Explore: A Canadian Geographic podcast

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Host David McGuffin talks to Canada’s greatest explorers about their adventures and what inspires their spirit of discovery.

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Encore Presentation: Sugarcane — the Oscar-nominated documentary of St Joseph's Mission Residential School with Julian Brave NoiseCat

Jan 23 2025 42 mins

Oscar nominated! Congratulations to Canadian Geographic Contributing Editor Julian Brave NoiseCat for his and Emily Kassie's Best Documentary Academy Award nomination for their film Sugarcane. Please enjoy this encore presentation of NoiseCat's interview with Explore, which was originally posted in September, 2024.We're thrilled to welcome Julian Brave NoiseCat to Explore to talk a

Christmas at Devil's Portage - Charles Camsell

Dec 19 2024 8 mins

"So, does Christmas eliminate distance?"Happy holidays from Explore! For this Yuletide episode, we’re dipping into our Canadian Geographic files for the reading of a story written by RCGS founding President and Arctic explorer Charles Camsell who recalls a memorable Christmas he had on the trail to the Klondike in 1897.In the early 1900s, travelling by canoe and horseback, Camsel

Laval St. Germain’s journey to Afghanistan’s highest mountain

Dec 10 2024 51 mins

Laval St. Germain’s journey to Afghanistan’s highest mountainToday’s conversation with extreme athlete and adventurer Laval St. Germain is fascinating as we journey through Afghanistan to its highest peak, Mt. Noshaq, which stands at 7,492 metres. On the way, St. Germain reveals the current state of a country that was a central focus for Canadians and the world for almost two

Running solo across Death Valley with Ray Zahab

Nov 26 2024 34 mins

I’m thrilled to have Ray Zahab back on Explore. Many of you know Ray as an extreme adventurer, Royal Canadian Geographical Society Explorer-in-Residence and friend of this podcast.Ray joins me to talk about his gruelling solo run across one of the hottest places on earth, Death Valley, California during a record breaking heatwave this summer. The last time we talked, in spring 20

Manitoba's historic Dawson Trail with Pierrette Sherwood and Mimi Lamontagne

Nov 12 2024 44 mins

More than military conquest: Manitoba's historic Dawson Trail with Pierrette Sherwood and Mimi Lamontagne We do love history here on the Explore podcast, and one of the reasons is that the more you poke around, the more you dig, and the wider you cast your research net, the richer the story that gets revealed. Our guests today are the perfect example of that. Pierrette Sherwood is

Our Green Heart - The Soul and Science of Forests with Diana Beresford-Kroeger

Oct 29 2024 36 mins

There are few greater champions of our trees and forests than Diana Beresford-Kroeger.From her base in her forest reserve in Eastern Ontario, the Irish-born Beresford-Kroeger has led a decades-long campaign to save our planet’s forests and trees, while working in the fields of medical biochemistry, botany and medicine. She is a Fellow of the Royal Canadian Geographical Society, w

Storm chasing with Jaclyn Whittal

Oct 15 2024 41 mins

It is definitely hurricane season, so what better time than now to sit down for a conversation with one of the world's leading storm chasers, Jaclyn Whittal.You probably know Whittal as the long-time co-host of Storm Chasers, where you’ll regularly find her reporting from Oklahoma's Tornado Alley, at the leading edge of some of the biggest hurricanes on record, or facing down fir

Sugarcane: the documentary of St Joseph's Mission Residential School with Julian Brave NoiseCat

Sep 30 2024 43 mins

We're thrilled to welcome Julian Brave Noisecat to Explore to talk about his award winning documentary Sugarcane, the powerful and very personal story of the multi-generational trauma caused to his family and members of the Williams Lake First Nations by the physical and sexual abuse endured for almost a century at St. Joseph's Mission Residential School in British Columbia. The do

Canoeing across the Arctic with Dave Greene

Sep 17 2024 63 mins

“This might be why people go down rivers!”We're back in the Arctic for the last of our 2024 Summer Canoe Series. This time, it's with Dave Greene, who, along with paddling partner Chris Giard, led an RCGS-flagged Akilineq Canoe Expedition from Yellowknife, N.W.T., to Baker Lake, NU, in 2023. During this time, they covered 1400 kilometres, including Canada's newest national p

Autumn paddling and northern lakes with musician Sam Polley

Sep 03 2024 50 mins

Musician Sam Polley’s first canoe trip was with his dad, Blue Rodeo’s Jim Cuddy, his mom and siblings. He doesn’t remember much about it, but he clearly got hooked. All these years later, he’s still an avid canoe tripper with a love of the lakes and rivers in northern Ontario. Sam is best known for his rockabilly band Sam Polley and The Old Tomorrows (https://www.theoldtomo