{"podcast":{"title":"Wild Ideas Worth Living","slug":"wild-ideas-worth-living-481079","podcast_index_feed_id":481079,"rss_url":"https://feeds.simplecast.com/pyeGnjub","website_url":"https://www.rei.com/wildideasworthliving","image_url":"https://image.simplecastcdn.com/images/55852e43-a0a4-463c-b9dd-a679b5897ab8/e880e160-ab03-4b27-8180-e15aacfd5b1b/3000x3000/wiwl-refresh-2024-key-art.jpg?aid=rss_feed","author":"REI Co-op","episode_count":427,"summary":"High-impact interviews for those who love adventure and the outdoors. Host and journalist Shelby Stanger interviews world-class explorers, athletes, authors, scientists, health experts and entrepreneurs about how they’ve taken their own wild ideas and made them a reality, so you can too. Some of the wildest ideas can lead to the most rewarding adventures.","last_synced_at":"2026-07-28T20:19:51.167992+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/wild-ideas-worth-living-481079"},"episode":{"title":"Setting Ultramarathon Records at 75 Years Old with Michael Koppy","slug":"setting-ultramarathon-records-at-75-years-old-with-michael-koppy","published_at":"2026-07-21T10:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/wild-ideas-worth-living-481079/setting-ultramarathon-records-at-75-years-old-with-michael-koppy","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/wild-ideas-worth-living-481079","url":"https://www.rei.com/wildideasworthliving","audio_url":"https://afp-941004-injected.calisto.simplecastaudio.com/32ddc983-385c-47d5-ac70-165c3c8c5922/episodes/cfbce35f-d076-4078-9da1-01ed1038c1d9/audio/128/default.mp3?aid=rss_feed&awCollectionId=32ddc983-385c-47d5-ac70-165c3c8c5922&awEpisodeId=cfbce35f-d076-4078-9da1-01ed1038c1d9&feed=pyeGnjub","summary":"Michael Koppy is a 75-year-old ultrarunner and retired engineering professor from northern Minnesota who is still breaking records in endurance sports. Over the past decade, he's completed two fastest known times (FKTs) and continues to compete in some of the country's most demanding ultramarathons. In 2026, he became the oldest person to finish the Arrowhead 135, one of the toughest winter ultramarathons in the United States.","meta_description":"Michael Koppy is a 75-year-old ultrarunner and retired engineering professor from northern Minnesota who is still breaking records in endurance sports. Ov…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":1851,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/wild-ideas-worth-living-481079/episodes/setting-ultramarathon-records-at-75-years-old-with-michael-koppy/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/wild-ideas-worth-living-481079/setting-ultramarathon-records-at-75-years-old-with-michael-koppy.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}