Naturally Adventurous
By Ken Behrens & Charley Hesse
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Episodes: 190
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Charley Hesse and Ken Behrens have travelled all over the globe, and accumulated a lifetime worth of adventure stories, in pursuit of wild places and wild creatures. Both are lifelong birding and natural history fanatics, and professional guides. Charley was born in the UK, but has spent his life living in Japan, Ecuador, South Africa, and now Thailand. Ken was born in the US, and has lived in South Africa and Madagascar for the last decade plus.
Contact Ken and Charley: ken.behrens@gmail.com and cfchesse@gmail.com
Photo Galleries: https://www.ken-behrens.com/naturally-adventurous-podcast
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S4E40: Belize with Andres Vasquez
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May 05, 2024 |
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S4E39: Senegal with Julian Hough (Part 2)
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Apr 28, 2024 |
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S4E38: Senegal with Julian Hough (Part 1)
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Apr 21, 2024 |
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S4E37: Baja's top "birds": Whale Shark and Gray Whale!
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Apr 14, 2024 |
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S4E36: Yucatan with Ken & Charley
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Apr 07, 2024 |
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S4E35: Charley's top birds from the birthplace of Karate
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Mar 31, 2024 |
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S4E34: "The Cartels are your Friend!" Ken in West Mexico
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Mar 24, 2024 |
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S4E33: Charley's Top 5 Mammals - Japan
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Mar 17, 2024 |
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S4E32: Zac Babbit Returns - Florida (Herp) Man Speaks!
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Mar 10, 2024 |
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S4E31: California with Ken & Charley
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Mar 03, 2024 |
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S4E30: Birding vs bird photography with Ben Knoot
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Feb 25, 2024 |
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S4E29: Mauritius with Charley & Ken
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Feb 18, 2024 |
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S4E28: Thermal Imaging Devices as a Natural History Game-Changer
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Feb 11, 2024 |
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S4E27: One of the most dangerous countries in the W Hemisphere?!
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Feb 04, 2024 |
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S4E26: Dorian's Bicycle Big Year (Part 2)
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Jan 28, 2024 |
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S4E25: Dorian's Bicycle Big Year (Part 1)
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Jan 21, 2024 |
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S4E24: Charley's Thailand Top 5
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Jan 14, 2024 |
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S4E23: Ken's Costa Rica Top 10 (part 2)
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Jan 07, 2024 |
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S4E22: Ken & Charley's year in review.
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Dec 31, 2023 |
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S4E21: Ken's Costa Rica Top 10 (part 1)
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Dec 24, 2023 |
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S4E20: Costa Rica with Ken & Charley
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Dec 17, 2023 |
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S4E19: Manu adventure with Charley (Chasing Feathers compilation)
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Dec 10, 2023 |
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S4E18: Snorkelling in Thailand with Ronell Mostert
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Dec 03, 2023 |
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S4E17: Guatemala with Daniel Aldana
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Nov 26, 2023 |
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S4E16: Charley on the CNX podcast
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Nov 19, 2023 |
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S4E14: Taiwan chat with Ken & Charley.
