Leaving the comfort of home, enduring freezing nights, mediating for endless hours.

Why did Dorothee undergo this journey?

She tells her mind-opening story the becoming ordained as a disciple of Zen.

And explains what Zen is.

Mike escapes the intense metropolis of Tokyo for a Zen Retreat in Japan, where he underwent a series of deep mediation practices and had space to wonder silently around pine forests. He explains his key takeaways when moving back to Tokyo, a city of 40 million people! Could we all take something away from his adventure?

In Episode 5 Chetan enters an unknown part of the Sierra Nevada mountain range, Colombia, to explore uncharted jungle with the Iku tribe and learn their philosophies which can inform and challenge all of us living in cities - from sleepless nights building mud huts to a night exposed mediating in the jungle.

This episode took Mike and Chet on a journey through the ancient world from the wonders of Lebanon and their 1000 year old cedar trees used by Ancient Egyptian architects to a little known Ancient Indian Civilisation that profoundly impacted the Egyptians, Phoenicians, Mesopotamians and even the Greeks! In this conversation Nick Collins, historian and author of 'How Maritime Trade and the Indian Subcontinent Shaped the World' unveils these new ground-breaking discoveries! Enjoy and explore with us!

Chet finds himself in strange Colombian town during Easter and Michael explains new evidence for the origin of civilisation in South East Asia

Mike questions how fish eggs (Ikura) are produced all year around and Chetan explores the reason why Uni (sea urchin gonads) are so delicious to humans despite only recently coming into popularity

Mike is experiencing plum blossom season in Japan whilst Chet has become obsessed with bananas and surprises mike with the largest species known!