Epic Adventures with Explorer Rusty Johnson

Show Sponsor:  www.LaShamanaFaby.com  This is a very intense account of Rusty surviving an attempted mugging and lynching  in the Peruvian Amazon's town of Belen (One of the last wild west places on earth.) and how he was forced to defend himself by using a dead cat as a weapon.

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Show Sponsor:  www.LaShamanaFaby.com  Producer of the feature film “The Vow,” Director/Producer of the Emmy Award-winning film “Unchained: The Untold Story of Freestyle Motocross,” Producer/Creative Director of the Emmy Award-winning film, 30 for 30 Film “Hawaiian: The Legend of Eddie Aikau,” (which he is currently developing into a feature film), Producer of award-winning theatrical documentary “FASTEST” about MotoGP Racing, Producer/Director of the ABC Network series, “Big Wave Hellmen,” Producer for the X Games, strategic consultant and content creator for Monster Energy Drink and the X Games, Director/Producer of “Abuelo Memo” soccer viral video with over 20 million views and numerous viral videos with 2 million-plus views with Rob Dyrdek. Most recently, he was the Director/Producer of the feature documentary, “Blink of an Eye.”  

Show Sponsor: www.LaShamanaFaby.com  Trent Tresch works in bridging the gap between traditional aerospace and new-space innovation. Starting his career in aeronautics with ASET Dive into Space, he developed underwater Neutral Buoyancy education programs. While working on more in depth commercial astronautics trainings he began to build the next generation of accessible pressure suits and life support systems with Smith Aerospace Garments. These endeavors further led him to high altitude manned balloon flight tests and oversight of pressure suit operations. He has since co-authored and published in Purdue’s peer review journal, Human Performance in Extreme Environments and presented on numerous occasions regarding low cost life support systems for exploration and training. He currently resides at Biosphere 2 where he is co-developing the worlds highest fidelity hermetically sealed research habitat, SAM (Space Analog for the Moon and Mars), at the University of Arizona’s Biosphere 2. Trent has been a board member of the Caelus Foundation since the beginning of 2020.

Brent E. Huffman is an award-winning director, producer, writer, and cinematographer of documentaries and television programs. His work ranges from documentaries aired on Netflix, VICE, The Discovery Channel, The National Geographic Channel, NBC, CNN, PBS, MTV, and Al Jazeera, to Sundance Film Festival premieres, to ethnographic films made for the China Exploration and Research Society. He has also directed, produced, shot, and edited documentaries for online outlets like The New York Times, TIME, VICE NEWS, Salon, The Atlantic, Huffington Post, and PBS Arts. Huffman has been making social issue documentaries and environmental films for over two decades in Asia, Africa, and the Middle East. These films have gone on to win numerous awards including a Primetime Emmy, Chinese Academy Award, Silver Plaque from the Chicago International Film Festival, IAFOR Documentary Film Award, MacArthur Foundation Grant, Best Film at CinemAmbiente International Environmental Film Festival, Grand Prize and Audience Award at Arkhaios Archaeology and Cultural Heritage Festival, Best Conservation Film-Jackson Hole, ten Cine Golden Eagle Awards, and a Grand Jury Award at the American Film Institute’s SILVERDOCS. Huffman was also an editor of Julia Reichert’s and Steven Bognar’s Primetime Emmy winning PBS documentary series "A Lion in the House” now on Netflix. Huffman’s documentary "Saving Mes Aynak,” about the fight to save a 5,000-year-old ancient city in Afghanistan threatened by a Chinese copper mine, has won over 30 major awards and has been broadcast on television in over seventy countries. It can currently be seen on Netflix, iTunes, Amazon, Google Play, OVID, and on special edition DVD from Icarus Films. Huffman is currently directing “Strands of Resistance”, about minority groups fighting Chinese expansion in Pakistan for VICE NEWS TONIGHT, and "Saving the Cultural Heritage of Yemen". Huffman recently finished producing “Finding Yingying”, an Emmy-nominated Kartemquin Film about a Chinese family searching for their missing daughter in the U.S. "Finding Yingying" won the Breakthrough Voice Award at SXSW and the Chinese Academy Award for Best Foreign Documentary in 2020. "Finding Yingying" is being distributed by CBS/Paramount+/MTV Films in the US.

