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The 1000 Hours Outside Podcast

The 1000 Hours Outside Podcast is the megaphone for the global 1000 Hours Outside movement, created to help people embrace hands-on living in a tech-saturated world. Hosted by bestselling author and founder Ginny Yurich, each episode explores the countercultural idea that kids - and adults - thrive when they choose real-world options over virtual ones. Featuring conversations with leading voices in parenting, nature, education, mental health, neuroscience, faith, and free play, and rooted in research and rich with practical encouragement, the show invites listeners to slow down, step outside, and join a growing movement committed to reclaiming childhood, reconnecting families, and restoring me...

1KHO 558: “I Wish I Had All My Gaming Hours Back," A Mother’s Wake-Up Call for Every Parent | Melanie Hempe, ScreenStrong

52 mins; August 27, 2025

1KHO 557: Raising Originals in a World of Clones | Andrew and Evan Hempe, ScreenStrong

59 mins; August 26, 2025

1KHO 556: I Gave Up My Smartphone and Found My Soul | Andrew Laubacher, Humanality

80 hours 47 mins; August 25, 2025

1KHO 555: Raise The Kid In Front Of You | Ian Morgan Cron, The Road Back To You

55 mins; August 22, 2025

1KHO 554: How to Start an Adventure Club (and Change Your Family’s Life) | Beth Barth, Girls Adventure Club

54 mins; August 21, 2025

1KHO 553: How to Break Free from the Era of Ankle-Monitored Childhood | Lenore Skenazy, Free Range Kids

60 hours 0 mins; August 20, 2025

1KHO 552: Why Sick Soil Means Sick People (And How to Fix Both) | David Montgomery and Anne Bikle, What Your Food Ate

51 mins; August 19, 2025

1KHO 551: The Science of Happiness Every Parent Needs to Hear | Arthur Brooks, The Happiness Files

58 mins; August 18, 2025

1KHO 550: Four Years and 550 Episodes Later the Sleep Whisperer Returns | Dr. Chris Winter, The Rested Child

54 mins; August 15, 2025

1KHO 549: The Hidden Skills Behind School Readiness | Allison Mell, Tots on Target

64 hours 43 mins; August 14, 2025

1KHO 548: Creativity and Inherently Human Skills Will Be at a Premium in the Future, How to Prepare Your Kids for the AI Revolution| Matt Britton, Generation AI

51 mins; August 13, 2025

1KHO 547: How to Keep Youth Sports from Turning Kids into Commodities | Brian Smith and Ed Uszynski, Away Game

52 mins; August 12, 2025

1KHO 546: When Parents Thrive, Kids Thrive: A Blueprint for Healthy Child Development in an Anxious World | Dr. Madeline Levine, Teach Your Children Well

59 mins; August 11, 2025

1KHO 545: Trying to Figure Out How to Juggle All of Life’s Plates | Tara Sun, Overbooked and Overwhelmed

55 mins; August 09, 2025

1KHO 544: We Have to Protect Our Children | Heather Thompson Day, Can I Sit Here?

51 mins; August 08, 2025

1KHO 543: Our World's Beauty is Preposterous | Amanda Dykes, A Pocketful of Wonder

58 mins; August 07, 2025

1KHO 542: How to Be On Your Child's Side No Matter What | Dr. Tom Cowan, Commonsense Childrearing

58 mins; August 06, 2025

1KHO 541: Recess Is Not Optional, Why Our Kids Need More Than 22 Minutes to Be Human | Say Yes to Recess!

