Podcasts by Unfolding Maps

#35: The Secrets of the Elephants – with Dr. Paula Kahumbu from 2023-05-31T06:01:36

Powerful, loving, and wise – elephants hold a great fascination for people worldwide. And yet they are threatened with extinction. Due to ivory trade and loss of habitat through humans, populati...

#34: Dr. Jane Goodall – Thoughts on a good life and a healthy planet from 2023-04-19T06:24:42

What does real success really mean? How can we effectively fight against climate change and for nature? And what to make of the protests of the "last generation"?

Jane Goodall...

#33: On the other Side of Fear – with Dwayne Fields from 2023-04-05T08:52:03

From a childhood close to nature in Jamaica, to a youth marked by violent experiences in England, to an unforgettable walk to the North Pole that would change everything – that's how you could d...

#32: A Life of Crime, Redemption and Hollywood – a Journey from Gangster to Movie Star with Danny Trejo from 2023-01-18T10:19:44

This time at Unfolding Maps - not a climber, not a cyclist, not a desert photographer, but: Hollywood's most famous and beloved villain!

Danny Trejo was shot, stabbed, decapit...

#31: A World in Crisis (and what to do about it) – with Jared Diamond from 2022-06-01T05:01:23

What can we learn from the tribes in the rainforest of New Guinea? What are the greatest dangers facing humanity and the earth today, and how can they be overcome? These are some of the many que...

#30: The Power of the Wild – with Bear Grylls from 2022-04-30T10:00:11

In this very special episode, we welcome a real survival icon: Bear Grylls has become known worldwide as one of the most recognized faces of survival and outdoor adventure.

Trained from a ...

#29: Shots of Adventure or the joy of surfing in ice cold water – with Chris Burkard from 2022-03-23T09:38:45

Chris Burkard, born in 1986, is many things: he is an adventurer, photographer, creative director, speaker, author, father, husband, surfer, certified yoga instructor ... and first and foremost,...

#28: Euphoria and Terror – Crossing Antarctica with Felicity Aston MBE from 2021-11-10T12:50:52

“I just think back to that first time I got a proper look at Antarctica: There was something about the simplicity and the beauty and the perfectness of it all that made me want to scoop it all u...

#27: Extreme Adventures, extreme Life – with Mike Horn from 2021-07-17T14:00

"One of the most amazing things about Mike Horn's life is that it still hasn't come to an end." This sentence sums up the life of this episode’s guest quite well: Mike Horn is introduced again a...

#26: Travel and what we can learn from it – with Erik Lorenz from 2021-06-02T12:00

In this episode the tables are turned. Instead of asking them, Erik answers questions – such as: What can we learn from travel? How can storytelling change the world? How do we experience advent...

#25: A Journey to the Edge of Europe - with Kapka Kassabova from 2021-04-28T09:00

A childhood in the shadow of a Cold War border - this is how Kapka Kassabova grew up in Sofia, Bulgaria.

After studying in Sofia and emigrating with her family to New Zealand, Kapka Kassab...

#24: Hope for our Planet – with Dr. Jane Goodall from 2021-04-17T09:00

60 years of research on social and family interactions of wild chimpanzees. And decades of commitment to animal welfare and environmental protection. This episode’s guest is the world-famous Bri...

#23: A Walk in the Woods – with Eric Adams (Manowar) from 2021-04-03T12:42:17

A winter walk in the woods with an icon of heavy metal: Eric Adams is world-famous as the singer of the American band Manowar. In episode 16 of Unfolding Maps, he has already talked about anothe...

#22: The Spirit of a Rock Climber – with Maureen Beck from 2021-03-03T10:00

Maureen (Mo) Beck was born without her left hand, but that didn’t stop her from starting to climb at the age of 12 – to prove everyone wrong, who thought this sport might not be for her. By now ...

#21: People of the Horse – with Erika Larsen from 2021-02-03T10:28:24

Over a two-year period, storyteller and National Geographic photographer Erika Larsen travelled to many locations in the western United States to learn about the significance of the horse in Nat...

#20: Rewilding the World – with Kristine Tompkins from 2021-01-16T11:06

She was a successful CEO of the clothing manufacturer Patagonia and played a decisive role in building the company. And then left everything behind to move to the wilderness of the actual Patago...

#19: Fathoms – The World in the Whale – with Rebecca Giggs from 2021-01-06T10:00

"Fathoms - The World in the Whale": That is the title of Australian author Rebecca Giggs' first book (published by SCRIBE and Simon Schuster in April 2020) – and it is, indeed, the gate to a lar...

#18: Living with Sami Reindeer Herders – with Erika Larsen from 2020-12-09T18:01:01

Sitting in a snow-covered tent, surrounded by a pretty harsh environment where no horizon can be seen, in the arctic circle. Cooking with reindeer blood and learning the fascinating Sami languag...

