I’ll be giving a talk at the Explorers’ Club about my new book in Boston on 3 May. Social reception at 7pm. Lecture at 8pm. More info here.
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Recent Episodes
- Women Wanderers of the Romantic Era April 22, 2019
- Replay: The 1948 Arnhem Land Expedition April 19, 2019
- New Insights about Darwin April 15, 2019
- Replay: Wild Sea: A History of the Southern Ocean April 12, 2019
- Creatures of Cain April 8, 2019
- Replay: Running and the Science of the Extreme April 5, 2019
- Travel, Race, and Freedom April 1, 2019
- Replay: The Mystery of the Franklin Expedition March 29, 2019
- Higher and Colder: A History of Extreme Physiology and Exploration March 25, 2019
- Replay: Watching Vesuvius March 22, 2019
- The Medieval Invention of Travel March 18, 2019
- Replay: Mapping the Polar Regions March 15, 2019
- Apollo in the Age of Aquarius March 12, 2019
- Replay: The Last Uncontacted Tribes March 8, 2019
- After Leichhardt Went Missing March 4, 2019
- Replay: Descartes, Traveler March 1, 2019
- African American Women and Jamaican Travel February 25, 2019
- Replay: The Revolution in Paleoanthropology February 22, 2019
- Vast Expanses: A History of the Oceans February 19, 2019
- Replay: The Biggest Exploration Exam Ever (two episodes) February 15, 2019
- Re-imagining People in Anthropological Photographs February 11, 2019
- Replay: Project Vanguard February 8, 2019
- The Problem with Andrea Wulf’s Biography of Humboldt February 5, 2019
- Replay: Do You See Ice? February 1, 2019
- The Galapagos Expedition that Vindicated Darwin January 28, 2019
- Replay: The Journeys of Eslanda Robeson January 25, 2019
- The Nazi Cult of Mobility January 21, 2019
- Replay: The Rise of Women in Climbing January 18, 2019
- The Last Wild Men of Borneo January 14, 2019
- Replay: The Amazing Phytotron January 11, 2019
- Should We Colonize Mars? January 7, 2019
- Replay: Chasing Exoplanets January 4, 2019
- Searching for the Origins of Humankind January 1, 2019
- Replay: The History of Madagascar in Trade and Exploration December 28, 2018
- Replay: The Medieval Pilgrimage December 24, 2018
- Replay: Inventing the American Astronaut December 21, 2018
- The Navigator in the Early Modern World December 17, 2018
- Replay: How We Got the Scientific Revolution Wrong December 14, 2018
- Mountaineering and Glaciology after World War II December 10, 2018
- Replay: Monsters on the Map December 7, 2018
- Death in the Ice December 5, 2018
- Replay: The History of UFOs November 30, 2018
- How Isolated Tribes Fight Back November 27, 2018
- Replay: Backpack Ambassadors November 24, 2018
- Into the Extreme November 19, 2018
- Replay: Searching for Hobbits November 17, 2018
- The Psychology of Extreme Environments November 14, 2018
- Time to Eat the Dogs Podcast Turns One November 12, 2018
- Lands of Lost Borders November 12, 2018
- The Identity of the Traveler November 5, 2018
- The Archaeology of Exploration October 29, 2018
- Women, Aviation, and Global Air Travel October 24, 2018
- The New Map of Empire October 15, 2018
- Making Planets into Places October 8, 2018
- Episode 52: The Making of 2001: A Space Odyssey October 1, 2018
- Episode 51: Science and Exploration in the U.S. Navy September 26, 2018
- Episode 50: After the Map September 17, 2018
- Episode 49: Living on the International Space Station September 10, 2018
- Episode 48: One Long Night September 3, 2018
- Searching for Hobbits August 27, 2018
- Episode 46: Australians’ First Encounter with Captain Cook August 20, 2018
- Episode 45: An American in Soviet Antarctica, Part II August 14, 2018
