Gringo Gone Wild

Show Sponsor:  www.LaShamanaFaby.com  This is a very intense account of Rusty surviving an attempted mugging and lynching  in the Peruvian Amazon's town of Belen (One of the last wild west places on earth.) and how he was forced to defend himself by using a dead cat as a weapon.

Show Sponsor:  www.LaShamanaFaby.com  Ayahuasca and My Spirit Guide Part 1

Show Sponsor: www.LaShamanaFaby.com  Ayahuasca and My Spirit Guide Part 2

Show Sponsor: www.LaShamanaFaby.com  Ayahuasca and My Spirit Guide Part 3

Show Sponsor:  www.LaShamanaFaby.com  Producer of the feature film “The Vow,” Director/Producer of the Emmy Award-winning film “Unchained: The Untold Story of Freestyle Motocross,” Producer/Creative Director of the Emmy Award-winning film, 30 for 30 Film “Hawaiian: The Legend of Eddie Aikau,” (which he is currently developing into a feature film), Producer of award-winning theatrical documentary “FASTEST” about MotoGP Racing, Producer/Director of the ABC Network series, “Big Wave Hellmen,” Producer for the X Games, strategic consultant and content creator for Monster Energy Drink and the X Games, Director/Producer of “Abuelo Memo” soccer viral video with over 20 million views and numerous viral videos with 2 million-plus views with Rob Dyrdek. Most recently, he was the Director/Producer of the feature documentary, “Blink of an Eye.”  

Show Sponsor: www.LaShamanaFaby.com  Trent Tresch works in bridging the gap between traditional aerospace and new-space innovation. Starting his career in aeronautics with ASET Dive into Space, he developed underwater Neutral Buoyancy education programs. While working on more in depth commercial astronautics trainings he began to build the next generation of accessible pressure suits and life support systems with Smith Aerospace Garments. These endeavors further led him to high altitude manned balloon flight tests and oversight of pressure suit operations. He has since co-authored and published in Purdue's peer review journal, Human Performance in Extreme Environments and presented on numerous occasions regarding low cost life support systems for exploration and training. He currently resides at Biosphere 2 where he is co-developing the worlds highest fidelity hermetically sealed research habitat, SAM (Space Analog for the Moon and Mars), at the University of Arizona's Biosphere 2. Trent has been a board member of the Caelus Foundation since the beginning of 2020.

Brent E. Huffman is an award-winning director, producer, writer, and cinematographer of documentaries and television programs. His work ranges from documentaries aired on Netflix, VICE, The Discovery Channel, The National Geographic Channel, NBC, CNN, PBS, MTV, and Al Jazeera, to Sundance Film Festival premieres, to ethnographic films made for the China Exploration and Research Society. He has also directed, produced, shot, and edited documentaries for online outlets like The New York Times, TIME, VICE NEWS, Salon, The Atlantic, Huffington Post, and PBS Arts. Huffman has been making social issue documentaries and environmental films for over two decades in Asia, Africa, and the Middle East. These films have gone on to win numerous awards including a Primetime Emmy, Chinese Academy Award, Silver Plaque from the Chicago International Film Festival, IAFOR Documentary Film Award, MacArthur Foundation Grant, Best Film at CinemAmbiente International Environmental Film Festival, Grand Prize and Audience Award at Arkhaios Archaeology and Cultural Heritage Festival, Best Conservation Film-Jackson Hole, ten Cine Golden Eagle Awards, and a Grand Jury Award at the American Film Institute's SILVERDOCS. Huffman was also an editor of Julia Reichert's and Steven Bognar's Primetime Emmy winning PBS documentary series "A Lion in the House” now on Netflix. Huffman's documentary "Saving Mes Aynak,” about the fight to save a 5,000-year-old ancient city in Afghanistan threatened by a Chinese copper mine, has won over 30 major awards and has been broadcast on television in over seventy countries. It can currently be seen on Netflix, iTunes, Amazon, Google Play, OVID, and on special edition DVD from Icarus Films. Huffman is currently directing “Strands of Resistance”, about minority groups fighting Chinese expansion in Pakistan for VICE NEWS TONIGHT, and "Saving the Cultural Heritage of Yemen". Huffman recently finished producing “Finding Yingying”, an Emmy-nominated Kartemquin Film about a Chinese family searching for their missing daughter in the U.S. "Finding Yingying" won the Breakthrough Voice Award at SXSW and the Chinese Academy Award for Best Foreign Documentary in 2020. "Finding Yingying" is being distributed by CBS/Paramount+/MTV Films in the US.

