Where We Goin’ Today? podcast

Where We Goin’ Today?

Courtney Purcell

Mountaineering, canyoneering, meditation, great books, awesome music, rubbing shoulders with icons, Buddhist philosophy, minimalism and retiring at 41. It’s been a lifestyle designed. Join me as I ramble and scramble my way through this life’s great adventures and mishaps—expressed through the lens of a longtime Buddhist and meditator. Where we goin’ today, anyway?

45 Episodes

Underground Adventures
8/23/2023
22:34
A childhood fascination with caves has led me to a lifetime of great adventures underground.
Just a Scramble, Eh?
8/14/2023
21:54
After developing a reputation as a mountain climbing “sandbagger,” it should have come as no surprise that a songwriter-climber friend of mine would eventually craft a playful song poking fun at me. What’s surprising is how good the song turned out!
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Rubbing Shoulders
8/7/2023
23:50
In this episode, I reminisce on the dozens of celebrities I’ve encountered over the years.
How’s He Do It??!
8/1/2023
20:58
Lifestyle design allowed me to retire at the age of 41. I’m not a wealthy man but I live an incredibly rich life.
Increasingly Weird
6/26/2023
20:59
With life becoming progressively more strained and strange—death, despair, giving up, loneliness and isolation in the world around me—I turn to meditation to navigate the uncertain waters ahead.
On the Bus, On the Farm
6/22/2023
21:28
Reflections on some of the creators of the American counterculture—Jack Kerouac’s “On the Road,” Ken Kesey & the Merry Pranksters, and the Grateful Dead—and the impact they had on my life.
An Embarrassing Obsession
6/10/2023
20:59
A teenage fascination with Jim Morrison and the Doors led to a 20-year obsession about uncovering everything in the history of the band and writing a book about it.
The Asia Diaries (Ep.9): Shikoku, Japan
6/8/2023
25:07
With plans to soon embark upon a 1,000-year-old 700-mile walking pilgrimage in southeastern Japan, we spent a week doing a 60-mile reconnaissance of this classic ascetic Buddhist circuit.
Poems in the Night
6/6/2023
20:03
Reflections on a first big road trip around the mountains of the western U.S. that would spawn a decade of tireless mountain wandering.
A Lookout in the Clouds
6/3/2023
20:31
A trio of summers working as a volunteer forest fire lookout would set the tone for a love and appreciation for mountains that persists to this day.

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