- Episode 44: An American in Soviet Antarctica, Part I August 6, 2018
- Episode 43: The 1948 Arnhem Land Expedition July 31, 2018
- Episode 42: Mapping the Polar Regions July 23, 2018
- Episode 41: My Interview with Radio Canberra July 16, 2018
- Episode 40: Watching Vesuvius July 9, 2018
- Space Odyssey by Michael Benson (book review) July 7, 2018
- Episode 39: Wild Sea July 3, 2018
- Episode 38: The Egyptologist June 27, 2018
- Episode 37: The Rise of the Megafire June 18, 2018
- Episode 36: The Ebola Outbreak of 2013 June 11, 2018
- Episode 35: The Mars Rover Curiosity June 5, 2018
- Episode 34: Psychology in Extreme Environments May 28, 2018
- Episode 33: What the Dead Can Teach Us May 21, 2018
- Episode 32: Rethinking Humboldt May 14, 2018
- The Revolution in Paleoanthropology May 9, 2018
- Episode 30: The Vanguard Project May 1, 2018
- Episode 29: Descartes, Traveler April 23, 2018
- Episode 28: The Journeys of Eslanda Robeson April 17, 2018
- Episode 27: The Medieval Pilgrimage April 10, 2018
- Episode 26: The Last Uncontacted Tribes April 3, 2018
- Episodes 24 and 25: The Biggest Exploration Exam Ever March 26, 2018
- Episode 23: Backpack Ambassadors March 20, 2018
- Episode 22: The History of Madagascar in Trade and Exploration March 13, 2018
- Episode 21: Lands of Lost Borders March 6, 2018
- The Myth of the “Lost White Tribe” March 4, 2018
- Episode 20: The Ebola Outbreak of 2013 February 26, 2018
- Episode 19: Inventing the American Astronaut February 19, 2018
- Episodes 17 & 18: The First Americans on Everest, Parts I & II February 12, 2018
- Episode 16: The Falcon Heavy February 5, 2018
- Episode 15: How We Got the Scientific Revolution Wrong January 29, 2018
- Episode 14: The Egyptologist January 23, 2018
- Episode 13: In Search of Brightest Africa January 16, 2018
- Episode 12: Chasing Exoplanets January 8, 2018
- Episode 11: Monsters on the Map January 2, 2018
- Episode 10: The Amazing Phytotron December 26, 2017
- Episode 9: The History of UFOs December 19, 2017
- Episode 8: Can You See the Ice? December 12, 2017
Top Episodes
- After Leichhardt Went Missing
- Episode 5: The Mystery of the Franklin Expedition
- New Insights about Darwin
- The Secular Mountain
- Replay: The Mystery of the Franklin Expedition
- The Search for Planet X
- Episode 26: The Last Uncontacted Tribes
- Apollo in the Age of Aquarius
- A Theory You've Never Heard of and How it Changed the World
- The Greely Expedition
Index of Posts
- Women Wanderers of the Romantic Era
- Replay: The 1948 Arnhem Land Expedition
- New Insights about Darwin
- Replay: Wild Sea: A History of the Southern Ocean
- Creatures of Cain
- Replay: Running and the Science of the Extreme
- Travel, Race, and Freedom
- Replay: The Mystery of the Franklin Expedition
- Higher and Colder: A History of Extreme Physiology and Exploration
- Replay: Watching Vesuvius
- The Medieval Invention of Travel
- Replay: Mapping the Polar Regions
- Apollo in the Age of Aquarius
- Replay: The Last Uncontacted Tribes
- After Leichhardt Went Missing
- Replay: Descartes, Traveler
- African American Women and Jamaican Travel
- Replay: The Revolution in Paleoanthropology
- Vast Expanses: A History of the Oceans
- Replay: The Biggest Exploration Exam Ever (two episodes)
- Re-imagining People in Anthropological Photographs
- Replay: Project Vanguard
- The Problem with Andrea Wulf’s Biography of Humboldt
- Replay: Do You See Ice?
- The Galapagos Expedition that Vindicated Darwin
- Replay: The Journeys of Eslanda Robeson
- The Nazi Cult of Mobility
- Replay: The Rise of Women in Climbing
- The Last Wild Men of Borneo
- Replay: The Amazing Phytotron
- Should We Colonize Mars?
