Trail Weight

A podcast about hiking outdoors and the lessons learned along the way…

Travel with Andrew Steven as he journeys outdoors and explores the soul, investigating, questioning, and examining the nuance and complexity of figuring out how to navigate our way through the outdoors.

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Season 1

After years of feeling stuck, Andrew Steven attempted to get in shape for a month-long backpacking trip through the Sierra Nevadas. Looking at his career for inspiration, Andrew finds an unlikely revelation by imagining his life’s narrative arc. But after a death in the family, he found himself in a story of repeating loss.

Season 1 of Trail Weight chronicles Andrew’s journey as he narrates a year of his life. Through audio diaries, recordings from the trail, and conversations with authors, experts, Olympians, and more, Andrew takes listeners through an eye-opening adventure of self-discovery.

“An accidental guide for anyone who’s interested in thru-hiking but completely intimidated by the idea of it, and an intimate deep dive into what it takes to hike long trails.”

— Outside Magazine

Season 2

Enjoying nature and escaping to green spaces are essential to our modern lives. But, recently, many of us have been relearning the need to preserve and protect these places. But what if our love of the land is actually doing more harm than good? That's the question at the heart of Season 2 of Trail Weight.

Travel with Andrew Steven as he visits the Sierra Nevada Mountains to grapple with the seemingly inevitable future of consistent wildfires, discover the forgotten story of Walt Disney's attempt to build a ski park, which resulted in the landmark Supreme Court case, and along the way, hear from notable climate journalists, sustainability experts, historians, and more about the nuance and complexity of figuring out how to navigate our way through the outdoors.