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Tumblehome: A Boundary Waters Podcast

Erik and Adam discuss anything that has to do with the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness on this fun and informative podcast. Their years of experience living on the Gunflint Trail and exploring the adjacent wilderness has led them to an intimate understanding of it's lakes, trails and campsites and look forward to sharing it with fellow outdoor enthusiast. They will chat about their favorite lakes, lend fishing advice and review individual BWCA campsites to let you know which ones to aim for and which ones to avoid. Whether you're planning your first Boundary Waters trip or dreaming up your 50th there is something here for anybody who has an appreciation for wild, untouched places. Grab your paddle and join us!

  1. 393

    TCC: Fly Away Home

    A Tumblehome Cinema Classic, classic coming at you this week to put a final nail in the tiny little coffin that has been bird month 2026.  Thank you! Subscribe: Patreon Spotify iTunes YouTube Stitcher Google Play Soundcloud  

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    320: Kekekabic Lake

    We got a big rocky scraper riddled with lake trout and slimy sculpin coming at you this week. Sixteen campsites reviews, mud pits filled with hog, worm holes and skinless Nathan's sausage shaped islands. Subscribe: Patreon Spotify iTunes YouTube Stitcher Google Play Soundcloud  

  3. 391

    319: Bald Eagle Lake

    Boundary Waters lake reviews are back in town baby!  It has been 13 years since we have had legitimate BWCA content and its here to stay...FOREVER!  You can trust us; again.   Subscribe: Patreon Spotify iTunes YouTube Stitcher Google Play Soundcloud  

  4. 390

    318: 2o26 Birdament Championship!

    The moment is here and we are in Rio de Janeiro!  What will you tell your children about where you were when a grand birdament champion was crowned?  Stay tuned for an in the field update from deep within the BWCA! Subscribe: Patreon Spotify iTunes YouTube Stitcher Google Play Soundcloud  

  5. 389

    317: Final Four Birdament Coverage

    Continuing live coverage from this years hallowed birdament will see the field hacked down from 16 to 4.  Tune in to follow the majesty.  West Side Voting East Side Voting   Subscribe: Patreon Spotify iTunes YouTube Stitcher Google Play Soundcloud  

  6. 388

    316: 2nd Round Birdament Coverage

    A couple of charismatic husbands are covering the continuing majesty that is the 2026 Birdament.  The feathery feuding continues as the field is winnowed down to 16 of the sweetest fliers. West Side Voting East Side Voting   Subscribe: Patreon Spotify iTunes YouTube Stitcher Google Play Soundcloud  

  7. 387

    315: 1st Round Birdament Coverage

    Live from the top floor of the TSN tower its first round coverage of the 2026 Birdament!  This years sacred tournament of feathery flighted feuders has it all; terrifying lows, dizzying highs and all the creamy middles.   West Side Voting East Side Voting   Subscribe: Patreon Spotify iTunes YouTube Stitcher Google Play Soundcloud  

  8. 386

    314: 2026 Tumblehome Birdament

    Due to high demand the majesty is back!  The high council of ornithological integrity, the hallowed committee and the ABA have all spoken.  A stunning field of 64 BWCA birds has been selected and will scrap it up for a month to determine which feather will rule them all and most likely make us a nice quill. West Side Voting East Side Voting   Subscribe: Patreon Spotify iTunes YouTube Stitcher Google Play Soundcloud  

  9. 385

    313: Previously on Tumblehome

    Erik is back after having survived a winter in the sepia-toned land of bad hombres.  Adam is here to help assure him that everything in this country has been going super great the last few months.    Subscribe: Patreon Spotify iTunes YouTube Stitcher Google Play Soundcloud  

  10. 384

    Snow Log 26:13

    April takes us above 100 inches for the season finale of this winter's snow log. Our primary wampeter is the boundary waters, but what is the other? There are otter tracks in the wood, believe what you see. Source material: The Manitous, Cat's Cradle, Andor.  L'Etoile du Nord! Playlist  Subscribe: Patreon Spotify iTunes YouTube Stitcher Google Play Soundcloud  