Show Sponsor:  www.LaShamanaFaby.com Explorer Club member and Former Royal Marine Commando Ian Finch, is an adventure and outdoor brand photographer & expedition guide whose been travelling to remote environments for over 10 years. Ian's passion for authentic visual storytelling is driven by the connection between people, culture and the landscape the world over. His latest expedition, 1,300 mile journey to retrace the footsteps of the Cherokee removals was featured heavily for October 2019 Sidetracked Magazine Issue 16 with a 20 page written story and photo essay. Also, his 2000-mile canoe descent of the Yukon River, was included in the top 10 adventures by the Guardian in 2016. Ian has also led or participated in shoots and expeditions in Alaska, Mongolia, Greenland, Indonesia, Tibet, Canada, Spain, Iceland, Nepal, China, US, Switzerland, Sweden and Northern Norway. He has also worked with the US Airforce as an external instructor in land navigation/natural navigation and externally trained potential recruits in prep for Royal Marines training. His raw passion for life is driven by creative discovery and capturing authentic bookmarks in time from expeditions, landscapes and people. Ian is partnered with Fjallraven as a global guide and has also worked with Shackleton Clothing, Lowe Alpine, Musto, Rohan Clothing, NRS, Sidetracked Magazine, The Independent and Guardian alongside many leading outdoor brands as lead photographer, writer or advisor on authentic adventure brand storytelling. He combines his love for photography, writing and filmmaking with wild landscapes and the great outdoors. When not overseas, Ian lives in London, UK.

Show Sponsor: www.LaShamanaFaby.com Dr. Shawna Pandya is Director of Medical Research with Orbital Assembly Corporation, scientist-astronaut candidate program graduate with the International Institute for Astronautical Sciences and aquanaut with the NEPTUNE mission. Through her involvement with Project PoSSUM, Dr. Pandya was part of the first crew to test a commercial spacesuit in micro-gravity. She has also completed centrifuge studies, emergency spacecraft egress and sea survival training, and wilderness medicine training. She also currently serves at the Life Sciences Team Lead for Association of Spaceflight Professionals and the Life Sciences Chair for the Canadian Space Society. Dr. Pandya holds degrees in Honors Neuroscience (BSc. Hons, University of Alberta), Space Studies (MSc., International Space University) and medicine (MD, University of Alberta). She is licensed as a general practitioner. Prior to completing medical school, she attended Singularity University, where she co-founded CiviGuard, based on Singularity’s challenge to positively impact 1 billion people in 10 years using accelerating technologies. She is an accomplished speaker, having given talks at TEDxUAlberta, TEDxEdmonton and the University of Alberta’s Peter Lougheed Leadership College at the invitation of former Prime Minister Rt. Hon. Kim Campbell. Dr. Pandya is a passionate STEM advocate, and a frequent speaker at schools, universities, scientific conferences and science centers.  Dr. Pandya also holds certifications in solo sky-diving, advance, open water, Nitrox and rescue diving, and is working towards her private pilot’s license. Dr. Pandya is fluent in English, French, Gujarati, and speaks introductory Spanish and Russian. She also sings, plays the piano and holds a black belt in Taekwondo and has trained annually at Muay Thai fight camps in Thailand since 2015, entering and winning her first amateur fight in 2017.

Show Sponsor:  www.LaShamanaFaby.com Lee lives in Devon and was a serving Royal Marine for 24 years. After coming through three operational tours of Afghanistan unscathed, Lee lost his right leg after being hit by an engine block as he was helping a motorist who had crashed into the central reservation of the M3 in Surrey in 2014. Although his right leg was severed in the impact, the serviceman’s training kicked in and he was able to instruct bystanders on how to tie a tourniquet and help paramedics to save his life. In 2015 Lee set-off to row 3,000 miles across the Atlantic Ocean in just a rowing boat. The Row2Recovery team of four injured veterans had just 3 legs between them. In February 2016, some 46 days, 6 hours and 49 minutes later they rowed into Antigua and the record books as the worlds first physically disabled crew of four to row any ocean. Following this, Lee became the world’s first physically disabled person to row from mainland Europe to mainland South America solo and unsupported. Lee Spencer, The Rowing Marine, broke the able bodied record by an astonishing 36 days and also broke the record for the longest solo and unsupported ocean row by a physically disabled person, a total of 3 Guinness World records. Lee’s next challenge is The Triathlon of Great Britain, the Rowing Marine, will embark on his toughest challenge yet. He will swim the English Channel, cycle from Lands End to John O’ Groats and climb the three highest peaks in England, Scotland and Wales (including a full Marathon) – combining the three classic challenges in Britain into one enormous challenge.

