The world's greatest adventurers tell their best story from the road. Armchair Explorer features travel documentaries recorded on location, immersive adventure stories, deep dives into cultures around the world, and inspiration for how to live life to the fullest.
Each episode is cut documentary style and set to music and cinematic effects to create an immersive storytelling experience. The show is a two-time Webby nominee for Best Society & Culture Podcast.
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IMMERSION: Wonders of Arizona Road Trip (Part 1) - Giant Saguaros, Cattle Penning & the Keeper of the Fire
In this first episode of our seven-part road trip through Arizona, we walk among the ancient cactus forests of Saguaro National Park. Then we saddle up at White Stallion Ranch for legendary guns, dusty arenas and a campfire under the stars with a cowboy poet.
PATHWAYS SEASON 5: Seven Wonders, Siberia and a Story 10,000-years old
At the start of every season, host Aaron Millar and producer Jason Paton preview what’s coming up on Armchair Explorer, play some of their favorite clips, and reveal the stories they’re most excited to share.
BUCKET LIST: Uluru - Australia's Wonder of the World
Rising over 1,000 feet straight from the red desert of Australia's Northern Territory, Uluru is one of the great wonders of the world. At sunrise it glows pink, gold, and amber. At dusk, it forms the backdrop to one of the most spectacular sunsets you will ever see.
CONNECTION: Wayfinding with Travel Writer Daniel Scheffler
Wayfinding is an ancient Polynesian way of navigating by reading the ocean, stars and wind. No compass, no map, just deep observation, and experience passed down through generations. But because of that, wayfinding is more art than science.
LONELY PLANET: New Hampshire Wild - the Live Free Road Trip
There is a state in New England where ancient mountains rise above the treeline into bare Arctic tundra, where sheer granite summits look out over oceans of forests, and where one of the fastest wind speeds ever recorded was once clocked here at 231 miles per hour.
There is a place at the top of the world where the land runs out, a sheer thousand-foot cliff rising straight from the Arctic Ocean, and nothing beyond it but open sea all the way to the North Pole.
Life in the Deep Blue: Diving the World’s Oceans with Author and Photographer Pier Nirandara
“You stand at the edge of the boat - and you take a giant stride into the unknown.” Today we’re chatting with Pier Nirandara, a bestselling author, film producer, SCUBA diver and underwater photographer.
ADVENTURE: Kayak the Kwanza: the World-Record Paddle Down Angola’s Longest River
Follow travel author Oscar Scafidi on his world-record paddle down the Kwanza River in Angola.
IMMERSION: Hog Heaven - On Location at the Sturgis Motorcycle Rally
The Sturgis Motorcycle Rally is the biggest two-wheeled party in the world drawing hundreds of thousands of riders each year to the Black HIlls of South Dakota.
DISCOVER: Into the Wild - A Road Trip Through Australia's Northern Territory
In today’s Discover Destination guide, we’re taking a road trip across the Northern Territory of Australia, from crocodile close-encounters and aboriginal rock art to a wonder of the world that’s been drawing people to it for more than 30,000-years.
BUCKET LIST: The River Nevis Race - Scotland’s Extreme White-water Pool Floatie Race
Today host Aaron Millar is sharing a bucket list bit of madness — literal adventure insanity he got up to about 15 years ago in the Scottish Highlands.
BEST OF EXPLORER: Arabia, a 5,000-mile Journey into the Heart of the Middle East with Explorer Levison Wood
Levison Wood is one of the world’s most well-known explorers, TV presenters and authors. Join him for a 5,000-mile journey through the heart of the Middle East, from the front lines of Iraq and Syria through the Empty Quarter desert to Yemen, the West Bank and beyond.