A Conversation with Caroline Paul
From Now What? With Carole Zimmer by Carole Zimmer
February 3, 2026 · 45 min
About this episode
Caroline Paul shares her thrilling experiences as an adventure seeker and discusses the connections between flight and love.
Caroline Paul is an adventure seeker. She's been a white-water rafting guide and pioneered first descents on unexplored rivers in Borneo. To experience wing walking, she strapped herself to the top of a biplane while it performed maneuvers like loops and rolls. She's also racked up credits as a luge athlete, that crazy sport where you race down steep, icy tracks on small sleds, lying on your back. Now, Paul pilots a gyrocopter, a machine that might remind you of a praying mantis with wings. We talk about how the thrill of flight relates to themes of love and why Paul says it's easier to learn a landing than a human heart. "Now What?" is produced with help from Steve Zimmer, Lucy Little and Jackie Schwartz. Audio production is by Nick Ciavatta.
People in this episode
Host: Carole Zimmer
Guest: Caroline Paul
Topics covered
- adventure
- flight
- extreme sports
- personal growth
- love
Keywords
- adventure
- white-water rafting
- gyrocopter
- luge
- wing walking
Mentioned in this episode
Organizations: Steve Zimmer, Lucy Little, Jackie Schwartz, Nick Ciavatta
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