Carpe Diem: Live Your Dream
Are you itching to add a little spice to your life? To get outdoors and do something new, ambitious, and cool that you’ve never done before? Perhaps some sort of new challenge or adventure? This podcast, ”Carpe Diem: Live Your Dream” has the simple mission of helping you, the listener, to dream up an adventure for your life - and more importantly, to inspire you to go fulfill it. Each episode profiles an outdoor activity or adventure of a guest who entertains with their fascinating story. We explore their dream, what motivated them to action, the challenges they encountered, and how they overcame those challenges to see things to conclusion. They inspire, educate, and motivate - all to help you take on your own dream adventure or challenge. A new episode is published each Friday to give you something to noodle on over the weekend. And check out our accompanying website at www.gocarpediemnow.com for even more stories, guidance, and motivation. Be entertained, and learn how you, too, can Seize the Day.
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Episodes
Thursday Mar 27, 2025
Thursday Mar 27, 2025
A coast-to-coast bicycle ride across America was just the beginning of this PhD student’s passion for cycling adventures. He then added the Tour Divide ultra-distance mountain bike race, a Guinness world record, and more.
Thursday Mar 20, 2025
Thursday Mar 20, 2025
This episode is a little different than my norm. An outdoor adventure to be sure, training and serving with the Navy Seals. This story exemplifies the bright, hardworking men and women pursuing their dream (in this man’s case, 2 dreams) in the service of our nation, and provides a simple formula for anyone’s success in life.
Thursday Mar 13, 2025
Thursday Mar 13, 2025
The Yukon River is out there – like really out there. Which, of course, attracts serious adventurers. My guest on this episode describes his 7-day journey traveling 1,000 miles of raw wilderness through Canada and Alaska, and explains why he chose to be the first to race it by standup paddle board.
Thursday Mar 06, 2025
Thursday Mar 06, 2025
The Leadville 100 isn’t the only ultra-distance trail race out there, but it’s a classic and one of the most epic. Covering 100 miles and 15,000+ vertical feet of elevation before the 30-hour cutoff is a great challenge for any runner.
Thursday Feb 27, 2025
Thursday Feb 27, 2025
Arguably the greatest waterway in North America, steeped in history and teeming with adventure. This episode touches on one man’s solo journey by canoe down the length of the Mississippi River, what he discovered about humanity, and the book he wrote about it.
Thursday Feb 20, 2025
Thursday Feb 20, 2025
The Iditarod dog sled race is considered one of the most challenging feats in human endurance. 1,000 miles across the wildest parts of deep-winter Alaska with no one to help you. Listen to how this determined woman accomplished her dream of mushing in the Iditarod.
Friday Feb 14, 2025
Friday Feb 14, 2025
What happens when a former Naval fighter pilot joins a sailing rally of 70 boats to cross the Atlantic Ocean? You can guess he crosses the finish line first, but listen in for more of this go-go retiree’s story about his race across the Atlantic.
Thursday Feb 06, 2025
Thursday Feb 06, 2025
The four greatest deserts on Earth, each with a 200 km ultra-distance adventure race. This white-collar professional desk jockey completed them all, and took in some of the most epic scenery in the process.
Thursday Jan 30, 2025
Thursday Jan 30, 2025
It’s an incredible triathlon format: a 2.4 mile swim and 116 mile bike, followed by a full 26.2 mile marathon. Hear from a top world Ironman competitor and coach what it’s like and what it takes to finish one. He assures us most people can do it – with some hard work.
Thursday Jan 23, 2025
Thursday Jan 23, 2025
The 28 mile swim around Manhattan Island was the warm up. Then came the 20-mile Catalina Channel swim in the open Pacific. So why not complete the Triple Crown with the English Channel – so said this middle age working man with two kids.