NASA’s Mars 2020 Perseverance Rover will soon land in Jezero Crater on Mars, along with the first interplanetary trackable! Longtime geocacher Dr. Francis McCubbin played a huge role in this geocaching milestone. In this episode, Dr. McCubbin shares details about the project. Read more about Dr. McCubbin in the Geocaching Blog. You can listen to the episode via this page, or on Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, Spotify, or Stitcher. If you use an aggregator to subscribe to podcasts, you can access the RSS feed here. A full transcript is available here.

Inside Geocaching HQ Podcast

Episode 48: Geocaching on Mars – Interview with Dr. Francis McCubbin

Besides being the 20th anniversary of geocaching, 2020 also marks 20 years of the partnership between Geocaching HQ’s three co-founders. In this Inside HQ podcast, Jeremy Irish and Bryan Roth share stories from HQ’s early days, talk about what makes the game and community so special, and look ahead to the future. You can listen to the episode via this page, or on Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, Spotify, or Stitcher. If you use an aggregator to subscribe to podcasts, you can access the RSS feed here. A full transcript is available here.

Episode 47: 20 years of geocaching with HQ co-founders Jeremy Irish and Bryan Roth

Nicole from HQ’s Product Team stops by to talk about several recent projects, including new attributes, searchable Difficulty/Terrain grid, cookies (sorry, not the edible kind), and more! You can listen to the episode via this page, or on Apple Podcasts, Google Play, Spotify, or Stitcher. If you use an aggregator to subscribe to podcasts, you can access the RSS feed here. A full transcript is available here.

Episode 46: Attributes, searchable D/T grid and more with Nicole J.

In our final (for now) episode with community volunteer reviewers, we hear about reviewing and forum moderating from South Africa, the United Kingdom, Australia, and the U.S. You can listen to the episode via this page, or on Apple Podcasts, Google Play, Spotify, or Stitcher. If you use an aggregator to subscribe to podcasts, you can access the RSS feed here. A full transcript is available here.

Episode 45: Reviewer Talk (Part V)

In this installment of reviewer conversations, we hear from five reviewers, including two Geoawares. Learn more about geocache reviewing, including tips for submitting a successful EarthCache. You can listen to the episode via this page, or on Apple Podcasts, Google Play, Spotify, or Stitcher. If you use an aggregator to subscribe to podcasts, you can access the RSS feed here. A full transcript is available here.

Episode 44: Reviewer Talk (Part IV)

As our series of reviewer chats continues, we’ve got both coasts of the U.S. covered in this episode with community volunteer reviewers from Oregon and North Carolina. Topics include cache maintenance, reviewing during the pandemic and more. We recorded this interview remotely, so we apologize if the sound quality is not as crisp as usual. You can listen to the episode via this page, or on Apple Podcasts, Google Play, Spotify, or Stitcher. If you use an aggregator to subscribe to podcasts, you can access the RSS feed here. A full transcript is available here.

Episode 43: Reviewer Talk (Part III)

In this episode, we share another conversation with community volunteer reviewers. This time, our guests are from Italy (Giulia_Tofana), Norway (Hexa Nomos), Canada (CacheShadow), and the United States (Marko Ramius). Besides learning more about the reviewer role for “regular” geocaches, we also touch on EarthCaching and other topics. We recorded this interview remotely, so we apologize if the sound quality is not as crisp as usual. You can listen to the episode via this page, or on Apple Podcasts, Google Play, Spotify, or Stitcher. If you use an aggregator to subscribe to podcasts, you can access the RSS feed here. A full transcript is available here.

Episode 42: Reviewer Talk (Part II)

Community volunteers are reviewers, EarthCache reviewers, forum moderators, and translators who love geocaching and enjoy helping others. In this episode (and a few more episodes to come), we are chatting with some community volunteers about what they do and what they enjoy about their roles. Today, we’re talking with reviewers from Switzerland, The Netherlands, Israel, and Arkansas USA. We recorded this interview remotely, so we apologize if the sound quality is not as crisp as usual. You can listen to the episode via this page, or on Apple Podcasts, Google Play, Spotify, or Stitcher. If you use an aggregator to subscribe to podcasts, you can access the RSS feed here. A full transcript is available here.

Episode 41: Reviewer Talk (Part I)

Andrew and Emily drop by to talk about life on Geocaching HQ’s Community Engagement Team: sharing amazing geocaching stories on social media, answering hundreds of daily community questions, and more! We recorded this interview remotely, so we apologize if the sound quality is not as crisp as usual. You can listen to the episode via this page, or on iTunes, Google Play, Spotify, or Stitcher. If you use an aggregator to subscribe to podcasts, you can access the RSS feed here. A full transcript is available here.

Episode 40: Community Engagement Team

Geocaching HQ’s president and co-founder Bryan Roth drops by to chat about the new Cache Owner Dashboard, the Adventure Lab app, and more! We recorded this interview remotely, so we apologize if the sound quality is not as crisp as usual. You can listen to the episode via this page, or on iTunes, Google Play, Spotify, or Stitcher. If you use an aggregator to subscribe to podcasts, you can access the RSS feed here. A full transcript is available here.

Episode 39: Catching up with Bryan Roth

Memory Lane is underway and Brigitte from Geocaching HQ’s marketing team is here with lots of fun details. We recorded this interview remotely, so we apologize if the sound quality is not as crisp as usual. You can listen to the episode via this page, or on iTunes, Google Play, Spotify, or Stitcher. If you use an aggregator to subscribe to podcasts, you can access the RSS feed here. A full transcript is available here. 

Episode 38: Memory Lane

If you have used the official Geocaching® apps, then you’re familiar with Daniel Gruici’s work. He’s the Mobile Engineering Lead at Geocaching HQ. In this episode, learn about how he came to HQ and what goes into his job here. We recorded this interview remotely, so we apologize if the sound quality is not as crisp as usual. You can listen to the episode via this page, or on iTunes, Google Play, Spotify, or Stitcher. If you use an aggregator to subscribe to podcasts, you can access the RSS feed here. A full transcript is available soon. And here is a bonus picture of Daniel sporting his work-from-home hair! 

Episode 37: Daniel Gruici

Maria McDonald is the Learning + Development Manager and Facilities Manager at Geocaching HQ. In this episode, she explains how she helps HQ Lackeys grow in their roles (and deliver geocaching products to the community). She also shares some tips that everyone can use in their home and work lives during these challenging times. We recorded this interview remotely, so apologies for the sound quality not being as crisp as usual. You can listen to the episode via this page, or on iTunes, Google Play, Spotify, or Stitcher. If you use an aggregator to subscribe to podcasts, you can access the RSS feed here. A full transcript is available here.

Episode 36: Maria McDonald

Bryan Roth, Geocaching HQ’s president and co-founder, returns to the podcast to chat about HQ’s response to Coronavirus 2019 (COVID-19), as well as some happier topics! We recorded this interview remotely, so apologies for the sound quality not being as crisp as usual. You can listen to the episode via this page, or on iTunes, Google Play, Spotify, or Stitcher. If you use an aggregator to subscribe to podcasts, you can access the RSS feed here. A full transcript is available here.

Episode 35: Bryan Roth, Community First

Tom Phillips oversees marketing, merchandising and the API program at Geocaching HQ. We chat about those topics and more on this episode of Inside Geocaching HQ. You can listen to the episode via this page, or on iTunes, Google Play, Spotify, or Stitcher. If you use an aggregator to subscribe to podcasts, you can access the RSS feed here. A full transcript is available here.

Episode 34: Tom Phillips, VP of Marketing

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