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S4E12 Life in the Deep Blue: Diving the World’s Oceans with Author and Photographer Pier Nirandara
“You stand at the edge of the boat - and you take a giant stride into the unknown.”Today we’re chatting with Pier Nirandara, a bestselling author, film producer, SCUBA diver and underwater…
S4E11 ADVENTURE: Kayak the Kwanza: the World-Record Paddle Down Angola’s Longest River
Follow travel author Oscar Scafidi on his world-record paddle down the Kwanza River inAngola. Stretching 600-miles from its source in the Angolan Highlands, in the center of thecountry, to the…
S4E10 IMMERSION: Hog Heaven - On Location at the Sturgis Motorcycle Rally
The Sturgis Motorcycle Rally is the biggest two-wheeled party in the world drawing hundreds of thousands of riders each year to the Black HIlls of South Dakota. Join presenter Brian Thacker on…
S4E9 DISCOVER: Into the Wild - A Road Trip Through Australia's Northern Territory
In today’s Discover Destination guide, we’re taking a road trip across the Northern Territory of Australia, from crocodile close-encounters and aboriginal rock art to a wonder of the world that’s…
S4E8 BUCKET LIST: The River Nevis Race - Scotland’s Extreme White-water Pool Floatie Race
Today host Aaron Millar is sharing a bucket list bit of madness — literal adventure insanity he got up to about 15 years ago in the Scottish Highlands. It's called the Glen Nevis River Race, and it…
S4E7 BEST OF EXPLORER: Arabia, a 5,000-mile Journey into the Heart of the Middle East with Explorer Levison Wood
Levison Wood is one of the world’s most well-known explorers, TV presenters and authors. Join him for a 5,000-mile journey through the heart of the Middle East, from the front lines of Iraq and Syria…
S4E6 LONELY PLANET: The Aurora Chaser
Witnessing the Northern Lights is one of the most awe-inspiring experiences on the planet, and in today’s interview episode we’re going to hear what it feels like to stand beneath them - a cascade of…
S4E5 ADVENTURE: A Million Steps on Lava with Ricardo Kaljouw
Today we are going to travel across all seven continents, through steaming craters and frozen summits, into the heart of the world's most active volcanoes. This is a story about chasing fire.Ricardo…
S4E4 IMMERSION: A Life Underground: Into the Sacred Caves of the Black Hills
The Black Hills are home to more than 100 known caves - including the world's third-longest cave system at Jewel Cave National Monument with it's miles of unmapped passageways, and the complex caves…
S4E3 BUCKET LIST: Hiking Italy’s Old Salt Road across the Apennine Mountains
Sometimes the wrong path is the best path. I was stumbling down the side of a steep mountain slope, pushing through thorny bushes, scratched, thirsty and utterly confused. But I was smiling. While on…
S4E2 ADVENTURE: Kite-skiing Antarctica with Explorer Justin Packshaw
"Humans are meant to excel. And when you start pushing that and seeing how capable we are, it's phenomenal what you can actually go and do."-Justin PackshawWhen Justin Packshaw was trekking in…
S4E1 PATHWAYS: Italy’s Old Salt Road, the River Nevis Race and A Million Steps on Lava
Every Pathways, host Aaron Millar and producer Jason Paton crack open a few stories, play their favorite clips, and take you on a whirlwind preview of what’s coming up on Armchair Explorer.In this…
Season 4 Trailer - The Adventure is About to Begin!
There’s a moment before every journey begins — that flicker of anticipation when the map is still folded, the road still unknown, and the world feels impossibly wide.That’s where this new season of…
Namibia Safari: From the Sossusvlei Dunes to the Skeleton Coast
There are many beautiful countries in Africa, but none are like Namibia. Today we will travel from the highest sand dunes in the world to the wildest coast on the planet. We will track the last…
Namibia Safari: From the Sossusvlei Dunes to the Skeleton Coast
There are many beautiful countries in Africa, but none are like Namibia. Today we will travel from the highest sand dunes in the world to the wildest coast on the planet. We will track the last…
Powwow Spirit in the Black Hills of South Dakota
The Black Hills Powwow is the biggest powwow in the U.S., where dancers, singers, artists, and spectators come from across North America to honor the spirit and beauty of the Great Plains Indigenous…
Powwow Spirit in the Black Hills of South Dakota
The Black Hills Powwow is the biggest powwow in the U.S., where dancers, singers, artists, and spectators come from across North America to honor the spirit and beauty of the Great Plains Indigenous…
CONNECTION: Ayahuasca Ceremonies, Inuit Hunters and Trekking in Papua New Guinea with Nature Writer Jay Griffiths
“There is something in us,” nature writer Jay Griffiths says, “that detests the tepid world of net curtains … the chloroform world where human nature is well schooled, tamed from childhood on, where…
CONNECTION: Ayahuasca Ceremonies, Inuit Hunters and Trekking in Papua New Guinea with Nature Writer Jay Griffiths
“There is something in us,” nature writer Jay Griffiths says, “that detests the tepid world of net curtains … the chloroform world where human nature is well schooled, tamed from childhood on, where…
Navajo Nation: Beside the Medicine Man’s Fire
“The medicine man sits before a pile of hot coals spread out on the compacted red earth floor of his Hogan – the traditional home of the Navajo. “This is Native American church,” he tells me, pulling…
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