59 mins; August 05, 2025

1KHO 540: Take Away the Screens and Go Outside | Mike McLeod, GrowNOW ADHD

50 mins; August 04, 2025

1KHO 539: We Need So Many More Farmers | Sean Pessara, Mindful Farmer Arkansas

54 mins; August 01, 2025

1KHO 538: You Can Change Everything in Three Years | Janelle Anderson, The Haven Farmstead

50 mins; July 31, 2025

1KHO 537: Do You Want Healthy Kids? Take Them Outside | Miriam Eriksson and Amanda Argyle, Argyle Acres

57 mins; July 30, 2025

1KHO 536: How to Foster Creativity in a World That Wants to Control It | Austin Kleon, Steal Like an Artist

57 mins; July 29, 2025

1KHO 535: Why We Don’t Need to Tell Kids What to Do All the Time | Michaleen Doucleff, Hunt, Gather, Parent

60 hours 1 min; July 28, 2025

1KHO 534: How to Stop Overthinking and Start Doing | Pat Flynn, Lean Learning

58 mins; July 25, 2025

1KHO 533: How to Reclaim the Freedom of Childhood and the Joy of Family | Justin Whitmel Earley, The Big Mess

45 mins; July 24, 2025

1KHO 532: Taking Back the Neighborhood, How Family-First Tech Can Revive Real-World Childhoods| Russell York, COSMO Technologies

57 mins; July 23, 2025

1KHO 531: What Happens When You Don’t Give Up | Bethany Hamilton, Soul Surfer

51 mins; July 22, 2025

1KHO 530: Using Herbs to Weave Calm Through Tense Days | Rachelle Robinett

57 mins; July 21, 2025

1KHO 529: Tantrums Are an Emotional Poop | Devon Kuntzman, Transforming Toddlerhood

56 mins; July 20, 2025

1KHO 528: At Some Point, You Just Need to Start | Melissa Ferguson, Our Friendly Farmhouse

56 mins; July 18, 2025

1KHO 527: The Age of the Trophy Child | Carl Honore, Under Pressure

56 mins; July 17, 2025

1KHO 526: Parents Want To Talk About Vaccines More Than All Other Topics Combined | Joel Warsh Gator, Between a Shot and a Hard Place

60 hours 51 mins; July 16, 2025

1KHO 525: Zero Time to Pee | Rachelle Crawford, How To Be Busy

56 mins; July 15, 2025

1KHO 524: Durable Trades in a Brittle World | Rory Groves, The Family Economy

58 mins; July 14, 2025

1KHO 523: From Couch, to Garden, to Whole Foods and a Whole New Life Down 160 Pounds | Helene Leeds and Penelope Popken, Step It Up

42 mins; July 11, 2025

1KHO 522: The Perfect Homestead Is Wherever You Live Right Now | Samantha Mauermann, Acres and Aprons

55 mins; July 10, 2025

1KHO 521: Nature is an Essential Part of Childhood | Linda McGurk, Rain or Shine Mamma

45 mins; July 09, 2025

1KHO 520: Learning That’s Tethered to Real Life | Morgan and Hudson Wild, Off the Couch and Into Creation

60 hours 11 mins; July 08, 2025

1KHO 519: How to Avoid Interrupted Potential, Stunted Development, and Stimulation Dependence | Dr. Nicholas Kardaras and Andrew Laubacher

59 mins; July 07, 2025

1KHO 518: From Backyard Builds to Confidence-Building Lessons | Keith Phillips, Heartland Bunkies

50 mins; July 05, 2025

1KHO 517: From Dental Scrubs to 20 Million Followers, How Life Can Change Overnight | Kay and Tay Dudley

53 mins; July 04, 2025

1KHO 516: Real Faith, Real Adventure, Real Childhood | The Wild Brothers, Off the Couch and Into Creation

59 mins; July 03, 2025

1KHO 515: How to Fail Well | Diane Boden, Clear Intentions

52 mins; July 02, 2025

1KHO 514: How to Love Deeper in a Shallow World | Jada Edwards, A New Way to Love Your Neighbor

46 mins; July 01, 2025

1KHO 513: The Business of Replacing Parents - How Big Tech Wants to Raise Your Kids | Dr. Susan Linn, Who's Raising the Kids?

