Diane Van Deren was a professional tennis player before she had epilepsy, and running helped stave off her seizures. Ten years into her disease, she decided to have a radical surgery where doctors removed a part of her brain. Once she healed, running became her ultimate medicine and a way to raise awareness. She started doing ultramarathons and taking home titles in her races.

REI recently made a video called “Women in Fire” that features Lacey England and some other badass female firefighters and launches April 30th. Lacey was also profiled in the National Forest Foundation series, “Drawn to Flame: Women Forged by Fire.” Lacey shares her story, plus the unglamorous life of her job (it involves Spam and carrying insanely heavy packs), what her day-to-day training entails, and what it’s like to be in a field that is dominated by people that don’t look like her.

Jen Sincero is the author of You are a Badass and You Are a Badass at Making Money. Her latest book is a guide on how to make more money and teaches you how to release negative views about it. Jen shares how to live more wildly, how to make more money, how to get out of your own way, and how to get started today.

Today’s guest has one of the most important jobs you can think of: she’s a farmer and grows the food we eat. Andrea Bemis and her husband, Taylor, own an organic vegetable farm called Tumbleweed Farm in Parkdale, near Hood River, Oregon. We talk about how she got into farming, what she would have done if she wasn’t a farmer, what she’s learned from working on the land, and how she turned her passion for cooking her own food into a successful blog, Dishing Up The Dirt, and a cookbook of the same name

REI is now in the podcast game with not just with this show, but also a new 8-episode series called Take it From Me, that launches this week. Nick Mott, the producer of the show, is a fellow journalist, writer, photographer, and a rock climber. Nick talks about the unique format of Take It From Me, shares a quick clip, and talks about the adventurous characters he interviews.

Author Elizabeth Thames, aka Liz Frugalwoods, is the voice behind the blog and new book, Meet the Frugalwoods. Liz and her husband did everything they were supposed to: attended a good state college, graduated, and got jobs. But as millennials working 9-to-5 jobs for non-profits, they knew there was something beyond the daily grind. Instead of just working harder and harder, they instead used extreme frugality and retired in their early thirties.

Florence Williams, author of The Nature Fix, is an accomplished writer and speaker. Her writing has appeared everywhere from the New York Times to Outside Magazine, and she’s even hosted a few podcasts herself. In The Nature Fix she writes about the science behind that feeling we get when we're outside: being in nature makes us happier, healthier, more productive, and more creative.

Stacy Bare is not your average guy or storyteller. He received a Bronze Star for his time spent serving in Iraq from 2006 to 2007, but struggled with depression, addiction and even contemplated suicide when he returned home from war. When a friend introduced him to rock climbing, however, the course of his life changed. Stacy created Veterans’ Expeditions and Adventure Not War, getting vets outside. In 2014, he was named the National Geographic Adventurer of the Year, a well-deserved title.

Kimmy Fasani is a well-respected athlete, most known for her aggressive free-style backcountry snowboarding. She has won countless awards like Women’s Rider of the Year, Standout Performance of the Year, and has had some incredible video parts with Standard and Absinthe Films. Kimmy loves mentoring other snowboarders, especially other females and is a vocal ambassador for several nonprofits.

Brendan Leonard is the creator of Semi-Rad, a blog he started in 2011. He’s also an author, adventurer, illustrator, filmmaker, ultra-marathoner, and an all-around interesting guy. He’s also a contributor to sites like Dirtbag Diaries and The Adventure Journal. Over the last year, he has built a large following, from his hilarious Seinfeld-esque illustration on his Semi_Rad Instagram account that documents the daily choices we make in the outdoors and as adults.