No Ordinary Monday
Chris Baron
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The No Ordinary Monday podcast brings you the most incredible tales from people's working lives. Each week, we meet someone whose work is anything but ordinary - they may be clearing landmines, blowing up movie sets, or exploring uncharted caves.
We dive into the how, the why, and a life-defining moment they’ve experienced on the job. Whether it’s spine-tingling, hilarious, or just plain jaw-dropping, their stories will challenge what you thought a “career” could be—and maybe even change the way you think about your own.
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S1E29 The White Island Recovery Operation (Volcanologist) - PART TWO
What does a 4% chance of death really mean?In Part Two of this conversation, volcanologist Nico Fournier takes us inside the risk calculations behind the Whakaari / White Island eruption recovery…
S1E28 The White Island Recovery Operation (Volcanologist) - PART ONE
A phone call at 2:11 p.m. shattered a quiet Monday: Whakaari had erupted with tourists on the crater floor. From that moment, we step into a week where science, instinct, and grief collided—and where…
S1E27 Mind-Reading Book Test (Magician) BONUS EP
This is a bonus clip from this week’s episode with magician Sean Borland.During our conversation, I asked Sean whether he’d be willing to demonstrate one of his mind-reading illusions live on the…
S1E27 Beyond the Illusion (Magician)
Candlelight. A creaking old house on a South African nature reserve. Wind outside, silence within. We sit down with world-touring magician Sean Borland to unpack the seance that electrified a room,…
S1E26 From Drift to Direction (Career Coach)
A backpack full of rushes, a late‑night detour, and a cab ride that felt like forever. That near‑disaster on a dog‑trick commercial wasn’t just a wild production tale for Ben Stein; it became a…
S1E25 Surviving an Erupting Volcano (Expedition Leader)
A brother’s warning over the radio. An 80‑metre abseil into darkness. A cone splits, lava surges, and the exact spot rigged with rope is swallowed in seconds. That’s the moment Aldo Kane, former…
S1E24 What Facing Death Taught Me About Living (Death Doula)
A fear of death can quietly shape an entire life. For Danni Petkovic, that fear was physical and relentless — years of death anxiety, intrusive thoughts, and a nervous system locked into survival…
S1E23 A Bush Pilot’s Worst Flight Over Papua
Bush Flying in Indonesia: From IT Desk to Remote Mountain AirstripsA tidy flat, a good salary, a steady routine — and a growing knot of anxiety. That was Matt Dearden’s life before he walked away…
S1E22 Trapped in a Flooded Hospital in South Sudan (MSF Doctor)
A backpack floats in brown water. The ward is a tent. The air is forty degrees. And still, patients keep coming. We open the year with Dr Lakshmi Jain of Médecins Sans Frontières, who takes us from…
CIA Counter-Terrorism Analyst: The 3 Most Dangerous Places in the World to Backpack (and How to Get In)…with Brent Giannotta (BACKPACKING & BLISTERS PODCAST)
What are the 3 most dangerous countries to visit for a backpacking trip? And how can you get in? Former CIA Counter-Terrorism Analyst Brent Giannotta joins the show to share his expertise. Carl and…
S1E21 Drilling Into Antarctica's Frozen Past (Polar Scientist)
A storm hits ten hours after the helicopter drop, tents bow under the wind, and the generators choke on spindrift—yet the drill keeps turning. That’s the edge-of-the-map reality behind a rare…
S1E20 The Psychology Of Dark Tourism
What happens when a seasoned therapist loses his footing and chooses to walk straight into the world’s darkest rooms? We sit down with Dr Chad Scott, a psychologist, prison therapist, and author, to…
S1E19 Adventures of a Modern Maestro (Orchestra Conductor)
A phone call, a private jet, and a destination so secret no one would say it out loud—then a palatial compound, an accidental insult to a billionaire, forced vodka shots, a stage sinking into a…
S1E18 (BONUS) Two Truths and a Lie… With a Secret Service Agent
What happens when a Secret Service interrogator plays Two Truths and a Lie with us on mic? We invited special agent and polygraph examiner Brad Beeler to stress‑test our storytelling and, more…
S1E18 The Secret Service Playbook (U.S. Secret Service Agent)
What does it really take to open a locked human safe? Not pressure. Not tricks. Presence. Retired US Secret Service special agent Brad Beeler joins me to unpack the art and science of getting to the…
S1E17 The Road of Life, and Death (Humanitarian)
Headlights in the distance. Two elderly evacuees in the cab. A van bogged down a kilometre from the Russian border. That single night becomes the turning point for Tenby Powell, a former soldier and…
S1E16 Braking Point (F1 Engineer)
A tiny part failed, a race unravelled, and a dominant team learned a lesson that reshaped its season. We sit down with engineer and technical leader Ruaraidh McDonald-Walker to trace the arc from…
S1E15 Heart of the Wild (Conservationist)
A cheetah on a Hollywood set with Angelina Jolie. A Jack Russell with terrible timing. And a moment in a rural hospital that rerouted two lives toward a mission bigger than fame or adrenaline. We sit…
S1E14 The Ghost Interview (Parapsychologist)
A ghost hitching a ride in the backseat shouldn’t make sense—until you hear how a veteran parapsychologist pulled the story apart and tried to verify it. We sit down with Loyd Auerbach, one of the…
S1E13 Crash Landing in the Pacific (Pilot) - Part Two
A single whistle in the dark ocean shouldn’t decide a life, yet that’s exactly how Heidi found her way home. After ditching her aircraft in the Pacific and riding 12‑foot swells under a full moon,…
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No Ordinary Monday has published 33 episodes since August 2025, covering topics in Business, Careers.
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