- Replay: Chasing Exoplanets
- Searching for the Origins of Humankind
- Replay: The History of Madagascar in Trade and Exploration
- Replay: The Medieval Pilgrimage
- Replay: Inventing the American Astronaut
- The Navigator in the Early Modern World
- Replay: How We Got the Scientific Revolution Wrong
- Mountaineering and Glaciology after World War II
- Replay: Monsters on the Map
- Death in the Ice
- Replay: The History of UFOs
- How Isolated Tribes Fight Back
- Replay: Backpack Ambassadors
- Into the Extreme
- Replay: Searching for Hobbits
- The Psychology of Extreme Environments
- Time to Eat the Dogs Podcast Turns One
- Lands of Lost Borders
- The Identity of the Traveler
- The Archaeology of Exploration
- Women, Aviation, and Global Air Travel
- The New Map of Empire
- Making Planets into Places
- Episode 52: The Making of 2001: A Space Odyssey
- Episode 51: Science and Exploration in the U.S. Navy
- Episode 50: After the Map
- Episode 49: Living on the International Space Station
- Episode 48: One Long Night
- Searching for Hobbits
- Episode 46: Australians’ First Encounter with Captain Cook
- Episode 45: An American in Soviet Antarctica, Part II
- Episode 44: An American in Soviet Antarctica, Part I
- Episode 43: The 1948 Arnhem Land Expedition
- Episode 42: Mapping the Polar Regions
- Episode 41: My Interview with Radio Canberra
- Episode 40: Watching Vesuvius
- Space Odyssey by Michael Benson (book review)
- Episode 39: Wild Sea
- Episode 38: The Egyptologist
- Episode 37: The Rise of the Megafire
- Episode 36: The Ebola Outbreak of 2013
- Episode 35: The Mars Rover Curiosity
- Episode 34: Psychology in Extreme Environments
- Episode 33: What the Dead Can Teach Us
- Episode 32: Rethinking Humboldt
- The Revolution in Paleoanthropology
- Episode 30: The Vanguard Project
- Episode 29: Descartes, Traveler
- Episode 28: The Journeys of Eslanda Robeson
- Episode 27: The Medieval Pilgrimage
- Episode 26: The Last Uncontacted Tribes
- Episodes 24 and 25: The Biggest Exploration Exam Ever
- Episode 23: Backpack Ambassadors
- Episode 22: The History of Madagascar in Trade and Exploration
- Episode 21: Lands of Lost Borders
- The Myth of the “Lost White Tribe”
- Episode 20: The Ebola Outbreak of 2013
- Episode 19: Inventing the American Astronaut
- Episodes 17 & 18: The First Americans on Everest, Parts I & II
- Episode 16: The Falcon Heavy
- Episode 15: How We Got the Scientific Revolution Wrong
- Episode 14: The Egyptologist
- Episode 13: In Search of Brightest Africa
- Episode 12: Chasing Exoplanets
- Episode 11: Monsters on the Map
- Episode 10: The Amazing Phytotron
- Episode 9: The History of UFOs
- Episode 8: Can You See the Ice?
- Episode 7: California is Burning
- Episode 6: NASA in the Age of Trump
- Coming Tuesday: NASA in the Age of Trump
- Episode 5: The Mystery of the Franklin Expedition
- Episode 4: The Ascent of Women Climbers
- Episode 3: The First Americans on Everest
- Episode 2: Rise of the Megafire
- Episode 1: The Science of Running
- Time to Eat the Dogs Podcast
- Darwin’s Polar Bear
- Trump’s Rough-Riding Populism
- When the World Thought Tarzan Was Real
- Interview on New Books Network
- Exploration: A Very Short Introduction (book review)
- Book Talk at the Explorer’s Club on 3 May
- A Theory You’ve Never Heard of and How it Changed the World
- The Search for Planet X
- Book Review: Inventing the American Astronaut
- Some Things I’ve Been Working On
- Greely’s Pendulum, Part 2 of 2
- Greely’s Pendulum, Part 1 of 2
- Beyond the Extreme
- Rwenzori Journal
- Book Preview: Hoosh: Roast Penguin, Scurvy Day, and Other Stories of Antarctic Cuisine
- Book Review: Passage to Cosmos
- Book Excerpt: A Labyrinth of Kingdoms: 10,000 Miles Through Islamic Africa
- What is an Expedition?