Show Sponsor:  www.LaShamanaFaby.com Explorer Club member and Former Royal Marine Commando Ian Finch, is an adventure and outdoor brand photographer & expedition guide whose been travelling to remote environments for over 10 years. Ian's passion for authentic visual storytelling is driven by the connection between people, culture and the landscape the world over. His latest expedition, 1,300 mile journey to retrace the footsteps of the Cherokee removals was featured heavily for October 2019 Sidetracked Magazine Issue 16 with a 20 page written story and photo essay. Also, his 2000-mile canoe descent of the Yukon River, was included in the top 10 adventures by the Guardian in 2016. Ian has also led or participated in shoots and expeditions in Alaska, Mongolia, Greenland, Indonesia, Tibet, Canada, Spain, Iceland, Nepal, China, US, Switzerland, Sweden and Northern Norway. He has also worked with the US Airforce as an external instructor in land navigation/natural navigation and externally trained potential recruits in prep for Royal Marines training. His raw passion for life is driven by creative discovery and capturing authentic bookmarks in time from expeditions, landscapes and people. Ian is partnered with Fjallraven as a global guide and has also worked with Shackleton Clothing, Lowe Alpine, Musto, Rohan Clothing, NRS, Sidetracked Magazine, The Independent and Guardian alongside many leading outdoor brands as lead photographer, writer or advisor on authentic adventure brand storytelling. He combines his love for photography, writing and filmmaking with wild landscapes and the great outdoors. When not overseas, Ian lives in London, UK.

Show Sponsor: www.LaShamanaFaby.com Dr. Shawna Pandya is Director of Medical Research with Orbital Assembly Corporation, scientist-astronaut candidate program graduate with the International Institute for Astronautical Sciences and aquanaut with the NEPTUNE mission. Through her involvement with Project PoSSUM, Dr. Pandya was part of the first crew to test a commercial spacesuit in micro-gravity. She has also completed centrifuge studies, emergency spacecraft egress and sea survival training, and wilderness medicine training. She also currently serves at the Life Sciences Team Lead for Association of Spaceflight Professionals and the Life Sciences Chair for the Canadian Space Society. Dr. Pandya holds degrees in Honors Neuroscience (BSc. Hons, University of Alberta), Space Studies (MSc., International Space University) and medicine (MD, University of Alberta). She is licensed as a general practitioner. Prior to completing medical school, she attended Singularity University, where she co-founded CiviGuard, based on Singularity's challenge to positively impact 1 billion people in 10 years using accelerating technologies. She is an accomplished speaker, having given talks at TEDxUAlberta, TEDxEdmonton and the University of Alberta's Peter Lougheed Leadership College at the invitation of former Prime Minister Rt. Hon. Kim Campbell. Dr. Pandya is a passionate STEM advocate, and a frequent speaker at schools, universities, scientific conferences and science centers.  Dr. Pandya also holds certifications in solo sky-diving, advance, open water, Nitrox and rescue diving, and is working towards her private pilot's license. Dr. Pandya is fluent in English, French, Gujarati, and speaks introductory Spanish and Russian. She also sings, plays the piano and holds a black belt in Taekwondo and has trained annually at Muay Thai fight camps in Thailand since 2015, entering and winning her first amateur fight in 2017.

Show Sponsor:  www.LaShamanaFaby.com Lee lives in Devon and was a serving Royal Marine for 24 years. After coming through three operational tours of Afghanistan unscathed, Lee lost his right leg after being hit by an engine block as he was helping a motorist who had crashed into the central reservation of the M3 in Surrey in 2014. Although his right leg was severed in the impact, the serviceman's training kicked in and he was able to instruct bystanders on how to tie a tourniquet and help paramedics to save his life. In 2015 Lee set-off to row 3,000 miles across the Atlantic Ocean in just a rowing boat. The Row2Recovery team of four injured veterans had just 3 legs between them. In February 2016, some 46 days, 6 hours and 49 minutes later they rowed into Antigua and the record books as the worlds first physically disabled crew of four to row any ocean. Following this, Lee became the world's first physically disabled person to row from mainland Europe to mainland South America solo and unsupported. Lee Spencer, The Rowing Marine, broke the able bodied record by an astonishing 36 days and also broke the record for the longest solo and unsupported ocean row by a physically disabled person, a total of 3 Guinness World records. Lee's next challenge is The Triathlon of Great Britain, the Rowing Marine, will embark on his toughest challenge yet. He will swim the English Channel, cycle from Lands End to John O' Groats and climb the three highest peaks in England, Scotland and Wales (including a full Marathon) – combining the three classic challenges in Britain into one enormous challenge.

