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The Adventure Podcast
An ongoing series of long-form conversations with individuals at the forefront of exploration and adventure in which filmmaker Matt Pycroft speaks to the most knowledgeable, accomplished and respected voices in the field. From mountaineers to wildlife cinematographers, environmental activists to polar photographers, The Adventure Podcast brings you up close and personal with those who live extraordinary lives.
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Episodes
The Adventure PodcastEpisode 078: Sean Conway, Embracing the Extraordinary
Sean Conway is an ultra endurance adventure athlete who is keen to champion the athletic side of adventure. Born in Zimbabwe, his childhood was spent in the…
The Adventure PodcastEpisode 077: Anna McNuff, Mischief Maker
Anna McNuff is an adventurer, speaker and self proclaimed ‘’mischief maker’’. Anna has run the length of Britain in bare feet, cycled the 50 states of the US…
The Adventure PodcastEpisode 076: Nick Hayes, The Land They Stole
Nick Hayes is an illustrator by trade and the author of ‘The Book of Trespass’ which details how we, the public, have been excluded from nature throughout…
The Adventure PodcastEpisode 075: Lara Maiklem, The London Mudlark
Lara Maiklem is an author with an obsessive hobby: Mudlarking. Also known as the ‘London Mudlark’ she spends hours searching the Thames foreshore for items…
The Adventure PodcastEpisode 074: Megan O'Neill, Running For Creativity
Megan O’Neill is an Irish Singer-Songwriter who has opened for Sir Tom Jones as well as performing with the Lighthouse Family and Jamie Cullum. Her love of…
The Adventure PodcastEpisode 073: Emily Penn, EXXpedition
Emily Penn is a Skipper and an Ocean Advocate. During a sailing trip around the world, Emily was having a swim and surfaced to find she was surrounded by…
The Adventure PodcastEpisode 072: Sophy Roberts, A Silent City
Episode 072 of The Adventure Podcast sees a return of our dispatches - shorter form content where we delve into a specific subject, issue, idea or story. In…
The Adventure PodcastEpisode 071: Corin Smith, Home Truths
Corin Smith is a fly fisherman, photographer and salmon farm campaigner. Born in the highlands of Scotland, Corin's working life has taken him from a tech…
The Adventure PodcastEpisode 070: Robert Martineau, Waypoints
Robert Martineau has many strings to his bow, most recently adding ‘author’ to his list of achievements. His book ‘Waypoints - A Journey on Foot’ is about his…
The Adventure PodcastEpisode 069: Henry Fletcher, The Freedom to Roam
Henry Fletcher is a facilitator, storyteller and maker. As a facilitator, Henry helps people immerse themselves in nature. As a storyteller, he seeks a…
The Adventure PodcastEpisode 068: Emily Chappell, From Courier to Commentator
An ultra-endurance cyclist, Emily Chappell started her biking adventures as a cycle courier in London before cycling from Wales to Japan. The cycling feats…
The Adventure PodcastEpisode 067: David Yarrow, It's Not All Black and White
David Yarrow is a fine art photographer, conservationist and author. David is best known for his iconic monochrome wildlife photography, as well as for…
The Adventure PodcastEpisode 066: Reza Pakravan, Crossing the Line
Reza Pakravan is an explorer, filmmaker and writer. In a past life Reza was working the 9 to 5 but today he documents his epic adventures. From travelling the…
The Adventure PodcastEpisode 065: George Butler, Drawn Across Borders
George Butler is an award-winning artist and illustrator who specialises in documenting reportage and current affairs in ink rather than with a camera. In 2012…
The Adventure PodcastEpisode 064: Niall McCann, The Conservation Frontline
Describing himself as a "biologist with a lot of other interests", Dr Niall McCann works on the frontline of conservation, and in his spare time has skied…
The Adventure PodcastEpisode 063: Steph Jeavons, Starting Afresh
Steph Jeavons is an author, journalist and adventurer from Wales. The first person to circumnavigate the globe and ride a motorbike on all seven continents…
The Adventure PodcastEpisode 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…
The Adventure PodcastEpisode 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…
