Best Alice Watson Podcasts (2025)

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Your Life is the Adventure - With David Haze aka The Nomadic Paddler 3:38

4h ago3:38

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Please click here to 'Follow' the show - it really helps get the show to a wider audience What if adventure wasn’t something distant or dramatic—but something you could claim this Saturday? David Haze, known as The Nomadic Paddler, believes that adventure isn’t about the epic—it’s about the everyday. In this episode, he reminds us that you don’t ne…

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Find A Sacred Weekend & Commit - with Benedict Allen 4:51

4h ago4:51

4:51

🎙️ Please make sure to click the 'Follow' the show - It really helps the show, Thanks! What does it mean to truly explore—not just terrain, but trust, time, and human connection? In this episode, legendary explorer and storyteller Benedict Allen joins us to reflect on a life shaped not by conquest, but by curiosity and community. LISTEN TO THE FULL…

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Season 9 highlights: GOLD Medal Moments 9:34

3d ago9:34

9:34

Season 10 is on the horizon, but before we release our first episode, why not tune in to some of Isabel and Jade’s favourite moments from season 9? From leadership insights from top CEOs to navigating setbacks in R&D, there’s plenty to discover in this season’s batch of GOLD Medal Moments. As well as the EMJ GOLD team, you’ll hear from four former …

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Supporting Ugandan Street Kids & STOP Waiting For Adventure - Alice Morrison 5:29

4d ago5:29

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🎙️ Please make sure to click the 'Follow' the show - It really helps the show, Thanks! In this conversation, we journey with Alice Morrison—broadcaster, adventurer, and storyteller—as she reflects on what it means to begin, to belong, and to believe in something greater than yourself. LISTEN TO THE GULL EPISODE HERE Alice's pay-it-forward takes us …

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M. Gessen 1:15:27

4d ago1:15:27

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Every once in a while, a writer arrives in a historic moment who can explain it, even while it is still actually occurring. M. Gessen is one of these writers. They are a part of the lineage of other incredible writers of their moments, like George Orwell, and Hannah Arendt. Gessen is the author of eleven books and has been a staff writer at the New…

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Arctic Cowboy Mark Agnew on Healing, Hiking & Making Adventure Accessible 6:08

5d ago6:08

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🎙️ Please make sure to click the 'Follow' the show - It really helps the show, Thanks! In this recap episode, we meet Mark Agnew—Arctic rower, endurance adventurer, and advocate for mental health through nature. Mark takes us behind the oars of his record-breaking journey through the Northwest Passage, sharing what brought him there, what nearly br…

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Running Panda Adventures - With Valerie Gagne 4:58

6d ago4:58

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Please click here to 'Follow' the show - it really helps get the show to a wider audience In this gentle close to our episode, I sit down with Valerie Gagné, better known as The Running Panda, to reflect on what it means to find adventure close to home and give back to the communities that shape us. LISTEN TO FULL EPISODE HERE For Valerie, the pay-…

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Tropical Rainforest Expeditions with Anders Andersen - The Wild Tales 6:54

7d ago6:54

6:54

🎙️ Please make sure to click the 'Follow' the show - It really helps the show, Thanks! In this vivid close to our conversation, explorer and wilderness guide Anders Anderson shares a heartfelt call to adventure – one that goes beyond thrill-seeking and into the soul of the rainforest. LISTEN TO THE FULL EPISODE HERE Anders urges listeners to travel…

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Mitch Hutchcraft on Redefining Adventure and Giving Back 4:03

8d ago4:03

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🎙️ Please make sure to click the 'Follow' the show - It really helps the show, Thanks! In this RECAP EPISODE, I sit down with former Royal Marine and adventurer Mitch Hutchcraft before he completed what's been dubbed the "world's longest triathlon." Over 240 days, Mitch swam the English Channel, cycled nearly 12,000 km across 19 countries, ran 900 …

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Matt Pycroft on Everyday Adventure, Wadi Rum & The Right To Roam 10:14

