Get Lost Podcast

Andrew Macdonald has had more than a dozen surgeries. His body, riddled by rickets, has never allowed him the mobility that other people enjoy on a daily basis. But after a road trip across the United Kingdom, he decided to finally tackle his first transatlantic flight and visit America.

Come with Andrew as he heads to the Souled Outside headquarters in Memphis, shoots an exploding target and visits a drag strip in a rental car.

Green hills, Justin Bieber and the 4,000-year-old temple complex of Lalish await travelers in Kurdistan. Here, the Yazidi people practice their own religion in one of the planet's oldest continuously inhabited regions. Writer Rebecca Holland visited this northernmost region of Iraq, which is only just beginning to recover from the horrors of genocide and war.

Show notes
Curiosity Magazine: https://www.curiositymag.com
Souled Outside: http://souledoutblog.com

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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 myth by the scientific communities of Europe; however, locals knew better. And in the last two centuries, Ugandan mountain gorillas have been documented, forced to the bring of extinction, and then helped to rebuild by humans.

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There's a Cairo beyond the Giza Plateau. On the opposite bank of the Nile River, a sprawling city of millions bustles and booms every day, without much thought to the wonders on their backdoor. Cairo, in its own right, is a global mega-city with few peers. But great cities require maintenance. They produce waste. And for 60,000 residents of Manshiyat Naser, a city within the city, that means sorting the trash of millions by hand.

Join Discover Humanity as they join the Get Lost Podcast for a look inside Cairo's "Garbage City."

Show links:
YouTube: Discover Humanity
Souled Outside: SouledOutBlog.com

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Archaeologist and adventurer Josh Gates is a child of the 1980's. Obsessed with cult heroes like Indiana Jones and the Goonies, he built a life of adventure founded on an enigmatic father an archaeology degree and a knack for writing. Today, he takes us on a flight to Guatemala, where a lost city the size of Los Angeles is only just beginning to be documented by researchers.

Show links

Mirador Basin Project: https://miradorbasin.com/
Expedition Unknown: https://www.discovery.com/shows/expedition-unkn
Souled Outside Exploration Co.: http://souledoutblog.com

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Andrew McDonald is a U.K. native who was born with a rare medical condition that weakens his bones, making it nearly impossible to walk for more than a short distance. For most of his life, he says that disease controlled how he felt about himself, how far he went from home, and how he viewed the world.

In 2017, Andrew and Souled Outside founder Joe Sills took a road trip around the U.K. to explore England, Scotland and Wales. In the process, Andrew discovered how to redefine his own expectations of life.

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Related stories:

Land of the Red Dragon - Andrew and Joe drive through Wales
The Edge of the Empire- Andrew and Joe explore Hadrian's Wall
The Red Keep - Andrew and Joe find the ruins of a family castle in Scotland
The Great Race Through the North - Andrew and Joe finally find Top Gear's famous bridge in the remote highlands of Scotland.

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What was the plan for your life? Were you supposed to live it? Are you currently living it now? Geoff's plan was simple yet ambitious—go to an Ivy League school, get a law degree and become another successful cog in the legal system. But somewhere along the way, Geoff's life took a turn. He made it through Harvard Law but decided to give it all away to became a sports writer.

The left turn along onto the road less traveled has taken him from Buffalo, New York to Memphis by way of India, Australia, South Korea and Europe. In this episode, Daily Memphis Columnist Geoff Calkins joins us to talk about defining your own life and redefining the role that local journalism is playing in America today.

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Ski and travel writer Brigid Mander finds herself with a wicked hangover in the remote reaches of Argentina. But when her journey to find a cure takes an unexpected turn, she is detained inside a military outpost, detained as a possible spy.

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Outro by Bryan Hayes.

James spent his childhood sticking his hand in the waters of a Texas pond hoping a catfish would bite it and latch on. Now, he's the editor of a fishing magazine read by millions of people around the world. Fishing has taken James from a small town on the edge of the American southwest to lakes in Spain, reservoirs under Mount Fuji, and crocodile-infested rivers in Africa.

On this week's Get Lost Podcast, we talk to Bassmaster Magazine Editor James Hall to find out why fishing is more than a weekend pastime for the grand kids.