The Adventure PodcastEpisode 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 Adventure PodcastEpisode 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…
The Adventure PodcastEpisode 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 Adventure PodcastEpisode 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…
The Adventure PodcastEpisode 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…
The Adventure PodcastEpisode 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…
The Adventure PodcastEpisode 054: Tom Randall, A Life of Percentages
Tom Randall used his student loan to trade the stock market and pay his way through university, before moving to London and dividing his time between a…
The Adventure PodcastEpisode 053: Time travel, Michael Turek
Michael Turek has been taking photographs since he was eight years old. In this conversation with Matt Pycroft - that ranges from a close encounter with a…
The Adventure PodcastEpisode 052: Respect is Earned, Jay Morton
After a fourteen year career in the British Army, Jay Morton found himself catapulted from clandestine special forces secrecy to household-name celebrity. In…
The Adventure PodcastEpisode 051: The Lost Pianos of Siberia - Part Two, Sophy Roberts
In the second half of this two-part interview, Sophy Roberts shares the epiphany that led to her debut book The Lost Pianos of Siberia, and the ‘pursuit of an…
The Adventure PodcastEpisode 050: The Lost Pianos of Siberia - Part One, Sophy Roberts
Sophy Roberts cut her journalistic teeth reviewing luxury hotels for glossy magazines, before turning her back on the world of ‘infinity pools, free lunches…
The Adventure PodcastEpisode 049: Finding the Last English Poacher, Emma Crome
Filmmaker and producer Emma Crome specialises in adventure and documentary film production. Following an unexpected insight into the decline of Britain’s wild…
The Adventure PodcastEpisode 048: Ascent of Mount Gongga, Nick Bullock
Nick Bullock describes himself, in a self-deprecating manner that is a refreshing hallmark of his storytelling, as “someone who likes to go climbing”…
The Adventure PodcastEpisode 047: Cycling the World, Vedangi Kulkarni
Five weeks after first arriving in the UK to study, Vedangi Kulkarni set off on her bike with the aim of discovering the country she had chosen to call home…
The Adventure PodcastEpisode 046: Presumed Dead in Brazil, George Monbiot
In 1989, George Monbiot travelled to Brazil to explore the troubling stories emerging from the rainforest. He lived in Manaus - in the heart of the Amazon -…
The Adventure PodcastEpisode 045: A Life in the Mountains, Sir Chris Bonington
Still climbing in his ninth decade – and with nearly 30 first ascents under his belt – Sir Chris Bonington’s appetite for adventure has made him both a…
The Adventure PodcastEpisode 044: Finding Home, Iain Miller
Iain Miller might just be the only professional sea stack climber on Earth. After twenty years sailing the world with the Merchant Navy, Iain made a home in…
The Adventure PodcastEpisode 043: The Solitude Specials, Jenny Tough
The eighth episode in this lockdown series is with Jenny Tough.The Solitude Specials are a new series of shorter conversations with adventurous souls who know…
The Adventure PodcastEpisode 042: The Solitude Specials, Beth Healey
The seventh episode in this series is with Dr Beth Healey. The Solitude Specials are a new series of shorter conversations with adventurous souls who know a…
The Adventure PodcastEpisode 041: The Solitude Specials, Dee Caffari
The sixth episode in "The Solitude Specials" is with Dee Caffari.The Solitude Specials are a new series of shorter conversations with adventurous souls who…
The Adventure PodcastEpisode 040: The Solitude Specials, Tim Howell
The fifth episode in "The Solitude Specials" is with Tim Howell.The Solitude Specials are a new series of shorter conversations with adventurous souls who know…
The Adventure PodcastEpisode 039: The Solitude Specials, Aldo Kane
The fourth episode in "The Solitude Specials" is with Aldo Kane.The Solitude Specials are a new series of shorter conversations with adventurous souls who know…
The Adventure PodcastEpisode 038: The Solitude Specials, Hazel Findlay
The third episode in "The Solitude Specials" is with Hazel Findlay.The Solitude Specials are a new series of shorter conversations with adventurous souls who…
