The Call to Adventure Podcast
Formerly the We Need More Heroes Podcast, the Call to Adventure pod brings you the best in adventure and activism. We sit down with adventurers who are doing something inspiring - skiing to the poles, summiting mountains, putting up new routes, exploring the unknown - whilst doing their bit to protect our wild places. Join the mission at CalltoAdventure.UK and 'CalltoAdventureOfficial' on social media.
Episodes
47 episodes
CTA 029 - Ben Turner, Personal Trainer, Nutritionist and endurance athlete on becoming fit for life
Ben Turner is a real-life man of the mountains. Since starting his outdoor career as a Physical Training Instructor in the Army, Ben’s been passionate about physical fitness and exploring the world’s extreme mountain environments.As well...
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Season 2
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Episode 29
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1:20:30
CTA 028 - Dan Yates – white-water kayaker, environmental campaigner and co-founder of Save Our Rivers
Dan Yates has been passionate about white-water kayaking for over 30 years. He’s travelled to some of the wildest and remotest landscapes on earth and has had some incredible adventures, including being lost on the Tibetan Plateau with no food ...
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Season 2
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Episode 28
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53:29
CTA 027 - Laura Owen Sanderson discusses combining her passions for wild swimming and environmental research
Laura describes herself as a wild swimmer, ‘waterlogger’, adventurer, environmentalist, company director, artist and a mum – sounds like an awesome job description to us!She wasn’t always a passionate advocate of wild swimming though. I...
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Season 2
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Episode 27
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48:18
CTA 026 - Instructor, author and Search and Rescue expert Moose Mutlow talks about a career in the outdoors and the emotional impact of being a First Aid Responder
From instructing, teaching, Search and Rescue to family liaison with a smattering of street entertaining along the way, Action Man Moose Mutlow has definitely been there and done that!Born in Birmingham, Moose spent some years living in ...
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Season 2
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Episode 26
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47:43
CTA 025 - Nick Hounsfield, founder of The Wave, stroke survivor and Blue Health advocate
Wavemaker’ Nick Hounsfield was introduced to surfing by his father in the 1970s and soon developed a passion for it. He started to see surfing as a tool for having conversations around wellbeing, which led to him founding The Wave – an inland s...
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Season 2
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Episode 25
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47:18
CTA 024 - Keen climbers Charlie and Dale from Nohma (prev. Climbingvan) talk about living and travelling full time in Ringo, their self-built van
Meet Charlie and Dale of Nohma, currently travelling Europe and living full time in their self-built camper van.Fed up with living for evenings and weekends, Charlie and Dale gave up their secure 9-5 offi...
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Season 2
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Episode 24
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54:05
CTA 023 - Adventurer, Conservationist and Regenerative Farmer Ness Knight Digs Deep into the Lessons She's Learned from Years of Exploration
Long-term adventurer and explorer Ness Knight has not always called her West Yorkshire farm home. Ness has pioneered some of the world's toughest and most intriguing expeditions, such as her trip to the Essequibo River with the Wai Wai tribe an...
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Season 2
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Episode 23
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57:19
CTA 022 - Climate Explorers - The Trio Taking on Eco-Adventures for the UK’s National Parks
Join Isaac, Lukas and Alex as we discuss the biking adventure that took them from the Orkney Islands in Scotland down to the Isles of Scilly, fitting as many National Parks as they could in between and navigating the water crossings by water bi...
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Season 2
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Episode 22
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50:22
CTA 021 - Pete McNeil on all things biking, racing and what it’s like to spend 2 years cycling to New Zealand for your honeymoon
Pete McNeil has been riding bikes for as long as he can remember. At the age of 12 he started really upping his game, racing and riding wherever he could and always setting the bar a bit higher. Since his childhood riding days Pete has become a...
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Season 2
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Episode 21
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1:04:43
CTA 020 - Empowering Kids to Change the World for Good with Libby Bowles
Libby Bowles had a pretty great life back in the early 2010’s, working as a conservationist and animal behaviour expert in coastal Mozambique, spending her days working on ground-breaking research and living in her beach shack, surfing the even...
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Season 2
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Episode 20
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53:41
CTA 019 - Crossing Oceans for Mental Health with Charlie Head
Charlie Head circumnavigated the country to get people talking about mental healthCharlie Head is no stranger to adventure. His stand up paddle board has taken him across the Arctic, through the Nile and along the Amazon, meeting and liv...
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Season 2
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Episode 19
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56:42
CTA 018 - Harrison Ward, AKA the ‘Fell Foodie’ on reaching rock bottom, taking one step at a time and the joy of a homecooked meal at 900m
Harrison Ward, or ’Fell Foodie’ on Instagram wasn’t always running up and down the Cumbrian fells with a stove and the ingredients for a hilltop curry in his rucksack. Though it’s how he spends most of his days now, it was a tough j...