Joakim is one of the most sought-after and respected photographers/underwater filmmakers in Sweden. His devotion to nature both on land and in the sea has reached beyond Swedish borders. He's frequently booked for lecturers both in Sweden and internationally. Joakim also worked as a very popular host for Swedish TV SVT's ”Surrounded By Nature.” In addition, he's collaborated with foundations and companies such as: WWF Sweden, Baltic Sea 2020, TV4, SVT, Fundament Film, Folke Rydén Production, Keep Sweden Tidy Foundation, Swedish Environmental Protection Agency, Swedish Agency for Marine and Water Management, Nordic Council among others. He became The White Feather Foundation's first Global Ambassador in 2019. Show Sponsor:  www.LaShamanaFaby.com

Chris Thrall left the Royal Marine Commandos to find fortune in Hong Kong, but following a bizarre series of jobs ended up homeless, in psychosis from crystal meth addiction, and working for the 14K triads. All written in his book Eating Smoke At age eighteen Chris earned the coveted green beret of the elite Royal Marines Commandos. Following active service in the Northern Ireland Conflict and training in Arctic warfare and survival, he earned his parachutist's ‘wings' and operated as part of a high-security detachment on board an aircraft carrier.   https://christhrall.com/ Chris has completed a quadruple-distance ironman triathlon and raised thousands of pounds for charity. Show Sponsor:  www.LaShamanaFaby.com

Richard Wiese is a world-class explorer, the longest-serving President of The Explorers Club (EC) and Executive Producer and Host of ABC and PBS multiple Emmy-winning program, Born to Explore. As President of The Explorers Club he developed and negotiated multi-year partnerships with Rolex, Microsoft and Discovery to name a few. Discovery's is EC's first multi-million dollar grant program. During his tenure he established the first annual Global Exploration Summit in partnership with Portugal, often referred to as the Davos of Exploration. He is the founder of The Explorers Club 50 - “Fifty people who are changing the world, that the world needs to know about”, as well as the organization's first Diversity and Inclusion program. He appointed the EC first African American Woman board director, and the first woman Chair of Ethics & Governance. He organized the first symposium for LGQT in Exploration. He also negotiated a three-book deal with Crowne/Random House. As a journalist, he has received numerous honors, including 14 Day-Time Emmy Nominations ( 2 wins), a Genesis Award, an Associated Press Folio Award, the Walter Cronkite Award and a Golden Halo Advertising Award for Best Environmental/Wildlife Campaign. Wiese has traveled to all seven continents. He has tagged jaguars in the Yucatan jungles, led an expedition to the Northern Territory of Australia to probe the Aboriginal myth of the Rainbow Serpent, co-discovered 202 new forms of life in the first microbial survey of Central Park in NYC, and founded the Central Park “Bio Blitz”: 24 hour, cataloging of all life forms in the park. He was a team member of the largest medical expedition ever conducted on Mt. Everest, achieved the first ascent of an unclimbed mountain in Alaska, discovered 29 new life forms on Mt. Kilimanjaro in Africa, and cross country skied to the North Pole. In the hottest place on earth Ethiopia and attempted to extract fragments of DNA from molten lava to look for evidence of microbial life in conditions never thought able to support life. In 2006 the American Museum of Natural History Expeditions named Wiese an Explorer in residence. He was honored at the 2005 Boy Scout National Jamboree, where he addressed 90,000 people and had a camp named after him. By invitation of King Mohammad VI, he was the U.S. representative to the Moussem de Tan Tan, a gathering of 45,000 nomadic Arabs in Morocco, and he received a Special lifetime achievement award by the Science Museum of Long Island. Wiese's father Richard Wiese Sr, was the first to solo the Pacific Ocean in an airplane. Show Sponsor:  www.LaShamanaFaby.com

John Spencer is a pioneering outer space architect with design awards from NASA for his work on the International Space Station (ISS). He is the founder of the Space Tourism Society, co-founder of the Space Tourism Conference, and co-founder and Chief Creative Officer of Mars World Enterprises, Inc. His work aims at promoting and developing the Space Experience Economy (SEE). He coined the term Space Experience Economy (SEE) in 2005 and has been quoted in well over 200 TV and radio shows, newspaper and magazine articles on space tourism.  Over $340 million has been invested in building his space/future/Sci-Fi themed concepts to date. He is currently designing and developing a proposed (not yet funded) $2B Mars World attraction/resort for Las Vegas. He is an advisor on space-themed movies and TV shows through the Science and Entertainment Exchange. His fusion of real space design and entertainment space design provides a unique capability and service to his clients and his own ventures. Show Sponsor:  www.LaShamanaFaby.com