- “The Adventure” by Georg Simmel
- Anthropology of Expeditions: Travel, Visualities, Afterlives
- Remembering the Race to the South Pole 100 Years Ago
- Lessons From The Last Frontier, Part I
- The Greely Expedition
- Guest Writer: Gerald Zhang-Schmidt
- Even Better Than the Real Thing
- Science and Exploration
- Exploration Roundup
- Academics vs. Explorers
- Exploration Round-Up
- Mr X
- New With Age
- Two Visions of Mars
- The Myth of Pure Experience
- Autumn
- The Discovery of HMS Investigator
- Radio, Audience, and Exploration
- Field Notes: Naryan-Mar
- Field Notes: Moscow
- The Secluded Parts of the Soul
- 100,000
- First, Fastest, Youngest
- Prester John
- Thanks Research Blogging!
- NASA and the Ghosts of Explorers Past
- Spring Cleaning
- The Death of the Constellation Program
- Film Review: Avatar
- Furr
- Interview with Felix Driver
- The Remotest Place on Earth
- Why We Need a New History of Exploration
- On Biography
- The Explorer Gene
- Mountains of the Moon
- Polar Hoaxes and Lost Worlds
- Where No ENFP Has Gone Before, Part II
- Where No ENFP Has Gone Before, Part I
- Visions of Exploration
- Blue Hole
- Know Your Ingredients
- News of the Expedition: Absolutely Free
- Film Review: Up
- Book Review: Science and Empire in the Atlantic World
- Wild Thing
- What Kind of Explorer are You?
- The Myth of the Popular Audience
- The Forging of Races
- New Arctic Exhibition
- Interview with Steph Davis
- Asia on Top
- The F-Word
- On Cannibalism
- This and That
- Call Me Starbuck
- Maybe I Was Wrong
- The Search for Authentic Experience
- New Worlds
- The Smudgy Window of History
- Why Expeditions Fail
- Contingent World, Part 3 of 3
- Fallen Giants Wins the Banff Book Award
- The Night Before Christmas
- Contingent World, Part 2 of 3
- Contingent World, Part 1 of 3
- Lessons of the Free Solo
- The Gertrude Bell Archive
- Turkey, Tradition, and the Lagrangian Point
- Interview with Beau Riffenburgh
- Digital Archive: Conrad Martens
- Digital Archive: AfricaBib
- Nate Silver, Baseball Analyst, Prophet of the Galactic Empire
- Thank You FHSA
- Voyage to Pittsburgh
- Routes Up the Mountain
- A Blog of One’s Own
- Darwin in Four Minutes
- Less is More
- Digital Archive: James Cook
- The Secular Mountain
- Mission to Mercury
- The Dust-Free Blog
- The Last Flight of the Jules Verne
- Oil Exploration
- Saturday’s Big Stories
- The Coldest Crucible: Web Simulcast
- Katherine Pandora on “Science in the Everyday World”
- Women Explorers
- Blue Moon
- The Armchair Voyager
- Web Review: ExplorersWeb
- Book Review: Trying Leviathan
- Announcements
- Columbus on the Green, Part Two
- Columbus on the Green
- The Last Imaginary Place
- Guest Blogger: Russell Potter
- Uncharted Waters: A Skeptic’s View of the latest search for the lost ships of Sir John Franklin
- The Birth of Exploration
- Announcements
- A Place to Plant the Flag
- Tragedy on K2
- Isis Review: Science in the Everyday World
- Oh the Places You’ll Go
- Digital Archive: The Joseph Dalton Hooker Website
- The Problem with Scientific Exploration
- The Explorer’s Universe
- Planning Our Trip to Mars
- Centre de Recherche sur la Littérature des Voyages (CRLV)
- The Explorer Type
- What We Fear
- Digital Archive: Strange Maps
- Reading the Map
- Digital Archive: David Rumsey Map Collection
- Book Review: The Lost Land of Lemuria
- Lost Tribe, Now Found
- A Question For You
- Book Review: The Oxford Companion to Exploration
- The Beagle Project
- The Discovery of France
- What is Exploration?
- Digital Archive: Livingstone Online
- Let’s Get Geophysical
- Digital Archive: Charles Darwin
- The Reenacted Voyage
- Famous Falling Objects
- North By Degree
- Touchdown! Mars Phoenix Lander
- Mars Phoenix Mission
- The North Pole Controversy
- Profile: Frederick Cook
- Storm Over Everest, Part II
- Storm Over Everest
- Chasing the Moon
- Digital Archive: The U.S. Exploring Expedition
- Book Review: The Making of John Ledyard
- Popular vs Academic History
- The Escape from Civilization?
- Lessons from the Last Frontier
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