The Art of Adventure
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Podcast Overview
<p>The Art of Adventure is a weekly podcast from Arthur Beale hosted by Hugh Taylor. Each episode dives into one extraordinary journey, from history’s most famous names to overlooked pioneers and modern trailblazers. Along the way, we ask what these stories reveal about the real art of adventure: the preparation, the doubt, the grit, the judgement - and the tiny choices that change everything. New episodes every Wednesday.</p>
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2/9/2026
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May 28, 2026
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April 29, 2026
Sailing Solo Around the World Like It's 1968: The Golden Globe Race
<p>In 1968, nine sailors set off on the first solo nonstop race around the world. Only one crossed the finish line. Sir Robin Knox-Johnston returned aboard Suhaili to claim the Sunday Times Golden Globe - while behind him, one competitor faked his positions, another sailed to Tahiti instead of the finish line, and a third pushed his boat so hard it fell apart 1,200 miles from home.</p><p>Nearly fifty years later, Australian adventurer Don McIntyre decided to bring the race back. The rules were simple: sail around the world alone, without stopping, using only the technology available in 1968. No GPS. No satellite weather. No electronic instruments. Navigate by sextant, listen to music on cassette tapes, and if something breaks halfway round the world, fix it yourself or retire. Fewer than one in five who start the Golden Globe Race will finish it.</p><p>Don joins Hugh to tell the full story: from his boyhood obsession with Knox-Johnston to the moment he decided to recreate the race that started it all. He explains why the GGR has become the purest test in ocean racing, why its followers are more gripped by short daily text updates than live satellite feeds from other races, and why — in an age of autopilots, AI, and nineteen-million-euro campaigns — stripping everything away and leaving one person alone with the sea might be exactly what the world needs.</p><p>The 2026 Golden Globe Race starts from Les Sables-d'Olonne, France, on 6 September. Follow the race at <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="http://goldengloberace.com">goldengloberace.com</a>. If you haven't seen it, the documentary The Voyage of Madman, covering the 2018 edition, is free on YouTube.</p><p>Arthur Beale is an official partner of the Golden Globe Race. We have produced the exclusive clothing and accessory collection for the race — rooted in a heritage of craftsmanship that reflects the resilience, determination, and spirit needed for true adventure. The collection is available to buy from <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="http://arthurbeale.co.uk">arthurbeale.co.uk</a> from May 2026.</p>
April 22, 2026
Gino Watkins: The Greatest Explorer You've Never Heard Of
<p>In 1930, a 24-year-old Cambridge undergraduate named Gino Watkins led fourteen men to the east coast of Greenland on one of the most ambitious Arctic expeditions of the twentieth century. Their mission: to prove that aeroplanes could fly the Atlantic by mapping an unmapped coastline, discovering unknown mountain ranges, and manning a weather station in the middle of the Greenland ice sheet — through winter, in the dark, in winds of 130 miles per hour.</p><p>Gino Watkins never lost a man. He discovered the highest mountains in the Arctic, became the first non-Inuit to master the Greenlandic kayak, and is now regarded as the godfather of British kayaking. By twenty-five, he had led three major expeditions and earned the Polar Medal from the King. And then, on a solo hunting trip during his next expedition, he disappeared - leaving only his kayak and his trousers behind. He was twenty-five years old.</p><p>Nic Watkins, Gino's great-nephew and a filmmaker who has spent nearly a decade piecing together his story, joins Hugh to tell the full tale: the expeditions, the rescues, the family tragedies that shadowed Gino's short life, and what it was like to finally stand in the base camp where his great-uncle had lived, seeing in colour for the first time what he had only ever known in black and white.</p><p>Find out more about Nic's documentary Bridging the Ice at <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="http://bridgingtheicedoc.com">bridgingtheicedoc.com</a>, or visit <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="http://nicwatkins.com">nicwatkins.com</a>. The film is distributed by Chip Taylor Communications at <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="http://chiptaylor.com">chiptaylor.com</a>.</p><p>Gino Watkins was himself an Arthur Beale customer - head to our website to see the telegram he sent from Greenland asking for an urgent restock of rope: <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="http://arthurbeale.co.uk">arthurbeale.co.uk</a><strong>.</strong></p>
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<p>The Art of Adventure is a weekly podcast from Arthur Beale hosted by Hugh Taylor. Each episode dives into one extraordinary journey, from history’s most famous names to overlooked pioneers and modern trailblazers. Along the way, we ask what these stories reveal about the real art of adventure: the preparation, the doubt, the grit, the judgement - and the tiny choices that change everything. New episodes every Wednesday.</p> - How often does this podcast release new episodes?
This podcast updates daily.
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