Close to her heart is the Michelle McLean Children Trust , which she established in Namibia, in 1992. It has initiated and run hundreds of projects over the past 26 years, including 10 projects for international celebrities, like Angelia Jolie and Brad Pitt.  The Michelle McLean Primary School provides education for over 900 children every year, since 2000. In addition, they established the Michelle McLean School of Excellence, which provides, scholarships and entrepreneurial and financial skills training to thousands of students. Show Sponsor:  www.LaShamanaFaby.com

Captain Alfred Scott McLaren served as commander of the USS Queenfish (SSN 651) from September 1969 to May 1973, the very height of the Cold War. As commander, McLaren led at least six major clandestine operations, including the first-ever exploration of the entire Siberian Continental Shelf: a perilous voyage detailed in his previous book Unknown Waters. A retired US Navy Captain, is the recipient of the Distinguished Service Medal and two Legions of Merit, president emeritus of the Explorers Club, former senior pilot of the SAS Super Aviator submersible, and president emeritus of the American Polar Society. Show Sponsor:  www.LaShamanaFaby.com Emergency Deep: Cold War Missions of a Submarine Commander conveys the entire spectrum of Captain McLaren's experiences commanding the USS Queenfish, mainly in the waters of the Russian Far East and also off Vietnam. McLaren offers a riveting and deeply human story that illuminates the intensity and pressures of commanding a nuclear attack submarine in some of the most difficult circumstances imaginable. Relying on his own notes and records, as well as discussions with former officers and shipmates, McLaren focuses on operational matters both great and small. He recounts his unique perspectives on attack-submarine tactics and exploratory techniques in high-risk or uncharted areas, matters of leadership and team-building and the morale of his crews, and the innumerable and often unforeseen ways his philosophy of command played out on a day-to-day basis, with consequences that ran the gamut from the mundane to the dire and life-threatening. Readers are also treated to significant new information and insight on submarine strategy, maneuvers, and culture. Such details illuminate and bring to life, with both great humor and gravitas, the intensity and pressures on those engaged in covert missions on nuclear attack submarines. Dr. Alfred S. McLaren has probably spent more time than anyone else in the twilight zone beneath the earth's northern ice, measuring its thickness, probing dark waters below, investigating its life and mapping the plains, crags and fissures of its seabed.   He has cut through ice-covered waters that few have seen, opening a hidden world.

As an archaeologist, Jim has worked on land and at sea, on sites thousands of years old and sites as recent as the beginning stages of the Cold War.   James (Jim) Delgado has 44 years of scientific expertise in marine archaeology and deep-sea exploration, in addition to a solid background in history, museums, and outreach through media, film, and publications. He is a scholar and a world-recognized interpreter whose work has reached hundreds of millions of viewers around the world, especially through his six seasons of work as host of a National Geographic International Television series. Jim has extensive experience implementing projects around the world, often through public/private partnerships. He served as the founding director of the National Park Service's maritime preservation program during a 13-year career with the NPS. Many of the U.S. Government's standards for historic maritime resources were developed by him or under his direction during those years. He left the government to serve, for 15 years, as the Executive Director of the Vancouver (Canada) Maritime Museum, and concurrently as a TV host for Discovery, the History Channel, A&E and National Geographic. Show Sponsor:  www.LaShamanaFaby.com

The Rick Z Show is off the hook as its producer takes leave of his post to be the show's musical guest. Author, musician, wildlife expert, and former star of his own national TV series. Multifaceted Rusty Johnson has more in his arsenal than you would expect. He recounts his surprising career then picks up a guitar and jams. No sidekick, he is a force of his own and rocks The Rick Z Show. Show Sponsor:  www.LaShamanaFaby.com

https://robinhorsfall.co.uk/ From boy soldier to author, to warrior poet. Robin is a man who has led an extraordinary life, who has a powerful voice and many incredible lessons to teach. Born in Farnham, Surrey, UK.  Following a divorce from his birth father, his mother Hazel married his step-father, who adopted him and gave him the name Horsfall. A broken family life adversely affected his education, so he left school in 1972 at the age of fifteen and joined the army as a boy soldier. Despite a long period of isolation and bullying by his peers, he became a full member of the Parachute Regiment in 1974 and served three tours of Northern Ireland. In 1978 he volunteered for SAS selection and passed on his second attempt in March 1979. He went on to qualify as a Paramedic and Sniper. He was a member of the SAS counter-terrorist team that assaulted the Iranian Embassy in London in 1980, helping to rescue the nineteen hostages who had been held for six days. Robin has had an extraordinary life and has been speaking about it at events both small and large for over 10 years. Show Sponsor:  www.LaShamanaFaby.com

