Gale Straub // Founder, She Explores
Hailey Hirst // Digital Content Editor, She Explores
The Basics
Company Name: Ravel Media
Location: All Over
Founded: 2019
Full-Time Employees: 2
Products: She Explores Podcast & Media Platform; Social Media & Content Marketing Strategy & Execution; Special Event Planning
Social: @ravel.media/@she_explores
Claim to Fame: Our podcasts have over 4 million downloads (and counting!)
The Culture
The best thing about working at RAVEL MEDIA is:
Getting to help share so many inspiring stories and all of their complexities as told by women around the world, on the road and in the outdoors.
When we’re not working, we’re:
Hiking, backpacking, floating on rivers, playing with cats, and making ice cream.
What we’re reading:
The Art of Gathering by Priya Parker; Homegoing by Yaa Gyasi; and poetry by Mary Oliver.
What we’re listening to:
When it comes to podcasts, we love “Science VS” with Wendy Zuckerman; “Death, Sex, & Money” with Anna Sale; and “The Pitch” with Josh Muccio. When it’s music, we’re big fans of Maggie Rogers and Ira Wolf.
If they made a movie about our workplace, it would be called:
“Headphone Hair”.
Inclusion in the outdoors matters because:
All humans have a right to be in and enjoy the outdoors, but access to the outdoors is something that has been taken away from and limited to black, indigenous, and people of color (BIPOC) through colonization, white supremacy, and other social constructs and actions. The industry as a collective should be actively working to break down barriers and make the outdoors welcoming for all.
Five years down the line, it’s our hope that:
We see more bridge-building, more intersectionality, and more intentional work from everyone in our communities to make the outdoors a more inclusive and safer space.