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This GoCarpeDiemNow.com website goes hand-in-hand with the Carpe Diem: Live Your Dream podcast, found wherever you listen to your podcasts. I drop a new episode each Friday with interviews of people who have achieved some cool dream of their own. Be entertained by their adventure, and hear their advice to others. The episodes are listed below with links to where you can go to listen. And let me know if you have a cool adventure you want to share on the podcast!
Ironman Racing in Your 70's
- Episode 22
- May 2, 2025
- 39 minutes
As we age, it becomes easier and easier to fall into a sedentary lifestyle as the body gradually atrophies. But it doesn’t have to be that way – at least not as soon and fast as we tend to allow. Listen to this man in his 70’s, how he went about qualifying for the Ironman World Championships, and how he deals with the challenges of aging. He’s quite inspiring.
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Design Your Own Bike-Packing Adventure
- Episode 21
- April 25, 2025
- 36 minutes
The best kind of adventure is one you make up on your own. This active, outdoor-loving retiree designed his own 1,700 bike-packing adventure with a unique twist that gave him a whole new appreciation of his home state. He also gives a beautiful explanation we can all use for defining what an “adventure” is, and he describes the slightly modified “Carpe Diem” philosophy that he and his wife have lived by for years. Listen in, and come away with creative ideas for your own self-designed adventure.
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Thru-Hiking Triple Crown
- Episode 20
- April 18, 2025
- 46 minutes
The 2,190 mile Appalachian Trail. The 2,653 mile Pacific Crest Trail. And the 3,100 mile Continental Divide Trail. These three epic trails traversing north-to-south across the U.S. are known collectively as the Thru-Hiking Triple Crown. The guest for this episode is a young woman who accomplished all three trails and she shares an amazing perspective on her adventures and on humans’ connection to nature.
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Season #1 Podcast Recap
- Episode 19
- April 11, 2025
- 23 minutes
Listen to a short summary of each of the 17 episodes from Season #1 of the Carpe Diem: Live Your Dream podcast. It will remind past listeners of the great adventures and lessons they heard once already, and provide new listeners a guide to the entire season. My guest’s adventures included summiting Mt. Everest, sailing across the Atlantic Ocean, Swimming the English Channel, cycling across America, racing down the Yukon River, mushing in the Iditarod dog sled race, canoeing the length of the Mississippi River, competing in an Ironman triathlon and the Leadville 100 ultra-marathon, and much more.
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Freestyle Highlining to Cure Fear
- Episode 18
- April 4, 2025
- 38 minutes
Listen to how this world #4 ranked freestyle highliner cured her fear of heights and rose to the top of this rapidly emerging sport. The tricks are amazing (tricks like the Almighty and the even more difficult Holy Grail) and you’ll learn a lot about this fascinating world of balancing high in the air.
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Trans-American Bicycle Ride
- Episode 17
- March 28, 2025
- 41 minutes
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. His passion for cycling is contagious and his advice for how one can develop a mindset for actioning their dreams is useful.
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Surgeon with the Navy Seals
- Episode 16
- March 21, 2025
- 37 minutes
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.
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The Yukon River 1000 Paddle Race
- Episode 15
- March 14, 2025
- 39 minutes
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.
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The Leadville 100 Ultra-Marathon
- Episode 14
- March 7, 2025
- 32 minutes
The Leadville 100 isn’t the only ultra-distance trail race out there, but it’s a classic and one of the most epic. Even its slogan, “The Race Across the Sky” is impressive. Covering 100 miles and 15,000+ vertical feet of elevation before the 30-hour cutoff is a great challenge for any runner.
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Canoeing the Mississippi River
- Episode 13
- February 28, 2025
- 34 minutes
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.
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The Iditarod Dog Sled Race Across Alaska
- Episode 12
- February 21, 2025
- 35 minutes
The Iditarod dog sled race is considered one of the most challenging feats in human endurance. 1,000 miles across the wildest parts of mid-winter Alaska with no one to help you. Listen to how this determined woman accomplished her dream of mushing in the Iditarod.
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Trans-Atlantic Sailing Rally (or Race?)
- Episode 11
- February 14, 2025
- 32 minutes
What happens when a former Navy 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.
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Racing the Planet: 4 Desert Ultras
- Episode 10
- February 7, 2025
- 30 minutes
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.
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Wanna Be An Ironman?
- Episode 9
- January 31, 2025
- 33 minutes
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.
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Open Water Swimming Triple Crown
- Episode 8
- January 24, 2025
- 33 minutes
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.
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The Border Route Challenge Paddle Race
- Episode 7
- January 17, 2025
- 33 minutes
A 60-year-old wanted life to expand with age rather than grow more limited. So she picked up adventure racing in canoes and kayaks. It’s a great story about how 60 can be the new 40 if you so choose – not to mention helpful insight to what expedition paddling in the wilderness is like.
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Youngest Sailor to Solo the Atlantic
- Episode 6
- January 10, 2025
- 36 minutes
Tune in for the story of the youngest known person to sail solo west-to-east across the Atlantic. And he did it for less than the cost of a used car. The adventure was nothing like he expected it to be.
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Diving Deep Into the Sea
- Episode 5
- January 3, 2025
- 38 minutes
A world champion free diver describes what it’s like to dive 300+ feet deep on a single breath of air. It’s more relaxing than you probably imagine. Listen to this episode, and you just might want to give free diving a try!
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3 Marathons in 3 Days - For the Fun of It
- Episode 4
- December 27, 2024
- 32 minutes
Is your life too busy to tackle an adventure like a triple marathon? Listen to a middle-age working mother with three children and a plate full of volunteer activities explain why she set that goal for herself, and how she achieved it. She admits to tradeoffs, but eloquently describes the many benefits, why she’d do it again, and why you should try something like it.
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A Teen on Mt. Everest
- Episode 3
- December 23, 2024
- 40 minutes
Lucy Westlake is the youngest female to highpoint all 50 U.S. states and the youngest American female to summit Mt. Everest – all before graduating from high school. She’s now in university and has nearly completed the Explorer’s Grand Slam. Listen to Lucy’s mission and what drives this vivacious kid to such heights.
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A Gap Year Sailing the Oceans
- Episode 2
- December 23, 2024
- 26 minutes
What happens when a landlubbin’ teenager catches on to her father’s dream to sail the oceans for a year? Listen in to our inaugural “Carpe Diem – Live Your Dream” podcast episode to hear about this high school grad’s gap year that included 15,000+ miles of sailing, two Atlantic Ocean crossings, and a lifetime of unique learnings and adventure – not to mention an anchor tattoo!
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Episode 1: Introduction
- Episode 1
- Dec. 23, 2024
- 3 minutes
This short episode #1 introduces the “Carpe Diem: Live Your Dream” podcast and explains its purpose of entertaining with cool adventure stories, while also inspiring listeners to get out there and pursue their own dream adventure.
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Coming Soon
A Variety of Adventures...
We have a great mix of winter adventures to keep you cool this summer as you plan your dream adventure for next season. There’s the Arrowhead 135 race, the Iditarod Trail Ultra (done without sled dogs), and the Haute Route of remote hut-to-hut skiing. And there are summer adventures about swimming the English Channel, riding the Great Divide Mountain Bike Route (GDMBR), a whimsical offbeat adventure or two, and so much more. Stay tuned!
What Interests You?!
I have another full season of guests lined up for the podcast (including a few unique surprises), but I want to hear ideas from YOU on topics or individuals you’d like to hear on the show. Just go to the Contact Us page and send me your thoughts.