The Explorers Podcast
The Explorers Podcast is about the greatest explorers and explorations in history.
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Freya Stark - Part 5 - Yemen
Freya Stark goes searching for lost cities and the old incense route of the Arabian Peninsula.
43 min
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Freya Stark - Part 4 - Treasure Hunting in Lur...
Freya Stark goes searching for relics and treasure in Luristan
33 min
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Freya Stark - Part 3 - The Lost Assassin Fortre...
Freya Stark goes searching for the Lost Assassin Fortress of Lambsar
29 min
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Freya Stark - Part 2 - The Valley of the Assassins
Freya Stark goes searching for the legendary Valley of the Assassins
30 min
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Freya Stark - Part 1 - Early life and the land...
Early life of Freya Stark and her first adventure into the lands of the Druze
37 min
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Alexander von Humboldt - Part 6 - Legacy
We discuss the remainder of Humboldt's life - and his legacy
32 min
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Alexander von Humboldt - Part 5 - Russia
Humboldt explorers Russia, including the Ural Mountains
26 min
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Alexander von Humboldt - Part 4 - Mexico and th...
Humboldt does a deep dive into New Spain - aka Mexico - and visits the United States
33 min
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Alexander von Humboldt - Part 3 - The Andes Mou...
Humboldt explorers the Andes
28 min
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Alexander von Humboldt - Part 2 - The Orinoco E...
Humboldt goes up the Orinoco River in search of link between that river and the Amazon
33 min
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Alexander von Humboldt - Part 1
The early years of Alexander von Humboldt
31 min
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The Opening of Japan
Storms take Portuguese traders to Japan - opening up the island to the west for the first time
17 min
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Belgica Expedition - Interview with Author Juli...
Author Julian Sancton, who wrote the book Madhouse at the End of the Earth talks with us about the expedition
58 min
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Belgica Expedition - Part 5
The Belgica tried to break out of the Antarctic ice pack
50 min
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Belgica Expedition - Part 4
The Belgica and her crew prepare to endure 70 days of darkness.
35 min
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Belgica Expedition - Part 3
Belgica plunges deeper and deeper to the waters of Antarctica as the long night of winter approaches.
31 min
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Belgica Expedition - Part 2
The Belgica reaches Antarctica
34 min
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Belgica Expedition - Part 1
Adrien de Gerlache leads the Belgian Antarctica Expedition in 1897
34 min
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Ibn Battuta - Part 7 - Mali
Ibn Battuta goes on a final journey across the Saharan Desert to West Africa and the Kingdom of Mali
37 min
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Ibn Battuta - Part 6 - China
Ibn Battuta goes to the Far East
27 min
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Ibn Battuta - Part 5 - India
Ibn Battuta goes to India
36 min
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Ibn Battuta - Part 4 - Anatolia and the Golden ...
Ibn Battuta heads to India via Central Asia
31 min
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Ibn Battuta - Part 3 - East Africa and Arabia
Ibn Battuta sets off for the fringe of the Islamic world - the colonies of East Africa
25 min
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Ibn Battuta - Part 2 - Iraq and Persia
Ibn Battuta travels to Iraq and Persia.
24 min
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Ibn Battuta - Part 1 - Mecca
Ibn Battuta sets out on his first great adventure - his Hajj to Mecca
31 min