Metal Potato – Get Lost Podcast https://getlostpod.com Tue, 10 Nov 2020 22:29:34 +0000 en-GB hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.2.9 https://getlostpod.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/cropped-GetLostPodcastLogo-copy-32x32.png Metal Potato – Get Lost Podcast https://getlostpod.com 32 32 The Mountain Gorillas of Uganda https://getlostpod.com/2020/11/10/the-mountain-gorillas-of-uganda/ https://getlostpod.com/2020/11/10/the-mountain-gorillas-of-uganda/#respond Tue, 10 Nov 2020 15:35:23 +0000 https://sills.spudworks.net/?p=3393 Travel writer and photographer Matt Payne ventures into the volcanic mountains of Uganda in search of a second encounter with the country’s legendary mountain gorillas. For centuries, these mysterious creatures were thought to be a myth by the scientific communities of Europe; however, locals knew better. And in the last two centuries, Ugandan mountain gorillas have been documented, forced to the bring of extinction, and then helped to rebuild by humans.

Show notes:

Do it for the ‘Gram
@mattpaynetravelphotography
@getlostpodcast
@joesills

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In a special Halloween episode,  we dive into the legend of Bigfoot.

Show notes:

Guest: Jay Kumar, of Jay Kumar’s Bassblaster
Host: Joe Sills

]]> https://getlostpod.com/2020/11/03/bigfoot-in-new-jersey/feed/ 0 Finding Fossils in Liaoning https://getlostpod.com/2020/10/12/finding-fossils-in-liaoning/ https://getlostpod.com/2020/10/12/finding-fossils-in-liaoning/#respond Mon, 12 Oct 2020 14:48:52 +0000 https://sills.spudworks.net/?p=3413 Damien digs up fossils from the Cretaceous Period near the border of China and North Korea, and talks about a life at sea with Jacques Cousteau.  https://getlostpod.com/2020/10/12/finding-fossils-in-liaoning/feed/ 0 Sailing to the Great Pacific Garbage Patch https://getlostpod.com/2020/08/27/sailing-to-the-great-pacific-garbage-patch/ https://getlostpod.com/2020/08/27/sailing-to-the-great-pacific-garbage-patch/#respond Thu, 27 Aug 2020 14:47:39 +0000 https://sills.spudworks.net/?p=3411 An all-female crew sets sail for the Great Pacific Garbage Patch to study the impact of microplastics on marine life. En route, they conquer storms, swells and smells as they break through the glass ceiling of what people think women are capable of at sea. Explorer’s Club member and author Sarah Michler was onboard the eXXpedition ship on that voyage. She joins us to tell the tale.

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Show Links

Sarah Michler
Joe Sills
eXXpedition

]]> https://getlostpod.com/2020/08/27/sailing-to-the-great-pacific-garbage-patch/feed/ 0 Shark Diving in the Galapagos https://getlostpod.com/2020/08/14/shark-diving-in-the-galapagos/ https://getlostpod.com/2020/08/14/shark-diving-in-the-galapagos/#respond Fri, 14 Aug 2020 14:46:00 +0000 https://sills.spudworks.net/?p=3409 Kinga Philipps finds herself swimming in a school of hammerhead sharks in the legendary waters of the Galapagos Islands. There, the journalist explorer come face-to-face with an industry that threatens the future of migratory sharks around the world.

But before we land in the Galapagos, Kinga takes us on a behind-the-scenes tour of her new project, Enslaved, with Samuel L. Jackson as well as the non-profit Shark Allies.

Show notes:

Connect with the Guest

@KingaPhilipps
@SharkAllies
@JoeSills
@GetLostPodcast

]]> https://getlostpod.com/2020/08/14/shark-diving-in-the-galapagos/feed/ 0 The Frozen Tombs of Tuva https://getlostpod.com/2020/04/17/the-frozen-tombs-of-tuva/ https://getlostpod.com/2020/04/17/the-frozen-tombs-of-tuva/#respond Fri, 17 Apr 2020 14:44:00 +0000 https://sills.spudworks.net/?p=3407 The frozen tombs of an ancient culture lay largely forgotten in the steppes of southern Siberia. In the Russian republic of Tuva, Gino Caspari’s team of archaeologists has been carefully uncovering an enormous, forgotten tomb of the Scythians. Caspari joins us on this episode to talk about the experience of accessing and excavating one of the most remarkable historic sites in the world.

Show notes:

Connect with the Project

@GinoCaspari
@TrevorWallace
@FrozenCorpsesGoldenTreasures
@getlostpodcast

]]> https://getlostpod.com/2020/04/17/the-frozen-tombs-of-tuva/feed/ 0 On Safari in Zambia https://getlostpod.com/2020/03/30/on-safari-in-zambia/ https://getlostpod.com/2020/03/30/on-safari-in-zambia/#respond Mon, 30 Mar 2020 14:41:19 +0000 https://sills.spudworks.net/?p=3403 Yves confronts colonialism, ecotourism and poaching on a journey to the heart of Africa.

The disinterred heart of David Livingstone still rests under a Baobab tree in Zambia. Nearly 150 years after the explorer’s death, Yves Le Sieur walks in his footsteps to the remote confines of the Bushcamp Company.

Show notes:

Nobleman Magazine: Zambia, the Road Less Traveled by Yves Le Sieur
The Bushcamp Company

Instagram
@ylesieur
@joesills

]]> https://getlostpod.com/2020/03/30/on-safari-in-zambia/feed/ 0 The Crypt of Osiris https://getlostpod.com/2020/03/30/the-crypt-of-osiris/ https://getlostpod.com/2020/03/30/the-crypt-of-osiris/#respond Mon, 30 Mar 2020 14:41:00 +0000 https://sills.spudworks.net/?p=3405 Ramy explores the forgotten tunnels beneath the Giza Plateau and stumbles upon the likely tomb of an Egyptian God. Inside, the Egyptologist and Emmy Award winning film maker finds the answers to a childhood mystery and a riddle thousands of years in the making.

Show notes:

Host: @JoeSills
Special Guest: @RamyRomany

More on King Tut’s burial at Discovery: Mummies Unwrapped S1 E8. 

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Show notes:

FOR THE GRAM

@ztpjohnston
@uproxxlife
@joesills

]]> https://getlostpod.com/2020/03/10/djibouti-or-bust/feed/ 0 Surf’s Up in Costa Rica https://getlostpod.com/2020/02/18/surfs-up-in-costa-rica/ https://getlostpod.com/2020/02/18/surfs-up-in-costa-rica/#respond Tue, 18 Feb 2020 15:38:00 +0000 https://sills.spudworks.net/?p=3399 Diamond Dallas Page visits a remote surf camp in the heart of the Central American jungle to wind back the hands of time. Along the way, he talks about life on the road as a rising wrestler, how fitness plays a role in living a complete life, and his upcoming DDPY Retreat in Mexico.

Show notes:

For the ‘Gram
@DiamondDallasPage
@joesills
@getlostpodcast

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