Show Sponsor:  www.LaShamanaFaby.com Nacho Dean is a well-known adventurer. He is the first and only person in history to have successfully walked around the world and swam between 5 continents (there have been more people on the moon) From 2013 to 2016 he walked around the world, an expedition he called EarthWideWalk. It took him 3 years to travel 4 continents, 31 countries and 33,000 kilometers on foot, solo and unassisted, in support of the environment. Between 2018 and 2019 he completed the Nemo Expedition, a challenge in which he swam between the 5 continents to send a message about ocean conservation. Author of 2 books “Libre y Salvaje” and “La llamada del océano” published with Planeta publishing house, he has given more than 150 international conferences and has been the protagonist of countless interviews and reports in the media.

A Fellow of the Royal Geographical, Sarah Begum is an Immersive Investigative Journalist, Anthropologist-Explorer, and Public Speaker. Sarah has been exploring the world, studying tribes and different ways of life whilst investigating current affairs and making a humanitarian effort to help people along the way through her work. As the new world emerges towards a sustainable future, Sarah's renewed mission focuses on projects that aim to make the world a better place. Show Sponsor:  www.LaShamanaFaby.com

Richard Garriott de Cayeux currently serves as the President of the Explorers Club. He is a founding father of the videogame industry and the commercial spaceflight industry, a flown astronaut, and the first explorer to have explored pole to pole, orbited the Earth, and reached the deepest point in the Ocean. Richard has been inducted into the computer gaming hall of fame and received the industry lifetime achievement award. He is credited with creating the now ubiquitous term “avatar” for one's virtual self and the category of massively multiplayer games (MMORPGs). He authored the acclaimed Ultima Series and has built 3 leading gaming companies including Origin Systems (sold to Electronic Arts), and Destination Games (sold to NCsoft). As a principal shaper of the commercial spaceflight industry, he cofounded Space Adventures, the only company to arrange space flights for private citizens and is the sixth private astronaut to live aboard the International Space Station. The son of a NASA astronaut, he became the first second-generation astronaut, served on NASA advisory Council, and has been a key leader in civilian and commercial space through institutions such as the Challenger Center for Science Education,  the XPRIZE Foundation, and Space Adventures. Richard is an avid explorer, having traveled around the globe from the jungles of the Amazon to the South Pole, the deep seas of the Titanic and hydrothermal vents to orbiting the earth aboard the International Space Station, and most recently to Challenger Deep, the deepest point in our Oceans. Show Sponsor:  www.LaShamanaFaby.com

Join host Rusty Johnson for an exploration into genius. Conversations with the greatest thinkers and doers of our day. Actors, artists, entertainers, adventurers, scientists, athletes, visionaries, world leaders, and more. These of the very luminaries that light the way and live … A DaVinci Life. Show Sponsor:  www.LaShamanaFaby.com

In the world of free-style motocross, Robbie Maddison is truly a legend! From humble beginnings growing up in a small coastal town on the south coast of NSW to the roaring crowds on the world stage, the Robbie Maddison story is nothing short of inspirational! Show Sponsor:  www.LaShamanaFaby.com

Dr. Joe Vitale is a world-renowned Personal Development expert and star of the blockbuster hit movie on the Law of Attraction, The Secret. Author of over 75 books on a wide range of development topics, he's helped thousands at his live events and millions through the internet, his books, and educational programs. Dr. Vitale has developed The New Awakening with love and all of the skills and knowledge he's gained in over 35 years of helping people create the lives they desire and deserve. Show Sponsor:  www.LaShamanaFaby.com

Show Sponsor:  www.LaShamanaFaby.com David Holthouse is an award-winning journalist and filmmaker has infiltrated and gone undercover in some of the scariest settings you can imagine.   Bob Ross: Happy Accidents, Betrayal & Greed (Documentary) (associate producer)  2021Sasquatch (TV Mini Series documentary) (executive producer - 3 episodes) - Monsters Among Us (2021) ... (executive producer) - Spy Rock (2021) ... (executive producer) - Grabbing at Smoke (2021) ... (executive producer)  2021Night Stalker: The Hunt for a Serial Killer (TV Mini Series documentary) (co-executive producer - 4 episodes) - Manhunt (2021) ... (co-executive producer) - Lock. Your. Doors. (2021) ... (co-executive producer) - Anyone Could Be Next (2021) ... (co-executive producer) - Devil in the City of Angels (2021) ... (co-executive producer)  2020The Last Narc (TV Mini Series documentary) (co-executive producer)  2019Lorena (TV Mini Series documentary) (associate producer - 4 episodes) - The Cycle of Abuse (2019) ... (associate producer) - An Irresistible Impulse (2019) ... (associate producer) - A Woman in Trouble (2019) ... (associate producer) - The Night Of (2019) ... (associate producer)  2017Declassified: Untold Stories of American Spies (TV Series) (research producer - 8 episodes) - THE NICHOLSONS: A Spy and His Son (2017) ... (research producer) - HAJI BAGCHO: The Godfather of Heroin (2017) ... (research producer) - The Myers: Fidel's Personal Spies (2017) ... (research producer) - Crack 99: Defense Secrets for Sale (2017) ... (research producer) - HUNTING the ORDER: An American Terrorist Story (2017) ... (research producer) - TERROR in the SKY: To Catch a Hijacker (2017) ... (research producer) - The Peacock: Merchant of War (2017) ... (research producer)  