9d ago10:14

10:14

🎙️ Please make sure to click the 'Follow' the show - It really helps the show, Thanks! In this RECAP EPISOE (listen to the full episode here) , filmmaker and expedition leader Matt Pycroft shares two closing reflections that land like calls to both action and awareness. The first—a Call to Adventure—challenges how we define the word “adventure” its…

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109. Heinz History Museum, The Happiest Place On Earth 36:30

9d ago36:30

36:30

Scattering c remains, Heinz history museum, and Timmy turtle. Jess and Alice answer even more questions about death with another round of morbid curiosity! Everyone’s favorite game all about death! Follow morbid on instagram @Morbidcuriositygame Producer/editor: @yunkjunk IG and tiktok: @insidethemorguepod…

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Oli France On Backyard Adventures, Local Impact & Living on the Wild Edge 4:37

10d ago4:37

4:37

🎙️ Please make sure to click the 'Follow' the show - It really helps the show, Thanks! In this closing chapter of our conversation on SEASON 3 Episode 1 (LISTEN TO FULL EPISODE HERE) I ask expedition leader Oli France to leave us with two things: a Call to Adventure and a Pay It Forward—traditions we close every episode with on Adventure Diaries. O…

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First Generation Food: Kristina Cho, Jolyn Chen & Louis Lin 56:40

12d ago56:40

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This week we have a conversation from the 2024 Portland Book Festival on first-generation American food: cooking that combines tradition and lineage with evolution and personal stories. The conversation features a cookbook author and home chef, restaurant co-owners, and a writer and food editor. We’ll hear from Kristina Cho, author of the cookbook …

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Season 4 Is Coming: New Voices, Wilder Stories, and a People's Choice Award 7:14

12d ago7:14

7:14

🎙️ Please make sure to click the 'Follow' the show - It really helps the show, Thanks! It’s been a couple of months since season 3 ended—but we’re back. Season Three wrapped on March 20th, and now, hot on its heels, Season Four arrives May 29th, carrying with it 15 new stories that reach across landscapes, cultures, and the human spirit. We kick of…

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108. Scary S*** Is Gonna Happen 49:05

16d ago49:05

49:05

The scream queens are back and we’ve entered a new level of fear with this week’s episode of Jess and Alice playing mortuary assistant. Fighting demons one morgue at a time. The Mortuary Assistant is a 2022 horror game that blends mortician simulation with demonic encounters. Players take on the role of Rebecca, a recent mortuary school graduate an…

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Emily Wilson 1:21:26

18d ago1:21:26

1:21:26

Emily Wilson was cast as Athena in a stage production of The Odyssey at the age of eight. It turned out to be a defining moment in her life, that ultimately set her on a course of decades of passionate and devoted study. Her 2018 translation of The Odyssey garnered overwhelming critical acclaim, became a bestseller, and is defining how a generation…

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107. When Did You Start Thinking About Death 36:19

23d ago36:19

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When did you start thinking about death and would you work with the dead?? Just a few questions from today’s round of morbid curiosity! Everyone’s favorite game all about death! Follow morbid on instagram @Morbidcuriositygame Producer/editor: @yunkjunk IG and tiktok: @insidethemorguepod

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Green Planet: Ferris Jabr & Amy Stewart 1:01:37

25d ago1:01:37

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This week we have a 2024 Portland Book Fest conversation about Planet Earth, and remarkable people who are working to understand it and protect its wonders. Our moderator is Zoë Carpenter, a writer and editor who has reported all over the United States and South America for Rolling Stone, The Nation, Guernica, and other publications. She currently …

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106. Yellowjackets - We Hear The Wilderness 1:02:22

1M ago1:02:22

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Count down all the epic and iconic deaths of yellowjackets and what we think would happen if these bodies were autopsied! Spoilers ahead for anyone who isn’t caught up on season 3, we covered up to episode 8. But that finale!? I’m still recovering. Watch Yellowjackets on Paramount+ Producer/editor: @yunkjunk Follow us on instagram: @insidethemorgue…

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Verselandia! 2024 56:29

1M ago56:29

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Each year, Portland area youth spend months writing and competing in poetry slam competitions on high school campuses across the city. And each April, 20 finalists compete for the title of city-wide Portland slam champ at Verselandia! in front of an audience of nearly 1,000. We’re excited to share that the 2025 Verselandia! competition returns to t…