  11. 383

    Snow Log 26:12

    Rebellions are built on hope, and Tumblehomies that stick together. Everything is stardust.  Source material: The Manitous, Cat's Cradle, Andor.  L'Etoile du Nord! Playlist  Subscribe: Patreon Spotify iTunes YouTube Stitcher Google Play Soundcloud  

  12. 382

    Snow Log 26:11

    Know your way out before you go in. Jesse Terry wins rookie of the year in Nome with Jitterbug and Moonwatcher in lead, and the home trails are triple mint tastiamo. Freedom is a pure idea. The frontier of the rebellion is everywhere. Source material: The Manitous, Cat's Cradle, Andor.  L'Etoile du Nord! Playlist  Subscribe: Patreon Spotify iTunes YouTube Stitcher Google Play Soundcloud  

  13. 381

    Snow Log 26:10

    Yellowlegs and Polar and Magic complete the Kaltag Portage, another blizzard brings a snow day for the North Shore. Thank you for the clarity, I thought it was gone for good. Source material: The Manitous, Cat's Cradle, Andor.  L'Etoile du Nord! Playlist  Subscribe: Patreon Spotify iTunes YouTube Stitcher Google Play Soundcloud  

  14. 380

    Snow Log 26:9

    The trees were coated in frost, then snow, and then rain. The trails are squishy and there are many hard miles between here and the finish line. Calibrate your enthusiasm. Trust your skis. Source material: The Manitous, Cat's Cradle, Andor.  L'Etoile du Nord! Playlist  Subscribe: Patreon Spotify iTunes YouTube Stitcher Google Play Soundcloud  

  15. 379

    Snow Log 26:8

    Believe what you see. The empire will murder and gouge mine entire worlds and they cannot win. They will not win. There is a memegwesi living inside the tree. Source material: The Manitous, Cat's Cradle, Andor.  L'Etoile du Nord! Playlist  Subscribe: Patreon Spotify iTunes YouTube Stitcher Google Play Soundcloud  

  16. 378

    Snow Log 26:7

    In this substance, no one, nothing was distinct. All forms were blurred, distorted. We became half humans, half fish, half angel, half pirate. The blizzard was delightful and the new carburetor ran smoothly as the world was buried in snow. Source material: The Manitous, Cat's Cradle, Andor.  L'Etoile du Nord! Playlist  Subscribe: Patreon Spotify iTunes YouTube Stitcher Google Play Soundcloud  

  17. 377

    Snow Log 26:6

    The corn is aggrieved, the empire is diseased, there is a darkness reaching like rust into everything around us. Breath deep, Tumblehomies, this may be the last fresh air we ever taste. Keep a steady speed going up or down the hill, and the gold medal in skijour will be jours. Source material: The Manitous, Cat's Cradle, Andor.  L'Etoile du Nord! Playlist  Subscribe: Patreon Spotify iTunes YouTube Stitcher Google Play Soundcloud  

  18. 376

    Snow Log 26:5

    Exciting day at the Gunflint Mailrun; these stone had within them a property that was Manitoulike. An egg cracked from outside is food, from within, a revolution. Source material: The Manitous, Cat's Cradle, Andor.  L'Etoile du Nord! Playlist  Subscribe: Patreon Spotify iTunes YouTube Stitcher Google Play Soundcloud  

  19. 375

    Snow Log 26:4

    Join us at Pronto with the Amush'nuneey and embrace the Eye of Aldhani, as we hand out hot corn dogs and fire-warmed beer and share Nana'b'oozoo's hallowed pipe in the sacred valley. Surprise from above is never as shocking as one from below. Source material: The Manitous, Cat's Cradle, Andor.  L'Etoile du Nord! Playlist  Subscribe: Patreon Spotify iTunes YouTube Stitcher Google Play Soundcloud  

  20. 374

    Snow Log 26:3

    Nonviolence is working, where do butterflies come from? Pull up the tracker and detach from the horrors of this world. Beargrease week is here and the best lead dog will drag us to victory. Source material: The Manitous, Cat's Cradle, Andor.  L'Etoile du Nord! Playlist  Subscribe: Patreon Spotify iTunes YouTube Stitcher Google Play Soundcloud  

  21. 373

    Snow Log 26.2

    Dark times, but remember comrades, you're the thing itself. Source material: The Manitous, Cat's Cradle, Andor.  L'Etoile du Nord! Playlist  Subscribe: Patreon Spotify iTunes YouTube Stitcher Google Play Soundcloud  

  22. 372

    Snow Log 26:1

    The storytelling season is here, this winter we combine The Manitous by Basil Johnston, Cat's Cradle by Kurt Vonnegut, and Helplessness Blues by Fleet Foxes, as we measure snow and appreciate the quiet darkness.  Playlist  Subscribe: Patreon Spotify iTunes YouTube Stitcher Google Play Soundcloud  

  23. 371

    312: Best Albums of 2025!

