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Robert Massey on Travel and Adventure Photography

In this episode, we are beyond excited to welcome Robert Massey from Robert Massey Photography and the Travel and Adventure School Photography Podcast to the show! Robert is an outdoor adventurer and professional travel photographer, and he joined us for an amazing conversation about adventure photography, exploring outside, and more!
Check out Robert's personal Instagram account as well as the Instagram account for his podcast! Both are excellent sources of inspiration for your own adventure photography.
Be sure to visit the official website for Robert Massey Photography at https://www.robertmasseyphotography.ca/ where you can learn more about Robert's adventure portraiture business, purchase amazing photographic prints, and listen to the latest episodes of the Travel and Adventure Photography School Podcast!
We've got a new monthly challenge! This month, visit your favorite local spot, take a photo, and send it to us via email or share it with the hashtag #attemptadventure. At the end of the month, our three favorite entries will get a cool Attempt Adventure sticker.
Find us on Instagram, Facebook, YouTube, or on our official website, AttemptAdventure.com!
You can always email us at hello@attemptadventure.com. Hit us up to suggest an episode topic, or to be a guest on the show if you've had an amazing adventure of your own. We look forward to hearing from you!

Kellie Paxian on Solo Adventure Travel, Being a Digital Nomad, and Going on Safari in South Africa

In this very special episode of the Attempt Adventure Podcast, Michael sits down for a chat with world traveler, digital nomad, and adventure entrepreneur Kellie Paxian. Kellie is calling from Cape Town to talk about her adventures around the world, building a brand, and going on safari in Kruger National Park. We also get the worldwide scoop on Kellie's next big adventure!
Check out Kellie's websites https://kelliepaxian.com/ and https://www.adventurelust.travel/, and follow her awesome Instagram @kelliepaxian! If you feel inspired and motivated after listening to the interview, we highly recommend Kellie's fantastic content creation course. https://www.adventurelust.travel/create 
Also, James reports on his attempt at making Russian food, and Michael has to take the show's second penalty.
In this week's Adventures in the News segment, we catch up on the "deep time experiment" and the researchers who spent more than a month voluntarily locked in a French cave.
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/apr/25/deep-time-team-ends-40-days-underground-in-french-cave 
We've got a new monthly challenge! This month, visit your favorite local spot, take a photo, and send it to us via email or share it with the hashtag #attemptadventure. At the end of the month, our three favorite entries will get a cool Attempt Adventure sticker.
Find us on Instagram, Facebook, Youtube, or on our official website, AttemptAdventure.com!
You can always email us at hello@attemptadventure.com. Hit us up to suggest an episode topic, or to be a guest on the show if you've had an amazing adventure of your own. We look forward to hearing from you!

Content Creation and the World’s Best Food

In this episode of the Attempt Adventure podcast, hosts James Barrett and Michael Desrosiers talk about content creation. It's something that many, if not most, people in the travel and travel-adjacent industry are involved with in one way or another. It's a challenge for us, and learning the ropes really has been an adventure.
In this week's Adventures in the News segment, Michael shares an article by CNN ranking the world's best foods, and the hosts continue their conversation about food and travel from last week. James and Michael share their opinion about Hawaiian pizza, debate the proper ranking of corn and corn-based snacks, and touch on various Thai regional dishes.
https://edition.cnn.com/travel/article/world-best-food-dishes/index.html
Don't forget to participate in the very first Attempt Adventure monthly challenge: coffee outside. Make a cup of coffee outside, take a photo, and send it to us via email or share it with the hashtag #attemptadventure. At the end of the month, our three favorite entries will get a cool Attempt Adventure sticker! It's the final week to get your entries in, so get on it, folks!
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Adventures in Food

In this episode of the Attempt Adventure podcast, hosts James Barrett and Michael Desrosiers talk about food and travel. James feels a little bit embarrassed about his new hobby, and Michael visits a new museum and has a 3am crisis related to the Munsters.
Don't forget to participate in the very first Attempt Adventure monthly challenge: coffee outside. Make a cup of coffee outside, take a photo, and send it to us via email or share it with the hashtag #attemptadventure. At the end of the month, our three favorite entries will get a cool Attempt Adventure sticker!
In this week's Adventures in the News segment, James shares an article about a small team of people going through a "deep time" experiment in a French cave for 40 days.
https://allthatsinteresting.com/deep-time-experiment
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You can always email us at hello@attemptadventure.com. We look forward to hearing from you!

