Ryan Pyle

► Story Teller | Owner
► Odyssey | Ithaca | Karma
► Podcast Host | +175 eps
► TV Adventurer on Amazon.

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New YouTube Episode Published: My "Silent Trekking" adventure trekking through the Kullu Valley in northern India is now available on YouTube. Of course people of India know how amazing and rugged this region is, but my hope is international viewers can engage with the absolute magic of the alpine regions in northern India. So tune in and check out a NEW Silent Trekking twist on my adventures around the world.

LINK: https://t.co/ynvEna1yNc

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#60 | Sunny Stroeer | The Ten-Egg Omelette.

On the 1,000-mile Iditarod Trail Invitational, Sunny Stroeer ate everything she could, including a ten-egg omelette and four pancakes, and lost only about 10 pounds.

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Two days to go. Thursday 7:30pm I'm at Jesus College, Cambridge for the Cambridge University Photography Society: Documenting China. No sign-up needed, around 40 seats.

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In July 2027 I'm hosting a six-day off-road ride across Iceland's highlands: lava fields, volcanic craters, glacier rivers and the black sands of Mælifellssandur, with nights in mountain huts.

Sun 18 to Fri 23 July 2027, run by Ride With Locals.

https://t.co/gnORLvpr2E

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This Thursday I'm in Cambridge giving a talk, Documenting China, for the Cambridge University Photography Society.

Thu 12 Nov, 7:30pm, Lisa Jardine Room, West Court, Jesus College. No sign-up needed, around 40 seats.

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Such a great conversation. Dr. Brian is an absolute legend.

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#44 | Dr. Brian Licuanan | The Gentle Art.

Psychologist Dr. Brian Licuanan on why jiu-jitsu is a mental chess game, the veterans and others who find trust on the mat, and a 70-year-old professor who says it keeps him fit and strong.

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#32 | Houman Shekarchi | Don't Fear the Tools.

Editor Houman Shekarchi, a self-described technology optimist, on why AI tools will let newcomers into the business and lift experts even higher, and why story structure still matters.

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#30 | Dale Allen-Rowse | Two Lives in Vegas.

Dale Allen-Rowse danced in Celine Dion's Las Vegas show at night and negotiated real estate deals by day, until being called one of the kids stopped working for him.

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#29 | Thomas Huisking | The Casting Lottery.

Actor Thomas Huisking on walking into an LA casting call with 15 men who look exactly like you.

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#28 | Billy Mandarino | The Red Stairs.

Every night for two months Billy Mandarino pictured himself walking up red stairs to collect a contract. Then he did it.

@TheNow_ist

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#27 | Bunny Young | Bonnie and Clyde in China.

Bunny Young spent her first year of marriage in a stunt show: her husband shooting at her, her setting him on fire, and a 40-foot face-first rappel in a red dress and heels.

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#26 | Julia Silverton | Not in 30 Seconds.

In a refugee camp on the Rwanda border, Julia Silverton realised she didn't want to tell these stories in 30 seconds of news. She wanted to make films.

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#25 | Gueston Smith | Homes From Shipping Containers.

Architect Gueston Smith used to watch shipping containers go by on the highway and imagine them as homes. Now he builds them.

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#24 | Danielle Gray | Train Like a Gymnast.

Former gymnast and celebrity trainer Danielle Gray realised she was training every client like a gymnast, so she made it her brand.

@daniellegrayfit

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#23 | Zach Romeo | Trust to Edit.

Editor Zach Romeo had never cut a 46-minute TV episode before Ryan handed him one. That trust, he says, set him up for success.

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#22 | Sunny Stroeer | The Most Carefree Time.

Sunny Stroeer quit management consulting, moved into an old van with 200,000 miles on it, and gave herself six months to do what she loved.

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#21 | GaKnew Roxwel | Feed the Dream.

Artist and former social worker GaKnew Roxwel on why you don't crush a kid's NFL dream. You turn it into a goal.

@GRoxwel

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#20 | Jason Wood | 27 Convoys Into Iraq.

Army veteran Jason Wood ran 27 convoy missions into Iraq. He has seen more of Iraq than of the United States, and his convoys were hit six times by IEDs.

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#19 | David Allardice | The Ice Cube Myth.

Glenfiddich ambassador David on why the big slow-melting ice cube in your whisky is a fallacy.

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#18 | Brian Rousso | The Script That Sold.

Brian and a friend pitched a horror script about cloning after Dolly the sheep and sold it to Joel Silver at Warner Bros. It never got made.

@RevenantRousso

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#17 | Robin Rowe | The First Metaverse.

In 1995 Robin was building virtual training for the US Navy, including how to fight a fire on a submarine, years before anyone called it a metaverse.

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