"PULLED BY DOGS, GUIDED BY LIFE" with Blair Braverman

About this episode

Blair Braverman shares her experiences as a musher and the life lessons learned from her sled dogs.

Blair Braverman is a musher, adventurer, and celebrated author who has found her greatest teachers on four legs. From long distant racing treks including the Iditarod across 1,000 miles of Alaskan wilderness to the quiet moments between a musher and her dogs, Blair's life is a masterclass in love, resilience, and what it means to keep moving forward. In this conversation, we explore the personalities of her dogs, the brutal beauty of life on the trail, and the profound wisdom that only a pack of sled dogs can teach you. She's a woman with an old soul — and her dogs have much to do with it. ig@ blair_braverman ig@thefurrealpodcast ig@ markakyle fb@ Balir Braverman fb@ Mark A Kyle tik tok @blairbraverman tik tok @thefurrealpodcast www.furrealpodcast.com https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/what-to-carry-what-to-burn/id1896260781 https://www.amazon.com/Dogs-Trail-Year-Blair-Braverman/dp/0063066262 https://www.nytimes.com/2026/03/18/magazine/sled-dogs-pack-racing-mushing.html See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .

People in this episode

Host: Mark A Kyle

Guest: Blair Braverman

Topics covered

• mushing
• sled dogs
• adventure
• resilience
• life lessons

Keywords

• musher
• Iditarod
• sled dogs
• adventure
• life lessons
• resilience
• Alaska

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: The Fur Real Podcast, New York Times

Books & works: Dogs on the Trail: A Year with Sled Dogs

Places: Alaska

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