Expedition planning podcasts
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.
Episode 012
Communicating scientific discoveries with Heidi Sevestre.
Episode 013
Coming home with Sophie Redlin.
Episode 014
The future of exploration with Sophie Roberts, Oliver Steeds, Leo Houlding, and Dr Heidi Sevestre.
