Episode 062: Leon McCarron, Slow Travel
Leon McCarron is a writer, broadcaster and adventurer - originally from Northern Ireland, he now calls Iraq home. Leon’s championing of ‘slow travel’ has taken him across China on foot, walking throug...
22 Feb 20211h 10min
Episode 061: Robert Swan, The Last Great Wilderness
Robert Swan is the first person in history to reach both the North and South Poles on foot, and undertook both of these pioneering expeditions in an era before GPS or satellite phones. He has gone on ...
15 Feb 20211h 5min
Episode 060: Cal Flyn, Islands of Abandonment
Cal Flyn is a writer and journalist who lives on Orkney, off the north coast of Scotland. Her latest book tells the story of a dozen abandoned places around the world, from Chernobyl to the volcanic C...
8 Feb 20211h 13min
Episode 059: Ed Caesar, Things You Have Not Dreamed Of
Acclaimed journalist and author Ed Ceasar has written on subjects as varied as gorillas in the Congo, an imprisoned Russian billionaire and the world’s longest tennis match. Most recently, his book 'T...
1 Feb 20211h 8min
Episode 058: Matt Sharman, To Humbly Go
There are many reasons to venture into the mountains. Matt Sharman is the antithesis of the ‘conqueror’. A gentle but accomplished mountaineer, this episode of the podcast details Matt’s life as a mou...
12 Des 20201h 22min
Episode 057: Ben Saunders, Striving Well
Explorer, endurance athlete and renowned speaker, Ben Saunders holds the record for the longest polar journey on foot, and has skied more than 7,000km in the polar regions. In this episode he tells th...
9 Des 20201h 21min
Episode 056: Gilly McArthur, The Choices that Matter
In this episode, cold water swimmer, rock climber, and deep thinker, Gilly shares her unique, heart-warming and enlightening perspective on the world. Her story takes us through a diverse career path ...
30 Nov 20201h 28min
Episode 055: Hunter Workman, Land of the Midnight Sun
Hunter describes himself as a ‘fencing contractor, deerstalker, turner of stones and walker of paths’. Brought up in the woodlands of Gloucestershire, Hunter lives with his hands in the earth. Heavily...
24 Nov 20201h 16min