When Adventures Go Wrong: Making the Most of Failed Adventures

In this episode of the Attempt Adventure podcast, hosts James Barrett and Michael Desrosiers talk about how to make the most of an adventure when things go wrong and what you can learn from failure. Each host shares some of their own failed adventures from tiny elevators and weirdly empty towns to forest fires, airport Tupperware wine, and snatched passports. 
Don't forget to participate in the very first Attempt Adventure monthly challenge: coffee outside. Make a cup of coffee outside, take a photo, and send it to us via email or share it with the hashtag #attemptadventure. At the end of the month, our three favorite entries will get a cool Attempt Adventure sticker!
In this week's Adventures in the News segment, Michael shares an article that has been in the news in Thailand recently about some tourists behaving badly. Let this be a cautionary tale of how to behave while on an adventure!
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You can always email us at hello@attemptadventure.com. We look forward to hearing from you!

Being a Tourist in Your Own City

In this episode of the Attempt Adventure podcast, hosts James Barrett and Michael Desrosiers talk about being a tourist in your own city, the self-imposed and cultural hang-ups of acting like a tourist, and how to find cool things to do even when you think your hometown is a little boring.
Don't forget to participate in the very first Attempt Adventure monthly challenge: coffee outside. Make a cup of coffee outside, take a photo, and send it to us via email or share it with the hashtag #attemptadventure. At the end of the month, our three favorite entries will get a cool Attempt Adventure sticker!
In this week's Adventures in the News segment, James shares an article that he found about five families who are spending the pandemic sailing around the world, and the guys aren't sure how they feel about it. Cool experience? Irresponsible travel during COVID-19? Just a bunch of rich people spending their money? What do you think about this? Let us know!
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You can always email us at hello@attemptadventure.com. We look forward to hearing from you!

Cultural Adventures in Israel with Kyle Desrosiers

In this episode of the Attempt Adventure podcast, Michael interviews a very special guest: his younger brother Kyle Desrosiers.
Kyle is a world traveler and adventurer, and is currently living and studying abroad in Tel Aviv, Israel. Over a bottle of Israeli craft beer, Michael and Kyle share a conversation about cultural adventures, celebrating holidays and festivals in Israel, and adventuring in a safe and responsible way during the ongoing global COVID-19 pandemic.
Don't forget to participate in the very first Attempt Adventure monthly challenge: coffee outside. Make a cup of coffee outside, take a photo, and send it to us via email or share it with the hashtag #attemptadventure. At the end of the month, our three favorite entries will get a cool Attempt Adventure sticker!
In this week's Adventures in the News segment, Michael shares an article about the very odd controversy surrounding the actual height of Mount Everest, and the guys discuss whether or not they would ever like to summit the world's tallest mountain.
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You can email us at hello@attemptadventure.com.

Solo Adventures: Traveling Alone

In this episode of the Attempt Adventure podcast, hosts James Barrett and Michael Desrosiers discuss solo adventures, sharing stories of their own solo travels along with tips and suggestions for staying safe and making the most of an adventure when traveling by yourself.
Don't forget to participate in the very first Attempt Adventure monthly challenge: coffee outside. Make a cup of coffee outside, take a photo, and send it to us via email or share it with the hashtag #attemptadventure. At the end of the month, our three favorite entries will get a cool Attempt Adventure sticker!
In this week's Adventures in the News segment, James shares news about the newest national park in the United States, and the guys discuss their thoughts about West Virginia, John Denver, and state naming conventions.
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You can email us at hello@attemptadventure.com.