In this Season One finale for Surviving Life with Les Stroud, Les takes a stab an an entirely new tack and delivers an interesting and compelling monologue – his IMO as he says – about how to handle and deal with trolls and haters on the social media platforms. Twitter, Instagram, Youtube and Facebook. He draws an interesting parallel between the platforms and how they should sit within every day life through analogies that make alot of sense.
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Frome: The Town That Cured Loneliness
You’ve really hit the jackpot if in the county of Somerset, you are a resident of Frome, a town built on the eastern edge of Mendip Hills. Population in Frome: 28,000. The number of lonely? Perhaps zero.
David Suzuki, Part 2
In a feisty and sometimes angry mood, David Suzuki shares with Les his frustration on getting the public and the politicians to understand what is at stake environmentally. Sitting in David’s backyard alongside the NW Pacific coastline, Les probes David for understanding on how to move forward.
Bees, Trees & Human Knees: Coming Together
In times of trauma and stress, people, animals, and even nature somehow find a way of coming together. It’s a phenomenon that has been documented in bees and trees and even in human knees.
Bruce Cockburn, Part 2
The poet, the singer songwriter, the philosopher, the artist. Bruce Cockburn is a Canadian legend. Yet he broke past international borders to continue as one of the most respected creators in the world. Les and Bruce sit down at Les’ house and talk songwriting, the impact of Bruce’s music and his spiritual motivation. This is part 2 of that discussion.
Honey Traps, Romeos & Juliets: The Life of Lonely Spies
The legendary spymaster known only as the Man Without a Face lived a life of concealment. He was rarely ever seen by outsiders during his time in power.
John Zada, Part 1
I had the pleasure of meeting John Zada out on the west coast of Canada in the wilderness. He emerged from the little cabin he was staying in to greet me and to talk about Bigfoot. A while later he released his fantastic book In The Valleys of the Noble Beyond. It is a book like no other when it comes to the subject matter as he doesn’t waste time on the trivialities of ‘looking for Bigfoot’ but rather digs deep into the larger more existential questions. My interview him took the same trajectory as we sat looking out over a lake with a glass of scotch in hand. This is part 1 of my talk with John Zada.
An Army of Orphans: Battling Loneliness & Isolation
We instantly connect to fictional orphan characters when we read about them in books like the Harry Potter series and Dorothy Gale in The Wonderful Wizard of Oz. But why?
Lisa Fenton, Part 2
I met Lisa Fenton at the Alberta Bushcraft symposium and was able to pull her aside for an in depth chat on primitive earth skills/bushcraft skills and life itself. Dr. Lisa Fenton. Is a Lecturer in Outdoor studies at the University of Cumbria, UK. With a background in Ethnobotany, Anthropology and Ethnobiology she wrote her PhD thesis in Bushcraft and its relationship to Indigenous Knowledges.
People Walkers: Taking Steps To Heal Loneliness
During lockdowns, when gyms and pools were all closed, the only form of exercise many people could do was walk. Our outside walks became rituals for many of us, the only time of the day or night when we left our homes.