The All Things Risk Podcast
Summary: The All Things Risk podcast explores the themes of risk, uncertainty, randomness and resilience as applied to sports, the arts, current affairs and just about any other domain. We feature long-form conversations with interesting, authentic guests who speak honestly and openly, and have loads of fascinating stories, tips and tools.
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Adventure is about much more than excitement and novelty. It is also about facing challenges and solving problems. This is an episode about exactly that. In 2016, Oscar Scafidi and Alfy Weston became the first people to kayak the full length of the Kwanza river in Angola. Along the way, the sank their kayak, were chased by hippos and got arrested at gunpoint. Oscar tells us all about it.
Have you ever scrolled through the comments section of an article or a Twitter thread and wondered – “where do these ‘trolls’ come from?” Meet Kyrre Lien.
How do we deal with a "post truth" world? How can we engage each others in a civil manner to collectively uncover the truth about the world in which we live? Gleb Tsipursky joins me in the latest episode of the podcast.
Imagine that you suffer from social anxiety that is so acute that you struggle to answer the phone, open the door to your home if someone knocks, or to go outside. Now imagine that in spite of this, you’ve become an adventurer, a speaker and writer - and are about to swim around Britain. Meet Paula McGuire.
Military strategy and warfare are changing. The world is characterised by "gray zone" competition - not quite war, not quite peace. Nathan Freier explains.
Today, we talk China and its complex relationship with The United States and the West. My guest is Joshua Phillip, an award-winning journalist at the Epoch Times.
Today we hear about life inside North Korea, and about two harrowing escapes from the 'Hermit Kingdom." Let's go inside North Korea with Michael Glendinning and Ji-Hyun Park.
How often do you get to listen to an hour’s worth of wisdom from the from the FBI’s former chief hostage negotiator? Well, today we get that chance. Meet Gary Noesner.
This is our second annual “best of” episode which is a compilation of what I and some of you have considered to be your favourite excerpts from our episodes in the past year.
Today, we look back at “big picture” events of 2017 and forward to risks that may not be on people’s radar for 2018 with 4-time guest of the podcast Daniel Wagner.
What can we learn about animal and human physiology at the extremes? I speak to three leading scientists about marine animals, birds and humans - including the quest to break the 2 hour marathon barrier.
How does Israel’s approach to public security differ from that of the USA and Western Europe? What can we learn? Today, we explore public security, terrorism, body language, mindset and more. Meet our latest guest Eldor Arbel.
Today, we talk cycling, making decisions and taking risks with Monika Sattler. Monika is an adventure cyclist, writer and vlogger.
Our latest episode is about the beauty and value of extremes. Extremes are fascinating. We face uncertainty at extremes, and we learn and discover at extremes. Mark Hannaford is all about that.
Meet Caspar Craven. Caspar is an entrepreneur and an adventurer. He challenges conventional thinking. He has run and sold companies, competed in round-the-world yacht races and (here’s the family point), he sailed around the world for two years with his wife and three children – aged 9,7 and 2 at the time.