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105. I’m A Fraud 35:31

1M ago35:31

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Your favorites are back at it again with another round of Morbid Curiosity! Have you seen a dead body? Follow morbid on instagram @Morbidcuriositygame Producer/editor: @yunkjunk Follow us on instagram: @insidethemorguepod

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Everybody Reads 2025: Javier Zamora 57:38

1M ago57:38

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Every year, the Multnomah County Library chooses one book they hope the whole city will read. Between January and April, the Library, and their partner organizations, host events based around the themes of the book, and they distribute thousands of free copies—thanks to the Library Foundation—to readers of all ages from across the county. Here at L…

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104. Scream Queens 54:36

1M ago54:36

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In this episode, Jess and Alice become gamers. They played the 2022 horror The Mortuary Assistant. The Mortuary Assistant is a 2022 horror game that blends mortician simulation with demonic encounters. Players take on the role of Rebecca, a recent mortuary school graduate and apprentice at River Fields Mortuary in 1998 Connecticut. Late one night, …

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S09E10: Galen’s Dr Dennise Broderick on why kindness isn’t a weakness in business 30:07

1M ago30:07

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Join Isabel and Jade as they wrap up Season 9 of the podcast with special guest Dennise Broderick, President and Managing Director, Galen Pharma. In this episode, Jade and Dennise discuss her move from academia to the pharmaceutical industry, her lifelong ambition to be a leader and how she approaches hard decisions in business. A little more on EM…

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Be a Revolution: Ijeoma Oluo & Hanif Fazal 58:36

2M ago58:36

58:36

This week features a conversation from the 2024 Portland Book Festival, featuring best-selling author Ijeoma Oluo, who is a self-described “writer, speaker, and internet yeller.” She discusses her latest book, Be a Revolution: How Everyday People are Fighting and Changing the World — and How You Can, Too with Portland’s Hanif Fazal, author of An Ot…

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103. Death In A Nutshell 21:50

2M ago21:50

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A woman’s body lies near a refrigerator. Around her are typical kitchen items—a bowl and rolling pin on the table, a cake pulled out from the oven, an iron on the ironing board. What happened to her? Was it an accident? Suicide? Natural causes? Murder? This scene is not from real life but inspired by it. It is from one of 19 miniature dioramas made…

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S09 E09: Boehringer’s Christoph von der Goltz on setbacks and success in R&D 22:08

2M ago22:08

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How can pharmaceutical companies best navigate setbacks in drug development to deliver breakthroughs in R&D? Find out in this week’s episode, where Isabel and Jade share an interview with Christoph von der Goltz, Global Head of Medicine Central Nervous System and Emerging Areas, Boehringer Ingelheim. Together, he and Jade explore the ins and outs o…

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Alice Hoffman in Conversation with Vailey Oehlke 50:46

2M ago50:46

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In this episode, we feature the celebrated novelist and screenwriter Alice Hoffman. She’s in conversation with the former Director of the Multnomah County Library, Vailey Oehlke, at the Portland Book Festival in 2016. Hoffman has published over 40 books, including the 2024 novel about Anne Frank’s life, When We Flew Away. Most of her books have bee…

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S09 E08: HBA STAR Rebecca Vermeulen on purpose, passion and patients 32:05

2M ago32:05

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Join Isabel and Jade this week as they delve into lessons in leadership and patient centricity with Rebecca Vermeulen, recipient of the Healthcare Businesswomen's Association (HBA) STAR award for 2025. Rebecca shares her journey from pharmacist to industry leader, discussing her approach to leadership, the current landscape for women in pharma and …

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102. It’s Time To SherLOCK In, Cause The Game Is WatsON 39:34

2M ago39:34

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Welcome back to another installment of Inside the Morgue! Where Jess and Alice talk about any show they find somewhat interesting and somewhat relates for forensics. This week they watched the new show on CBS, Watson. They take a deep dive into the history of Sherlock Holmes and discuss more about genetic abnormalities. Six months after the death o…

