The outdoors is not a niche.

It's way bigger than that.

The outdoors is essential to our lives, essential to who we are as a species.

And as the world continues to get smaller, as new advances in technology push us to the limits of the planet, the outdoors is more important than ever.

Open Container is here to explore this new idea of the outdoors.

We'll strive to uncover stories about creativity, adventure, conservation, politics, and the people who make the outdoor space so vibrant.

The world is full of anxiety right now.

Climate change, politics, cultural upheaval.

But fear not, there are answers in the outdoors.

I'm Doug Schnitzpahn, and on this show we will talk to people who are looking to nature to find the solutions we all need.

We will be having honest conversations about how the outdoors can change us, how it heals us, how we learn from it, and how we can build a better world from what we learn about being outdoors.

So please join us, open the container and find out what's inside.

Let's get some.