The Trail Less Traveled

Georges de Giorgio was born in a car wreck in France while his father, Italian Count of Santoponte, raced his mother of chilean indian/spanish decent to Italy--where he was supposed to be born. George's father moved the family to Chile at the age of 4 where he grew up working in his father's wooden ship boatyard. Georges has spent over 30 years sailing the oceans of the world & was the first navigator for the famous explorer HW Tilman on the ship, "Mischief." Georges hunted for Sir Frances Drake's lost treasure on Robinson Crusoe island. Georges also survived tsunami by surfing his ship in a massive tsunami off the coast of Chile. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Georges de Giorgio was born in a car wreck in France while his father, Italian Count of Santoponte, raced his mother of chilean indian/spanish decent to Italy--where he was supposed to be born. George's father moved the family to Chile at the age of 4 where he grew up working in his father's wooden ship boatyard. In 1947 at the age of 17, Georges joined an American Expedition to Antarctica becoming the youngest person to ever spend a year there. Georges lived a month alone on the Palmer Penninsula plateau, was the first to cross from the Atlantic to Pacific by dogsled with a joint British/American party, & has a mountain named after him. Because Georges was Chilean, his presence secured the Chilean claim to Antarctica. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

An interview recorded aboard the famous OCEARCH great white shark research vessel, which has completed 26 worldwide expeditions. In addition to global conservation outreach & education, OCEARCH shares real-time data through their free "Global Shark Tracker." You can download the app on your phone to track white sharks all over the world. Scientists attach a small tracking device to the animals dorsal fin which automatically turns off when submerged and transmits gps coordinates once it has been exposed to air for at least 90 seconds. This device eventually falls off the animal as the shark continues to grow (Great White Sharks can grow upwards of 20' in length). Many things set the OCEARCH apart from other research vessels, one major contributor is the fact that they lift the animals out of the water using a hydraulic crane which is safer for both the researchers and the animals. www.ocearch.org Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Adventure under water off the coast of Africa during the Cold War in the head chef's kitchen of South African submarines & travel the world barefoot with an animal skin for bottoms. An interview with Mandela's father, Sam van Eeden, who speaks about the history of southern Africa including what it was like to grow up during Apartheid in an Afrikaans family whom opposed the Apartheid regime. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Jon Turk grew up on the shores of a wooded lake in Connecticut, and he attended Phillips Academy, Andover and then Brown University. Jon earned a Ph.D. in organic chemistry at the University of Colorado, in 1971. The same year, in honor of Earth Day 1, Jon co-authored the first environmental science textbook in the United States. It sold 100,000 copies and spearheaded the development of environmental science curricula in North America. Jon Turk has written over 27 books in his lifetime. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Jon grew up on the shores of a wooded lake in Connecticut, and he attended Phillips Academy, Andover and then Brown University. Jon earned a Ph.D. in organic chemistry at the University of Colorado, in 1971. The same year, in honor of Earth Day 1, Jon co-authored the first environmental science textbook in the United States. It sold 100,000 copies and speaheaded the development of environmental science curricula in North America. Jon Turk has written over 27 books in his lifetime. Jon began wandering the globe, visiting people and places that were so far from my childhood upbringing. Over the decades, Jon has kayaked across the North Pacific and around Cape Horn, mountain biked through the Gobi desert, made first climbing ascents of big walls on Baffin Island, and first ski descents in the Tien Shan Mountains in Kyrgyzia. In the summer of 2011, Jon Turk and Erik Boomer circumnavigated Ellesmere Island: 1,485 miles in 104 days. Jon is 67 years old, and still blessed with fantastic health. Jon's body and h

Recorded on location in Australia on the land of the Gadigal people of the Eora Nation. One of 5,000 indigenous Aboriginal Australian groups & the longest continuous living culture on earth. Indigenous Australians have occupied Australia for at least 40,000-60,000+ years. They have evolved with the land, changing it & changing with it. This interview features Russell Dawson, Didjeridu player & director of Koomurri. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Recorded on location in "the science boat" floating down the Colorado River in Grand Canyon Nation Park. An interview with Dr. Larry Stevens & Jeri Ledbetter featuring: Biodiversity in The Grand Canyon pre & post Glen Canyon Dam. History of the proposed & implemented Dam sites in The Grand Canyon...plus an inside look at the anatomy of Glen Canyon Dan including its faults. Larry still works as a whitewater guide in the Grand Canyon in addition to being the curator of Ecology at the Museum of Northern Arizona in Flagstaff & is the senior ecologist for the Grand Canyon Wild lands Counsel. Jeri is a pilot, geographer, environmental activist & whitewater guide in the Grand Canyon. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Recorded on location on an isolated island 20 miles off the Pacific Coast of Panama. Mandela interviews Nancy Berkstreser, an adventurous mother of two girls whom she gave birth to on a 60 foot catamaran sailboat. Nancy and her husband, Temme, are building a home in the jungles off the coast of Panama. Nancy is a very athletic woman who enjoys Yoga, wind surfing & adventuring around with her family. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Recorded on an isolated island 20 miles off the Pacific Coast of Panama. Mandela interviews Temme Berkstresser, a 2nd generation boat builder, adventurer & wizard. Temme was a professional windsurfer & grew up on a sailboat for 12 years in the Caribbean and Bahamas. Temme also built his own cat sailboat & sails it through the Bahamas & Central America with his family. His two daughters were born on their sailboat & they two are little adventurers. Temme's family purchased land on an isolated island off the coast of Panama, where they are building a home in the jungle. Temme also own, operates and builds jet skis for his company SUPERFREAK SKIS. Temme is also a talented ocean surfer, motocross athlete & inventor. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

