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Explore: A Canadian Geographic podcast

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Canadian Geographic

Host David McGuffin talks to Canada’s greatest explorers about their adventures and what inspires their spirit of discovery.

#119

The Hudson’s Bay Company charter: "Incredible and problematic"

NOTE: This special episode of Explore is being re-released to mark an important moment in ... more

03 Dec 2025

11 MINS

11:45

03 Dec 2025

#118

Run Like a Girl with Catherine McKenna

Few Canadians have been closer to the front lines of global climate action than Catherine ... more

25 Nov 2025

53 MINS

53:57

25 Nov 2025

#117

Across Quebec's Ungava Peninsula with Dave Greene

On this episode of Explore, host David McGuffin is joined by Arctic explorer and elementar... more

11 Nov 2025

41 MINS

41:52

11 Nov 2025

#116

Frozen fjords and first ascents: Shira Biner’s Baffin Island odyssey

In this episode of Explore, podcast host David McGuffin speaks with Canadian climber and e... more

28 Oct 2025

53 MINS

53:10

28 Oct 2025

#115

Gales of November: John U. Bacon on the untold story of the SS Edmund Fitzgerald

“From 1875 to 1975, there were 6,000 shipwrecks on the Great Lakes — one a week for a cent... more

14 Oct 2025

1 HR 00 MINS

1:00:24

14 Oct 2025

#114

Vanished Beyond the Map: Adam Shoalts on the mystery of lost explorer Hubert Darrell

" Hubert Darrell is the greatest explorer of all time that no one has ever heard of. The N... more

30 Sep 2025

58 MINS

58:16

30 Sep 2025

#113

The future of exploration with Richard Wiese

“I think in any exploration there’s a nobility of purpose — it’s more than just pounding m... more

11 Sep 2025

39 MINS

39:02

11 Sep 2025

#112

Water Borne: Dan Rubinstein’s 2,000-kilometre paddleboard adventure

“On a paddleboard, you‘re vulnerable to tides and winds. You don‘t fight them—you learn to... more

02 Sep 2025

40 MINS

40:51

02 Sep 2025

#111

Is a River Alive? with Robert Macfarlane

“Days on the water have produced in me the intensifying feeling of somehow growing togethe... more

19 Aug 2025

57 MINS

57:30

19 Aug 2025

#110

Learning from water with Leanne Betasamosake Simpson

This special live episode of Explore features a thought-provoking conversation about the d... more

24 Jun 2025

47 MINS

47:51

24 Jun 2025

#109

I Interviewed The Beaverton's Luke Gordon Field. He Replied in Headlines (Kidding! This is a fun co...

Canada does funny really, really well. So today we're poking that Canadian funny bone in c... more

10 Jun 2025

43 MINS

43:31

10 Jun 2025

#108

The Open Road: George Stroumboulopoulos on Music, Motorcycles, Movies and Canada

“It's the reason why this Canadian Geographic thing means a lot to me. It’s about people a... more

27 May 2025

1 HR 24 MINS

1:24:26

27 May 2025

#107

Return to Ellesmere Island with Ray Zahab and Kevin Vallely

"It was brutal again. There was a very good chance we wouldn't succeed. And if it's a fore... more

13 May 2025

43 MINS

43:45

13 May 2025

#106

Singing Back the Buffalo with Tasha Hubbard

"Buffalo are renewal. We know that — it’s baked into who we are." This week on Explore, Da... more

29 Apr 2025

45 MINS

45:48

29 Apr 2025

#105

Dam proud: How the beaver has shaped Canada's environment

In this episode, Explore host David McGuffin is joined by Glynnis Hood, one of the world's... more

15 Apr 2025

48 MINS

48:27

15 Apr 2025

#104

Elbows Up! Hockey, politics and patriotism with Roy MacGregor

In this special episode of the Explore Podcast, we delve into the current and unique inter... more

01 Apr 2025

27 MINS

27:53

01 Apr 2025

#103

Episode 100: Diving into the Darkness with Jill Heinerth

In this milestone 100th episode of the Explore Podcast, host David McGuffin welcomes back ... more

18 Mar 2025

44 MINS

44:21

18 Mar 2025

#102

Exploring the depths of sperm whale communication

In this episode of Explore, we dive deep with Canadian whale biologist [Shane Gero] (https... more

04 Mar 2025

47 MINS

47:36

04 Mar 2025

#101

The core of the mountain with Alison Criscitiello

Few people have been to the summit of Mt. Logan, and even fewer people have been to the su... more

18 Feb 2025

46 MINS

46:17