AdventureSmith
by The Wilbur Smith Estate
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Ep 12: AdventureSmith with Keith Chapman
Ep 12: AdventureSmith with Keith Chapman
About this podcast
AdventureSmith features conversations with the craftspeople of adventure, from explorers and scientists to writers and filmmakers who all live and breathe adventure every day in every way. Hosted by Georgina Brown, these are conversations intended to find out what adventure means, what makes someone tick, and how we can all bring that spark of adventure into our own lives. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Episodes
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- Ep 12: AdventureSmith with Keith Chapman · 50 min · Season 5 Episode 12Georgina talks to Keith Chapman, the creator of some of television's most popular and best loved children's shows. They discuss where the ideas for the characters and their…
- Ep 11: AdventureSmith with Preet Chandi · 54 min · Season 5 Episode 11Georgina talks to Preet Chandi, 'Polar' Preet, about her remarkable solo expeditions to Antarctica, and her encounters with a polar bear in the Arctic, why she seeks adventure…
- Ep. 10: AdventureSmith with Anya Bergman and Ruthvika Rao · 49 min · Season 5 Episode 10Authors Anya Bergman and Ruthvika Rao join Georgina in the final of three episodes dedicated the adventuresmiths shortlisted for the coveted 2026 Wilbur Smith Adventure Writing…
- Ep. 9: AdventureSmith with Elodie Harper and Adam Oyebanji · 47 min · Season 5 Episode 9Authors Elodie Harper and Adam Oyebanji join Georgina in the studio for the second of three episodes dedicated to the much coveted 2026 Wilbur Smith Adventure Writing Prize. Adam…
- Ep. 8: AdventureSmith with Clare Whitfield and Harry Whitehead · 49 min · Season 5 Episode 8Adventuresmiths are the makers and creators of adventure in all its forms, in real life or fiction. This is the first of three special episodes in which Georgina talks to the…
- Ep. 7: AdventureSmith x Scouts · 41 min · Season 5 Episode 7Are adventuresmiths born or made? In this very special episode Georgina travels to the headquarters of Scouts Adventures at Gilwell Park in North London to talk to some of the…
- Ep. 6: AdventureSmith with Leon McCarron · 44 min · Season 5 Episode 6Leon McCarron, author and broadcaster, joins Georgina to talk about his adventures exploring the Middle East on foot and his expedition along the length of the River Tigris…
- Ep. 5: AdventureSmith with Sophy Roberts · 43 min · Season 5 Episode 5Sophy Roberts, journalist and author joins Georgina to talk about her extraordinary books of unexplored places The Lost Pianos of Siberia and the award-winning A Training School…
- Ep. 4: AdventureSmith with Chris Terrill · 48 min · Season 5 Episode 4Chris Terrill is an anthropologist, author, award-winning filmmaker, animal activist, athlete, honorary Royal Marines commando and adventurer. He talks to Georgina about the many…
- Ep. 3: AdventureSmith with Dr. Rosa Vásquez Espinoza · 45 min · Season 5 Episode 3Explorer and Scientist Dr. Rosa Vásquez Espinoza share tales with Georgina about her adventures in the Amazon rainforest and her mission to protect the Stingless Bee…
- Ep. 2: AdventureSmith with Keme Nzerem · 46 min · Season 5 Episode 2Keme Nzerem is a journalist, broadcaster and filmmaker. He speaks to Georgina about his entry into the world of adventure, the non-profit he co-founded, Opening Up The Outdoors…
- Ep. 1: AdventureSmith with Lise Wortley · 44 min · Season 5 Episode 1Lise Wortley, better known as 'Woman with Altitude' talks to Georgina about her adventures in re-creating the expedition of Henriette D’Angeville, first woman to climb Mont…
- Introducing AdventureSmith · 2 min · Season 5AdventureSmith features conversations with the craftspeople of adventure, the explorers and scientists, writers and filmmakers who live and breathe adventure every day in every…
- Wilbur Smith Adventure Writing Prize 2025, Nydia Hetherington & Samantha Sotto Yambao · 51 min · Season 4 Episode 3In the final of three special episodes Georgina talks to two more of the authors short-listed for the much coveted 2025 Wilbur Smith Adventure Writing Prize, Nydia Hetherington…
- Wilbur Smith Adventure Writing Prize 2025, Diana McCaulay & Jack Jordan · 50 min · Season 4 Episode 2In this special episode Georgina talks to two more authors short-listed for the 2025 Wilbur Smith Adventure Writing Prize, Diana McCaulay for A House for Miss Pauline and Jack…
- Wilbur Smith Adventure Writing Prize 2025, Nussaibah Younis & Costanza Casati · 46 min · Season 4 Episode 1In the first of three special episodes Georgina talks to two of the authors short-listed for the much coveted 2025 Wilbur Smith Adventure Writing Prize, Nussaibah Younis for…
- The Spirit of Adventure with Laura Bingham and Lucy Shepherd · 44 min · Season 3 Episode 6In this final episode of our adventure mini series Georgina talks to two extraordinary women, Laura Bingham who made the first ever descent of the Essequibo river in Guyana from…
- The Spirit of Adventure with test pilot Nathan Gray Part Three · 32 min · Season 3 Episode 5In this third and final episode Georgina talks to Nathan about the challenges of being a test pilot, the importance of reading both. for information and for leisure, what it's…
- The Spirit of Adventure with Nathan Gray Part Two · 32 min · Season 3 Episode 4In his episode Nathan Gray talks to Georgina about he overcame a devastating accident early in his career, what it's like to fly at twice the speed of sound, how to land a jet on…
- The Spirit of Adventure with test pilot Nathan Gray Part One · 30 min · Season 3 Episode 3In this first episode of three with decorated test pilot Nathan Gray, Georgina chats to Nathan about why he decided to become a pilot, why he chose the Navy rather than the Air…
