Self Propelled is a podcast that explores the process of choosing the road less travelled, and the secrets behind maintaining momentum and drive once the choice is made. Join host Dave Cornthwaite for travel stories and conversations with entrepreneurs, athletes and adventurers who need nothing more than a good idea to add fuel to that pilot light burning deep within us all.
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In August 2020, between the first and second Covid lockdowns, Active Traveller Magazine invited me to join filmmaker and photographer Dan Wildey in the Swiss region of Valais. They set us a challenge to explore four different regions of Valais: Morgins, Nendaz, the Aletsch Arena and Saas Fee. You can read my article about the trip and watch Dan’s f…
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Sarah Outen (#2) - London to London Via the World
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This second of a two part interview with Sarah Outen tells the story of her astounding four year journey around the globe from London to London. Sarah tells us about adapting as plans change, the art of control (and not having it), and how the idea for journeying on land was brewed in the middle of the ocean. And there's a human side to Sarah's adv…
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Sarah Outen (#1) - Rowing Across the Indian Ocean
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Sarah Outen is right up there as one of the most engaging adventurers of the modern era. Her feats, resilience and storytelling bring to life parts of our planet that many will never visit. We enjoyed our chat so much it was split into two parts, and in this first episode we discuss what led Sarah to adventure, and the trials and tribulations of he…
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Laura Kennington - An Adventure Athlete who has paddled, pedalled and swum her way to a new career
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Laura Kennington has an impressive list of adventures under her belt and whether she's kayaking down the Volga or practicing her Russian accent on stage at a festival, she's always a good soul to follow. In this episode Laura shares her lessons, misadventures and ideas behind making a career out of using your body, well. Find our more about her adv…
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Justin Jones - Crossing the Ditch, Antarctica, the Australian Outback and the Chasm between Solo and Family Adventuring
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Justin Jones is one of Australia's best known explorers and mixes a unique sense of humour with a deep insight into what adventure really means for life, family and business. In this episode he chats to Dave about his life of pursuing far off goals, including kayaking across the Tasman, skiing across Antarctica and, later, walking across the Aussie…
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Anna McNuff - Why Paper Clips Help When Writing Adventure Books, Creating Work That Has a Positive Impact & Dealing With Online Trolls - Otherwise Known as Dream Dumpers
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Anna McNuff is an adventurer, speaker, bestselling author and self-confessed mischief maker. Named by the Guardian as one of the top female adventurers of our time, and Condé Nast Traveller included her in a list of the 50 most influential travellers in the world. She is an ambassador for Girl Guiding in the UK and has run, swum and cycled over 20,…
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Richard Harpham - The Long Distance Kayaker and Cyclist Who Also Managed the Ghanaian Winter Olympic Ski Team
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Richard Harpham is an expedition kayaker with thousands of miles of paddling and skiing adventures under his belt. He runs Canoe Trail, which offers nature-filled canoe, kayak and SUP experiences in the English countryside, and after London 2012 he co-founded Inspired Life inspired project which has so far engaged over 35,000 young people And to ad…
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Keiha Dhruev - The Climber and Ultimate Beastmaster Contestant With a Passion For Mathematics
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Keiha Dhruev Is a climber, Coach and Educator whose climbing has taken him all over the globe, developing new boulders in India. He also made it to the semi finals of the Netflix show Ultimate Beastmaster. Keiha is currently taking a break from the norm to explore different to deliver the teaching of mathematics outside of the classroom. Give him a…
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Tom Allen - How a Long Distance Cyclist Ended Up Creating a Walking Trail
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Tom Allen describes himself as a self-unemployed creative explorer, but that doesn't necessarily do him justice. He's an adventurer, author, blogger and co-founder of the Trans Caucasian Trail, and he called in from his current base in the South Caucasus. Tom's website is http://tomallen.info and he's also on Instagram at @tom_r_allen…
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Steve Backshall on the Wonders of Fatherhood, Building An Adventurous Career and the Ups and Downs of Celebrity
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Steve Backshall is a naturalist, presenter, climber, diver and adventurer. He has presented hundreds of television episodes over the years, and right now you can tune into the most reason season of Steve's show Deadly 60 on the BBC iPlayer... During COVID-19, every Wednesday at 9:30am Steve hosts a livestreamed wildlife homeschool on www.facebook.c…
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Caroline Southwell - Exploring the Magical World of Human Design
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Caroline Southwell is an Online Educator and Transformational Specialist who helps entrepreneurs, change makers and leaders increase their impact on the world. For your free human design chart head to https://www.jovianarchive.com/Get_Your_Chart And then visit Caroline's Human Design Website: at http://HumanDesignBasics.com.au for a free starter co…
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Nigel Vardy - There's a Reason They Call Him Mr Frostbite
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Some people call him brave, some call him mad. To face the thin air at high altitude takes a bit of both, but to Nigel Vardy, there is nothing like being on a high mountain. Losing limbs to severe frostbite would put off all but the few, but to Nigel it was the springboard to climb, achieve and conquer. Over the past 30 years he has climbed around …
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Anna Lundberg - Why Resilience and Meaning Are More Important Than Happiness or Pleasure
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Anna Lundberg is the founder of One Step Outside, which helps experienced professionals around the world build businesses and create a lifestyle that allows them an unimagined sense of freedom outside of the 9 to 5. Since leaving her corporate marketing job in 2013, she’s now reimagining what success looks like and she’s passionate about inspiring …
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Alex Cooper - Freelancing as a Comedy Writer, Why Dating Sober is Important, and Some Handy Techniques for Isolation Survival
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By day Alex Cooper works in advertising as a freelance writer and director of comedy adverts and spends his spare time writing and acting in his own comedy sketches. Alex has also written articles for the Metro about alcoholism, mental health and sober dating. You can find out more about Alex on www.alexpcoop.com and @alex_p_cooper on Instagram…
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From Tragedy to Triumph, and Hosting One Track Dance Parties During the Coronavirus Lockdown
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Charlotte Fowles is a coach passionate about helping lost, frustrated or bored professionals rediscover their freedom and purpose. And most recently she's come up with a novel way to bring people together during these Coronavirus times, hosting one-track parties three times a day via Zoom. Found out more about Charlotte's professional work on http:…
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Nicola Moss - Burnout, Rediscovering Self and the Most Important Two Letter Word
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After burnout in 2005 Nicola Moss took time out to follow her adventurous spirit by travelling much of the world on foot, by train, plane, sailing across the Pacific & living in trees and on tropical islands with local clans. She soon realised that not all journeys involve flights, faraway places and crazy adventures, the journey starts within. Her…
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Josh O’Boyle - Coronavirus and Sporting Events, The Fred Whitton Challenge and Living Humbly
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Josh O’Boyle is a sports event manager who has worked on some of the UK’s largest national and international sports events, including the Tour de Yorkshire and the 2019 Road Cycling World Championships. Josh also manages the Fred Whitton Challenge, which is considered the hardest sportive in the UK.
