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The Art of Adventure

by Arthur Beale
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  • Row of Life: The Tragedy and Triumph of Angela Madsen's Last Ocean Row

    September 30, 2026 · 43 min

    Angela Madsen was a US Marine, a three-time Paralympian and the holder of 14 Guinness World Records - and she reached all of it after a botched operation left her paraplegic, and after periods of homelessness, debt and chronic pain. Rowing…

  • The Big Hop: The Forgotten Race to Fly the Atlantic Non-Stop

    September 23, 2026 · 46 min

    In the summer of 1919, just weeks after the end of the First World War, a handful of airmen who had survived the skies over the Western Front signed up for what many believed was impossible: the first non-stop flight across the Atlantic…

  • The Race for Timbuktu: The Hunt for Africa's City of Gold

    September 16, 2026 · 37 min

    For centuries, Timbuktu was Europe's idea of the unreachable place - an African El Dorado where the roofs were said to be made of gold. The myth had roots in something real: in 1325 the Malian emperor Mansa Musa travelled to Mecca with so…

  • Denali 1967: The Worst Climbing Disaster in North American History (Part 2)

    September 9, 2026 · 39 min

    Seven men were somewhere on the upper slopes of Denali and nobody had heard from them since a single radio call from the summit. Five survivors were pinned in their tents three thousand feet below, so battered by the wind that four hours…

  • Denali 1967: The Worst Climbing Disaster in North American History (Part 1)

    September 2, 2026 · 40 min

    In the summer of 1967, twelve men set out to climb Denali - then officially Mount McKinley - the highest mountain in North America. Nine of them had been recruited by a 24-year-old graduate student named Joe Wilcox, and most had never met…

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  • The Last Tourist in Russia

    August 26, 2026 · 45 min

    In February 2022, Charlie Walker flew to Russia to travel 600 miles alone across Arctic Siberia. Five days later, Russia invaded Ukraine. He had a narrow window to get out - and chose to stay and finish the trip, becoming very possibly the…

  • Theodore Roosevelt's Last Great Adventure: The River of Doubt

    August 19, 2026 · 44 min

    In 1914, former US President Theodore Roosevelt nearly died in the Amazon. Feverish and delirious from an infected wound, he asked his son to leave him behind — and carried a lethal dose of morphine in case the end came. Roosevelt had gone…

  • Dismasted in the Southern Ocean: Lisa Blair's Solo Record Around Antarctica

    August 12, 2026 · 49 min

    Seventy-two days into her attempt to sail solo around Antarctica, more than 1,000 miles from the nearest land, Lisa Blair's mast came down in a storm. She was alone, outside rescue range, in the most hostile stretch of water on the planet…

  • Scott vs. Amundsen: Triumph and Tragedy (Part 2)

    August 5, 2026 · 36 min

    March 1912. Roald Amundsen has beaten Scott to the South Pole, outrun the winter ice, and telegraphed his triumph around the world. But back on the ice, Captain Scott and his men are still fighting for their lives — and no one yet knows…

  • Scott vs. Amundsen: The Race to The South Pole Begins (Part 1)

    July 29, 2026 · 48 min

    June 1910. Captain Robert Falcon Scott sets sail from Cardiff aboard the Terra Nova, convinced he has a clear run at the South Pole. Then a telegram arrives: "Beg leave to inform you Fram proceeding south. Amundsen." The race is on. In…

  • Win a £100 Arthur Beale voucher - What do you want to hear in series 2?

    May 28, 2026 · 1 min

    Have your say: https://forms.gle/Xc6USH2ThWqzxRex7 Series 2 is coming. But first - we want to hear from you. Which adventures should we cover next? Which explorers, expeditions, or untold stories are you dying to hear? Fill in our short…

  • Sailing Solo Around the World Like It's 1968: The Golden Globe Race

    April 29, 2026 · 27 min

    In 1968, nine sailors set off on the first solo nonstop race around the world. Only one crossed the finish line. Sir Robin Knox-Johnston returned aboard Suhaili to claim the Sunday Times Golden Globe - while behind him, one competitor…

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About the show

The Art of Adventure is a weekly podcast from Arthur Beale hosted by Hugh Taylor. Each episode dives into one extraordinary journey, from history’s most famous names to overlooked pioneers and modern trailblazers. Along the way, we ask what these stories reveal about the real art of adventure: the preparation, the doubt, the grit, the judgement - and the tiny choices that change everything. New episodes every Wednesday.