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Onward and Other Directions

A Podcast About Sled Dogs, Mental Health, and Finding Your Way Home

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Episode 1: Is This Recording?

Episode 1: Is This Recording?

In which Will explains mushing, his journey to Iditarod, and why the audio of the first recording on the trail is so bad... Read more

15 Apr 2021

1hr 9mins

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Episode 2: Trail!

Episode 2: Trail!

The race begins! Will talks to us about the oddity of finally being on the Iditarod. The team is passed… A few times! Th... Read more

26 Apr 2021

49mins

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Episode 3: Finger Lake

Episode 3: Finger Lake

Will shares some stories of the journey from his first run to Finger Lake, and then records audio in the checkpoint itse... Read more

4 May 2021

26mins

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Episode 4: The Steps

Episode 4: The Steps

Will and the team are fresh off their rest at Finger Lake, and are ready to tackle the Happy River Steps, one of the maj... Read more

18 May 2021

51mins

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Episode 5: The Zone

Episode 5: The Zone

Will and the team encounter two new notorious Iditarod obstacles: the Dalzell Gorge and the Farewell Burn. (Transcript c... Read more

11 Jun 2021

41mins

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Episode 6: Sleep

Episode 6: Sleep

Sometimes part of the journey is napping along the way. Transcript coming soonNight runningSleeping at a NikolaiBig snow... Read more

9 Jul 2021

31mins

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Episode 7: Intermission

Episode 7: Intermission

Confidence goeth before the fall Transcript coming soonConfident EmmyConfident WillConfident TeamSnowListen on Apple Pod... Read more

12 Oct 2021

24mins

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Episode 8: Weight Limit

Episode 8: Weight Limit

Will and the team forge on after their 24 hr layover in McGrath, heading for Ophir and then the halfway point of Iditaro... Read more

8 Mar 2022

1hr 10mins

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Episode 9: Green Person

Episode 9: Green Person

Will and the team continue down the trail towards the halfway point of Iditarod, trying to determine if they should stay... Read more

9 Mar 2022

42mins

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