#17: The Search for Africa's Fighting Spirit – with Tim Butcher from 2020-11-25T10:00

For many years Sierra Leone and Liberia have been too dangerous to travel through. They were places of terrible violence – associated with child soldiers, prisoner mutilation and blood diamonds....

#16: Eric Adams (Manowar) – Outdoor Adventures & Hunting from 2020-11-11T19:19:27

(Rerelease of previously published Weltwach episode.) Eric Adams is world famous as the singer of the legendary American heavy metal band Manowar. Besides music however, another passion shapes h...

#15: Exploring Trails – with Robert Moor from 2020-11-04T09:00

An author that hiked the Appalachian Trail and then got obsessed with the history and creation of trails. This is how the book “On Trails” by Robert Moor could be summarized. Sounds a bit, borin...

#14: Exploring the Deep-Sea – with Diva Amon from 2020-10-21T09:00

Imagine you are sitting in a telephone booth-sized bubble hundreds of meters deep in the ocean surrounded by darkness, in an environment where nobody has ever been before. Many of the things you...

#13: Blood River – A Journey to Africa’s Broken Heart – with Tim Butcher from 2020-10-07T07:00

As a war correspondent for the Daily Telegraph Tim Butcher quickly became obsessed with one of the world’s most war-ravaged countries – the Congo. Its rich and multi-layered history triggered hi...

#12: The Sound of Journeys – with Jim Kroft from 2020-09-23T09:00

To musically capture the essence of a solo journey over around the world is a tremendous creative challenge. Musician, director and photographer Jim Kroft, our guest in this episode, has tackled...

#11: Long Way Up – New adventures on two wheels – with Charley Boorman from 2020-09-04T17:44:48

Two friends, two motorcycles and epic adventures all around the world. In episode 4 of Unfolding Maps, Charley Boorman talked about some of his most memorable travel experiences, many of which h...

#10: The Last Whalers – with Doug Bock Clark from 2020-08-17T17:55:22

What is lost when a whole culture disappears? Award-winning journalist Doug Bock Clark has written an epic book about the Lamalerans, a tribe that lives on a remote, eastern Indonesian island. F...

#9: We the Women of Afghanistan – Nahid Shahalimi from 2020-08-01T19:12:05

Being the daughter of one of the Afghanistan’s most influential and prosperous persons, Nahid Shahalimi grew up in the country’s high society. However, the life of her family took a dramatic tur...

#8: Feeding the World – with Aerial Photographer George Steinmetz from 2020-05-31T09:00

Known as 'the flying photographer', George Steinmetz is the natural world’s leading aerial artist, being famous for his trademark low altitude aerial photography, a special technique that he has...

#7: Over Seven Summits around the World – with Helga Hengge from 2020-05-01T02:10:42

Mount Everest in the Himalayas, Mt Vinson in Antarctica - only two of the highest mountains on each of the seven continents. The former VOGUE fashion editor and today's extreme mountaineer Helga He...

#6: Great and small adventures – with Alastair Humphreys from 2020-04-10T02:49:44

A passionate adventurer, author and film maker: Alastair Humphreys' explorations of the earth are manifold.

He has spent over four years cycling round the world, a journey of 46,000 miles ...

#5: The Power of the Cold – with “Iceman” Wim Hof from 2020-03-19T17:51:12

A fascinating journey into the power that the cold, deep breathing and commitment can unleash together: Wim Hof is known as the “Iceman”, the reason being that he is able to endure the cold to a...

#4: Charley Boorman – On long Ways around the World from 2020-03-11T06:00

Adventurer, motorbike enthusiast, travel writer and TV presenter: Charley Boorman has explored the world for the past few decades. It all started in 1997 on a film shoot, when Charley met Ewan M...

#3: Laura Dekker – The world’s youngest circumnavigator from 2020-02-29T06:00

Laura Dekker is the youngest person ever to sail around the world solo – an impressive success for which she had to overcome many obstacles, at sea and on land.

She has accomp...

#2: Rolf Potts – The Art of Long-term World Travel from 2020-02-05T18:58:55

In his first book, the now iconic “Vagabonding: An Uncommon Guide to the Art of Long-term World Travel”, Rolf Potts promoted the ethics of independent travel. It was released in 2003 and – after...

#1: Steve McCurry – A Life of Photography from 2020-02-05T18:42:31

Known for the National Geographic cover “the Afghan Girl”, legendary photographer Steve McCurry captures the human element hidden amidst military conflicts, humanitarian crisis, vanishing tradit...

#0: Introduction from 2020-02-05T18:30:31

This new travel podcast travels the unbeaten path. Unfolding Maps talks to adventurers of all flavors about their expeditions and experiences that shaped them. Join the host, Erik Lorenz, in his...