Podcast Archive (Grid, Classic)

The straining of knots, the clattering of a ship’s bell and the flutter of footsteps bounding their way towards the boats—the sounds here started 3,000 years ago. Here in Oman, the sand and surf collide…

Alannah’s dreams are pitted against Hurricane Dorian when the catastrophic storm traps her in the Bahamas, stopping her plans to meet Congressman John Lewis in their tracks. Along the way, we talk diving on lost…

Mark journeys to the North Pole, where he encounters a bizarre spectacle in one of the most isolated places on Earth. Along the way, he talks about helping the Top Gear team on their own…

Rollie quits his job on Wall Street to pursue a life of cage fighting, hitch hiking and storytelling around the globe. Along the way, he bumps elbows with a South American fighting legend and scales…

Catarina travels to Turkey during the global pandemic. En route, she gets a glimpse of what international travel looks like amidst a worldwide health crisis, discusses the responsibility that travelers have to global health, and…

Doug takes us to the Sky Islands of Arizona, a unique natural habitat being ripped apart by Donald Trump’s border wall. There, 30-foot-tall pylons of steel—enough to build 10 Empire State Buildings—are being driven into…

J.J. finds himself stranded on an isolated research station in Antarctica. With an assignment from National Geographic and no camera crew, it’s up to him to carve out an award-worthy story from the ice and…

Meredith packs her bags for an all-inclusive wedding retreat but ends up at a surf hostel on the Nicaraguan coast. This week, we talk about smoking out of a sea shell and learning to let…

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…

Jay’s lifetime of experience in the outdoors is put to the test when unexplainable events take place on a New Jersey camping trip. In a special Halloween episode,  we dive into the legend of Bigfoot….

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. 

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…