Turkey, Tests and Travelogues

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…

The Border Wall

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…

Outpost Antarctica

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…

Hostel Nicaragua

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…

The Mountain Gorillas of Uganda

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…

Bigfoot in New Jersey

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….

Finding Fossils in Liaoning

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. 

Sailing to the Great Pacific Garbage Patch

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…

Shark Diving in the Galapagos

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…