Inside Geocaching HQ Podcast

Share a favorite local place you discovered while geocaching, and log a rare cache type! As the Year of the Hide celebration continues, we’re excited to launch GC9FAVE – Discovered while geocaching – Locationless Cache. Cindy Potter, HQ’s Director of Community, stops by to talk about the new cache in this episode. You can listen...

August 20, 2022 is shaping up to be a big day in the geocaching world. The Geocaching 20th Anniversary Celebration is happening in Seattle, and the community has a chance to set a new world record! HQ’s president and co-founder Bryan Roth stops by to talk about the celebration, while Adam from HQ’s Community Engagement...

One of the most oft-discussed topics in the geocaching community is difficulty and terrain ratings. For this episode, we rounded up several HQ Lackeys to share their own thoughts on the subject as players and cache owners. Plus, one is also a reviewer! During the conversation, we referenced two articles: Ratings for difficulty and terrain...

Around 50,000 geocachers around the world meet the criteria to apply for a Virtual Reward by February 26, 2022. Cindy Potter, HQ’s Director of Community, is here to chat about this new round of Virtual Caches, as well as the Year of the Hide initiative. We also hear from HQ’s president and co-founder, Bryan Roth,...

Geocaching Premium members can test out Experimental features in the official Geocaching® apps for iOS and Android. Get a sneak peek at the new profile view, show Favorite points on logs, and more! Nicole from HQ’s Product Team is here to explain how to find the features and provide feedback on them. You can listen...

Waymarking.com recently celebrated its one millionth Waymark. HQ’s Bryan Roth and Sean Boots stop by the podcast to share some memories from their many years of working on the site. You can listen to the episode via this page, or on Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, Spotify, or Stitcher. If you use an aggregator to subscribe...

After a brief intermission due to the pandemic, the Geocaching International Film Festival returns November 11-21, 2021. HQ’s GIFF guru, Ari, is here to discuss what make makes the festival so fantastic. You can listen to the episode via this page, or on Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, Spotify, or Stitcher. If you use an aggregator to subscribe to...

In the early years of Geocaching HQ (when it was known as Groundspeak), Lackeys came up with a gift idea for visitors to the Seattle office: a geocoin featuring digital icons of everyone who worked there. The Lackey geocoin was born. HQ’s Roxxy has designed 11 of the 15 Lackey coins. In this episode, learn...

With more and more Adventures available to find around the world, it’s a good time to check in with Erin Thompson and Stuart Schwartz from HQ’s Adventure Lab team for an update on what’s happening with the platform. You can listen to the episode via this page, or on Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, Spotify, or Stitcher. If you...

NASA’s Mars 2020 Perseverance Rover will soon land in Jezero Crater on Mars, along with the first interplanetary trackable! Longtime geocacher Dr. Francis McCubbin played a huge role in this geocaching milestone. In this episode, Dr. McCubbin shares details about the project. Read more about Dr. McCubbin in the Geocaching Blog. You can listen to...