It’s the start of season three on the WTIP Boundary Waters Podcast!

The new season comes out in style, as it’s the first ever live recording of an episode of the original Boundary Waters podcast!

The entire episode was recorded live at the Gunflint Mail Run Sled Dog Race on the Gunflint Trail. The episode was broadcast live on WTIP Saturday, Jan. 11, 2020, from the race headquarters near Trailcenter Restaurant on the Gunflint Trail.

Featured in the episode are some familiar voices to the podcast and WTIP airwaves. Up first, host Matthew Baxley talks with Gaby and Werner Würth from Germany. Gaby and Werner are frequent visitors to the Boundary Waters. They have appeared on the first episode of each new season on the podcast.

Also in today’s episode, host Chelsea Lloyd talks with a newcomer to the Boundary Waters region, Anastasia Gill. Anastasia quit her job as an accountant in Houston in 2019 and found her way up to Moetown Kennels off the Arrowhead Trail on the edge of the BWCA. She is working as a dog handler and getting involved with the local mushing scene in northeastern Minnesota. Anastasia is also hosting a new podcast for WTIP called “Sled Dogs, Cold Toes and Gal from Texas.” Chelsea learns more about Anastasia’s journey to northern Minnesota, and it all started with a canoe trip to the Boundary Waters.