Uploaded September 2025 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
Dorian Anderson was a neuroscientist and geneticist with a promising academic career when he made a radical shift: in 2014, he left the lab to pursue a year-long, cross-country birding adventure—on a bicycle. Pedaling nearly 18,000 miles across the U.S., his goal was to spot over 600 bird species while deepening his sobriety, and reconnecting with nature.
Connect with Dorian:
• Website (bikingforbirds.blogspot.com/)
• Instagram (instagram.com/dorian.anderson.photography/?hl=en)
• Dorian's book, Birding Under the Influence (amazon.com/Birding-Under-Influence-Cycling-Recovery/dp/1645022234)
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Dorian Anderson was a neuroscientist and geneticist with a promising academic career when he made a radical shift: in 2014, he left the lab to pursue a year-long, cross-country birding adventure—on a bicycle. Pedaling nearly 18,000 miles across the U.S., his goal was to spot over 600 bird species while deepening his sobriety, and reconnecting with nature.
Connect with Dorian:
• Website (bikingforbirds.blogspot.com/)
• Instagram (instagram.com/dorian.anderson.photography/?hl=en)
• Dorian's book, Birding Under the Influence (amazon.com/Birding-Under-Influence-Cycling-Recovery/dp/1645022234)
Register for Camp Monsters LIVE in Denver, Colorado (rei.com/events/101906/camp-monsters-podcast-live/a02cw00000B3JRBAA3)
Thank you to our sponsors:
• Capital One and the REI Co-op® Mastercard® (rei.com/membership/mastercard?trackingId=podcast)
• Benchmade (rei.com/b/benchmade/c/all)
Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com (https://pcm.adswizz.com) for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.