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Season 2
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Episode 18
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53:12
CTA 017 - Elise Downing on running around the country, the joy of the UK and never giving up
Elise Downing was sat in her London grad job office, miserable with the corporate grind, when the idea of running around the UK first came to her. In 2015 the spent 10 months running a lap of the UK, gradually building up her mileage to running...
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Season 2
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Episode 17
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56:16
CTA 016 - Summiting Mental and Physical Peaks: How the Natural Health Service Saved Alex Staniforth
Alex Staniforth has battled anxiety, disordered eating, depression, bullying and even avalanches to get to where he is, a trailblazer for achieving mental wellbeing through being outdoors.At just 26, he is already a record-breaking adven...
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Season 2
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Episode 16
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48:10
CTA 015 - Resilience Through Pain and Disability - Being Extraordinary, with Alex Flynn
We are releasing this podcast a few days after Alex's passing on Mera Peak in Nepal, where he was training to become to first person with Parkinson's to summit Everest. His family commented that "he went out exactly how he would have wanted...
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Season 2
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Episode 15
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35:27
CTA 014 - The power of listening to nature and how it can guide us to be ethical consumers with Jarvis Smith
Jarvis Smith is the co-founder of My Green Pod, the UK's leading ethical lifestyle store and media company, on a mission to help people live more sustainable lifestyles and purchase ethical alternatives to mainstream products. They hope to ...
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Season 2
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Episode 14
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1:12:36
CTA 013 - Wild Swimming Brother's - The Call to Coldwater: Why More and More People are Loving Wild Swimming
Wild swimming is like a secret society these days. With those 'on the inside' having access to a whole new type of outdoor euphoria, connection with nature and mind-body experience. The good news is, this is no exclusive club. Wild...
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Season 2
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Episode 13
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58:21
CTA 012 - Rebecca Wrigley from Rewilding Britain: Why UK Wild Spaces Need to be Even Wilder
We all know that we need to take drastic action to avoid the imminent climate emergency. Rewilding will play a pivotal role in adapting to the unprecedented challenges to come.Everyone seems to be talking about rewilding, but what exact...
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Season 2
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Episode 12
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37:35
CTA 011 - Bikepacking, Ultra Endurance, Running, & Tough Women with Jenny Tough
Jenny Tough embodies adventure through and through.She's competed in ultra bikepacking races around the world including the Atlas Mountain Race, Silk Road Mountain Race No1, the TransatlanticWayRace, and the TransScotland to name a few....
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Season 2
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Episode 11
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50:21
CTA 010 - Bike Travel, Cycle Touring, & Bikepacking Top Tips From 1000's Miles - Adam Hugill
This week we've gone for a completely different approach. Instead of delving into the life of an adventurer or activist I've teamed up with a co-host, Adam Hugill, to give you our best cycle touring and bikepacking tips.The...
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Season 2
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Episode 10
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1:02:23
CTA 009 - Should Trespassing Be Criminalised? Ramblers, Wild Camping, & Travellers - Nick Hayes
This week we’re chatting with Nick Hayes, the author of a number of books including The Book of Trespass, A Sunday Times Best Seller. Nick is also a talented illustrator, graphic novelist, political cartoonist, and avid countryside ...
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Season 2
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Episode 9
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56:50
CTA 008 - Ultra-Endurance Running, LEJOG World Record, Tour De Mont Blanc & Cake With Carla Molinaro
Carla Molina is an Endurance Athlete, Ultra Runner, Running Coach, Speaker and Adventurer, on a mission to explore the world on foot. She’s represented Team GB at the 100k World Championships and currently competes for Team Massmart...
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Season 2
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Episode 8
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52:25
CTA 007 - Kayaking the Amazon, Walking India, And Film Making With Olie Hunter Smart
Today we’re chatting with one of my good mates in the adventure scene Olie Hunter Smart. Olie’s most recent adventure involved him walking the length of India, which is over 4,000km by the way, retracing Ghandi’s steps, exploring th...
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Season 2
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Episode 7
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1:00:07
CTA 006 - Barefoot Running, Sleep, Digestion, Nature And Spirituality With Tony Riddle
Tony Riddle has a deep knowledge of health and well being and I love his approach of using nature and natural systems to improve our modern lives. We go deep into the importance of play and movement, the microbiome and digestion, sleep, cold ex...
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Season 2
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Episode 6
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1:29:49
CTA 005 - Skiing To The South Pole, Environmentalism, And Climate Change Opportunities With Barney Swan
Barney Swan is on a mission to make the world a better place. He's not only an eco-advocate but also an adventurer - the perfect guest for the Call to Adventure Podcast.In 2018, Barney became the first person to ski to the South Pole us...
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Season 2
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Episode 5
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1:04:51