The Adventure PodcastEpisode 037: The Solitude Specials, Ben Saunders
The second episode in "The Solitude Specials" is with Ben Saunders.The Solitude Specials are a new series of shorter conversations with adventurous souls who…
The Adventure PodcastEpisode 036: The Solitude Specials, Megan Hine
The first episode in 'The Solitude Specials' is with Megan Hine.The Solitude Specials are a new series of shorter conversations with adventurous souls who know…
The Adventure PodcastEpisode 035: Life in Antarctica - The Not-So-Common Cold, Tash Burley
Having spent years working for the Royal Flying Doctors in Australia, and a season at Everest Basecamp, Tash Burley spent the 2019-2020 Antarctic season as…
The Adventure PodcastEpisode 034: Life in Antarctica - Tracks in the Snow, Kobus Stadler
The first episode in our Antarctic mini-series is with fourth-generation South African farmer Kobus Stadler, who spent the end of 2019 in Antarctica, helping…
The Adventure PodcastEpisode 033: A High-Latitude Life, Ian 'Spike' Sykes
In the 1960s, Ian (Spike, to his mates, his family, and pretty much everyone else) Sykes spent two years as a dog sled driver for the British Antarctic Survey…
The Adventure PodcastEpisode 032: Mount Roraima – Anna's Journey
Anna Taylor had never travelled further than Germany when she boarded the plane to Guyana to join Leo Houlding on a world class expedition to Mount Roraima…
The Adventure PodcastEpisode 031: Mount Roraima - The Summit
On the 4th December 2019, Leo and the team stood on top of Mount Roraima in the darkness. With everyone on the summit, all that was left to do was haul the…
The Adventure PodcastEpisode 030: Mount Roraima – The Wall Camp
The team are now living on the wall, and finding their way up it. Waldo talks us through the route so far - right at Tarantula Terrace, right again at…
The Adventure PodcastEpisode 029: Mount Roraima – The Tepui Land
Advanced base camp has been established, and it's time to head up the wall. Before they do, here's an in-depth expedition update from team leader Leo Houlding…
The Adventure PodcastEpisode 028: Mount Roraima – Learning the Ropes
One week in to the Roraima Expedition, Matt sits down with the youngest member of the team, Anna Taylor, to talk about her jungle experience so far. Support…
The Adventure PodcastEpisode 027: Kendal Mountain Festival, Steve Scott
Ahead of Kendal Mountain Festival 2019, Matt spoke to festival director Steve Scott about what's in store for you this year, and how he ended up running one of…
The Adventure PodcastEpisode 026: Mount Roraima – The Lost World
An update from Guyana. In this episode, Matt talks to Waldo Etherington (of Episode 002) as they trek through the Amazonian forest, en route for Mount Roraima…
The Adventure PodcastEpisode 025: Mount Roraima – Faffing
This is it: our first expedition podcast, sent back from Guyana where Matt is on expedition with Leo Holding and team, heading for Mount Roraima.We hear from…
The Adventure PodcastEpisode 024: Against Prevailing Winds, Dee Caffari
The first woman to sail solo, non-stop, around the world in both directions, Dee Caffari's honest tales of breaking boundaries as a female sailor are pertinent…
The Adventure PodcastEpisode 023: Born an Explorer, Erling Kagge
Our first episode of Series Two is with explorer, publisher and philosopher Erling Kagge. We spoke to him earlier this year about his book 'Walking' and the…
The Adventure PodcastEpisode 022: Season Two, Matt Pycroft
A podcast update from Matt, and what's in store for you in Series Two. @theadventurepodcast Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/the-adventure-podcast…
The Adventure PodcastEpisode 021: Leave me here at home, Al Humphreys
Al reads the final chapter from his new book 'My Midsummer Morning'. Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/the-adventure-podcast. Hosted on Acast. See…
The Adventure PodcastEpisode 020: Busking for Bocadillos, Al Humphreys
Following in the footsteps of Laurie Lee, Al set out to walk through Spain with only a violin, and a modest repertoire of elementary tunes. Along the way he…
The Adventure PodcastEpisode 019: Mind Control, Hazel Findlay
Hazel grew up climbing the limestone sea cliffs of Pembrokeshire. In the twenty years since those first adventurous forays, she has travelled, and climbed, the…