Exploration Radio
Welcome to Exploration Radio, a podcast focusing on the past, present and future of exploration. Featuring interviews and discussions with explorers about the challenges they have faced, what we stand to learn from them and how we can better prepare for the future. Ultimately these are stories about exploration...and the people, places and issues prevalent within it. Come join us and let's explore.
Latest episodes
May 16, 2019 • 1h
#20 - The Three Princes of Serendip with Samantha Copeland (Part 2)
Once upon a time, there were Three Princes from Serendip. They had many adventures. One of them involved a camel. This story teaches us a lot about serendipity...and ultimately about scientific discoveries.
Apr 1, 2019 • 1h 33min
#20 - The Three Princes of Serendip with Samantha Copeland (Part 1)
Once upon a time, there were Three Princes from Serendip. They had many adventures. One of them involved a camel. This story teaches us a lot about serendipity...and ultimately about scientific discoveries.
Mar 11, 2019 • 1h 26min
#19 - Skateboarders and Base Jumpers with John Vann
An exploration geologist and a mine geologist walk into a bar. They start talking about skateboarding and base jumping. What happens next...they learn what those activities can teach them about mining and exploration.
Nov 29, 2018 • 49min
#18 - Taking Every Meeting with Malcolm Norris
Working in a big company is like a making a movie. While managing a junior or a startup is like standup comedy. Malcolm Norris joins us to explain why that is.
Nov 14, 2018 • 1h 1min
#17 - Exploration Startup 101 with Mark Bennett
In this class, we talk about the good, the bad and the ugly of starting your own company... and what challenges you face in becoming the architect of your own success and failure.
Jun 25, 2018 • 1h 6min
#16 - Boiling frogs with Jon Hronsky
If you put a frog into boiling water, it will jump out. But if you put a frog in cold water and slowly boil the water, it will not recognise the danger at all. Does this metaphor apply to how we deal with change in science?
Jun 4, 2018 • 1h
#15 - Change is inevitable. Adaptability a choice
It is not the strongest species that survive, nor the most intelligent. But the ones that are the most responsive to change. No better way to describe Peta Libby.
May 22, 2018 • 38min
#14 - 7 Lessons from Julian Malnic
Mining metals on the ocean floor, an asteroid mining company... just some of the ideas Julian Malnic has succeeded with. He is an innovator. And he has 7 lessons for us.
May 16, 2018 • 42min
#13 - An outsider's perspective
We have covered different perspectives on innovation and disruption in the mining and exploration industries. But this time, we get the perspective of someone outside of our industry...and what do they see looking in.
May 8, 2018 • 28min
#12 - Disruption & the DIGITAL MINE
The US Marines have a saying..."Everyone wants to get into heaven. But no one wants to die." Is this a metaphor for how we treat new business models?
