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The 1000 Hours Outside Podcast

Ginny Yurich

Childhood is finite at just shy of 9.5 million minutes. We only get one shot at it. One of the biggest decisions we make is how we will use that time. Research has confirmed time and time ag...

Episodes

20 of 965 episodes

1KHO 965: All Children Are Creative Until We Stifle Their Creativity | Dr. Louisa Penfold, Every Child Is An Artist

A lump of clay, a cardboard box, or a handful of leaves can teach children things no worksheet ever could. Dr. Louisa Penfold, Harvard educa...

58:29Nov 7, 2026

1KHO 964: The First Gift of Christmas, Joel David and Luke Smallbone, Drummer Boy

Sometimes the most powerful story behind a movie is the one unfolding in the lives of the people making it. Brothers Joel and Luke Smallbone...

56:28Nov 6, 2026

1KHO 963: What We Lost When Childhood Became So Comfortable | Meghan Cox Gurdon

There was a time when children could experience life without feeling the need to document it, share it, or turn it into something for others...

61:58Nov 5, 2026

1KHO 962: Today Is The Youngest You'll Ever Be | Jon Acuff, The 3-Minute Mindset

The words we repeat become the beliefs our children carry, and sometimes we don't realize what we've taught them until years later. Bestsell...

59:40Nov 4, 2026

1KHO 961: The Kind of Adventure a Screen Can't Give You | Isaac Rudansky, Georgie Summers and the Scribes of Scatterplot

What if erasing a child's painful memories would actually take away something important? In this conversation, Ginny Yurich welcomes Isaac R...

59:21Nov 3, 2026

1KHO 960: The Untold Story Behind It's a Wonderful Life | Aaron Burns and Justin Strawhand, Jimmy

It's a Wonderful Life has touched generations of families, but few know the extraordinary story of suffering and healing behind Jimmy Stewar...

59:33Nov 2, 2026

1KHO959: Winning The Trauma Olympics | Toni Collier, Unshakable Moxie

Healing doesn't always mean the pain goes away. Sometimes it means growing strong enough to carry it—and helping someone else carry theirs....

50:10Nov 1, 2026

1KHO 958: Hospitality Is Who You Are | Tori Hope Peterson, Safe House

Children learn generosity not just from what their parents tell them, but from what they watch their parents do. Tori Hope Petersen, author...

57:50Oct 30, 2026

1KHO 957: Americans Didn't Always Believe There Was Only One Way to Educate a Child | Dixie Dillon Lane, Skipping School

The way we educate children today isn't the way we've always done it. In fact, many of the practices parents take for granted are surprising...

55:42Oct 29, 2026

1KHO 956: Children Who Can’t Sit Still Need To Move More, Not Less | Sally Goddard Blythe, The Well Balanced Child

A child who struggles to sit still may actually need more movement, not more discipline. And a child who struggles to read may be facing dev...

53:58Oct 28, 2026

1KHO 955: All Behavior Makes Sense (Even When it Doesn’t Seem To) | Robyn Gobbel, Raising Kids with Big, Baffling Behaviors⁠,

The child who struggles most with behavior may be the very child who needs more recess, more play, and more connection—not another consequen...

58:39Oct 27, 2026

1KHO 954: Spend Your Money on What Matters Most | Crystal Paine, The 7 Habits of Financially Healthy Women

The way you spend your money can shape your life and Crystal Paine wants us to make sure it’s shaping a life we actually want. Crystal is ba...

54:07Oct 26, 2026

1KHO 953: Tiny Blessings Are Blessings, Too | Wendy Speake, The Sacrifice of Praise and Thanksgiving

During one of the darkest seasons of her life, Wendy Speake walked 150 miles in a single month. She felt so emotionally paralyzed that takin...

56:30Oct 25, 2026

1KHO 952: It's Never Too Late To Become Someone New | MP Woodward, The Handler

Five years can change everything. In 2021, M.P. Woodward was an Amazon executive who had never published a novel. Today, he's writing Tom Cl...

60:16Oct 23, 2026

1KHO 951: The Lost Art Of Enjoying Everyday Life | Ian Bogost, The Small Stuff

Children know something about enjoying life that adults have largely forgotten. A stick, a cardboard box, or even a marshmallow can become a...

57:07Oct 22, 2026

1KHO 950: The Motherhood Advantage | Dr. Anne Welsh, Ambitious Mother

Even if you spend every possible moment with your children, you'll still grieve how quickly they grow up. That sadness isn't proof you misse...

53:18Oct 21, 2026

1KHO 949: Raising Kids in a Narcissistic Age | Chuck DeGroat, Who You're Becoming

We live in a world that rewards performance, comparison, and constant approval. But what is that doing to our children—and to the people we'...

56:45Oct 20, 2026

1KHO 948: Slow Is a Superpower in Childhood | Carl Honore, In Praise in Slowness

Childhood was never meant to be a race. Bestselling author and Slow Movement pioneer Carl Honoré returns to The 1000 Hours Outside Podcast f...

58:17Oct 19, 2026

1KHO 947: Building Up a Culture of Care | Tim St. John, After Church Hurt

Church hurt can leave you grieving far more than a bad experience because you can lose your community in the process. In this deeply persona...

55:53Oct 18, 2026

1KHO 946: How Ordinary People Develop Remarkable Techniques for Weathering Crises | Dr. Raj Panjabi, Safer

When life suddenly stops feeling safe, the people around us may be our greatest protection. Dr. Raj Panjabi is a physician, the former White...

54:01Oct 16, 2026