54 mins; June 30, 2025

1KHO 512: When You Feel Inadequate, Start Anyway | Brittany Maher, Ready As You Are

48 mins; June 27, 2025

1KHO 511: Parents Are Right to Nag Their Kids to Go Outside | Thomas Kersting, Disconnected

57 mins; June 26, 2025

1KHO 510: A Life Centered Around Intentional Connection | Mark and Ksenija Ostach, Walk Forward Journal

55 mins; June 25, 2025

1KHO 509: Dry Eye, Blinking Problems, and Digital Overuse: What You Need to Know (And Do) | Clare Morell, The Tech Exit

58 mins; June 24, 2025

1KHO 508: They Said He Needed Drugs for Life. He Was Six. | Barbie Rivera, Enough is Enough

51 mins; June 23, 2025

1KHO 507: When It Feels Like Nothing’s Working | Dr. Heather Thompson Day, What If I'm Wrong?

53 mins; June 20, 2025

1KHO 506: 1000 Hours Outside is the Key to Accessing Joy as a Parent | Lindsey Prell, Ordinary on Purpose

59 mins; June 19, 2025

1KHO 505: Summer is the Season When Most People Go Through Divorce | Gabe and Rebekah Lyons, The Fight For Us

58 mins; June 18, 2025

1KHO 504: It's Very Wise to Invest In Your Kids | Jeremy Puglisi, The RV Atlas

56 mins; June 17, 2025

1KHO 503: Raising Kids in a Streaming World | Candace Cameron Bure, Full House

62 hours 38 mins; June 16, 2025

1KHO 502: How to Live While You Wait | DawnChere Wilkerson, Slow Burn

57 mins; June 13, 2025

1KHO 501: Screen Time Too Soon Creates Highly Impulsive Kids | Dr. Nicholas Kardaras, Glow Kids

62 hours 45 mins; June 12, 2025

1KHO 500: Childhood Starts Ending the Day the Smartphone Arrives | Kim John Payne, Simplicity Parenting

60 hours 25 mins; June 11, 2025

1KHO 499: What Have We Done to Childhood? | Dr. Peter Gray, Free to Learn

60 hours 26 mins; June 10, 2025

1KHO 498: How to Develop Brains That Are Capable of Enjoying Success | Dr. William Stixrud and Ned Johnson, What Do You Say?

60 hours 9 mins; June 09, 2025

1KHO 497: Why the Hardest Childhoods Sometimes Raise the Most Beautiful Humans | Sean Dietrich, Sean of the South

53 mins; June 06, 2025

1KHO 496: Peace Over Panic - What Stories of Death Teach Us About Life | Lee Strobel, Seeing the Supernatural

54 mins; June 05, 2025

1KHO 495: The Editor Behind the Curtain - What Really Shapes the Books That Shape Us | Will Parker Anderson, Writers Circle Podcast

56 mins; June 04, 2025

1KHO 494: Eat Well, Spend Less, Live More | Mandy Klentz, Plandy Mandy

57 mins; June 03, 2025

1KHO 493: Make a Commitment Not to Be a Helicopter Parent | Mark Gerson, God Was Right

63 hours 29 mins; June 02, 2025

1KHO 492: Hard Things Are Worth Doing | Christine Alexander, Wonder and Wildflower

54 mins; May 30, 2025

1KHO 491: Jon Acuff Greatest Hits - Courage, Goals, and the Gift of Starting Again

53 mins; May 29, 2025

1KHO 490: The Power of Small Things on Repeat | Mary Marantz, Underestimated

56 mins; May 28, 2025

1KHO 489: Why Modern Childhood Is Failing Kids' Bodies and Brains | Angela Hanscom, Balanced and Barefoot

53 mins; May 27, 2025

1KHO 488: How to Make an Overwhelming Life Easier | Emily Ley, The Simplified Cookbook

46 mins; May 26, 2025

1KHO 487: It’s Better to Leave Things Undone Than to Come Undone | Courtney Smallbone, Technicolor Woman