JILL HEINERTH is a Canadian cave diver, underwater explorer, writer, photographer, and filmmaker. She is a veteran of over thirty years of filming, photography, and exploration on projects in submerged caves around the world. She has made TV series, consulted on movies, written several books and is a frequent corporate keynote speaker. Jill is the first Explorer in Residence for the Royal Canadian Geographical Society, a recipient of Canada's prestigious Polar Medal, and is a Fellow of the International Scuba Divers Hall of Fame. In recognition of her lifetime achievement, Jill was awarded the Sir Christopher Ondaatje Medal for Exploration from the RCGS and the William Beebe Award from the Explorers Club. Show Sponsor:  www.LaShamanaFaby.com

Sean Chuma currently holds the record for the most base jumps of any person on the planet.  Show Sponsor:  www.LaShamanaFaby.com

The Secret's -Law of Attraction - James Arthur Ray is an American self-help businessman, motivational speaker, author and criminal who was convicted in 2011 of causing three deaths through negligent homicide. Show Sponsor:  www.LaShamanaFaby.com

Show Sponsor:  www.LaShamanaFaby.com I write about extreme adventure and classic rock. I've flown supersonic in five separate aircraft, the highest and fastest of which was a MiG-25 Foxbat (to 84,000 feet at Mach 2.6); skied to the South Pole and swam (sans wetsuit) at the North Pole; summited the Matterhorn and 23,000-ft. Aconcagua; driven a Bugatti Veyron at 253 mph and an Indy car at 200 mph; pulled 9 Gs in an F-16; bobsledded with the U.S. Olympic team; flown through a Category 5 Hurricane (Dorian) in a C-130; visited deep nuclear missile silos in Minot, ND; hunted, and detonated, unexploded WWII ordnance with German police; taken a .38 point-blank wearing a bulletproof jacket (hurt); gone bull-fighting (hurt more - cracked ribs); figure-skated with Olympian Sasha Cohen (hurt most - concussion). I also have a ticket to fly to space with Virgin Galactic (passenger #369). Interviews with adventurers include Neil Armstrong, Sir Edmund Hillary, Sir Roger Bannister, Dr. Edward Teller, Chuck Yeager and Elon Musk. You get the idea: I like to push limits and inspire others to do the same. My books include "Forbes To The Limits" and "The Right Stuff: Interviews With Icons Of The 1960s." I profile classic rock stars, too, having interviewed Art Garfunkel, Jack Bruce, Ginger Baker, Roger Daltrey, Ian Anderson, John Fogerty, Dion Dimucci, Grace Slick, Eric Burdon, Pete Townshend, John Kay, and more, all to be included in my upcoming book, “Amplified.” My education includes an MBA from Columbia University, and a BA from the University of Maryland. 

Show Sponsor:  www.LaShamanaFaby.com Global explorer Niall McCann continues his quest to find the largest and most ferocious animals on the planet Since the age of 18 Niall has undertaken challenging expeditions all over the world, including rowing the Atlantic Ocean, skiing across Greenland, cycling over the Himalayas & canoeing the Yukon River. Niall has conducted remote-area biological research all over the world. Specializing in endangered species research, he graduated with a PhD in Conservation Biology from Cardiff University. Niall's adventures have been covered in the media for many years. He worked alongside Sir David Attenborough on the BBC's A Perfect Planet and has presented three seasons of the multi-award-winning Biggest and Baddest. Niall has worked in protected area law enforcement in Africa, Asia and Latin America. Focusing on anti-poaching operations, he is the Director of Conservation at National Park Rescue. Niall is a member of the Brecon Mountain Rescue Team, a Fellow of the Royal Geographical Society, Trustee of the Wallacea Trust, and Ambassador for the British Inspiration Trust and Smash Life. He lives near Cardiff with his wife and young daughter.

