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Aug. 4, 2025

Choosing the Unknown – Chapter 5: Brother’s Keeper

In the final miles of the Cocodona 250 ultramarathon, runners descend through Flagstaff, Arizona—terrain as unforgiving as it is redemptive. But beneath the surface of these trails lies a darker history. In 1988, near this sa...

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July 28, 2025

Choosing the Unknown – Chapter 4: The Road to Sedona

In this chapter of Choosing the Unknown , we descend into the red rock corridors of Sedona alongside Cocodona 250 ultrarunners—and trace the escape of German surrealist Max Ernst from Nazi-occupied Europe to the Arizona deser...

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July 22, 2025

Choosing the Unknown – Chapter 3: Mountains Don’t Care

The Cocodona trail doesn’t care who you were. And in Jerome, halfway through a 250-mile race, neither does the mountain. In this chapter, we follow Maynard James Keenan—rock star turned winemaker—and explore what it means to ...

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July 14, 2025

Choosing the Unknown - Chapter Two

Choosing the Unknown – Chapter Two: The Veteran What happens when expertise meets uncertainty? In Chapter Two, we meet Andy Jones-Wilkins, a legend in the ultrarunning world, as he runs the Cocodona 250. Andy has run hundreds...

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July 8, 2025

Choosing the Unknown - Chapter One

What happens when you step into the unknown—even when everything is going wrong? In Chapter One of our Choosing the Unknown series, host Paul Johnson stands at the starting line of the Cocodona 250, but the real story begins ...

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July 1, 2025

Choosing the Unknown - Prologue

What does it take to step into the unknown? In this prologue to Get Some , host Paul Johnson looks at the moments when we leave certainty behind. From the starting lines of ultramarathons to everyday choices, Get Some explore...

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