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What does it feel like to cruise to Antarctica? Travel writer Amanda Ogle sets off from Argentina onboard a Viking cruise ship to navigate some of the most violent seas on the planet on the trip of a lifetime. Along the way, she explores whether Antarctic tourism is ethical, what science is being conducted onboard cruises and discusses the future of the cruise industry.

Host: Joe Sills
Guest: Amanda Ogle
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Joe journeys to a research camp in Botswana's Okavango Delta to learn about ongoing conservation efforts.  Along the way, conservation ranger and guide Keitopetse Kagande talks about a 45-minute standoff with a lion, how climate change is impacting Botswana and what it's like to grow up in one of the planet's last wild places.

SHOW NOTE: Our mixer decided to spontaneously combust when we sat down to record this episode. So, audio quality is a bit rough.

Host: Joe Sills
Guest: Keitopetse Kagande
How to do it: African Conservation Experience

Read more about the experience in National Geographic Traveller 

Nat Geo Explorer Patricia Medici takes us to the remote reaches of Brazil's Pantanal, a region known as tapir paradise. There, she talks about what it's like to research one of the world's most unique animals in a quest to better understand the balance between mankind and Mother Nature. Along the way, she recounts a close encounter with a jaguar and updates us on the impact of deforestation in Brazil. 

Host | Joe Sills
Guest | Patricia Medici

Go There - Baia das Pedras
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Songwriter EG Vines abandons his life as a Dollar General manager to pursue music from Jonesboro, Arkansas to Nashville, New York and beyond. Along the way, he lives a real life scene from The Blues Brothers in rural Alabama (they were not the "Good Old Boys") and hints at a real-world encounter with aliens.

Host Joe Sills | Produced by Josh Collins

Listen to his full catalog and find merchandise at EGVines.com
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Polar explorers venture from Italy to the North Pole in a zeppelin during 1928, but the trip doesn't go as planned. Author Mark Piesing joins us to bring one of polar exploration's most harrowing tales  of disaster and rescue back to life. Piesing talks about his book, N-4 Down: The Hunt for Arctic Airship Italia and special guest host Meredith Edwards (Meredith for Real: The Curious Introvert) takes the reigns of the show.

Host: Meredith Edwards
Guest: Mark Piesing | N-4 Down: The Hunt for Arctic Airship Italia
Producer: Josh Collins
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Chloe gains a new sense of freedom when she travels alone to Kauai on assignment. Along the way, she picks up a new tattoo and comes into her own as a travel writer.

In this episode, Chloe talks about what it's like to begin a career as a travel writer, how it feels to travel alone and where you should visit on the Hawaiian island of Kauai from Waimea Canyon to Wailua Falls and the Kauai Coffee Estate.

Guest: Chloe Caldwell
Host: Joe Sills
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Read Chloe's story, "A Solo Traveler's Guide to Kauai" at Uproxx

Nadia helps a rhino mother and her calf battle a pride of lions. With the help of conservationists, rangers  and the world's first rhino orphanage, the two animals—critical to the survival of their species—narrowly escape tragedy. Walk on the  frontlines of rhino conservation efforts in South Africa and join us for the incredible story of Manala and Impi.

Guest: Conservationist Nadia Beeslaar
Host: Journalist Joe Sills
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Travel journalist Jamie Lafferty lands his first big assignment when he's sent to cover a 5,000 mile overland rally from Budapest to Murghab, Tajikistan. The plan? Buy a used car in Hungary, drive it across Central Asia and sell it in Dushanbe.

Like all great adventures, the plan goes south in a hurry when Jamie's route is blocked by border guards and his team is forced to find an entirely new route to one of the world's most remote towns. Along the way, they find themselves traveling through ancient lands along the silk road.

Guest - Jamie Lafferty
Host - Joe Sills
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Read Jamie's final article, "Bangers and Cash: Driving the Central Asia Rally" at The Guardian.

Kinga brings people out of their comfort zones when she travels around the United States in search of adventure. Along the way, she goes river surfing in Pittsburgh, crabbing in New Orleans and bow fishing in Kansas City. And, she tries to convince Joe that his home country is still full of adventure.

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Border checkpoints in Siberia, cramped conditions in Belarus and a frantic race to Hong Kong make the second leg of Filip Filipi's journey around the globe even more harrowing than the first. After meeting Daniel Craig and the United Nations in Istanbul, he heads into a blurry series of train cars, cargo ships and bus seats in a quest to finally make it back to Canada across the Pacific Ocean.

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Guest: Filip Filipi
Host: Joe Sills
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