Episode 102: Season Wrap-Up with Sunshine

Thank you for being part of the Gold Arrow Camp community this year! In this week’s episode, Sunshine wraps up the 2025 GAC Podcast season and gives an overview of what we covered in this season’s interviews.

2025 Podcast Directory

Episode 75: Creating a Happier World with Airborne

Episode 76: Creating a Happier World with Chelster

Episode 77: Creating a Happier World with Bagel

Episode 78: Creating a Happier World with Speed

Episode 79: Creating a Happier World: The GAC Philosophy

Episode 80: The Magic of Camp (Happy Campers Book Excerpt)

Episode 81: Creating a Happier World with Evergreen

Episode 82: Creating a Happier World with Glitter

Episode 83: Creating a Happier World with Woody

Episode 84: Try Something New

Episode 85: Unplug to Connect

Episode 86: Thrivers with Dr. Michele Borba

Episode 87: Experienced Campers Talk about Camp

Episode 88: Razz Talks about Camp

Episode 89: WOWs with Bravo

Episode 90: The GAC Experience with Punkie

Episode 91: Getting Outside with Boulder

Episode 92: The Positive Impact of Camp with Echo

Episode 93: Growing at GAC with Vision

Episode 94: Making the World a Better Place with the Friedman Sisters

Episode 95: Junior Counselors on Unplugging to Connect

Episode 96: Magoo Shares About Community and Confidence

Episode 97: Lyric on Growing Up at GAC

Episode 98: Zippy on Growing Independence

Episode 99: Pua on Overcoming Discomfort

Episode 100: Barrow on Juggling for Well-Being

Episode 101: Sneaks on Finding His Confidence and Helping Campers Find Theirs

Episode 101: Sneaks on Finding His Confidence and Helping Campers Find Theirs

In this episode of the podcast, Brian “Sneaks” Adler talks about growing up at GAC as a camper and counselor. Sneaks talks about how his time at camp helped him figure out who he was, gain his confidence, learn how to be emotionally vulnerable and authentic, develop his leadership skill, and figure out how to thrive as a human. His summers at camp helped Sneaks figure out what he liked and what gave him purpose and fulfillment. Now he loves helping his campers and Junior Counselors grow in the same ways he’s grown at camp.

Junior Counselor Program

Episode 95: Junior Counselors on Unplugging to Connect

Episode 100: Barrow on Juggling for Well-Being

Head Counselor and GAC’s very own Circus Skills Coach tells his GAC story and about the passion for circus skills that he’s shared with our 2024 and 2025 campers and staff. Barrow’s high energy, positivity, and his love of juggling and circus skills have made a huge impact on our community, and we’re so grateful he’s part of our community. Many campers have headed home with their own diablos, practicing new skills they learned from Barrow. Each 2025 Appreciation Campfire featured “Cirque de GAC,” a performance of campers who’ve practiced new circus skills they learned from Barrow. Talk about trying something new!

We talk about some of the many positive benefits of juggling, including reduced stress and anxiety and improved perseverance and confidence.

According to Google:

Diabolo juggling provides a wide array of benefits, from enhancing hand-eye coordination and concentration to boosting confidence and promoting social interaction. The practice can be mentally engaging, physically challenging, and a source of personal expression. 

Cognitive and mental benefits
Physical benefits
Social and emotional benefits

Episode 85: Unplug to Connect

5 Surprising Benefits of Learning to Juggle and Why it Might Improve Your State of Mind

Beyond the Balls: Unlocking the Surprising Benefits of Juggling

Juggling: A Fun Way to Boost Focus and Beat Anxiety

Episode 99: Pua on Overcoming Discomfort

Second year staff member, Natalia “Pua” Elias Rodriguez, talks about coming to Gold Arrow Camp from Mexico, not knowing anyone else who worked here. Pua had a rough start and talks about her adjustment and the fun, friends, and growth she’s experienced at GAC. Pua has worked as a horseback riding activity counselor for the past two summers.

Episode 98: Zippy on Growing Independence

This summer, Renee “Zippy” Say celebrated her twentieth summer at GAC. Zippy attended as a camper and was a staff member in the early 2000s. Now she’s returned as a parent of her three boys and as a Shaver Host for two weeks each summer. In this episode she talks about her experiences as a camper and staff and the experiences her three boys are now having as campers. She talks a lot about the independence she developed in her camper and staff year and that she’s now seeing her boys develop because of their time at camp.

Let Grow

Want An Independent, Self-Confident Kid? Camp Can Help!

Episode 95: Junior Counselors on Unplugging to Connect

Episode 85: Unplug to Connect

Sunshine Parenting Episode 100: Teens’ Advice for Raising Responsible, Independent Kids

Evergreen

Episode 58

On this episode, it’s a Morning Assembly reunion, as Evergreen joins Soy to talk about camp. Evergreen has a long history with camp and has experienced it as both a staff member and a parent. She has great insights about what makes camp special, which was really cool to hear. Soy shares some of his Dad’s work history in the Joke of the Cast and Victor Frankl supplies the GACspiration