{"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":"Trekking Solo to the North and South Poles with Preet Chandi","slug":"trekking-solo-to-the-north-and-south-poles-with-preet-chandi","published_at":"2026-01-20T11:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/wild-ideas-worth-living-481079/trekking-solo-to-the-north-and-south-poles-with-preet-chandi","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/71b572fd-2b88-4000-be11-2cecdfe7658e/audio/128/default.mp3?aid=rss_feed&awCollectionId=32ddc983-385c-47d5-ac70-165c3c8c5922&awEpisodeId=71b572fd-2b88-4000-be11-2cecdfe7658e&feed=pyeGnjub","summary":"Preet Chandi began her polar career in 2021 when she skied solo to the South Pole while hauling a 192 pound sled across Antarctica. At just 37 years old, Preet has already become one of the most accomplished polar explorers of our generation, completing three expeditions to Antarctica and setting a new Guinness World Record each time. She is currently training for a groundbreaking trip to the North Pole, which she hopes to set off for this spring.","meta_description":"Preet Chandi began her polar career in 2021 when she skied solo to the South Pole while hauling a 192 pound sled across Antarctica. At just 37 years old,…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":1900,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/wild-ideas-worth-living-481079/episodes/trekking-solo-to-the-north-and-south-poles-with-preet-chandi/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/trekking-solo-to-the-north-and-south-poles-with-preet-chandi.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}