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Altitude and Trails with bowhunter Franco Formisano

I speak to Altitude and Trails podcast host and bowhunter Francesco Formisano about hunting in New Zealand, why he is obsessed with wild food, the Tahr hunt movie Chimeras, conservation in New Zealand from the perspective of a foreigner, Roe deer, hunting ethics and more. 

Vitamin C! Expensive pee? Or cure for cancer?

I spoke to Professor Margreet Vissers from the University of Otago’s Centre for Free Radical Research, in New Zealand, about their research on Vitamin C's role in cancer management, on how optimal levels aid our immune systems, how it can affect tumour growth, how you cannot overdose on Vitamin C, and how the idea that Vitamin C is expensive pee is a result of bad science.

Photojournalism and PTSD

I speak to ex photojournalist Johann Hattingh about conflict photography, post traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), how Ibogaine helped him overcome his PTSD, how newspapers don't support their journalists, his dog Kodak and how she saved his life, getting hit in the head during a protest, some of his crazy photos, how he started the PTSDSA organisation, and I shared some of my experiences with anxiety and depression.
Follow him on Instagram @journojay
 
All music by Jacques van Wyk.
Logo by Gerhard Human. 

(Catching fish with cigarette butts) The Mission Fly Mag with Tudor Caradoc-Davies

I speak to editor of the Mission Fly Mag, Tudor Caradoc-Davies, about fly fishing in Southern Africa, catching fish with cigarette patterns, some of his work as publisher, how it is to start a fly fishing magazine, why their cover photos break the mould, why fly fishing is a cult, my attempts to get my one buddy into fly fishing, I tell a crazy story of my brakes failing on a mountain pass in Lesotho but then delete it in editing because I admitted to swearing at beggars, I once again admit to sucking at fly fishing, and Tudor tells me despite me not believing it fly fishing may just be a sex cult.
Website: https://themissionflymag.com
Instagram: @themissionflymag
 
All music by Jacques van Wyk 

Stop the Bleed with Pracmed NZ

I talk to Simon Ritson, founder of Pracmed NZ, about his military career, their Stop the Bleed course, how to save lives when you are being shot at, why first responder training in New Zealand isn't up top scratch, his work in disaster zones, how to stop bleeds, that one time when he freaked out, mental health and more. 
Website: https://pracmednz.com
Instagram: @pracmed_nz
 
All music by Jacques van Wyk 

Te Araroa through hike - Daniel Nogueira

I speak to Daniel Nogueira about doing the Te Araroa through hike from the top of the New Zealand North Island to the bottom of the South Island, his zero waste approach, gathering funds to plant native trees, hiking lite, dealing with post through-hike blues, his vegan diet, how Covid affected his hike and more. - - @daniel.anogueira
- fund trees at 'give a little'
 
All music by Jacques van Wyk

Japanese fly fishing with Tenkara Rod Co and Tanner Flake

I speak to Tanner Flake, a.k.a Tuna, from Tenkara Rod Co, the company that made this style of Japanese fly fishing even cooler.  Tuna tells me; how they used Kickstarter to fund their first rod production run, why he is into catch-and-release but keeps some fish to eat (now that he isn't allergic anymore), how he got the name Tuna, how to eat trout cheek meat, why Tenkara Rod Co likes to keep fishing simple, how presentation on Tenkara works, how rad Idaho is, how rad it was to fish New Zealand and Patagonia, how Drew Hollenback almost caught a monster brown on a mouse, why access is complicated in the USA, myths about throwin' that rod, and a bunch more.
 
I bemoan the fact that Tenkara is illegal in New Zealand. I talk about my drug induced plans to legalise it (post shoulder operation pain meds are scary). As always I swear up a storm but delete most of it in post production.
 
All music by Jacques van Wyk

Ivan Carter on conservation in Africa

I talk to hunter and conservationist Ivan Carter about conservation and hunting in Africa. We discuss how he became a conservationist, his days as big game hunter, his TV show 'Carter's War', how he approaches communities in Africa to begin developing conservation models and why hunting is still the most sustainable way to fund conservation in Africa. We talk about the rhino horn trade, human and animal conflict, if predator hunting should be allowed in Africa, why a hunting lodge has less of a footprint than the coffee you drink, how he remains calm when charged by an elephant and more.