No Ordinary Monday Podcast
1) A Bush Pilot’s Worst Flight Over Papua
Bush Flying in Indonesia: From IT Desk to Remote Mountain Airstrips A tidy flat, a good salary, a steady routine — and a growing knot of anxiety. That was Matt Dearden’s life before he walked away fro...Show More
2) Trapped in a Flooded Hospital in South Sudan (MSF Doctor)
A backpack floats in brown water. The ward is a tent. The air is forty degrees. And still, patients keep coming. We open the year with Dr Lakshmi Jain of Médecins Sans Frontières, who takes us from NH...Show More
3) CIA Counter-Terrorism Analyst: The 3 Most Dangerous Places in the World to Backpack (and How to Get In)…with Brent Giannotta (BACKPACKING & BLISTERS PODCAST)
What are the 3 most dangerous countries to visit for a backpacking trip? And how can you get in? Former CIA Counter-Terrorism Analyst Brent Giannotta joins the show to share his expertise. Carl and Be...Show More
4) Drilling Into Antarctica's Frozen Past (Polar Scientist)
A storm hits ten hours after the helicopter drop, tents bow under the wind, and the generators choke on spindrift—yet the drill keeps turning. That’s the edge-of-the-map reality behind a rare ship‑to‑...Show More
5) The Psychology Of Dark Tourism
What happens when a seasoned therapist loses his footing and chooses to walk straight into the world’s darkest rooms? We sit down with Dr Chad Scott, a psychologist, prison therapist, and author, to t...Show More
6) Adventures of a Modern Maestro (Orchestra Conductor)
A phone call, a private jet, and a destination so secret no one would say it out loud—then a palatial compound, an accidental insult to a billionaire, forced vodka shots, a stage sinking into a swimmi...Show More
7) (BONUS) Two Truths and a Lie… With a Secret Service Agent
What happens when a Secret Service interrogator plays Two Truths and a Lie with us on mic? We invited special agent and polygraph examiner Brad Beeler to stress‑test our storytelling and, more importa...Show More
8) Protecting Presidents, Interrogating Criminals (U.S. Secret Service Special Agent)
What does it really take to open a locked human safe? Not pressure. Not tricks. Presence. Retired US Secret Service special agent Brad Beeler joins me to unpack the art and science of getting to the t...Show More
Protecting Presidents, Interrogating Criminals (U.S. Secret Service Special Agent)
1:06:28 | Dec 1st, 2025
9) The Road of Life, and Death (Humanitarian)
Headlights in the distance. Two elderly evacuees in the cab. A van bogged down a kilometre from the Russian border. That single night becomes the turning point for Tenby Powell, a former soldier and b...Show More
10) Braking Point (F1 Engineer)
A tiny part failed, a race unravelled, and a dominant team learned a lesson that reshaped its season. We sit down with engineer and technical leader Ruaraidh McDonald-Walker to trace the arc from chil...Show More