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Michael Ondaatje REBROADCAST 51:53

2M ago51:53

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In this recording, Michael Ondaatje shares his fourth novel, Anil’s Ghost. He begins by giving an overview of the plot, which is set in a civil war-torn Sri Lanka at the end of the twentieth century. The story follows Anil Tissera, a young woman born in Sri Lanka, and educated in England and America, who returns to her homeland as a forensic anthro…

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Gerhard Czerner: Mountain Biking Down Kilimanjaro & Crossing Glaciers of the Karakoram 58:21

2M ago58:21

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🎙️ Please make sure to click the 'Follow' the show - It really helps the show, Thanks! 🚨 Don't FORGET to Join the Adventure Newsletter Here 🚨😎 Gerhard Czerner: Biking Down Kilimanjaro and Across the Glaciers of the Karakoram In this extraordinary episode of Adventure Diaries, we meet Gerhard Czerner—mountain biker, climber, and master of taking two…

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S09 E07: DeepHealth’s Naiara Martínez Cabrera on AI’s role in radiology 19:18

2M ago19:18

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Join Isabel and Jade as they uncover how AI is shaking up the radiology space and beyond with Naiara Martínez Cabrera, Vice President, Global Marketing, DeepHealth. Together, Naiara and Jade explore what first drew the marketing leader to the healthcare sector, why radiology in particular has seen such a boost from artificial intelligence, what oth…

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Reconciliation: Renée Watson & Joe Wilkins 57:27

2M ago57:27

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This week we are taking you back to Portland Book Festival 2024, with a conversation on the theme of “reconciliation” featuring Renée Watson, discussing her latest book, Skin & Bones, and Joe Wilkins, author of The Entire Sky, plus one of my absolute favorite moderators, Pulitzer Prize winning journalist and author Mitchell S. Jackson. Renée’s nove…

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Erin Ranney: Filming The Matriarchs of the Animal Kingdom (Wildlife Stories through the lens) 42:36

2M ago42:36

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🎙️ Please make sure to 'Follow' the show - It Really helps the show, Thanks! 🚨 Don't FORGET to Join the Adventure Newsletter Here 🚨😎 Filming Bears, Deep Seas & the Matriarchs of the Wild 🎙️ Adventure Diaries Podcast From grizzly bear close calls in Alaska to exploring 4,000 meters below the sea, wildlife cinematographer Erin Ranney takes us deep in…

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101. I’d Live In A Haunted House If It There Was A Chill Murder 29:01

2M ago29:01

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Your favorites are back at it again with another round of Morbid Curiosity! Would you live in a haunted house? Follow morbid on instagram @Morbidcuriositygame Producer/editor: @yunkjunk Follow us on instagram: @insidethemorguepod

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Richard Powers 52:54

2M ago52:54

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This week we are featuring a conversation from the 2024 Portland Book Festival. The incomparable Richard Powers came to Portland to discuss his new novel, Playground, with Literary Arts Executive Director Andrew Proctor. Any opportunity to spend time with Richard Powers and his vast, unique, amazing mind is a gift. He discusses how he chose to comb…

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Justin Packshaw MBE: Kite Skiing Across Antarctica Adventure (Ultimate Test of Human Potential) 1:11:04

3M ago1:11:04

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🎙️ Please make sure to 'Follow' the show - It Really helps the show, Thanks! 🚨 Don't FORGET to Join the Adventure Newsletter Here 🚨😎 Adventure Diaries: Justin Packshaw MBE – Pushing Human Limits in the Harshest Environments In this episode of Adventure Diaries, I sit down with Justin Packshaw MBE—adventurer, entrepreneur, and modern-day explorer. F…

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100. Anatomy of a Fall 58:20

3M ago58:20

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Happy 100th episode!! For those who have been with us from the beginning, thanks for always tuning in. If you’re just joining now, we’re happy to have you here! For this special episode, Jess and Alice watching Anatomy of a Fall (2023, streaming on Hulu now). They’ll be getting into blood spatter analysis, talking about the court room, and who they…

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