Open Container: Outdoor culture as a free flowing conversation

About Open Container: Outdoor culture as a free flowing conversation

Open Container is the outdoor podcast trekking deeper into outdoor culture than the headlines. We talk about creativity, adventure, conservation, politics, and the people who make the outdoor space so vibrant. Renowned outdoor journalist Doug Schnitzspahn steers the Open Container conversations with people who look to nature to find inspiration and solutions. Learn how the outdoors teaches us, changes us, heals us, and how we will build a better world from simply going outside. 
While indoor conversations are dominated by climate change, politics and cultural upheaval, outdoor conversations provide the answers. Because the outdoors is not a niche. It's way bigger than that. So please join us each episode as we grab the open container and find out what outdoor conversations are inside. Let’s get some.

Publisher

Rock Fight, LLC

Category

news · society & culture · sports

Language

en

Explicit

Yes

First episode

10 Jan 2025

Latest episode

28 Oct 2025

Latest episodes

41 episodes in the feed.

1. 

   28 Oct 2025

   Because It’s Beautiful: The Meaning Behind Kilian Jornet’s States of Elevation

   Host Doug explores Kilian Jornet's "States of Elevation" project, a human-powered journey across America's highest peaks, with Bryon Powell, ultrarunner and iRunFar.com founder, in an interview about pushing human limits for joy and experiencing wild beauty.

2. 

   21 Oct 2025

   The Best Day Ever: Mountain Biking Without Barriers

   Host Doug Schnitzspahn interviews Berne Broudy, filmmaker, and Greg Durso, adaptive athlete, about the Best Day Ever project and building accessible mountain bike trails for adaptive and non-adaptive riders.

3. 

   30 Sept 2025

   Vermejo, Ted Turner & Nature’s Second Chances

   Director Ben Clark discusses his documentary "Preserved" with host Doug Schnitzspahn, highlighting the revitalization of Vermejo Park Ranch and exploring themes of environmental restoration, collaborative conservation, and nature's resilience in this interview.

Who has been a guest on Open Container: Outdoor culture as a free flowing conversation

Names identified in recent episode analyses. Showing up to five guests.

• Bryon Powell
• Berne Broudy
• Greg Durso
• Ben Clark
• Chris Keyes

Reach and audience

Public platform figures. Ratings count people who left a rating, not total listeners.

Apple Podcasts (US)

4.9 / 5

22 ratings

Spotify

5.0 / 5

8 ratings

Podcast Authority Score: 56 / 100

A composite of feed quality, social presence, YouTube performance and engagement. Read the methodology.

Quality

92

Social presence

0

YouTube

0

Engagement

51

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