Get Lost Podcast https://getlostpod.com Wed, 13 Sep 2023 01:29:41 +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 Get Lost Podcast https://getlostpod.com 32 32 La Vida de Lucha Libre https://getlostpod.com/2023/09/13/la-vida-de-lucha-libre/ Wed, 13 Sep 2023 01:29:41 +0000 https://getlostpod.com/?p=3637 Corazón de León moves to Mexico to kickstart his career as a wrestler. With dreams of making the big stage in Mexico City, he boards buses bound for the country’s far fringes to fill bull fighting rings and ramshackle arenas with fans—and to fill his pockets with pesos.

In the episode, Joe and “The Lionheart” discuss life on the road in Mexico, rockin’ out in front of 81,035 fans at Wembley Stadium and the influence of Norman Smiley alongside legendary Mexican wrestlers like Negro Casas on his career.

Guest: Chris Jericho | Talk is Jericho
Host: Joe Sills

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Read more: The Complete List of Jericho

]]> England Coast to Coast https://getlostpod.com/2023/09/05/england-coast-to-coast/ Tue, 05 Sep 2023 20:56:43 +0000 https://getlostpod.com/?p=3635 On the 50th Anniversary of Alfred Wainwright’s “Coast to Coast,” travel writer Dan Stables sets off on a 190-mile walk through England’s hill country to follow in Wainwright’s soggy footsteps. He finds himself traversing rolling pastures, craggy single tracks and mushy bogs on his quest to reach trail’s end at Robin Hood’s Bay.

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“I Didn’t See Another Soul” Daniel Stables for The Telegraph via Yahoo Sports
“England’s Mysterious Sunken Roads,” Daniel Stables for BBC
“Along Hadrian’s Wall, Ancient Rome’s Temples, Towers and Cults Come to Life” Joe Sills for National Geographic

]]> A.I. Anthony Bourdain? https://getlostpod.com/2023/08/21/a-i-anthony-bourdain/ Mon, 21 Aug 2023 02:09:00 +0000 https://getlostpod.com/?p=3632 Michael Motamedi relies on an artificial intelligence version of Anthony Bourdain to guide him on a trip around the world. The Get Lost Podcast catches up with Michael and his family in Paris—after a whirlwind tour of Morocco—to see how the trip is going, learn how A.I. is being used in travel and to ask Michael one very important question: what the fuck would the real Tony say?

Guest: Michael Motamedi
Host: Joe Sills

]]> Sailing to Svalbard https://getlostpod.com/2023/08/08/sailing-to-svalbard/ Mon, 07 Aug 2023 23:57:45 +0000 https://getlostpod.com/?p=3629 A spark of inspiration in a tent at the South Pole sends cinematographer Danie Ferreira on a sailing ketch to the Arctic Ocean. Onboard the Bør, he reflects on a lifetime of work that took him from meteorology in Antarctica to the helm of a South African production company and finally onto a sailboat filled with sled dogs above Norway—and he finally reconnects with the creative spirit that fueled his imagination as a teenager.

Guest: Danie Ferreira
Host: Joe Sills
Read More: “Polar Photographer Danie Ferreira’s Luxury Book” at Digital Camera World.

]]> Saving the Last Tigers https://getlostpod.com/2023/07/28/saving-the-last-tigers/ Fri, 28 Jul 2023 19:45:36 +0000 https://getlostpod.com/?p=3624 Jeff Morgan takes us on a journey to Sumatra, Thailand and Nepal to talk about critical strongholds where the planet’s last wild tigers are attempting to survive. Along the way, he talks us through visits to national parks around the globe, where Global Conservation is working with game rangers to even the odds against poaching.

Saving the Last Tigers
Global Conservation

]]> 7 World Wonders in 7 Days https://getlostpod.com/2023/07/22/7-world-wonders-in-7-days/ Sat, 22 Jul 2023 19:35:08 +0000 https://getlostpod.com/?p=3621 Jamie McDonald sets a Guinness World Record by traveling to the Seven Wonders of the World in under one week while also wearing superhero costume and raising money for charity. McDonald talks about what it’s like to visit a lifetime of bucket list destination in just a few days.

Hear how he packed, how red tape almost stopped his record attempt in its tracks, what you need to do to set a Guinness World Record and how it feels to visit each wonder in a breakneck race from the Great Wall of China to the Taj Mahal, Petra, the Coliseum, Christ the Redeemer, Machu Picchu, and Chichen Itza.

Guest: “Adventureman” Jamie McDonald
Host: Joe Sills

]]> The Quinault Rainforest https://getlostpod.com/2023/06/25/the-quinault-rainforest/ Sun, 25 Jun 2023 20:14:40 +0000 https://getlostpod.com/?p=3616 Historian, steelhead guide and “Bad Ash” outdoorswoman Ashley Nichole Lewis takes us on a journey to the Olympic Peninsula for a voyage up the Quinault River through one of North America’s incredible, temperate rainforests. Along the way, we break down the state of Washington’s Fish Wars and the impact of climate change on Quinault tribal land today.

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Guest: Ashley Nichole Lewis
Host: Joe Sills
The Show: Get Lost Podcast

]]> Flying Falcons with the Thunderbirds https://getlostpod.com/2023/06/09/flying-falcons-with-the-thunderbirds/ Fri, 09 Jun 2023 19:29:06 +0000 https://getlostpod.com/?p=3612 Pete Pranica—call sign Grizz— hops into a F-16 fighter jet and takes a ride with the U.S. Air Force Thunderbirds. Along the way, the longtime aviation enthusiast and Memphis Grizzlies play-by-play broadcaster attempts to fulfill a childhood dream without losing his lunch.

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]]> Central America Surf Safari https://getlostpod.com/2023/05/30/central-america-surf-safari/ Tue, 30 May 2023 22:27:00 +0000 https://getlostpod.com/?p=3608 Autio co-founder Woody Sears sets off on the road trip of a lifetime: a Subaru-powered surf safari down the Pacific Coast of Mexico. Over five months, he learns to surf by camping on the sands of Baja and cruising from Sinaloa to Oaxaca.

More than two decades after his epic journey, Woody reflects on the lessons surfing taught him about the world and how the love of adventure spawned on his trip helped create Autio, a digital road trip companion that’s accompanying himself and co-founder Kevin Costner on adventures today.

]]> Outside Ain’t Free https://getlostpod.com/2023/04/29/outside-aint-free/ Sat, 29 Apr 2023 17:51:38 +0000 https://getlostpod.com/?p=3605 Malik wins a camper truck in Montana and sets off to document its journey home to Memphis through Yellowstone National Park and the Grand Tetons. The Get Lost Podcast team tags along as part of the film crew.

Guest: Malik tha Martian
Host: Joe Sills

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