Show Sponsor:  www.LaShamanaFaby.com José was selected by NASA as a member of their 19th class of astronauts in 2004. After completing his training he was selected for a mission in 2007 and flew as the flight engineer in the 2009 14-day STS-128 mission aboard Space Shuttle Discovery to the International Space Station. In addition to his flight engineer duties José was also one of two principal robotic arm. Before being selected as an astronaut, José worked at NASA as the Branch Chief of the Materials and Processes Branch at the Johnson Space Center in Houston, Texas. There he oversaw the branch's activities in the areas of materials and processes, fracture control, nondestructive evaluation, failure analysis, and Nano materials research. His branch was also instrumental in participating in the investigation to help find the root cause of the Space Shuttle Columbia accident and reporting those results to the President's Columbia Accident Investigation Board. Prior to this, José spent more than 15 years at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL) where he worked on the development of a space deployed X-Ray laser as part of the Strategic Defense Initiative. He then went on to co-develop the first full-field digital mammography system for the earlier detection of breast cancer thus opening a new area of research called computer-aided diagnosis and was recognized by both the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) for this important contribution. He was also the Deputy Program Manager of the Highly Enriched Uranium Implementation program where his team was in charge of implementing a signed bilateral agreement between the U.S. and Russian Federation for the U.S. purchase of highly enriched uranium (HEU) in the form of low enriched uranium (LEU) derived from the dismantlement of Russian nuclear weapons. Finally José was invited to Department of Energy Headquarters in Washington DC to serve as the Laboratory's Program Manager in the Office of International Material Protection and Cooperation. Here he managed, integrated and allocated Department of Energy assets and expertise, including the national laboratories and contractors, in planning, directing, and implementing U.S. cooperation with the Russian Federation in the program of Nuclear Materials, Protection, Control and Accounting (MPC&A). Jose developed and implemented policies, strategies and plans to enhance U.S. national security and reduce threat of nuclear proliferation and nuclear terrorism. These goals were accomplished by rapidly improving the security of large quantities of attractive, weapons-usable nuclear material in Russia's nuclear weapons complex. After Jose's 2009 Space Mission José was assigned to work at NASA Headquarters in Washington D.C. where he served as a Legislative Analyst and helped in the development of space policy, NASA's annual budget package and served as liaison with key Congressional members. Additional duties included the development of an effective strategy that promoted the President's new vision on Space Exploration. José is a former candidate for U.S. Congress, the author of several books including his autobiography “Reaching for the Stars” and the children's version “The Boy Who Touched the Stars”. Today, José works as a consultant within the company he founded in 2012, Tierra Luna Engineering, LLC. Here, he works on his areas of interest that include aerospace consulting, renewable energy, and Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math (STEM) outreach. Projects he has worked on include serving as the technical liaison to Mexico's Secretaria de Comunicaciones y Transportes (SCT) where he helped develop the technical requirements to procure three communications satellites from Boeing. In this role he assisted in the procurement and acceptance testing process. He also ensured the launch and orbit placement of the three satellites with three different launch service providers. Current activities include serving as a visiting professor at the Universidad Autonoma del Estado de Puebla (UPAEP) in Puebla, Mexico where he is mentoring UPAEP faculty and students and through a Space Act Agreement with NASA and the Mexican Space Agency, will assist UPAEP in the design, testing and launch of the first functioning satellite designed and built by a university in Mexico. The scheduled launch date is October 2019 aboard a Falcon 9 rocket as part of a NanoRacks payload. He has also been the recipient of numerous awards including NASA Service Awards (2002, 2003), Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory “Outstanding Engineer Award” (2001), Upward Bound National TRIO Achiever Award (2001), U.S. Department of Energy “Outstanding Performance Commendation” (2000), Society of Mexican American Engineers and Scientists (MAES) “Medalla de Oro” recipient for professional and community contributions (1999), Hispanic Engineer National Achievement Award, “Outstanding Technical Contribution” (1995). Finally, José has been awarded 7 honorary doctorate degrees including his alma mater, University of the Pacific.

