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In this interview, Wayne recounts his experiences exploring New Guinea, dying in the Amazon and the challenges of working in the South Pole.

Wayne White is a throw back to the golden age of exploration.  Reminiscent of Sir Richard Burton, his solo expeditions using only local support include travels through the jungles and swamps of New Guinea, the Amazon and Africa.  His latest adventure was as the Winter Manager of the Amundsen-Scott South Pole research station.  

Wayne is US Marine veteran and holds a BA in geography and an MPH in environmental health science from Tulane’s school of Public Health and Tropical Medicine.  He has worked in remote assignments all over the globe as a Defense Department contractor.

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Peter Rowe is an award-winning adventure film maker and member of the Explorer’s club.  He is best known for hit TV series “Angry Planet” which he filmed in thirty different countries on all seven continents.  He has produced documentaries on locations in over forty countries.  In this interview, Peter shares some of his exploits traveling the world filming in exotic and wild lands.

Peter has paid a dear price in this pursuit.  While on expedition filming at the rim of an active and poisonous volcano, his vocal cords were damaged leaving him with a strained and husky voice.  His voice may be challenged, but his words and experiences are a pleasure to hear.

 See more of Peter’s work at Peterrowe.tv and visit him on his Facebook page.

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Robert C. Robinson recounts his search for the truth behind the Bigfoot legends in the swamps of Florida and other wild places.  

He is a U.S. military veteran having served with the famous 82nd Airborne for 21 years as a military police officer.  Drawing on his military and police skills, Robert researches the historical roots of the legend from Native American traditions and early pioneer encounters to investigating modern eyewitness accounts.  

Police detective turned crypto investigator, Robert's investigations and research are compelling.  Leading expeditions into swamps filled with alligators, panthers, large snakes and perhaps as yet unknown creatures, he is searching for the truth behind the legends. You will come away from this interview with a new appreciation of the legend of Bigfoot and an understanding that science may not have solved all the mysteries still out there in the wild places.

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Janey McGill is an explorer, writer and photographer. She is part of the newest generation of explorers leading physically, culturally and socially challenging expeditions around the globe.  Janey is a military veteran serving 4 years as a soldier with the Honourable Artillery Company. 

In this interview, Janey recounts her expedition across Arabia’s infamous desert, the Rub’ al Khali, known in the west as the Empty Quarter.  A vast desert wilderness of which much remains unexplored.  A land of searing heat and frigid nights, and home to a friendly and generous people.  Along the way she encounters the mysterious Jinn.  Spirits that have been part of the Arab culture for thousands of years.  She also discusses the challenges of expedition leadership and the hard lessons she is learning along the way.  

  Janey's website and blog is at JaneyMcgill.com

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Rod MacDonald is an undersea explorer, historical shipwreck hunter and best selling diving author with 12 books to his name.   He is a pioneer in technical deep sea diving developing techniques and using cutting edge technology that opened up shipwrecks previously beyond the reach of divers.   Rod is a member of the Explorer's Club, Rod shares his passion for underwater exploration and the preservation of naval history.

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Rod's website and blog is at Rod-MacDonald.com

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In this podcast episode, Amos Rodriguez recounts his youth growing up in the violence of El Salvador’s civil war, his travels throughout Central and North America learning primitive survival skills and the spiritual practices of the Native Americans, and his search for meaning.

Amos Rodriguez grew up in El Salvador during its civil war.  As a young child he saw family and friends become victims of torture and death squads.  At wars end, Amos traveled throughout Central America where he experienced the cultures of the Maya and other indigenous peoples.  His natural curiosity about other people and their cultures grew.  Making his way to the United States and attending college there, he was introduced to primitive survival skills.  Making many trips into the wilderness, he honed these skills and developed deeper connections to nature, himself and his spirit.  He met and befriended the Oglala Lakota of South Dakota who taught him the practice of the vision quest.  This spiritual journey led him to the Lakota Sundance Ceremony.  A grueling 4-day ceremonial dance performed without food or water and culminating with a flesh offering to the spirits.  This journey healed the early wounds and has given Amos clarity of his purpose in this life.

Amos teaches primitive skills at the White Pine Wilderness Academy.  https://whitepinewilderness.com

Follow Amos on his Facebook page:   amosrodriguezsurvival

This Podcast is hosted by Adventure Photographer and Writer  Michael J. Reinhart   https://MichaelJReinhart.com 

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Chuck Jonkey is an adventurer/composer/musician/filmmaker who transforms his wild experiences into sound, music and film. Chuck's exotic adventures have taken him to the furthest reaches of primitive worlds. Referred to as an "ethnomusicianthropologist" Chuck travels around the world in search of adventure among the world’s most isolated tribal groups. He has explored the deep Amazon and the rain forests of Thailand, Costa Rica, Guatemala, Brazil, Colombia, Indonesia, and Mexico. Chuck’s travels have also taken him to West Africa, Borneo, French Polynesia, Morocco, Venezuela, Russia, China, India and many other countries. 

Chuck owns Sonic Safari Music. He has produced and published over 110 CDs of exotic music. Chuck has also produced several TV shows and documentaries. 

He is a member of the Los Angeles Adventurers’ Club. 

In this episode, Chuck shares some of his stories and the tribal music he has found during his expeditions into the deep wild places.

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Melanie Boling, combat veteran and expedition photo journalist, recounts her adventures into the wild jungles of the Island of Sumatra.  Melanie share her stories of encounters with orangutans, elephants and the endangered sea turtle that changed the course of her life.  

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Alone on a science expedition in the Himalayas, John All falls 70 feet down into an icy crevasse.  Miraculously landing on an ice block wedged in the V shaped fissure, his shoulder dislocated, ribs broken and bleeding internally, Hall is freezing to death.  

In this episode, Dr. John All shares stories of his expeditions and adventures undertaken in the name of science.  Confronting Maoist revolutionaries, descending into deep caverns and climbing into the highest mountains,  John All searches for answers to climatic changes in our environment.  A rare combination of research scientist and accomplished mountaineer, John embodies the classic traits of all good explorers.

For more information about Dr. All, visit his website at JohnAll.com and at climberscience.org.

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James Michael Dorsey is an explorer, author, and photographer who has traveled extensively in fifty two countries, mostly far off the beaten path.  His primary interest is in documenting indigenous people in Asia and Africa.  He is also certified marine naturalist.

A prolific travel writer.  His many articles and 3 books have earned him many awards.  

He is a fellow of the Explorers Club, and a member and former director of the Adventurers Club.

In this episode, Dorsey shares some of his stories gathered from his many adventures.  A rare glimpse into the life and customs of tribal people living deep in the wilds.  Stories of baboon hunts, exorcisms, holy men and witch doctors.

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