Joakim is one of the most sought-after and respected photographers/underwater filmmakers in Sweden. His devotion to nature both on land and in the sea has reached beyond Swedish borders. He’s frequently booked for lecturers both in Sweden and internationally. Joakim also worked as a very popular host for Swedish TV SVT’s ”Surrounded By Nature.” In addition, he’s collaborated with foundations and companies such as: WWF Sweden, Baltic Sea 2020, TV4, SVT, Fundament Film, Folke Rydén Production, Keep Sweden Tidy Foundation, Swedish Environmental Protection Agency, Swedish Agency for Marine and Water Management, Nordic Council among others. He became The White Feather Foundation’s first Global Ambassador in 2019. Show Sponsor:  www.LaShamanaFaby.com

Chris Thrall left the Royal Marine Commandos to find fortune in Hong Kong, but following a bizarre series of jobs ended up homeless, in psychosis from crystal meth addiction, and working for the 14K triads. All written in his book Eating Smoke At age eighteen Chris earned the coveted green beret of the elite Royal Marines Commandos. Following active service in the Northern Ireland Conflict and training in Arctic warfare and survival, he earned his parachutist’s ‘wings’ and operated as part of a high-security detachment on board an aircraft carrier.   https://christhrall.com/ Chris has completed a quadruple-distance ironman triathlon and raised thousands of pounds for charity. Show Sponsor:  www.LaShamanaFaby.com

Richard Wiese is a world-class explorer, the longest-serving President of The Explorers Club (EC) and Executive Producer and Host of ABC and PBS multiple Emmy-winning program, Born to Explore. As President of The Explorers Club he developed and negotiated multi-year partnerships with Rolex, Microsoft and Discovery to name a few. Discovery’s is EC’s first multi-million dollar grant program. During his tenure he established the first annual Global Exploration Summit in partnership with Portugal, often referred to as the Davos of Exploration. He is the founder of The Explorers Club 50 - “Fifty people who are changing the world, that the world needs to know about”, as well as the organization’s first Diversity and Inclusion program. He appointed the EC first African American Woman board director, and the first woman Chair of Ethics & Governance. He organized the first symposium for LGQT in Exploration. He also negotiated a three-book deal with Crowne/Random House. As a journalist, he has received numerous honors, including 14 Day-Time Emmy Nominations ( 2 wins), a Genesis Award, an Associated Press Folio Award, the Walter Cronkite Award and a Golden Halo Advertising Award for Best Environmental/Wildlife Campaign. Wiese has traveled to all seven continents. He has tagged jaguars in the Yucatan jungles, led an expedition to the Northern Territory of Australia to probe the Aboriginal myth of the Rainbow Serpent, co-discovered 202 new forms of life in the first microbial survey of Central Park in NYC, and founded the Central Park “Bio Blitz”: 24 hour, cataloging of all life forms in the park. He was a team member of the largest medical expedition ever conducted on Mt. Everest, achieved the first ascent of an unclimbed mountain in Alaska, discovered 29 new life forms on Mt. Kilimanjaro in Africa, and cross country skied to the North Pole. In the hottest place on earth Ethiopia and attempted to extract fragments of DNA from molten lava to look for evidence of microbial life in conditions never thought able to support life. In 2006 the American Museum of Natural History Expeditions named Wiese an Explorer in residence. He was honored at the 2005 Boy Scout National Jamboree, where he addressed 90,000 people and had a camp named after him. By invitation of King Mohammad VI, he was the U.S. representative to the Moussem de Tan Tan, a gathering of 45,000 nomadic Arabs in Morocco, and he received a Special lifetime achievement award by the Science Museum of Long Island. Wiese's father Richard Wiese Sr, was the first to solo the Pacific Ocean in an airplane. Show Sponsor:  www.LaShamanaFaby.com

John Spencer is a pioneering outer space architect with design awards from NASA for his work on the International Space Station (ISS). He is the founder of the Space Tourism Society, co-founder of the Space Tourism Conference, and co-founder and Chief Creative Officer of Mars World Enterprises, Inc. His work aims at promoting and developing the Space Experience Economy (SEE). He coined the term Space Experience Economy (SEE) in 2005 and has been quoted in well over 200 TV and radio shows, newspaper and magazine articles on space tourism.  Over $340 million has been invested in building his space/future/Sci-Fi themed concepts to date. He is currently designing and developing a proposed (not yet funded) $2B Mars World attraction/resort for Las Vegas. He is an advisor on space-themed movies and TV shows through the Science and Entertainment Exchange. His fusion of real space design and entertainment space design provides a unique capability and service to his clients and his own ventures. Show Sponsor:  www.LaShamanaFaby.com

Close to her heart is the Michelle McLean Children Trust , which she established in Namibia, in 1992. It has initiated and run hundreds of projects over the past 26 years, including 10 projects for international celebrities, like Angelia Jolie and Brad Pitt.  The Michelle McLean Primary School provides education for over 900 children every year, since 2000. In addition, they established the Michelle McLean School of Excellence, which provides, scholarships and entrepreneurial and financial skills training to thousands of students. Show Sponsor:  www.LaShamanaFaby.com

