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Nat Geo Explorer Patricia Medici takes us to the remote reaches of Brazil’s Pantanal, a region known as tapir paradise. There, she talks about what it’s like to research one of the world’s most unique…

Songwriter EG Vines abandons his life as a Dollar General manager to pursue music from Jonesboro, Arkansas to Nashville, Memphis, New York and beyond. Along the way, he lives a real life scene from The…

Polar explorers venture from Italy to the North Pole in a zeppelin during 1928, but the trip doesn’t go as planned. Author Mark Piesing joins us to bring one of polar exploration’s most harrowing tales …

Chloe gains a new sense of freedom when she travels alone to Kauai on assignment. Along the way, she picks up a new tattoo and comes into her own as a travel writer. In this…

Nadia helps a rhino mother and her calf battle a pride of lions. With the help of conservationists, rangers  and the world’s first rhino orphanage, the two animals—critical to the survival of their species—narrowly escape…

Travel journalist Jamie Lafferty lands his first big assignment when he’s sent to cover a 5,000 mile overland rally from Budapest to Murghab, Tajikistan. The plan? Buy a used car in Hungary, drive it across…

Kinga brings people out of their comfort zones when she travels around the United States in search of adventure. Along the way, she goes river surfing in Pittsburgh, crabbing in New Orleans and bow fishing…

Border checkpoints in Siberia, cramped conditions in Belarus and a frantic race to Hong Kong make the second leg of Filip Filipi’s journey around the globe even more harrowing than the first. After meeting Daniel…

Facing a date with the United Nations, Filip Filipi uses cargo ships, rental cars and railroads to make his way from western Canada to Istanbul without a plane. Along the way, he crosses North America…

Spears, arrows and guns surround Pedro’s t.v. crew as they find themselves counted among unwelcome visitors to a protest in the Amazon. There, the seasoned journalist is faced with a critical negotiation to save his…

Fake police and an international shakedown follow travel journalist Erik Trinidad on a trip across Russia. Erik talks about his experience, the 1980s bad guys lurking for him on the railroad and the secret life…

Jordan comes face-to-face with death in a violent California car crash. The incident changes his life and sets him on the backpacker’s path, ultimately leading him to the Portuguese hamlet of Sagres—a top destination for…