirely possible. She grew up in the Portland area and found her way to Southern Oregon by way of international travel, summer camp, and a husband she met at both.
We talk about how Grants Pass chose them rather than the other way around, organizing international travel and what that teaches you about hosting, the joys and realities of running a small seasonal river outfit with your spouse, settling into home in a small town, making adult friendships, managing energy through a seasonal business, her life's journey from camp counselor to co-owner, a trip to Antarctica, the privilege of hosting outdoor experiences, and her go-to trail snacks. Plus her most-used outdoor gear, advice for her younger self, advice for someone who wants to live like her, and how she wants to be remembered.
Links
arrowheadriveradventures.com | @arrowheadriveradventures
[email protected] | (541) 830-3388
NOLS: nols.edu
Big Lake Youth Summer Camp: biglake.org
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Follow Go Wildly
YouTube: youtube.com/@gowildlypodcast
Spotify: tinyurl.com/spotifygowildlypodcast
Instagram: @gowildlypodcast
Website: gowildlypodcast.com
Hosted & Produced by Emily Berlant & Heather White / Go Wildly Podcast
Theme Music: ”Rainmaker” by Jared Masters — used with permission
KeywordsGo Wildly Podcast, Go Wildly, Southern Oregon podcast, outdoor podcast, Emily Berlant, Heather White, Ashley Drake, Arrowhead River Adventures, Rogue River rafting, Grants Pass Oregon, whitewater rafting Oregon, family owned river outfitter, wilderness medicine, NOLS, international travel adventure, Antarctica travel, summer camp, small business Oregon, seasonal business, river guide life, outdoor hosting, adult friendships, small town life, Southern Oregon rivers, Hellgate Canyon, Rogue River day trips, trail snacks, outdoor parenting, place-based podcast, outdoor lifestyle, whimsy, Kula Cloth
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