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Armchair Explorer

Armchair Productions

The world's greatest adventurers tell their best story from the road. Each episode is cut documentary style and set to music and cinematic effects to create an immersive storytelling experie...

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IMMERSION: Wonders of Arizona Road Trip (Part 1) - Giant Saguaros, Cattle Penning & the Keeper of the Fire

In this first episode of our seven-part road trip through Arizona, we walk among the ancient cactus forests of Saguaro National Park. Then w...

25:21Oct 13, 2026

PATHWAYS SEASON 5: Seven Wonders, Siberia and a Story 10,000-years old

At the start of every season, host Aaron Millar and producer Jason Paton preview what’s coming up on Armchair Explorer, play some of their f...

30:07Oct 5, 2026

BUCKET LIST: Uluru - Australia's Wonder of the World

Check out the new Smart Travel Podcast This episode is supported by Smart Travel a new podcast from Nerd Wallet. Travel smarter — and spend...

21:00Jul 6, 2026

CONNECTION: Wayfinding with Travel Writer Daniel Scheffler

Wayfinding is an ancient Polynesian way of navigating by reading the ocean, stars and wind. No compass, no map, just deep observation, and e...

43:05Jun 25, 2026

LONELY PLANET: New Hampshire Wild - the Live Free Road Trip

There is a state in New England where ancient mountains rise above the treeline into bare Arctic tundra, where sheer granite summits look ou...

43:28Jun 18, 2026

LONELY PLANET: Beneath an Auroral Sky - Sailing Norway's Arctic Coast

There is a place at the top of the world where the land runs out, a sheer thousand-foot cliff rising straight from the Arctic Ocean, and not...

41:29Jun 12, 2026

Life in the Deep Blue: Diving the World’s Oceans with Author and Photographer Pier Nirandara

“You stand at the edge of the boat - and you take a giant stride into the unknown.” Today we’re chatting with Pier Nirandara, a bestselling...

26:32Jun 7, 2026

ADVENTURE: Kayak the Kwanza: the World-Record Paddle Down Angola’s Longest River

Follow travel author Oscar Scafidi on his world-record paddle down the Kwanza River in Angola. Stretching 600-miles from its source in the A...

45:29May 22, 2026

IMMERSION: Hog Heaven - On Location at the Sturgis Motorcycle Rally

The Sturgis Motorcycle Rally is the biggest two-wheeled party in the world drawing hundreds of thousands of riders each year to the Black HI...

30:25May 14, 2026

DISCOVER: Into the Wild - A Road Trip Through Australia's Northern Territory

In today’s Discover Destination guide, we’re taking a road trip across the Northern Territory of Australia, from crocodile close-encounters...

45:03May 8, 2026

BUCKET LIST: The River Nevis Race - Scotland’s Extreme White-water Pool Floatie Race

Today host Aaron Millar is sharing a bucket list bit of madness — literal adventure insanity he got up to about 15 years ago in the Scottish...

18:18May 2, 2026

BEST OF EXPLORER: Arabia, a 5,000-mile Journey into the Heart of the Middle East with Explorer Levison Wood

Levison Wood is one of the world’s most well-known explorers, TV presenters and authors. Join him for a 5,000-mile journey through the heart...

39:43Apr 23, 2026

LONELY PLANET: The Aurora Chaser

Witnessing the Northern Lights is one of the most awe-inspiring experiences on the planet, and in today’s interview episode we’re going to h...

46:04Apr 16, 2026

A Million Steps on Lava with Ricardo Kaljouw

Today we are going to travel across all seven continents, through steaming craters and frozen summits, into the heart of the world's most ac...

48:57Apr 9, 2026

A Life Underground: Into the Sacred Caves of the Black Hills

The Black Hills are home to more than 100 known caves - including the world's third-longest cave system at Jewel Cave National Monument with...

33:58Apr 2, 2026

Bucket List: Hiking Italy’s Old Salt Road across the Apennine Mountains

Sometimes the wrong path is the best path. I was stumbling down the side of a steep mountain slope, pushing through thorny bushes, scratched...

13:59Mar 26, 2026

Kite-skiing Antarctica with Explorer Justin Packshaw

"Humans are meant to excel. And when you start pushing that and seeing how capable we are, it's phenomenal what you can actually go and do."...

46:41Mar 19, 2026

Pathways: Italy’s Old Salt Road, the River Nevis Race and A Million Steps on Lava

Every Pathways, host Aaron Millar and producer Jason Paton crack open a few stories, play their favorite clips, and take you on a whirlwind...

35:26Mar 12, 2026

Season 4 Trailer - The Adventure is About to Begin!

There’s a moment before every journey begins — that flicker of anticipation when the map is still folded, the road still unknown, and the wo...

01:01Mar 9, 2026

Namibia Safari: From the Sossusvlei Dunes to the Skeleton Coast

There are many beautiful countries in Africa, but none are like Namibia. Today we will travel from the highest sand dunes in the world to th...

41:05Dec 5, 2025