Show Sponsor:  www.LaShamanaFaby.com Mario Andretti - Race Car Legend Not many have driven a race car better than Mario Andretti. He could make a bad car competitive and a competitive car victorious. He won the Indianapolis 500, the Daytona 500, the Formula One World Championship and the Pikes Peak Hillclimb. He won the Indy Car National Championship four times and was a three-time winner at Sebring. He won races in sports cars, sprint cars, and stock cars - on ovals, road courses, drag strips, on dirt and on pavement. He won at virtually every level of motorsports since he arrived in America from his native Italy at age 15. He is a racing icon, considered by many to be the greatest race car driver in the history of the sport. Assessing his legacy is easy...he drove the careers of three men. He drove with a passion and joy that few have equaled - and he won. Mario Andretti took the checkered flag 111 times during his career - a career that stretched five decades. And he was competitive all of those years: He was named Driver of the Year in three different decades (the 60s, 70s, 80s), Driver of the Quarter Century (in the 90s) and the Associated Press named him Driver of the Century in January, 2000. The admiration for Andretti has been for his achievements on the race track. He is in the very elite, top-superstar category of his game. Yet, if you look at his whole life, he has seen the world that most people will never see. And the journey he has made is what made him a very rich man.

Part 2  A revealing interview with Rusty's mother about the challenges and adventures raising him and living with (and sometimes losing) endangered and venomous wildlife in her house. 

A revealing interview with Rusty's mother about the challenges and adventures raising him and living with (and sometimes losing) endangered and venomous wildlife in her house. 

Fear of the Unknown - Logical or No?

Lessons we can NEVER afford to forget.

Journey with Rusty on one of his falconry hunts with his Peregrine falcon Frightful.  The fastest species of animal in the world diving at speeds up to 242 Mph.

1,000 White Tigers in my Hand is about Rusty assisting with a white tiger autopsy as well as his account on a developing science that could be the savior of endangered species.

Accounts Rusty first time at 7 years old sneaking beached ocean life home in his tote bag and also sheds light on guilty corporate and private polluters and how our quality of life will seize to exist without aggressively protecting our waters. 

Rated one of the most dangerous volcanoes in the world, Rusty Johnson faces off with the active volcano while trying to save a species of bird being decimated by the volcanic destruction. And  somehow he finds himself knocking on Paul McCartney's front door.

Me and My Condor is about Rusty's adventure hand raising his Andean condor for 25 years. The largest species of raptor in the world and 1 of only 10 condors privately possessed in the US.

My Feathered Wildcat is about Rusty's 23 year relationship with one of the largest species of owl in the world.  Rusty switched his egg with a chicken egg for the parents to hatch, while he incubated and hatched out "Big Owl Capone" in his shirt pocket. They conducted over 3,000 presentations together throughout the US.

Ep 16 - La Shamana After Rusty's returns from the Amazon he discovers that an insect had laid eggs in his finger and they began hatching.  After 7 US doctor consultations yielding no cure, he must return to the Amazon for La Shamana to heal him.

After a taxi hijacking and attempted mugging at 2am in the Amazon's most dangerous district, Rusty continues to fight his way out with the help of an unusual furry friend.

Gringo Guide to Traveling the Peruvian Amazon"Things you can't GOOGLE"Part 4 In this 4 part series Amazon jungle guide Rusty Johnson explains his secrets, in and outs, and travel hacks he has learned while traveling the Peruvian Amazon for over 20 years. A must listen for ANYONE who wants to visit the Amazon Rainforest. He also has many great tips for any international traveler. www.GringoGoneWild.com

Gringo Guide to Traveling the Peruvian Amazon"Things you can't GOOGLE"Part 3 In this 4 part series Amazon jungle guide Rusty Johnson explains his secrets, in and outs, and travel hacks he has learned while traveling the Peruvian Amazon for over 20 years. A must listen for ANYONE who wants to visit the Amazon Rainforest. He also has many great tips for any international traveler. www.GringoGoneWild.com

Gringo Guide to Traveling the Peruvian Amazon"Things you can't GOOGLE"Part 2 In this 4 part series Amazon jungle guide Rusty Johnson explains his secrets, in and outs, and travel hacks he has learned while traveling the Peruvian Amazon for over 20 years. A must listen for ANYONE who wants to visit the Amazon Rainforest. He also has many great tips for any international traveler. www.GringoGoneWild.com

Gringo Guide to Traveling the Peruvian Amazon. "Things you can't GOOGLE." Part 1 In this 4 part series Amazon jungle guide Rusty Johnson explains his secrets, in and outs, and travel hacks he has learned while traveling the Peruvian Amazon for over 20 years. A must listen for ANYONE who wants to visit the Amazon Rainforest. He also has many great tips for any international traveler. www.GringoGoneWild.com

Ayahuasca and My Spirit Guide. Part 3 This three part series is about a deadly encounter Rusty had with a Bushmaster Viper (largest species of viper in the world) and their intense face to face meeting the following day in the spirit world with Ayahuasca. *some explicit language