Podcast artwork thumbnail for The Kyle Thiermann Show

The Kyle Thiermann Show

Kyle Thiermann

Booking Overview

An interview-led show focused on surfing, outdoor pursuits, intellectual life, creativity, and human behavior, typically featuring accomplished authors, journalists, athletes, and subject-matter experts. Credible pitches include published writers, adventure and environmental journalists, elite athletes, psychologists, sexuality educators, and specialists with distinctive expertise or compelling personal experience; booking difficulty is medium because the show attracts established professionals but also features accessible experts.

Metrics

Episodes: 411

Frequency: Irregular

Rating: 4.9/5.0

Estimated listeners: 10k-100k

Gender skew: Male

Location: USA

Contact Information

Publicly listed emails

thiermann@substack.com

Looking for the right person? Join Podseeker to find direct host and producer contacts and manage your podcast outreach.

Host

Kyle Thiermann - Writer, creative director, and sponsored surfer for Patagonia whose work has appeared in Men's Health, Surfer, and Outside and whose creative clients have included Patagonia, Yeti, and MUD\WTR. He ...

Booking Intelligence

Booking Requirements

medium
Typical Credentials:  
Published authors, award-winning journalists, professional athletes, recognized coaches, psychologists, educators, and specialized experts with substantial real-world experience or a distinctive intellectual perspective.
Required Achievements:  
Published books, Award-winning journalism, Recognized professional expertise, Major media or cultural credits, Established podcasts or public platforms

Recent Guest Discussions

Chris Ryan - Human Behavior, Sexuality, Culture, Psychology, Shamanism, And Altered States Of Consciousness.

Steve Hawk - Writing Fiction Later In Life, Moving From Nonfiction To Novels, Surf Culture, And Creative Deadlines.

Mark Sponsler - Weather Forecasting, Ocean Swells, Big-wave Surfing, And The Science Behind Surf Prediction.

Adam Skolnick - Developing And Completing Creative Projects, Writing Books, Journalism, And The Transition From Nonfiction To Fiction.

Amy Baldwin - Sexuality Education, Intimacy, Relationships, Pleasure, Emotional Connection, And Shame-free Approaches To Sex.

Recent Topics

Surfing, Outdoor Sports, Writing, Psychology, Sexuality

Episodes

Here's the recent few episodes on
The Kyle Thiermann Show
:

#418 Chris Ryan Interviews Me

August 27, 2026

Christopher Ryan, Ph.D is a big thinker buddy of mine who is a van lifer, wisdom dispenser, troublemaker, host of the podcast Tangentially Speaking, and co-author of Sex at Dawn and Civilized to Death. Even before co-authoring the New York Times best-seller, Chris was on a wild ride. After receiving a BA in English and American literature in 1984, he spent the next two decades traveling around the world, pausing in unexpected places to work at decidedly odd jobs (e.g., gutting salmon in Alask...

#417 Write Your First Fiction In Your Seventies - Steve Hawk

August 17, 2026

Steve Hawk is a longtime surf and outdoor journalist, former editor of Surfer magazine, Sierra, and Stanford Business magazines. His first novel, Nearshore, is out today. Described as a churning mix of literary suspense and coastal noir, where the clash between land and sea unearths Silicon Valley’s darkest secret, the book is both a window into NorCal’s insular surf culture as well as the plausible threat of a terrorist attack on San Francisco. Hawk will be doing a bunch of book events in th...

#416 Understanding Swells - Mark Sponsler (Repost)

August 05, 2026

Mark Sponsler grew up on an avocado farm outside Miami. One day an avocado ricocheted off his window shutters during a storm, and something clicked. He’s been obsessed with weather ever since. He graduated from Rollins College in 1980 with a degree in Business Administration, then spent years managing software projects for companies like Rockwell International and Lockheed-Martin. Not exactly the resume you’d expect from the guy who predicts Mavericks swells down to the hour. In 1998, Mark la...

Publicly listed emails

thiermann@substack.com

Looking for the right person? Join Podseeker to find direct host and producer contacts and manage your podcast outreach.

Get your clients booked on top podcasts

Try us risk free with a FREE 3 days trial.

Start Your Free Trial

Join hundreds of PR teams using Podseeker to pitch and land bookings