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Matt Sandrini - Breaking Patterns and World Records (Almost)
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Matt Sandrini is an author and performance coach who helps entrepreneurs focus and take action. He also likes to push his limits, he's a marathon runner and he's done some random things, like attempting to break the world record for most knuckle push-ups in one minute. His website is www.mattsandrini.com…
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Isla Marsh - The Nomadic Life of a Snowsports Instructor
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Isla Marsh is a snowsports instructor who loves the outdoors, adventure and cold water swimming. She spends her time between Japan, France, the UK and Australia and recently was given 24 hours to get out of France as Coronavirus sent the country into lockdown. We spoke just after she arrived back into the UK.…
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Sean Conway - Why Failures Are Just Hiccups, and How to Build a Career in Adventure
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Sean Conway is an endurance athlete and adventurer, the first and only man in history to cycle, swim and run the length of Britain. He’s also cycled around the world, crossed Europe on a bike faster than any other human, and, this is probably my favourite adventure of his, he once climbed Kilimanjaro dressed as a penguin. The sheer scale and number…
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Why Happiness is Just a Mood
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Matilde Tomat is an Italian eclectic existential psychotherapist, writer and artist who now lives in the UK with two cats: Virginia (Woolf) and James (Joyce). Matilde sees her art as very much about making sense of chaos and our conversation was fascinating, especially as we talked just as the UK went into partial COVID-19 lockdown. Please visit he…
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Ray Chaplin - The IT Guy Who Biked, Walked & Riverboarded Across South Africa
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Ray is an ex IT guy who enjoyed plenty of adventures until he broke his back in 2013 riverboarding the 2400km of the Orange River in South Africa. Since then he's joined the family business leading golf tours around the world. Ray's website is at www.raychaplin.com And he's also on Instagram: @raychaplin…
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The Work-From-Home Mom Who Uses Art to Fight Ocean Pollution
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Janina Rossiter is a working mom and part-time artist and book author. She’s also a freelance packaging designer increasingly focused on working with sustainable brands that respect the environment. We spoke 6 days into the COVID-19 lockdown in Paris. You can find her work on www.janinarossiter.com and @janinarossiter on Instagram…
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How to Survive Coronavirus in New York and Riding a Mototaxi Across the Andes
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Sean Lineham is a New York-based freelance Lighting Designer and Technician. He's worked in Broadcast News and Sports covering everything from the Olympic Games to the World Cup, as well as other shows like Real Housewives. Sean is also Production Electrician for the Not For Profit classical theatre company called Theatre For A New Audience, and we…
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How to be a Mountaineer Even if You Hate Heights
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Jo Bradshaw is a former no saying height hating comfort loving Business Advisor who saw the light and found adventure! Now Jo is an Outdoor Instructor, Expedition Leader, Public Speaker and soon to be jack of most trades! You can find out more about Jo's adventures, and especially her ongoing mission to scale the seven summits, on her website at jo…
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I Said Yes to a Secret Job and Ended Up as a Stuntman in a Bond Film
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Andy Torbet has an incredible CV. He's a former paratrooper and bomb disposal officer and now Underwater Explorer, Deep and Cave Diver, Freediver, Skydiver, Climber, Outdoorsman and real life action man. Andy has also presented over 20 TV Series on BBC1, BBC2, CBBC, Discovery and The History Channel. He also wears the coolest clothes to work - you'…
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Meet the Hairdressing, Housesitting Singer Songwriter
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Holly Shillito is an all-round hairdressing, singing, performing, house and pet sitter who has been freelancing for 8 years. In between travelling about cutting and colouring hair, styling for photo and film shoots, and looking after other people’s homes, Holly has gone from bedroom musician to professional singer/songwriter. For a hearty mix of pe…
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How a Miscarriage Led to a Community for Dads
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Al Ferguson is the founder and CEO of the Dadsnet, an online parenting platform connecting dads to parenting resources, entertainment & each other. You can find out more on thedadsnet.com, and if you want a giggle and lots of head-nodding moments tune into the Dadsnet podcast, Don’t Tell Your Mum, on iTunes.…
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This is Self Propelled, a podcast that explores the process of turning ideas into reality, and the secrets behind keeping up momentum once you’ve started. Join host Dave Cornthwaite for adventurous stories and conversations with self starters, athletes and entrepreneurs who need nothing more than a good idea to add a little fuel to that pilot light…
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