Interviews with hard-core adventurers, serious outdoor misfits, and those who have found themselves in extreme survival situations. Hosted by Michael Atkinson (Outback Mike), an experienced survivalist and adventurer, we discover how they handled hardship and the transformative power of adventure and risk-taking. There's plenty of 'lessons-learned' and 'how-to' to keep you alive and sane on your next adventure too, whether it's Antarctica or hiking a local trail with kids. Be warned though, ...
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Episode 17 - Military Survival Courses
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I talk about the military survival courses I've completed and instructed on while serving in the Australian Army and Airforce. I'm the one being interviewed this time by Mattsy and Jordie, hosts of the 2 Galahs Podcast.
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Episode 16: The 10 Best Adventure Films of All Time - Jemima Robinson
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Jemima Robinson has run the Banff Film Festival Australian Tour for 17 years. She shares her top ten films and we explore what makes an adventure film great, ultimate tragedies and the effect of AI moving forward. 1. Crossing the Ice 2012 2. North of the Sun 2012 3. Free Solo 4. Kadoma – 2011 can’t find online 5. Birdman of the Karakoram. 6. Dann…
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Episode 15: Alone UK Winner - Tom Williams
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Hiking the North Magnetic Pole, founding a survival tour company and winning the Alone UK TV series; these are some of the experiences Tom ponders when philosephising (I had to google that word) the benefits of an outdoor life. Check out Tom's company https://www.desertislandsurvival.com/(Offer Code Mike100 to receive $100USD discount) and his pers…
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Episode 14: Elise Richmond - Professional Adventurer
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Crossing the Gobi Desert on foot, mountaineering in Nepal, paragliding in Bolivia, Elise goes from one epic adventure to the next, squeezing the most from each finite year of life. Strap in, as she re-lives the dream so far including the odd turns and hardship. Check out her ripping new book Take It Outside…
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Episode 13: How to Survive in Croc Country
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How close can you camp to water and be safe? Is it safe to fish from the bank? I answer these and other questions with experienced northern fisherman and Youtuber Andy, from Andy's Fishing Wild Cook. Plenty of no BS croc warries too.
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Episode 12: Luke Richmond - Professional Adventurer
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Luke lives by the motto 'One Life One Chance', where he pursues adventure as if he had five years left to live. Climbing mountains, rowing oceans, base jumping, the list is endless and in between he writes books and speaks about them to recharge the bank account for the next one. He's just published his third adventure memoir and they're all highly…
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Episode 11: Solo Camel Trek Across Australia - Sophie Matterson
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In 2020, Sophie Matterson started a solo trek across Australia with five camels that she caught from the wild and trained herself. Two years later she made it to the other side, with more just tales to tell!
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Episode 10: Rowing the Pacific Solo - Michelle Lee
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In 2023 Michelle Lee rowed solo and unassisted across the Pacific Ocean. Five years earlier she crossed the Altantic. For someone who never saw themselves as an adventurer she's done some truly amazing things!
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Episode 9: Surviving Frozen Canada Alone for 89 days - Callie Russell
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Callie has been camping in the North American woods for the last 12 years... straight! Tragedy, the call of the wild and courage to commit to the unknown have shaped her differently. She is also one of the most prominent and much-loved characters on the US Alone TV show, appearing in Season 7 and Alone Frozen. Oh, and she lives with 11 goats. You d…
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Episode 8: How to Hike Overnight with Kids
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These tips come from personal experience with my own kids (from babies to teenagers) on adventures such as a week-long unsupported hike through remote Tasmania, a fourteen-day high altitude trek in Nepal, and a four-day ski traverse through the Snowy Mountains in a blizzard. Learn what works and what doesn't from the technical side to parental regr…
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Episode 7: Solo Antarctic Circumnavigations - Lisa Blair
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Lisa sailed solo around Antarctica (twice!). The third person ever to have done it, and the first woman, she broke the world speed record on the second attempt. Narrowly escaping death during a complete dismasting she was impacted by the ship that came to her aid and survived countless rollovers and knock-downs on the planets roughest ocean (even d…
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Episode 6: Pacific Ocean Rescue - Tom Robinson’s Incredible Survival Story
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24 year old Tom built a plywood boat in his Brisbane backyard, shipped it to Peru and rowed solo back toward Australia across the Pacific. A totally authentic, epic adventure ensued until.... on the final leg he was capsized by a rogue wave. In gale force winds, naked and freezing, he secured himself with a single rope to the upturned hull and acti…
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Episode 5: Attaining Freedom - Liz and Clay Hayes
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The Hayes family lives a very different life. With three YouTube channels in one family they have the freedom to go where their outdoor passions take them. First I chat to Liz about the pros and con's of such a life and then Clay (winner of Alone season 8). We dive deeper into the ethics of bowhunting in the US and raising kids in such a unique way…
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Episode 4: Clay Hayes - Alone Season 8 Winner, Ecologist, Author, YouTuber
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Clay is a highly experienced American woodsman. We chat about his upbringing and the experiences that prepared him for the show, like hunting and fishing as a kid, his masters in wildlife ecology, 17 years in the Idaho Fish and Game Department and the YouTuber lifestyle that allows his family to 'live the dream' in wild and remote places. Follow Cl…
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Episode 3: Hiking Alone Across the World - Lucy Barnard
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I linked up with Australian adventurer Lucy Barnard in Central America as she hiked past the halfway mark of her 30,000km hike from the southern tip of South America to the northern tip of Alaska. I've known Lucy for a while now and we unpacked her adventure while hiking for three days up an active volcano in Guatemala while her hiking companion, W…
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Episode 2: Naomi Allsworth (Part 2) - Extreme trauma
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I got to know Naomi closely as we worked together for two weeks as survival instructors for Desert Island Survival on an uninhabited island off Panama. This is a summation of those deep convos in our hammocks after 'work'. Strap in. We cover some interesting territory- -survival coping mechanisms -bisuexual polygamy -rape, extreme trauma, and the a…
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Episode 1: Naomi Allsworth (Part 1) - Alone UK participant, Bear Grylls Survival Academy Instructor and Fashion Designer.
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Naomi has experienced amazing things in the survival world despite finding her passion recently and still being in her twenties. Labelled 'Bushcraft Barbie', she doesn't fit the fashion-designer stereotype.......at all. From bear encounters (bear and Bear), to dealing with the media, to post partum depression she's open and honest about her fears a…
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