The Dirtbag Diaries
This is what adventure sounds like. Climb. Ski. Hike. Bike. Paddle. Run. Travel. Whatever your passion, we are all dirtbags. Fitz Cahall and the Duct Tape Then Beer team present stories about the dreamers, athletes and wanderers.
- Update frequency
- every 11 days
- Average duration
- 26 minutes
- Episodes
- 436
- Years Active
- 2007 - 2025
The Shorts— Without You
Loss. Grief. Healing. It’s part of being human. The emotions that almost tear us apart have the power to bring us together. Today, we bring you two powerful stories from Alison Kaplan and Monica Nigo…
00:26:42 |
Fri 28 Feb 2025
Good, Good, Bad: The Never Ender
It started so harmlessly. Four years ago, professional skier Brody Leven embarked on a simple challenge – exercise outdoors everyday. In a complicated moment in time and life, it was a way to exert s…
00:35:30 |
Fri 21 Feb 2025
The Diagnosis
Matt Martin and his fiancé, Hannah, were just starting out on their shared life, when a breast cancer diagnosis rewrote the script they’d imagined for life. Matt stepped into a new role – caregiver. …
00:43:45 |
Fri 14 Feb 2025
Growing Home
Raised in the hollers of West Virginia, coal ran deep in Corey Lilly’s family, but it was the local ski hill with 600 feet of vertical that sparked his imagination and started an improbable run into …
01:19:40 |
Fri 31 Jan 2025
Good, Good, Bad: Baja Cape Loop
Welcome to Good Good Bad, our series kickstarted by our Diaries+ Members. Every adventure has its good parts, even better bits and its difficult moments. These memories create rich experiences, frien…
00:34:59 |
Fri 24 Jan 2025
Local: Alastair Humphreys
To celebrate a new year and new ideas, we bring you a conversation with Alastair Humphreys, adventurer, writer, and connoisseur of the microadventure. His new book, Local, flips the idea of what it m…
00:36:23 |
Fri 10 Jan 2025
The Shorts— In Focus
As the year comes to a close, two beautiful stories about stepping back, reflecting and moving forward from Phil Herbert and N.S. David. “I had one roll of film for the whole trip, which gave me eigh…
00:28:59 |
Fri 27 Dec 2024
Live From Duluth
In late October, Fitz headed to Duluth, MN for a live Dirtbag Diaries in front of a packed house. Joined by professional skier and Lakota activist Connor Ryan, indie rock legend and avid runner Alan …
01:01:38 |
Fri 13 Dec 2024
Bridging Oceans
In 2020, partners Niki Choo and Jared Gentz started dreaming of an epic canoeing adventure. Two years later, they started paddling on the Pacific Ocean, embarking on a thousand-mile journey towards t…
00:45:28 |
Fri 22 Nov 2024
The Shorts— Holding On By Letting Go
“I didn’t expect to get to the top, let alone send. I merely wanted to push the limits of what I believed was capable for myself,” writes Shara Zaia. With climbing, Shara found a space to push hersel…
00:18:10 |
Fri 08 Nov 2024
Tales of Terror Vol. 15
In our annual Tales of Terror, we bring you three terrifying tales. Disembodied voices. Eyes in the alder. An enchanted clearing in the forest. Grab a friend (and maybe their hand) as these tales wil…
00:33:40 |
Fri 25 Oct 2024
Endangered Spaces: Cochamó, Chile
Tucked away in a corner of Chilean Patagonia, Valle Cochamó wasn’t going to stay hidden forever. The soaring unclimbed granite walls instilled dreams of first ascents in climbers. Industrialists eyed…
00:55:50 |
Fri 18 Oct 2024
Winter Vacation
While most people curled up on the couch with a mug of hot cocoa, Emily Ford set out in the frigid winter to thru-hike Wisconsin’s 1200 mile Ice Age Trail. Over the course of their two and a half mon…
00:35:34 |
Fri 11 Oct 2024
Pattie Gonia: Naturally Iconic
Wyn Wiley, often better known as Pattie Gonia, went out on a backpacking trip with an inkling of an idea and emerged walking a path. Today, Pattie Gonia’s feed is filled with joy– making music with f…
01:02:04 |
Fri 27 Sep 2024
How To Make Your Vote Count
Graham Zimmerman knows how to make decisions under pressure. As a professional mountain athlete, his life depends on it. Nearly a decade ago, Protect Our Winters saw this and brought him and his skil…
00:35:12 |
Fri 20 Sep 2024
Mr Hodges
Some of the most powerful learning can happen outside the classroom. In the summer of 1975, public school teacher Mr. Hodges took 22 of his students on an unforgettable bike trip that would impact th…
00:38:51 |
Fri 13 Sep 2024
Testing The Waters
Luke, Job, and Jonah have been best friends since childhood, and with the end of high school looming, they set out on their biggest adventure yet. During a month-long quest to canoe from Job’s backya…
00:52:47 |
Fri 23 Aug 2024
Meet Your Heroes
Jim Donini has been a climber for over 50 years– since well before Tad McCrea was born. As the two developed an unlikely intergenerational friendship during an epic trip in the mountains of Patagonia…
00:44:37 |
Fri 09 Aug 2024
The Shorts— Lookin' For Love
Love is a journey full of twists and turns. RC Shaw and Scott Johnson each found this out on their romps in the wild. Both barely made it, and their stories warn weary listeners of the dangers that l…
00:28:52 |
Fri 26 Jul 2024
The Underdog
In the last few years, Alexandera Houchin has become a force in the world of ultra endurance mountain bike racing. As a Native kid growing up in Wisconsin, she never could have predicted the ways tha…
00:52:01 |
Fri 12 Jul 2024
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