PODCASTS
Frontier Conversations from around the globe…
NAKED-I, uncovering the planet One Story at a time.
A podcast series exploring inspiring stories, unique voices, and extraordinary places. We’ll be uploading new episodes gradually, so stay tuned to discover fresh conversations and perspectives from around the world.
EPISODE 1 / WILL BOLSOVER
EPISODE 1 / WILL BOLSOVER
Frontier Stories : The Journey begins with Will Bolsover
Founder of Natural World Safaris & photographer, creating unique
wildlife Adventures worldwide while championing conservation
In this first episode of the naked-i podcast, host Will Bolsover introduces the series, which explores topics related to the natural world, climate, conservation, travel, and culture. He discusses the goals of the podcast and sets the tone for future conversations with experts about issues that matter in today’s world. The episode invites listeners to join thoughtful, conscious discussions on a range of environmental and societal themes. I WANT TO REPLACE THE PIC BELOW FOR ANOTHER IMAGE (feature image) but need to code …:
The Naked-I Podcast dives into all things natural world, climate, philanthropy, farm to table, conservation, photography, and more! A platform - separate to NWS - for conscious discussion around the things that matter to us the most (and maybe shouldn’t) in the modern world. We will be bringing regular podcasts to this platform with the first one being with our very own Will, interviewed by journalist and writer Lisa Francesca Nand of the Big Travel Podcast!
Laura Benjamin.
A chance meeting with the lovely Dr Laura Benjamin results in hotel quarantine buddies and some in-depth chats! Whilst this was now recorded a while back at the start of the omicron variant, the points are still valid and the conversation is still fresh. Dr Benjamin manages to bring a friendly smile to some complicated topics and including Covid, variants, how viruses can affect the Third World, and mulled wine on our 20min courtyard breaks from quarantine – socially distanced of course!
Martin Hartley.
In our third episode, we sit down with Martin Hartley.
Polar explorer and photographer, Martin has spent the last 16 years documenting the polar regions. During this time, he has covered cumulatively over 2,000 miles skiing, living for 400 days on the sea ice, including a mammoth 99-day crossing of the ocean from Russia to Canada across the top of the planet. Several of these endeavours have focused on collecting data to help scientists better understand our planet. Time magazine has acknowledged Martin’s contribution to science with its prestigious Hero of the Environment award for his research work on multiple surveys of the frozen Arctic Ocean.
This laid back chat talks us through the modern world of photography and exploration, how to do things differently, covid and the climate crisis and more. Enjoy.
Andy Mann.
In our fourth episode, Will Bolsover sits down for a chat with the one and only Andy Mann! Marine photographer, conservationist, founding member of Sea Legacy, family man and shark guru! Sitting down in Andy’s studio in Boulder, Colorado, we chat family, travel, conservation and interesting socks!
Sergi Chernikov.
From a chance meeting in a bar in the far Arctic North, Will talks to Sergei Chernikov, a 30-year-old Russian living in Svalbard. From Moscow to Longyearbyen, Sergei speaks openly about why people shouldn't speak about nationality, but instead should look to his new word of "valuenality" to change perceptions and avoid stereotyping people based on where they are from.
Their conversation also includes insights into life in Svalbard, including the political difficulties of Barentsburg, is the second-largest settlement in Svalbard, Norway with about 455 inhabitants, almost entirely made up of ethnic Russians and Ukrainians.
On the complicated and too often political world we live in, Sergi wanted to add, " I’d love to talk more and feel sad it was so briefly, especially about what’s happening in Russia now. It’s really a horrible and terrifying situation for me to see so many people just stuck in propaganda without any attempts to have a critical way of thinking and blindly supporting the evil or those saying they are “just living their lives”. It’s a huge crisis of the nation and I don’t see how it could be solved."