55 mins; May 23, 2025

1KHO 486: Success Without Peace is Failure in Disguise | Matt Beaudreau, Apogee

58 mins; May 22, 2025

1KHO 485: Allow Childhood to Go Slow | Maggie Dent, Parental as Anything

57 mins; May 21, 2025

1KHO 484: Homeschooling, You're Doing It Right Just by Doing It | Joel Salatin, Polyface Farms

53 mins; May 20, 2025

1KHO 483: Real Joy Is Found in Ordinary Places | Tauren Wells, Joy Bomb

59 mins; May 19, 2025

1KHO 482: Big Tech Is Profiting from Your Child’s Imagination | Susie Spikol, Forest Magic for Kids

55 mins; May 16, 2025

1KHO 481: When We Rob Childhood, We Also Steal Their Future | Mike McLeod, GrowNOW ADHD

59 mins; May 15, 2025

1KHO 480: The Skills Kids Actually Need to Navigate Life | David Thomas and Sissy Goff, Raising Boys & Girls

57 mins; May 14, 2025

1KHO 479: Finding the Courage to Say “My Child Needs More Time” | Zan Tyler, The Zan Tyler Podcast

68 hours 20 mins; May 13, 2025

1KHO 478: Later Is Just Another Word for Never | Sahil Bloom, The Five Types of Wealth

55 mins; May 12, 2025

1KHO 477: What Every Boy Needs Before He Turns 10 (And Why It Starts With You) | Molly DeFrank, Mothering Boys

54 mins; May 09, 2025

1KHO 476: Why So Many Are Sick Before They Even Grow Up | Aly Cohen, Detoxify

54 mins; May 07, 2025

1KHO 475: Does the Damage From My Past Put a Lid On My Future? | Lisa Harper, A Jesus-Shaped Life

57 mins; May 06, 2025

1KHO 474: Using Psychology as a Weapon Against Children | Dr. Richard Freed, Better Than Real Life

49 mins; May 05, 2025

1KHO 473: Why the Imagination Still Matters | Andrew Klavan, The Kingdom of Cain

57 mins; May 02, 2025

1KHO 472: Exercise is the Opposite of Stress | Dr. Anders Hansen, The Real Happy Pill

48 mins; April 30, 2025

1KHO 471: Screens, Safetyism, and the Collapse of Parenting | Dr. Leonard Sax, The Collapse of Parenting

50 mins; April 29, 2025

1KHO 470: How Stories and Small Moments Shape Generations | Leah Boden, Chronicles of Wonder

54 mins; April 28, 2025

1KHO 469: There is a War Being Raged Over Your Food Choices | Dr. Cate Shanahan, The Fatburn Fix

55 mins; April 25, 2025

1KHO 468: 5 Powerful Prescriptions You Won’t Find at the Pharmacy | Julia Hotz, The Connection Cure

56 mins; April 22, 2025

1KHO 467: Flavor Is the Original Craving | Mark Schatzker, The Dorito Effect

53 mins; April 22, 2025

1KHO 466: Why the Happiest Kids in the World Just Play | Jessica Joelle Alexander, The Danish Way of Parenting

55 mins; April 21, 2025

1KHO 465: Kids Thrive in a Simple Environment | Julia Ubbenga, Declutter Your Heart and Your Home

50 mins; April 17, 2025

1KHO 464: Nature Is Ready and Prepared to Be Our Ally | Dean Hall, The Wild Cure

56 mins; April 16, 2025

1KHO 463: The Best Supplement is the Sun | Hilda Labrada Gore, Holistic Hilda

60 hours 44 mins; April 15, 2025

1KHO 462: Don’t Miss the Magic Right Outside Your Door | N.D. Wilson, The Riot and the Dance

57 mins; April 14, 2025

1KHO 461: Stop Mowing, Start Growing | Douglas Tallamy, Nature's Best Hope

49 mins; April 11, 2025

1KHO 460: When We Didn't Think We Could Go Another Day | Will Acuff, No Elevator to Everest

52 mins; April 09, 2025

1KHO 459: Marriage After Kids Is a Different Game | Dr. Morgan Cutlip, A Better Share

59 mins; April 08, 2025

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