Armchair Explorer Podcast
1) Namibia Safari: From the Sossusvlei Dunes to the Skeleton Coast
There are many beautiful countries in Africa, but none are like Namibia. Today we will travel from the highest sand dunes in the world to the wildest coast on the planet. We will track the last fr...Show More
2) Powwow Spirit in the Black Hills of South Dakota
The Black Hills Powwow is the biggest powwow in the U.S., where dancers, singers, artists, and spectators come from across North America to honor the spirit and beauty of the Great Plains Indigenous c...Show More
3) CONNECTION: Ayahuasca Ceremonies, Inuit Hunters and Trekking in Papua New Guinea with Nature Writer Jay Griffiths
“There is something in us,” nature writer Jay Griffiths says, “that detests the tepid world of net curtains … the chloroform world where human nature is well schooled, tamed from childhood on, where t...Show More
4) Navajo Nation: Beside the Medicine Man’s Fire
“The medicine man sits before a pile of hot coals spread out on the compacted red earth floor of his Hogan – the traditional home of the Navajo. “This is Native American church,” he tells me, pulling ...Show More
5) HALLOWEEN SPECIAL: Searching for Sasquatch in the Valleys of the Noble Beyond
Whether you known him as Sasquatch, Bigfoot, Yeti, Thla'Thla, Sninik, or something else, you've heard the legends - the stories of the hairy mountain man who lives, as writer John Zada says, "in prime...Show More
6) Botswana Safari: From the Makgadikgadi Salt Pans to the Okavango Delta
Botswana is the Africa in our heads, the one we see in nature documentaries, and think of when we say the word. It is a vast and untempered land filled with one of the richest concentrations of wi...Show More
7) BUCKET LIST: Kayaking with a Whale & Climbing Crater Lake National Park
Do you want to know what it's like to go kayaking with a whale? How about climbing to the top of Crater Lake National Park to see one of the most beautiful views in America? Well, that’s what w...Show More
8) JANE GOODALL SPECIAL: Trekking with Chimpanzees and Mountain Gorillas
Today, we’re sharing a special episode honouring a true explorer who we lost last week. Dr. Jane Goodall was a pioneering primatologist, and conservationist best known for her groundbreaking work ...Show More
9) IMMERSION: Exploring Rocky Mountain National Park’s Living Lab
In this episode, recorded on location, we’ll discover a side to Rocky Mountain National Park that most people don’t even know exists. Beyond the beautiful mountains and trails, the park is a Living ...Show More
10) BEST OF EXPLORER: Land of the Thunder Dragon: Exploring Bhutan
Bhutan is the last of the great Himalayan kingdoms. Still largely untouched by outside influences, shrouded in mystery and magic, this Buddhist country, hidden for centuries on the roof of the world, ...Show More