Get Lost Podcast

Anthropologist Jordan Rydman takes us on a tour of Guanajuato, a historic state near the geographical center of Mexico. From her vantage point in San Miguel de Allende, she explores gentrification, poverty and the complex world of cuisine impacting everyday life south of the border. Connect with the show Host: Joe Sills Guest: Jordan Rydman The Show: Get Lost Podcast

Kim joins a first-of-its-kind expedition to the Titanic, where an experimental deep sea submersible that could take more travelers to the world's most famous shipwreck is put to the test. Along the way, she grapples with the ghosts of Titanic's sister ship, Britannic, and watches a cast of real world explorers and deep sea pioneers come to life for a feature story in Oceanographic Magazi...

Jessica gets too close to history when her father decides to paraglide over the beaches of Normandy.  Guest: Jessica Benson Host: Joe Sills Connect with the show: Get Lost Podcast

Natalie leaps out of an airplane above the Africa Burn festival. Along the way, she takes us on a cruise through Cape Town and remembers a film project that changed her perspective on South Africa for life. About the guest: Natalie Paladin is a skydiver, snowboarder, avocado farmer, model and motorcycle expert who has dedicated her life to finding adventure around the globe. She's represented...

Atlas Obscura co-founder Dylan Thuras journeys to The Last Incan Bridge. This remnant from an ancient network of roads was once part of a 25,000-mile network that spanned the Incan Empire. Today, it is the last standing testament to the power of human ingenuity and the skills of Incan engineers. Along the way, we take pitstops at the never-ending lighting storm and learn about the humble beginning...

Armchair anthropologist Matthew McConaughey paddles down the Amazon River on the trail of a bizarre, reoccurring dream. What he finds there circles back decades later and transforms his entire life. Connect with the show Matthew McConaughey Joe Sills Get Lost Podcast

They disappeared in February of 1959, a well-equipped group of seasoned hikers on one of the most remote mountains in the world. What transpired in the cold of the Siberian winter was classified by Soviet authorities for decades. It remains an unsolved mystery today, and the location of those events now bears one of the hikers names— Dyatlov Pass. On this episode of The Get Lost Podcast, cinematog...

The straining of knots, the clattering of a ship’s bell and the flutter of footsteps bounding their way towards the boats—the sounds here started 3,000 years ago. Here in Oman, the sand and surf collide over a Bronze Age harbor that played host to archaeologist and conservator Raven Todd da Silva. This week, Raven takes us on site to experience what it's like to bring the past back to life af...

Alannah's dreams are pitted against Hurricane Dorian when the catastrophic storm traps her in the Bahamas, stopping her plans to meet Congressman John Lewis in their tracks. Along the way, we talk diving on lost shipwrecks of the transatlantic slave trade, adapting coral reefs for climate change, and the challenges faced in the immediate aftermath of Dorian. Background: Hurricane Dorian slamm...

Mark journeys to the North Pole, where he encounters a bizarre spectacle in one of the most isolated places on Earth. Along the way, he talks about helping the Top Gear team on their own Arctic journey and teaches us how climate change is making expeditions much more challenging as sea ice disappears in front of his eyes. Follow the Folks Mark Wood SOLO 100 Expedition Joe Sills Get Lost Podcast Yo...

Rollie quits his job on Wall Street to pursue a life of cage fighting, hitch hiking and storytelling around the globe. Along the way, he bumps elbows with a South American fighting legend and scales Machu Picchu. Follow the Folks Rollie Peterkin Joe Sills Get Lost Podcast

Catarina travels to Turkey during the coronavirus pandemic. En route, she gets a glimpse of what international travel looks like amidst a worldwide health crisis, discusses the responsibility that travelers have to global health, and makes her way from Istanbul to the far reaches of one of the world's most culturally rich countries. Follow: Catarina Mello Joe Sills Get Lost Podcast

Doug takes us to the Sky Islands of Arizona, a unique natural habitat being ripped apart by Donald Trump's border wall. There, 30-foot-tall pylons of steel—enough to build 10 Empire State Buildings—are being driven into the ground as contractors dynamite through mountain ranges and disrupt critical habitat for species like jaguar, javelina and endangered fish and reptiles. Along the way, he h...

