Out There Creators & Guests

Willow is the founder and host of the podcast "Out There." She also hosted and produced the podcast "Once Upon a Meadow."Before becoming a full-time podcaster, Belden was a reporter and host at Wyoming Public Radio. She has written for newspapers and magazines across the U.S. and internationally, has contributed stories to NPR, and has won several national awards.

Phoebe is a producer and editor.Flanigan was a producer for Gimlet, where she produced the podcasts "Heavyweight" and "Every Little Thing."Before Gimlet, Flanigan she lived in Oregon and produced for Portland StorySlam and The Moth.

Sarah Dealy is a radio producer, story editor, and comic writer. She created the podcast "The Void."Dealy has produced audio for WNYC, Pushkin, and Radiotopia. Her work has appeared in Cobra Milk and other publications. She also wrote the weekly webcomic "Zatanna and the Ripper."

Originally from Syracuse, New York, Ms. Strader moved to Prescott, Arizona with her family in 1972. In 1976, she became one of the first women hired on a U.S. Forest Service fire crew. Summers of Fire: A Memoir of Adventure, Love and Courage, was released on May 1st, 2018 by Bedazzled Ink Publishing. Her publishing history includes many web articles about writing memoir, her publishing and marketing experiences, and wildland firefighting. She has given talks on these topics to many clubs, including the American Association of University Women. Parade Magazine published an excerpt in 2018, and the PBS show Arizona Illustrated featured her segment “Wildland Firefighter,” in the fall of 2019.The prequel to Summers of Fire, Uprooted: A New Life In The Arizona Sun, was released by Bedazzled Ink Publishing on December 1st, 2021.

Sloth paleontologist and podcaster. Will explain science to you with minimal prompting. Also a fan of comics, craft beer, and bicycles.

Founder of the Tremula Network, the UK's only podcast network devoted to untold stories of adventure and the outdoors, Francesca produces and hosts a number of podcasts including Seize Your Adventure, On The Outside, Wild For Scotland and The Everyday Adventure Podcast. She is the Digital Editor of Pod Bible magazine.