Canadian outdoor educator and author Kevin Callan joins me to talk about nature connection, preserving wilderness, healing yourself with time outdoors as well as undertaking the Meanest Link…

Tristan Gooley, natural navigator and author, on how to become more attuned to the clues and signs surrounding you in nature, and the keys that help to unlock these secrets.

John Hudson, Chief Instructor at the UK military’s Defence SERE Training Organisation talks about survival, survival training, survival psychology, TV survival shows and survival myths...

A recording of one of the panel discussions from the 2019 Global Bushcraft Symposium. Gathered together on stage were Dr Andre-francois Bourbeau and Mors Kochanski from Canada and David Wescott and Dave Holladay from the USA. Chairing the panel was Les Stroud, a.k.a. Survivor Man.

Mors Kochanski joins me for a conversation about wilderness living skills, bushcraft and survival. Mors explains his background in these subjects, going right back to his school days, along with learning from his mentor Tom Roycraft, through Mors’s own unique contributions and inventions , including the super-shelter. Along the way we cover a lot of fascinating ground….

Dave Canterbury of the Pathfinder School joins me to talk re-enactment, bushcraft, survival, six-sigma, the five Cs of survivability, first aid kits, YouTube and a whole lot more…

Miles Irving, one of the UK’s most respected professional foragers joins me to talk wild foods, foraging, health and connecting with nature...

In this Paul Kirtley Podcast I return to Q&A, answering listener questions on a range of topics - Is there an issue with collecting water from streams or ponds containing poisonous plant species such as hemlock water dropwort, Oenanthe crocata? What are the benefits or disadvantages to a woodland if it is being used for bushcraft? How many knives is too many knives? Is a belt knife and a pocket knife enough for a wilderness trip? How to sharpen spoon knives? How to tell the difference between birch species? What are the alternatives to birch bark for lighting fires with sparks from a ferro rod?

Justin Barbour, known as "The Newfoundland Explorer" joins me to talk about his extended wilderness trips in Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada, accompanied by his faithful dog, Saku.

Dan Hume, bushcraft instructor and author of The Art Of Fire: The Joy Of Tinder, Spark And Ember, discusses his travels in search of traditional fire techniques being applied and relied upon in remote areas to this day.