Our podcast series, Explore: how to plan an expedition, focuses on how to plan an expedition or field research project.
Commissioned by the Society, produced by The Adventure Podcast and hosted by filmmaker and photographer Matt Pycroft, the series introduces expedition planning and shares insights into how to get involved in the worlds of exploration and field research. Each episode features stimulating conversations with experienced voices and those who have recently returned from the field.
Informative, educational, and entertaining, the series is intended to inspire you to undertake you own expeditions – big or small in scope, long or short in duration.
The episodes are listed below, and you can listen to them on or by searching for ‘The Adventure Podcast’ wherever you get your podcasts.
Introduction Listen to Matt introduce the series
Episode 001 Designing a successful field research project with
James Borrell and Katie Willis
Episode 002 Five Ps: Proper Planning Prevents Poor Performance with
Stephen Jones, Nigel Winser, Felicity Aston
Episode 003 Who’s paying? The reality of funding with Ben Saunders,
Tom Allen, Eleanor Drinkwater, Shane Winser
Episode 004 Camp life: Deserts with Mark Evans
Episode 005 Leadership, teamwork and competence with
Lucy Shepherd, James Dyer, Emily Penn
Episode 006 Camp life: Polar with Felicity Aston
Episode 007 Ethical fieldwork with Alasdair Harris
Episode 008 Camp life: Jungle with Waldo Etherington
Episode 009 Health and safety with Megan Hine, Waldo Etherington
and Aldo Kane
Episode 010 Camp life: Mountains with Jon Gupta
Episode 011 Telling the story with Leon McCarron
Still to come
Episode 012 - Communicating Science with Heidi Sevestre
Episode 013 - Coming home: every journey must end with Sophie Redlin
Episode 014 - Future of exploration
