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Shane Mauss is a standup comedian, a podcaster, and an explorer of inner space. In this interview, we discuss Shane's last big tour, "A Good Trip" which featured standup comedy about psychedelic research and psychedelics in our culture.

More recently, Shane made a documentary called Psychonautics: A Comic's Exploration of Psychedelics. Check it out at: https://www.psychonauticsfilm.com/

He also has a new tour, Stand Up Science, coming to a city near you. Learn more at http://www.shanemauss.com/stand-up-science-preview

This interview was part of some research for a project on public relations for "fringe" movements. We don't talk about travel, an expedition, or anything like that. But, after watching Psychonautics recently, it became very clear to me that Shane embodies the spirit of adventure and exploration that this show is about.

Shane's podcast, Here We Are, features weekly interviews with scientists around the world. Listen here: https://www.herewearepodcast.com/

Shane's website: http://www.shanemauss.com/

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Tal Oran (@thetravelingclatt) is a travel vlogger and filmmaker. His YouTube channel, TheTravelingClatt, features informative and entertaining videos about his world travels. You'll find information about cities, areas, things to do, places to eat and stay, and how to organize a trip of your own.

In this episode, we talk about crossing the Atlantic ocean aboard a cargo ship, train journeys, and Tal's video making process. He also shared some behind the scenes insight about YouTube's travel video category.

Check out Tal's YouTube channel here: https://bit.ly/1olwwX0

Check him out on social media @thetravelingclatt

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Dan and Elaine are the real deal.

They ski, hike or bike in the mountains above Boulder, Colorado almost every single day, and often travel for far away snow and mountains. Among other things they've thru hiked the Continental Divide Trail, completed a notable traverse in Colorado's San Juan Range, skied all over Norway, have raced competitively on the ski mountaineering circuit.

In the spring of 2018, they traveled to Greenland to attempt a ski traverse of the ice sheet. And, as is so often the case with challenging expeditions like this one, things didn't go exactly as planned.

We talked about their trip to Greenland, logistics for Arctic expeditions, and how to integrate adventure and connection with nature into our everyday lives.

You can check out Dan and Elaine's blog at https://altabackcountry.com/

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Jonathan George is an adventurer and an experiential educator. He's guided and traveled all over the world, speaks a handful of languages, and has taught French, SCUBA diving, and ballroom dance.

In this episode we talk about one of Jonathan's adventures, an 8 month road trip from Switzerland to Namibia.

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Julian Smith is a writer who specializes in travel and science. He's written several travel guidebooks, and his work has been featured in publications like Smithsonian, Wired, Outside, National Geographic Traveler, and many others. He also wrote an award winning book called Crossing the Heart of Africa, which we discussed in this episode.

After learning about Ewart Grogan, a British explorer who in 1898 made a landmark crossing of the African continent, Julian was inspired to explore some of the same parts of Africa himself. In the book, Julian tells Grogan's story, details his own journey, and explores some of the parallels between his life and Grogan's.

We talked about writing, Crossing the Heart of Africa, and traveling in Africa.

To see more of Julian's work, visit http://www.juliansmith.com/

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James Simmons is a traveler and experiential educator. He has traveled and hitchhiked all over the world.

We talked about hitchhiking as a practice, his background, and what we stand to gain from being brave.

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Jorge Latre is an Arctic explorer, an ultra runner, and a pilot, among other things. In February 2018, he went to Alaska and completed the Iditasport 1000 by running (on foot) the Iditarod Trail from Anchorage to Nome.

We talked about the Iditasport, traveling in Arctic conditions, the concept of mastery, pain, and about how to design an interesting and fulfilling life.

Learn more about Jorge on his website, https://coldlatitudes.com/

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