🌲🎙️🥾🌀Episode # 9

WILDLY US: Emily - Drowning Lessons I Never Asked For

"The river provides a metaphor for everything in life"

The Go Wildly Podcast is what happens when two childhood friends & dirtbag adventure junkies decide to bring a mic into the wilderness. We’re Emily & Heather...equal parts heart and chaos...pulling stories out of people like snacks from the bottom of a backpack. We hike. We float. We talk. And somehow, in between all the laughs and mosquito bites, something real always surfaces.

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WILDLY US:

Emily Berlant is a passionate storyteller, community advocate, and co-host of the Go Wildly Podcast. Rooted in Southern Oregon, she brings a deep love for nature, authentic conversation, and creative connection to everything she does. Through her work, Emily inspires others to explore the outdoors, embrace vulnerability, and build a more sustainable, compassionate world.

Her professional background spans the whitewater rafting and tourism industry, renewable energy and community engagement, small-town government, nonprofit management, and hospitality. Today, she curates a life rich with joyful activities and supportive communities that help her live her best life. Learn more about Emily each week on Go Wildly.

In Episode 9 of the Go Wildly podcast, we turn the mic inward for a special storytelling session with me, Emily, your co-host. I open up about some of the most impactful—and, honestly, traumatic—experiences I had in the wild as a young person, and how they shaped the way I learned to navigate the world - not from a place of fear, but with respect and humility.

What You’ll Hear in This Episode:

• How the river humbles Emily

• The importance of a safe community, especially on the river

• How everything can change in an instant

• A powerful perspective shift on the fragility of life

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Here!!! on the Go Wildly Podcast or Through DM or Email @ gowildlyoregon@gmail.com

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Emily.gowildly

Filmed on Location:

Griffin Park, Grants Pass Oregon

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