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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 Apple Podcasts or by searching for ‘The Adventure Podcast’ wherever you get your podcasts.

Person measuring the size of a mark on the side of a rock in a rocky landscape.
© Alex Ingle

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.