Captain Alfred Scott McLaren served as commander of the USS Queenfish (SSN 651) from September 1969 to May 1973, the very height of the Cold War. As commander, McLaren led at least six major clandestine operations, including the first-ever exploration of the entire Siberian Continental Shelf: a perilous voyage detailed in his previous book Unknown Waters. A retired US Navy Captain, is the recipient of the Distinguished Service Medal and two Legions of Merit, president emeritus of the Explorers Club, former senior pilot of the SAS Super Aviator submersible, and president emeritus of the American Polar Society. Show Sponsor:  www.LaShamanaFaby.com Emergency Deep: Cold War Missions of a Submarine Commander conveys the entire spectrum of Captain McLaren’s experiences commanding the USS Queenfish, mainly in the waters of the Russian Far East and also off Vietnam. McLaren offers a riveting and deeply human story that illuminates the intensity and pressures of commanding a nuclear attack submarine in some of the most difficult circumstances imaginable. Relying on his own notes and records, as well as discussions with former officers and shipmates, McLaren focuses on operational matters both great and small. He recounts his unique perspectives on attack-submarine tactics and exploratory techniques in high-risk or uncharted areas, matters of leadership and team-building and the morale of his crews, and the innumerable and often unforeseen ways his philosophy of command played out on a day-to-day basis, with consequences that ran the gamut from the mundane to the dire and life-threatening. Readers are also treated to significant new information and insight on submarine strategy, maneuvers, and culture. Such details illuminate and bring to life, with both great humor and gravitas, the intensity and pressures on those engaged in covert missions on nuclear attack submarines. Dr. Alfred S. McLaren has probably spent more time than anyone else in the twilight zone beneath the earth's northern ice, measuring its thickness, probing dark waters below, investigating its life and mapping the plains, crags and fissures of its seabed.   He has cut through ice-covered waters that few have seen, opening a hidden world.

As an archaeologist, Jim has worked on land and at sea, on sites thousands of years old and sites as recent as the beginning stages of the Cold War.   James (Jim) Delgado has 44 years of scientific expertise in marine archaeology and deep-sea exploration, in addition to a solid background in history, museums, and outreach through media, film, and publications. He is a scholar and a world-recognized interpreter whose work has reached hundreds of millions of viewers around the world, especially through his six seasons of work as host of a National Geographic International Television series. Jim has extensive experience implementing projects around the world, often through public/private partnerships. He served as the founding director of the National Park Service’s maritime preservation program during a 13-year career with the NPS. Many of the U.S. Government’s standards for historic maritime resources were developed by him or under his direction during those years. He left the government to serve, for 15 years, as the Executive Director of the Vancouver (Canada) Maritime Museum, and concurrently as a TV host for Discovery, the History Channel, A&E and National Geographic. Show Sponsor:  www.LaShamanaFaby.com

The Rick Z Show is off the hook as its producer takes leave of his post to be the show's musical guest. Author, musician, wildlife expert, and former star of his own national TV series. Multifaceted Rusty Johnson has more in his arsenal than you would expect. He recounts his surprising career then picks up a guitar and jams. No sidekick, he is a force of his own and rocks The Rick Z Show. Show Sponsor:  www.LaShamanaFaby.com

https://robinhorsfall.co.uk/ From boy soldier to author, to warrior poet. Robin is a man who has led an extraordinary life, who has a powerful voice and many incredible lessons to teach. Born in Farnham, Surrey, UK.  Following a divorce from his birth father, his mother Hazel married his step-father, who adopted him and gave him the name Horsfall. A broken family life adversely affected his education, so he left school in 1972 at the age of fifteen and joined the army as a boy soldier. Despite a long period of isolation and bullying by his peers, he became a full member of the Parachute Regiment in 1974 and served three tours of Northern Ireland. In 1978 he volunteered for SAS selection and passed on his second attempt in March 1979. He went on to qualify as a Paramedic and Sniper. He was a member of the SAS counter-terrorist team that assaulted the Iranian Embassy in London in 1980, helping to rescue the nineteen hostages who had been held for six days. Robin has had an extraordinary life and has been speaking about it at events both small and large for over 10 years. Show Sponsor:  www.LaShamanaFaby.com

Show Sponsor:  www.LaShamanaFaby.com Nacho Dean is a well-known adventurer. He is the first and only person in history to have successfully walked around the world and swam between 5 continents (there have been more people on the moon) From 2013 to 2016 he walked around the world, an expedition he called EarthWideWalk. It took him 3 years to travel 4 continents, 31 countries and 33,000 kilometers on foot, solo and unassisted, in support of the environment. Between 2018 and 2019 he completed the Nemo Expedition, a challenge in which he swam between the 5 continents to send a message about ocean conservation. Author of 2 books “Libre y Salvaje” and “La llamada del océano” published with Planeta publishing house, he has given more than 150 international conferences and has been the protagonist of countless interviews and reports in the media.