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Whiskey and a Map: True Stories of Adventure.
These are the true stories of adventure as told by those who lived them.
This adventure story podcast brings you an up close and personal conversation with people who travel the world and live extraordinary lives
Travel with us to the faraway jungles of the Amazon, the Himalayan mountains, deep water ship wrecks, and people and places lost in time.
Many an adventure has started with a map and a glass of whiskey. May this podcast inspire you to seek you own.
Hosted by Michael J. Reinhart
https://www.michaeljreinhart.com
Episodes
47 episodes
Behind Enemy Lines: War correspondent Jacques Leslie's eyewitness accounts of the conflicts in Vietnam, Cambodia and India
In this episode of Whiskey and a Map, award winning journalist and author Jacques Leslie recounts his years as a war correspondent covering the wars in Vietnam and Cambodia and the Indira Gandhi crises in India. At the age of 24, J...
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Season 5
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Episode 12
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1:18:54
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Afghan warlords, Somali pirates, crossing the world's most dangerous jungle and other stories of adventure with Rasmus Krath
In this episode, we are joined by Danish adventurer, documentarian and speaker Rasmus Krath. Rasmus ventures solo into some of the most dangerous places on the planet armed only with camera and the ability to connect with and gain the tru...
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Season 5
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Episode 11
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54:04
Facing down grizzly bears, charging mountain gorillas, a solo ski crossing of Yellowstone in winter and other adventures with award winning wildlife photographer Tom Murphy.
Facing down grizzly bears, charging mountain gorillas and a solo cross country ski crossing of Yellowstone in winter, are just some of the adventures award winning wildlife photographer Tom Murphy shares with us in this episode of Whiskey and a...
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Season 5
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Episode 10
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1:10:51
Solo Journey across Russia and the Former States of the Soviet Union with Adventurer and writer Katie Aune.
In this episode, Katie Aune takes on a adventure far off the typical tourist track, from riding the Trans-Siberian Railway across Russia and taking a cargo ferry from Ukraine to Georgia, to volunteering in Tajikistan and camping in the desert o...
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Season 5
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Episode 9
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52:47
Into the world’s most dangerous jungle on a counter poaching mission with Joshua Asel
Described by some as a never ending green hell and by others as the most beautiful bio diverse place on the planet, the jungles of Panama attract the best and the worst of mankind. In this episode, conservation photographer Joshua Asel re...
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Season 5
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Episode 8
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56:49
Deep, Dark and Deadly: Stories of Extreme Cave Diving with Jill Heinerth.
The most dangerous exploration is cave diving. Dive deep into the earth’s underwater caves, see creatures no one has seen before, stories of Mayan sacrifices and explore the oracle that set Alexander the Great on his world conquests with ...
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Season 5
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Episode 7
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46:55
Ancient rituals and first ascents: Travels in the Himalaya with Luke Smithwick.
Luke Smithwick shares stories of his travels and adventures in the Himalayan mountains. The dangers of climbing remote and unclimbed peaks, witness to ancient mask dances and blood sacrifice, and an encounter with the rare snow leopard.
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Season 5
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Episode 6
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36:53
Witchcraft and Demon Possession on Africa's Zambezi River. Strange but true tales from the archives of Whiskey and a Map.
Walking the length of Africa's Zambezi river, explorer Chaz Powell entered a small village and saw something that he will never forget. Witchcraft, the exorcism of a demonic spirit and the heavy presence of evil. A strange but true story ...
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Season 5
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Episode 5
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2:39
George Kourounis: Exploring the Most Extreme Places of our Planet.
George Kourounis is an explorer, storm chaser & TV presenter who has spent 25 years documenting extreme forces of nature and natural phenomena worldwide including tornadoes, hurricanes, volcanoes, floods, and the effects of climat...
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Season 5
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Episode 4
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48:31
Brandon Wilson: Tibet, the Templars' Trail, a Ghostly Encounter and other Stories of Adventure.
Brandon Wilson is Award winning travel writer, long distance trekker and peace pilgrim. “Travel is like a mirror held up against the world. It gives us a different perspective on life. And if we hold it just right, we ...
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Season 5
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Episode 3
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55:43
Cyril Derreumaux: Solo kayaking across the Pacific and other tales of adventure. Part Two
Are you prepared? How far would you go and what risks would you accept to accomplish your goal?In this episode, we rejoin join Cyril Derreumaux and his quest to solo kayak from California to Hawaii. Cyril is French bo...
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Season 5
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Episode 2
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46:10
Cyril Derreumaux: Solo kayaking across the Pacific and other tales of adventure. Part One
Are you prepared? How far would you go and what risks would you accept to accomplish your goal?In this episode, we are joined by Cyril Derreumaux. Cyril is French born, American world traveler and adventurer. His exploits inc...