An interview with Mandela's mother, Jeani. Jeani van Eeden grew up on a wheat farm in Montana & graduated from the UM & survival school in the early 60s. Hired by United Airlines as a "stewardess" in 1963, she worked as an international flight attendant for over 40 years. Jeani has traveled independently & extensively throughout China, Southeast Asia, Europe, North America, South America, Africa, Australia & The Pacific Rim. Enjoy the history of 50+ years of aviation. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Wayne Coe arrived in Vietnam at the age of 19 & left with over 14,000 hours of flying experience. After the war, Wayne flew all over West Africa working as the pilot for the president of Mali. Wayne rode his motorcycle all over West Africa delivering medicine and shoes to those in need. Wayne also worked on secret ops in South America depositing mirrors on the tops of mountains in the Andes as well as feeding his passion for skin diving off the California coast. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Recorded on location in Southwestern India...an interview with three individual hard working women. First we will sit on the sand near the Arabian Sea with Eshota, who has been cutting coconuts everyday with machete for the past thirty years. Then we will sit on the floor of a small shop in an alley with Lakshmi and her baby to learn about the hardships of farming during the heat of an Indian summer and raising a family. Finally, we will visit the home of Syamala to learn about Indian cooking & womens' rights on the Indian subcontinent Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Jill Heinerth is a pioneering underwater explorer & filmmaker. Jill has dived deeper into caves than any woman in history. Recognized as a leading technical diver, she is one of the world’s experts on rebreather technology & has been featured in Time Magazine, PBS, National Geographic & Hollywood movie sets. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Pratik Patel is the founder of The African Wildlife Trust. In the 1930s there were over 10 million elephants roaming the continent of Africa, today there are less than 400,000. Every year 35,000+ elephants are killed and 40% of females found dead are pregnant. One elephant is slaughtered every 15 minutes...and this is in protected areas! If this does not change elephants will become extinct in less than 10 years. The largest market for ivory is China, where it is considered a status symbol. Africa has lost 90% of its elephant population in the last 50 years. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Recorded on location in a bus as it navigates the mountainous roads of Panama...Berta was born and raised in Panama & will talk about the changes see has witnessed in her country over the past 60+ years from the times when Panama City had cobble stone streets to now where it seems that everyone is sucked into their cell phones. Learn some Spanish as well as tips for living a simple life in the jungles of Western Panama. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Megan Fisher. Meg lost her leg in a car accident in 2002. Now she is a nine time world champion cyclist and triathlete for team USA. Meg represented USA in the 2012 London Paralympics where she won Gold and Silver medals. Meg grew up riding horses on a historic farm in Rocky Mountain House, Alberta, Canada but now calls Missoula home. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

John Dau, also known as Dhieu-Deng Leek, is one of the Lost Boys of Sudan who was featured in the 2006 award-winning documentary God Grew Tired of Us. Today, he is a father himself and a human rights activist for the people of South Sudan. In 2007, he founded the John Dau Foundation which aims to transform healthcare in South Sudan. Dau was born into the Dinka tribe in war-torn Sudan. In 1987, his village of Duk Payuel in Duk County, Jonglei was attacked by government troops involved in the Second Sudanese Civil War between the Muslim-controlled government in northern Sudan and the non-Muslims in Southern Sudan. The violence scattered his family, and Dau was forced to travel on foot for three months until reaching the relative safety of Ethiopia. Dau stayed in a refugee camp in Ethiopia for four years, but when civil war broke out in the region, he was once again forced to flee. As one of thousands of “Lost Boys of Sudan,” Dau wandered hundreds of miles and faced disease, starvation, animal attacks and violen

Recorded at the Arya Ayurvedic Panchakarma Centre in Kovalam, Southern India. In order to research and record this episode Mandela did a 21-day Ayurvedic treatment based on complex herbal compounds in the jungles of southern India a stones throw from the Arabian Sea. Listen to this interview with Dr. Kiran Achutha Bhat. We will go back to prehistoric times when legends tell of the transmission of medical knowledge from Gods to Sages and thence to human physicians. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Tyler Hamilton is an American former professional road bicycle racer and author of The Secret Race: Inside the Hidden World of the Tour de France: Doping, Cover-ups, and Winning at All Costs, which details his doping practices and experience in the world of cycling. He is the only American rider to win one of the Five Monuments of Cycling. Hamilton became a professional cyclist in 1995 with the US Postal Service cycling team. He was a teammate of Lance Armstrong during the 1999, 2000 and 2001 Tours de France. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.