Let’s Hope The Weather Holds

I speak to Douwe Korting about the Herenboeren concept in The Netherlands where families pay a farmer to specifically grow organic food and free range meat for them. With the system not focusing on profit the farmer is free to focus on regenerative agriculture methods. Families who wish to volunteer their free time do so and assist the farmer where he feels he may need a hand. The Herenboeren are...

I speak to Susan Marshall, Science Group Leader for Marine Products at Plant and Food about bioscaffolds, the research they are doing, full utilisation of fish, changing the fishing industries view on what part of a fish is important, the blue economy and more.

I speak to Altitude and Trails podcast host and bowhunter Francesco Formisano about hunting in New Zealand, why he is obsessed with wild food, the Tahr hunt movie Chimeras, conservation in New Zealand from the perspective of a foreigner, Roe deer, hunting ethics and more. 

I spoke to Professor Margreet Vissers from the University of Otago’s Centre for Free Radical Research, in New Zealand, about their research on Vitamin C's role in cancer management, on how optimal levels aid our immune systems, how it can affect tumour growth, how you cannot overdose on Vitamin C, and how the idea that Vitamin C is expensive pee is a result of bad science.

I speak to ex photojournalist Johann Hattingh about conflict photography, post traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), how Ibogaine helped him overcome his PTSD, how newspapers don't support their journalists, his dog Kodak and how she saved his life, getting hit in the head during a protest, some of his crazy photos, how he started the PTSDSA organisation, and I shared some of my experiences with anxie...

I speak to editor of the Mission Fly Mag, Tudor Caradoc-Davies, about fly fishing in Southern Africa, catching fish with cigarette patterns, some of his work as publisher, how it is to start a fly fishing magazine, why their cover photos break the mould, why fly fishing is a cult, my attempts to get my one buddy into fly fishing, I tell a crazy story of my brakes failing on a mountain pass in Leso...

I talk to Simon Ritson, founder of Pracmed NZ, about his military career, their Stop the Bleed course, how to save lives when you are being shot at, why first responder training in New Zealand isn't up top scratch, his work in disaster zones, how to stop bleeds, that one time when he freaked out, mental health and more.  Website: https://pracmednz.com Instagram: @pracmed_nz   All music by Jacques...

I speak to Daniel Nogueira about doing the Te Araroa through hike from the top of the New Zealand North Island to the bottom of the South Island, his zero waste approach, gathering funds to plant native trees, hiking lite, dealing with post through-hike blues, his vegan diet, how Covid affected his hike and more. - - @daniel.anogueira - fund trees at 'give a little'   All music by Jacques van Wyk

I speak to Tanner Flake, a.k.a Tuna, from Tenkara Rod Co, the company that made this style of Japanese fly fishing even cooler.  Tuna tells me; how they used Kickstarter to fund their first rod production run, why he is into catch-and-release but keeps some fish to eat (now that he isn't allergic anymore), how he got the name Tuna, how to eat trout cheek meat, why Tenkara Rod Co likes to keep fish...

I talk to hunter and conservationist Ivan Carter about conservation and hunting in Africa. We discuss how he became a conservationist, his days as big game hunter, his TV show 'Carter's War', how he approaches communities in Africa to begin developing conservation models and why hunting is still the most sustainable way to fund conservation in Africa. We talk about the rhino horn trade, human and...

I talk to New Zealand based fly fishing guide Alex Waller, known for his Instagram and You Tube channels 'trippinontrout'. The podcast is divided in two halves. The first is an interview with him in his hometown Taupo. Alex talks about growing up in the UK, his move to New Zealand, learning to fly fish in rivers, fish handling, why some people suck and others don't, the equipment he uses to make v...