Digital Paddler Podcast with Steve and Sally
Digital Paddler with Steve and Sally is an AI-hosted podcast for whitewater rafters, kayakers, river guides, and paddling obsessives who want more than recycled outdoor fluff. Each episode blends river knowledge, gear talk, safety systems, trip planning, river culture, and current events from across the whitewater world. Hosted by synthetic river guides Steve and Sally, the show dives into everything from reading hydraulics and rigging rafts to wilderness access battles, dam releases, guide life, and the realities of modern river running. Expect practical advice, strong opinions, occasional sarcasm, and a steady focus on what actually matters on the water. Whether...
The Battle for Chainsaw Bans in American Wilderness (AI Generated)
Note: This is an AI generated podcast. In May 2026, the U.S. Forest Service issued a precedent-setting decision to allow commercial outfitters to use gas-powered chainsaws to clear approximately 542 miles of trails within the Frank Church-River of No Return Wilderness. The agency cited extraordinary levels of deadfall, estimated at up to 110,000 downed trees in a single 150-mile stretch, which has rendered nearly half of the managed trail network impassable. This episode dives into the resulting firestorm, exploring why this decision is being hailed as a common-sense solution by some and denounced as a blatantly illegal betrayal of the...
