The 1000 Hours Outside Podcast

Public education was built to develop minds, not manage devices—and somewhere along the way, we lost that. In this powerful second conversation, Dr. Jared Cooney Horvath joins Ginny Yurich to unpack what decades of research actually say about screens in the classroom, why more technology is not leading to better learning, and how we may be unintentionally trading deep thinking, memory, and creativity for convenience. From paper vs. screens to handwriting, boredom, and the lost art of downtime, this episode offers a clear-eyed look at what kids truly need to thrive—and what we can do right now to help them get it back. Check out Jared’s INCREDIBLY book The Digital Delusion here

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On this episode of The 1000 Hours Outside Podcast, Ginny Yurich sits down again with Shannan Martin to talk about what it actually looks like to live inside a life that feels heavy and not run from it. Drawing from her new book Counterweights, Shannan shares the simple but profound practice of carrying both the hard and the good at the same time, from grief and church hurt to sea glass on a Michigan beach, Taylor Swift on repeat, and healing found in ordinary moments. This conversation is a reminder that we don’t need to escape our lives to endure them.

Explore more of Shannan’s work at her website and Substack The Soup, and one of her earlier books Start with Hello.
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Poet, author, speaker, and comedian Tanner Olson joins Ginny Yurich for a warm, funny, unexpectedly tender conversation about slowing down, looking up, and finding language for the hard parts of being human. From orange groves and fresh-squeezed juice to infertility, adoption, faith, friendship, distraction, and the quiet ache so many people carry, this episode feels like a long exhale—a reminder that hope does not erase pain, but it does help us keep going. If you have ever felt a little off, a little overwhelmed, or a little tired of the noise, Tanner’s words will meet you right where you are and gently point you back to what matters most: presence, beauty, connection, and the grace to keep getting through what you’re going through.

Explore Tanner’s new book Getting Through What You’re Going Through and more of his work (including tour dates) here
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In this thoughtful and deeply encouraging conversation, Ginny Yurich sits down with author Jenna Lee Dillon to talk about what it really looks like to travel well with kids without numbing them out along the way. Drawing from her book Look Up: A Wild and Screen-Freed Roadmap to Enjoying Travel with Kids, Jenna shares why the journey matters just as much as the destination, how boredom and discomfort can become gifts instead of problems, and why children do not need constant entertainment to thrive. This episode is a fresh reminder that family travel can be slower, richer, more connected, and far more memorable when we choose presence over convenience and model a life our children will actually want to grow into.

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Learning to have deeper friendships, better conversations, stronger families is actually a skill we can learn. In this conversation, Ginny Yurich sits down with bestselling author Charles Duhigg to unpack the science behind connection, from the surprising way our brains sync during meaningful conversations to the simple habit that instantly makes people feel seen: asking better questions. Drawing from his book Supercommunicators, Duhigg explains why most conversations fail, how to recognize the three types of conversations we’re always having, and why a 45-second moment of preparation can transform everything—from your marriage to your parenting to the way your kids relate to others. This episode is practical, hopeful, and life-changing because the people we love most don’t need us to be perfect communicators, just more intentional ones.

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