When it comes to outdoor communities, studies show there are additional factors to consider that increase the risk of sexual assault and harassment taking place. So why aren’t we talking about it? And more importantly– what do we do about it?

Anastasia Allison, founder of Kula Cloth, joins the show to dive into why hygiene is considered “dirty”— and why it doesn’t need to be. We lean on our own personal outdoor hygiene stories and mishaps to illustrate that when it comes to hygiene, there’s nothing dirty about it-- and nothing to be ashamed about.

Rey Arrastia, a kink educator, naturalist, and online content creator, joins us for our first-ever full episodes covering kink. Because we’ve been told that our kinks aren’t normal-- but in reality, they’re not only completely natural-- but most of us have them. And if we would do more to learn about them, there would be more to embrace, and less to be afraid of.

When it comes to gender binaries, there’s a lot of digging to do to get to the root of our problems. Nick Albritton, a transgender man and outdoorsperson, spends a good deal of time unpacking specific ways he’s seen gender binaries show up all throughout his life, and the damage they can do-- especially to transgender folks-- and the way nature helped give him the space he needs to dig deeper into what it means to truly be himself.