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Season 5
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Episode 1
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58:07
Yossi Ghinsberg: Surviving Alone in the Amazon, Living with the Bedouin and Other Stories of Adventure. Part Two
"Best Story of Adventure and Survival in the Jungles of the Amazon."Yossi Ghinsberg is an adventurer. A wandering soul seeking not the prize of a conquest, but a connection with tribal cultures around the world. He is a best...
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Season 4
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Episode 11
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54:52
Yossi Ghinsberg: Surviving Alone in the Amazon, Living with the Bedouin and Other Stories of Adventure. Part One
"Best Story of Adventure and Survival in the Jungles of the Amazon."Yossi Ghinsberg is an adventurer. A wandering soul seeking not the prize of a conquest, but a connection with tribal cultures around the world. He is a best...
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Season 4
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Episode 10
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1:12:36
Leif Whittaker: Big wall diving in the Pacific, climbing the world's highest mountains, lifesaving rescues in the Cascades and evidence of the Yeti in the Himalaya.
Leif Whittaker, son of Jim Whittaker who was the first American to summit Mt. Everest, grew up on a sail boat with his family sailing the Pacific. Initially not interested in climbing, that all changed at age 15 when he and his older brot...
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Season 4
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Episode 9
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47:31
West Hansen: The Amazon from Source to Sea Part Two
West Hansen is an ultra marathon canoe racer turned explorer to undertake paddling the Amazon from its source high in the Andes mountains to it's end at the Atlantic ocean. A journey of almost 4,000 miles across the continent of Sou...
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Season 4
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Episode 8
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1:23:26
West Hansen: The Amazon from Source to Sea Part One
West Hansen is an ultra marathon canoe racer turned explorer to undertake paddling the Amazon from its source high in the Andes mountains to it's end at the Atlantic ocean. A journey of almost 4,000 miles across the continent of South Ame...
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Season 4
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Episode 7
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49:02
Jennifer Thomson: Exploring the Mysteries of the Dark Depths of the Sea.
In this episode of Whiskey and a Map, we are joined by Jennifer Thomson who shares her stories of the wonders of deep ocean exploration. Waters lite up by a multitude of bioluminescent creatures, giant hammerhead sharks, translucent...
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Season 4
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Episode 6
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58:10
Robert Mads Anderson: Climbing alone where no one has climbed before and other tales of adventure.
Robert Mads Anderson is a mountaineer and adventurer. His many world class accomplishments include: first ascents in Antarctica, including the Rolex Ridge which he made the first ascent of solo and has yet to see a 2nd ascent; climbing a ...
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Season 4
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Episode 5
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55:36
Steve Elkins The search for the lost City of the Monkey God and other tales of adventure.
Steve Elkins is an award winning cinematographer and explorer. He is a fellow of the Explorer's Club and member of the Adventurer's Club.In this episode, Steve recounts the search for the lost and fabled "White City" known to the indige...
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Season 4
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Episode 4
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1:16:48
Matthew Marriott. Carrying on the legacy of British Exploration.
Matthew Marriott is a British explorer, researcher and geographer.He is a fellow of the Royal Geographic society and a fellow of the Royal Asiatic Society.His expeditions include walking across the Queensland, Australia tropical r...
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Season 4
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Episode 3
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41:10
James Dorsey: Mongolian shamans, tribal customs of Papua New Guinea and the witch markets of South America
James Dorsey returns with more stories from his lifetime of adventure. James talks about his trip through China encountering Mongolian shaman and the stone carvings of Genghis Khan. He then takes us south to the island of Papua New ...
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Season 4
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Episode 2
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42:52
Brent Bishop: Climbing in true mountaineer's style and other tales of adventure.
Whiskey and a Map podcast opens it's 4th season with Brent Bishop: A mountaineer and explorer, Brent has climbed the highest peaks around the world. In the process, he has encountered Chechen mafia, murderous Papuans and killing avalanches.&nbs...
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Season 4
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Episode 1
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1:07:30
Life and Death in Canada's Rocky Mountains. Exploring Canada's untamed wilderness with Wayne Sawchuck.
Canada's Northern Rocky mountains remain one of North America's few untamed wilderness areas. Wayne Sawchuk is the last of a breed who pack into these areas for months at a time to explore their richness and witness what the American cont...
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Season 3
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Episode 8
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59:41
Dr. Jon Turk: Kayaking the World's Most Dangerous Seas Part Two
In part two, we continue our conversation with Jon Turk. Jon discusses his experiences with the shaman moolynaut and the Koryak people of Siberia, his epic circumnavigation of Ellesmere Island and tracking lions in Kenya. At the end...
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Season 3
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Episode 7
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55:43