J.J. finds himself stranded on an isolated research station in Antarctica. With an assignment from National Geographic and no camera crew, it's up to him to carve out an award-worthy story from the ice and the team of stoic Kiwis he's destined to cover. Guest: J. J. Kelley Host: Joe Sills Follow the Show: Get Lost Podcast

Meredith packs her bags for an all-inclusive wedding retreat but ends up at a surf hostel on the Nicaraguan coast. Guest: Meredith [for real] Host: Joe Sills Follow the Show: Get Lost Podcast

Jay's lifetime of experience in the outdoors is put to the test when unexplainable events take place on a New Jersey camping trip. In a special Halloween episode,  we dive into the legend of Bigfoot. Guest: Jay Kumar, of Jay Kumar's Bassblaster Host: Joe Sills

Damien digs up fossils from the Cretaceous Period near the border of China and North Korea, and talks about a life at sea with Jacques Cousteau. 

An all-female crew sets sail for the Great Pacific Garbage Patch to study the impact of microplastics on marine life. En route, they conquer storms, swells and smells as they break through the glass ceiling of what people think women are capable of at sea. Explorer's Club member and author Sarah Michler was onboard the eXXpedition ship on that voyage. She joins us to tell the tale. Show Links...

Kinga Philipps finds herself swimming in a school of hammerhead sharks in the legendary waters of the Galapagos Islands. There, the journalist explorer come face-to-face with an industry that threatens the future of migratory sharks around the world. But before we land in the Galapagos, Kinga takes us on a behind-the-scenes tour of her new project, Enslaved, with Samuel L. Jackson as well as the n...

The frozen tombs of an ancient culture lay largely forgotten in the steppes of southern Siberia. In the Russian republic of Tuva, Gino Caspari's team of archaeologists has been carefully uncovering an enormous, forgotten tomb of the Scythians. Caspari joins us on this episode to talk about the experience of accessing and excavating one of the most remarkable historic sites in the world. Conne...

Ramy explores the forgotten tunnels beneath the Giza Plateau and stumbles upon the likely tomb of an Egyptian God. Inside, the Egyptologist and Emmy Award winning film maker finds the answers to a childhood mystery and a riddle thousands of years in the making. Host: @JoeSills Special Guest: @RamyRomany More on King Tut's burial at Discovery: Mummies Unwrapped S1 E8 . 

Yves confronts colonialism, ecotourism and poaching on a journey to the heart of Africa. The disinterred heart of David Livingstone still rests under a Baobab tree in Zambia. Nearly 150 years after the explorer's death, Yves Le Sieur walks in his footsteps to the remote confines of the Bushcamp Company. Nobleman Magazine: Zambia, the Road Less Traveled by Yves Le Sieur The Bushcamp Company In...

Zach sails from Phuket, Thailand to Djibouti through the pirate-infested waters of Somalia. FOR THE GRAM @ztpjohnston @uproxxlife @joesills

Diamond Dallas Page visits a remote surf camp in the heart of the Central American jungle to wind back the hands of time. Along the way, he talks about life on the road as a rising wrestler, how fitness plays a role in living a complete life, and his upcoming DDPY Retreat in Mexico. For the 'Gram @DiamondDallasPage @joesills @getlostpodcast

Archaeologist and adventurer Josh Gates is a child of the 1980's. Obsessed with cult heroes like Indiana Jones and the Goonies, he built a life of adventure founded on an enigmatic father an archaeology degree and a knack for writing. Today, he takes us on a flight to Guatemala, where a lost city the size of Los Angeles is only just beginning to be documented by researchers. Show links Mirado...