Backpacker Radio
Hosted by Badger and Chaunce · The Trek
4.6from 1,724 ratings
- 525
- Episodes
- 118
- Transcribed
- 1,724
- Ratings
- Daily
- Cadence
- 2018
- First episode
- 6M
- YouTube views
About Backpacker Radio
From the Appalachian Trail to the Pacific Crest and everything in between. Backpacker Radio is a show all about the wonderful world that is thru-hiking and long distance backpacking. Co-hosts, Zach "Badger" Davis and Juliana "Chaunce" Chauncey muse on the backpacking life and the latest from the trail every other week. Topics include but are not limited to news, trail culture, interviews, gear, advice, and all you can eat buffets.
- Publisher
- The Trek
- Category
- sports · sports
- Language
- en
- Explicit
- Yes
- First episode
- 22 Jan 2018
- Latest episode
- 21 Sept 2026
Latest episodes
118 of 525 episodes have a transcript.
21 Sept 2026TRANSCRIPT
PCT Meltdowns, Side Quests, & Animal Encounters, and Traveling to 56 Countries with Michael "Broadway" Grant (BPR #375)
17 Sept 2026TRANSCRIPT
Nick Fowler's PCT FKT, The 2040 Zeitgeist, Katie Devours a Big Mac, and the Triple Crown of Emojis
14 Sept 2026TRANSCRIPT
The Ultralight Subreddit, Pack Fabric Pros and Cons, and Not Triple Crowning with Whitney "Allgood" La Ruffa" (BPR #374)
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PCT Meltdowns, Side Quests, & Animal Encounters, and Traveling to 56 Countries with Michael "Broadway" Grant (BPR #375)
Published 21 Sept 2026 · Transcript excerpt
[…] So like everyone's in your face, especially as like someone that like looks different than a lot of Indian people. I got so many people just coming up to me asking where I was from and all these questions, which at first was like, oh, this is kind of cool. But then after a while, it felt like an invasion of my space. So like when I went to Sri Lanka, I had similar expectations that it was a similar like cultural kind of country. And it blew me away, like how different but amazing it was. Obviously, the geography, it's such a small little island, but the geography has everything. There are some really cool mountains, tons of like national parks. […]
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- Michael Grant
- Whitney La Ruffa
- Bee Corrado
- Miranda Webster
- Elise Ott
Reach and audience
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- YouTube views
- 6,406,443
- Score snapshot 15 Sept 2025
- Apple Podcasts (US)
- 4.6 / 5
- 1,724 ratings
Podcast Authority Score: 96 / 100
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- Quality
- 96
- Social presence
- 97
- YouTube
- 93
- Engagement
- 99
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Who hosts Backpacker Radio?
Badger and Chaunce host the show. Published by The Trek.
How often do new episodes come out?
The show publishes daily, based on its RSS feed.
Does Backpacker Radio take guests?
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