    Its album time!  We're wrapping up 2025 with a discussion about our time spent in the woods before compiling an authoritative, fearless and ultimately correct list of our favorite music from the past year.  Cheers to 2026!  Playlist  Subscribe: Patreon Spotify iTunes YouTube Stitcher Google Play Soundcloud  

  24. 370

    311: 2025 QOTY Spectacuganzacle!

    Thanks to everyone for allowing us to Come Original and get Down with all of your comments about the best and worst of times spent on the water in the BWCA and Quetico this past year.  Like we always say happy paddling and Amber is the color of your energy! Subscribe: Patreon Spotify iTunes YouTube Stitcher Google Play Soundcloud  

  25. 369

    Snow Log 12.14.25

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  26. 368

    Snow Log 12.7.25

    Every flake is a miracle? Subscribe: Patreon Spotify iTunes YouTube Stitcher Google Play Soundcloud

  27. 367

    310: Cox on Cox: Designed for Pleasure

    Another ship wreck season is wrapped up and packed away deep in the musty basement piles of charts, foam models and moist davenports.  Source Subscribe: Patreon Spotify iTunes YouTube Stitcher Google Play Soundcloud

  28. 366

    309: Every Hog is a Miracle

    Like a pile of greased hogs we're heading back overboard into the icy brine-less depths of turn of the century Lake Superior shipwrecks. Source Subscribe: Patreon Spotify iTunes YouTube Stitcher Google Play Soundcloud

  29. 365

    308: Too Much Sea for Their Decks

    Batten down yer hatches its shipwreck season! Source Subscribe: Patreon Spotify iTunes YouTube Stitcher Google Play Soundcloud

  30. 364

    307: La Calavera

    Happy Halloween everyone! Source Material Subscribe: Patreon Spotify iTunes YouTube Stitcher Google Play Soundcloud

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    306: Cold Pack Cheese Food Product

    In this shed we believe there should be kings; kings of trivia!  Come for the tradition of respectful and humble competition, stay for the hangover free suckling of Malört.  Thanks to Jeppson's for overseeing this years event. Subscribe: Patreon Spotify iTunes YouTube Stitcher Google Play Soundcloud

  32. 362

    305: Creamed Cash for the Thinker

    The trivial battle of wits interminably marches on and has our moral compasses spinning like a blender filled with cold hard cash.  Subscribe: Patreon Spotify iTunes YouTube Stitcher Google Play Soundcloud  

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    304: 2nd Biennial Warclub Trivia Classic

    The Tumbleshed is alive and pulsing with competition again as this rivalry for the ages adds a new chapter to an epic tale as old as time where execution, timing and backs against walls clash with gutsy performances, taking it one day at a time and at the end of the day who wants it more and overcoming adversity will take everyone involved to the next level. Subscribe: Patreon Spotify iTunes YouTube Stitcher Google Play Soundcloud  

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    303: Meat for Trees

    Visiting old special places, making our own dolmens alongside large pans of lasagna.  Dante Bichette, the Plexico Burress server and F1.  We are in our auto "E" era.   Subscribe: Patreon Spotify iTunes YouTube Stitcher Google Play Soundcloud  

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    302: Tiny Crimes

    Tumblehome Live in the Field 2025!  Unbelievably weird and mostly worth it! Subscribe: Patreon Spotify iTunes YouTube Stitcher Google Play Soundcloud  

  36. 358

    301: Four Person Hammocks

    Charming tales from 10 days in Quetico Provincial Park coming at you this week. Subscribe: Patreon Spotify iTunes YouTube Stitcher Google Play Soundcloud  

  37. 357

    300: We Still Sound Like Us

    It's here and its happening.  It's a 300th episode roastening miracle!  Thanks for listening and pick your sticks my friend! Subscribe: Patreon Spotify iTunes YouTube Stitcher Google Play Soundcloud  

  38. 356

    299: Album of the 5ummer!

