Episode #1832
Charlie Walker
Books mentioned
The Art of the Deal
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The Trial
Mentioned by Charlie Walker · at 01:26:46 · ▶︎ Watch this moment on YouTube (approximate)
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The Lost City of Z
Mentioned by Charlie Walker · at 02:54:10 · ▶︎ Watch this moment on YouTube (approximate)
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On Roads That Echo
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Through Sand and Snow
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Explorer, writer, and public speaker Charlie Walker recounts long-distance bicycle expeditions across Africa, Asia, Mongolia, and Siberia, including the isolation, illness, navigation challenges, and dangers of remote travel. He also discusses his detention and deportation from Russia, the political tensions surrounding the invasion of Ukraine, Russian propaganda and society, isolated cultures, archaeology, and alternative theories about early human civilization.
What they talked about
- Four-year bicycle journey across Eurasia
- Solo travel in remote and dangerous regions
- Arrest and detention in Russia
- Russian propaganda and public opinion on Ukraine war
- Motivational speakers and exploitation
- Ancient civilizations and Gobekli Tepe
- Amazon rainforest shaped by human agriculture
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