Brad Orsted - Take It Outside
Brad Orsted - Take It Outside
Brad Orsted
After the tragic death of our daughter, Marley, I descended in a looping hell of madness, guilt, grief and addiction. I numbed my heartache and PTSD with prescribed pharmaceuticals, and drowned them with alcohol. Then a twist of fate found me working as a wildlife photographer/filmmaker/guide while living in Yellowstone, and the wild came creeping in... My podcast will cover my journey through immeasurable loss, devastating addiction, and how I found Marley, and my way home to healing and recovery in nature. I'll share my unconventional route, and interview others on their journey
New Frontiers
Welcome to season 4 episode 1 of Take It Outside! Please join us on this episode to find out about the Through the Wilderness book launch and tour. We've had an amazing journey and met some very kindred spirits along the way. Doc and I are excited to share what we've learned on the road from all of you, with all of you. Until soon, Doc and Brad
Nov 5, 2023
17 min
Feet Face Forward
To purchase Through the Wilderness, please visit: https://read.macmillan.com/lp/through-the-wilderness/ This episode wraps up season three with an exclusive reading from Through the Wilderness. Find out how a flock of cedar waxwings flew off with a painful memory, and how we perform emotional surgery after tragedy. Thank you! - Brad
Jun 26, 2023
12 min
Orphaned in the Wild
To preorder Through the Wilderness, please click here: https://read.macmillan.com/lp/through-the-wilderness/ What do late nights, huckleberry scones, and orphaned grizzly bears have in common? My life! Join us on this episode titled, Orphaned in the Wild, where I talk about my time baking and watching grizzly bear cubs, and read from my upcoming memoir, 'Through the Wilderness: My Journey of Redemption and Healing in the American Wild' about my early days of grizzly bear conservation at the feet of the master, Doug Peacock. Heyduke Lives!!!
May 30, 2023
18 min
Lean on Me
In this episode of Take It Outside, titled, Lean on Me, I'll talk about my time tracking a mountain lion family with my good friend, Casey Anderson, and how steep climbs and frozen snot were exactly what I needed to start to deal with my trauma. I'll read from my memoir, Through the Wilderness: My Journey of Redemption and Healing in the American Wild, an early segment covering some of my time with Casey and the mountain lion kittens that reminded me so much of Marley. To pre-order a copy of Through the Wilderness for you, or someone who may need it, please visit: https://read.macmillan.com/lp/through-the-wilderness/ Thank you and enjoy the show! Brad and Doc
May 14, 2023
15 min
Back in the Saddle
Take It Outside is BACK with all new episodes! In this episode, I'll explain my radio hiatus, and read to you from my NEW memoir, Through the Wilderness: My Journey of Redemption and Healing in the American Wild due out with St. Martins Press on 6/27/23!!! Join us for how I met one of my heroes, Casey Anderson, and together followed and filmed a mountain lion family, learning as much about ourselves as cougars along the way. To pre-order Through the Wilderness, please visit: https://read.macmillan.com/lp/through-the-wilderness/ Thank you!
May 1, 2023
12 min
Healing in Yellowstone
Welcome to Season 3 Episode 1 of Take It Outside! On this episode titled, Healing in Yellowstone, I'm finally off the soul-numbing prescriptions and starting to find my wild way to healing in Yellowstone. While days guiding in Yellowstone provided for grizzly bears, marriage proposals and forgotten underwear hikes, there was also the everyday painful reminder in all that beauty that Marley was gone from my life forever. The intense pain was suspended by the awe of Yellowstone by day, but always seemed to find me again in the mountains after the sun went down. Please join us on this episode of Take It Outside! 
Sep 25, 2021
19 min
A New Dawn
Join me on this episode as I recall my battle with prescription medicine and how a good Doctor saw something wild in me early. 
Jun 14, 2021
14 min
The Crow Sweat Hot: Part 2
Please join me on Take It Outside for Part 2 of 'The Crow Sweat Hot', where I enter a centuries old purification to try and deal with the loss of our daughter, Marley. In the heat, I hear words of wisdom in an ancient language that guide me through my first sweat lodge. There are visions of Marley as the Earth falls away and parting lessons that took years for me to fully realize. See you there!!  Huge thanks and shout out to Dr. Shane Doyle and Jason Baldes for the song! A'ho! 
May 3, 2021
14 min
The Crow Sweat Hot: Part 1
Please join me on Season 2 Episode 2 of, Take It Outside! A podcast about healing in nature after tragedy. On this episode, I seek healing in the centuries old ceremony of sweat lodge, and find myself being welcomed by the Crow people of Montana. Things are about to get very real as I see my first sweat lodge, and the Crow holy man who will run the ceremony. It was the first time I wasn't proud to say I lived in Yellowstone. Please join me on this journey of healing.Β πŸ™πŸΌπŸ™πŸΌπŸ” HUGE thank you to Dr. Shane Doyle and Jason Baldes for the song. A'ho!
Mar 31, 2021
23 min
The Raven by Edgar Allan Poe
 On this episode, Brad reads, The Raven, by Edgar Allan Poe, as his birthday present to Yellowstone. Happy Birthday Yellowstone National Park - you're 149 - and looking fine! 
Mar 1, 2021
10 min
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