    The docket is packed on this weeks show, trip recaps, mural rankers and our hot picks for albums of the summer.   Subscribe: Patreon Spotify iTunes YouTube Stitcher Google Play Soundcloud  

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    298: Always Meet at Fartleks!

    The depths of the Tumblewiki have been plumbed and we're none the wiser or better for it. Subscribe: Patreon Spotify iTunes YouTube Stitcher Google Play Soundcloud  

  40. 354

    297: Softball Riddles

    The worthwhile journey down the wiki hole in search of pure joy, truth and justice continues this week. Subscribe: Patreon Spotify iTunes YouTube Stitcher Google Play Soundcloud  

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    296: Terms of Hilarity and Endearment

    We are fleshing and flushing out the Tumblehome Wikipedia page to make sure the legacy lives on with truth and justice. Subscribe: Patreon Spotify iTunes YouTube Stitcher Google Play Soundcloud  

  42. 352

    295: Trace Cleanse

    Yeah I'll leave a trace...in your mind!   Subscribe: Patreon Spotify iTunes YouTube Stitcher Google Play Soundcloud

  43. 351

    294: Garbanzos and Claws

    Everybody is on their best behavior this week as we're discussing a world that most BWCA paddlers dare not dream of. Subscribe: Patreon Spotify iTunes YouTube Stitcher Google Play Soundcloud

  44. 350

    293: One Stick of Dynamite Please

    The adventure comes to an end this week, like all good things in this world.  Subscribe: Patreon Spotify iTunes YouTube Stitcher Google Play Soundcloud

  45. 349

    292: The Threshold of Echoes

    We're living that island life and continuing to press into the wilds of Quetico.  Join us! Subscribe: Patreon Spotify iTunes YouTube Stitcher Google Play Soundcloud

  46. 348

    001: Snak Traxx-Gabagool Interlude

    Coming to you live and in blistering HD Cinemascope from the shores of the mighty Cache River.  Subscribe: Patreon Spotify iTunes YouTube Stitcher Google Play Soundcloud

  47. 347

    291: Little King Island

    We're back in the field in our favorite place on earth: Quetico Provincial Park!  It's only taken us seven years but its all happening.  Join us on the journey. Subscribe: Patreon Spotify iTunes YouTube Stitcher Google Play Soundcloud

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    290: Chunky Huggers

    No more waiting for bravado, only more limericks and sonnets extolling future BWCA and Quetico plans coming at you. Subscribe: Patreon Spotify iTunes YouTube Stitcher Google Play Soundcloud

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    289: Timidly Devious Bucket Hats

    Beware!  Its our most explicit season opener episode ever!  Only the filthiest of AI produced limericks and sonnets to quench your indefatigable lust for BWCA content.  No amount of Adobe updates can save us. Subscribe: Patreon Spotify iTunes YouTube Stitcher Google Play Soundcloud

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    288: Tumble Lurenament Championship

    At last we will be crowning the one lure to rule them all this week!  Finally its over, now let us never speak of it again.  Subscribe: Patreon Spotify iTunes YouTube Stitcher Google Play Soundcloud

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ABOUT THIS SHOW

Erik and Adam discuss anything that has to do with the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness on this fun and informative podcast. Their years of experience living on the Gunflint Trail and exploring the adjacent wilderness has led them to an intimate understanding of it's lakes, trails and campsites and look forward to sharing it with fellow outdoor enthusiast. They will chat about their favorite lakes, lend fishing advice and review individual BWCA campsites to let you know which ones to aim for and which ones to avoid. Whether you're planning your first Boundary Waters trip or dreaming up your 50th there is something here for anybody who has an appreciation for wild, untouched places. Grab your paddle and join us!

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Erik and Adam

Produced by Erik and Adam: BWCA and Quetico Camping Experts

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Erik and Adam discuss anything that has to do with the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness on this fun and informative podcast. Their years of experience living on the Gunflint Trail and exploring the adjacent wilderness has led them to an intimate understanding of it's lakes, trails and...

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