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Nov 12, 2023 |
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S4E15: Herping in Madagascar with Zac Babbit
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Nov 12, 2023 |
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S4E13: Shark adventures with Ronell Mostert
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Oct 28, 2023 |
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S4E12: Kazakhstan & Uzbekistan with Keith Barnes
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Oct 22, 2023 |
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S4E09: Evolution of birding with Gunnar Engblom
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Oct 21, 2023 |
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S4E11: Air travel (part 1) with Charley & Ken
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Oct 15, 2023 |
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S4E10: Darting Brown Bears in Pakistan with Richard Burroughs
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Oct 08, 2023 |
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S4E08: Peru adventures with Gunnar Engblom
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Sep 24, 2023 |
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S4E07: South Africa family trip with Julian Hough
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Sep 17, 2023 |
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S4E06: Newfoundland with Ken & Charley
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Sep 10, 2023 |
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S4E05: Fiji with Charley & Ken
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Sep 03, 2023 |
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S4E04: Uganda with Prossy
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Aug 26, 2023 |
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S4E03: Discovering a new bird species in Colombia with Peter Kaestner
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Aug 20, 2023 |
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S4E02: Borneo with Adrian Loong
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Aug 13, 2023 |
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S4E01: Writing books with Charley & Ken
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Aug 06, 2023 |
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S3E50: Paraguay with Angus Pritchard
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Jul 16, 2023 |
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S3E49: Big year and beyond with Tiffany Kersten
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Jul 09, 2023 |
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S3E48: Mammal Watching with Charles Foley & Jon Hall
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Jul 02, 2023 |
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S3E47: Ken interviews Alison Világ - Part 2: (Nearly) Marooned on a Superior Island
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Jun 25, 2023 |
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S3E46: Ken interviews Alison Világ - Part 1: "So Cold That It Hurts!"
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Jun 18, 2023 |
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S3E45: The Philippines with Ken & Charley
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Jun 11, 2023 |
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S3E44: Charley's Top 5 South Indian bird sightings
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Jun 04, 2023 |
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S3E43: India with Ken & Charley
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May 28, 2023 |
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S3E42: Cambodia highlights with Ken & Charley
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May 21, 2023 |
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S3E41: Cambodia with Ken & Charley (Whatsapp episode)
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May 14, 2023 |
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S3E40: Wildlife conservation in India with Pravin Shanmughanandam.
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May 07, 2023 |
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S3E39: Indonesia with Aidan Place. Searching for lost and new species.
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Apr 30, 2023 |
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S3E38: Congo Peacock adventure with Sam Jones
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Apr 23, 2023 |
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S3E37: Dominican Republic with Nick Bonomo
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Apr 15, 2023 |
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S3E36: A day in the life of Charley & Ken
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Apr 09, 2023 |
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S3E35: Travelling Japanese-style with Mikiko Hashiba
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Apr 02, 2023 |
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S3E34: Pumas in Chile with Charley & Ken
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Mar 26, 2023 |
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S3E33: Masked Finfoot & Big Year highlights with Phil Chaon
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Mar 19, 2023 |
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S3E32: Charley's Hokkaido Highlights
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Mar 12, 2023 |
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S3E31: Japan Freeform with Charley & Ken
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Mar 05, 2023 |
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S3E30: Cyprus with Stavros Chrystodoulides
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Feb 26, 2023 |
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S3E29: Taste of Sulawesi
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Feb 19, 2023 |
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S3E28: West Papua
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Feb 12, 2023 |
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S3E27: Ken's Argentina trip top 11 birds (5 to 1)
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Feb 05, 2023 |
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S3E26: Ken's Argentina trip top 11 birds (11 to 6)
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Jan 29, 2023 |
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S3E25: Argentina Intro
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Jan 22, 2023 |
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S3E24: Falkland Islands with Charley & Ken
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Jan 15, 2023 |
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S3E23: First day in Chile with Charley
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Jan 08, 2023 |
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S3E22: Further Central Peruvian adventures with Ben Lucking
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Jan 01, 2023 |
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S3E21: Central Peru with Ben Lucking
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Dec 25, 2022 |
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S3E20: Sketching adventures with Christine Elder
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Dec 18, 2022 |
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S3E19: Nature sketching with Christine Elder
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Dec 11, 2022 |
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S2E18: Natural Sound Recording
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Dec 04, 2022 |
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S3E17: Australia highlights with Charley & Jerry Conolly
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Nov 27, 2022 |
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S3E16: Australia chat with Charley Hesse & Jerry Connolly
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Nov 20, 2022 |
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S3E15: Forest Jarvis top Philippine birding adventures
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Nov 14, 2022 |
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S3E14: Ken chats with Forest Jarvis about the Philippines
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Nov 06, 2022 |
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S3E13: Julian's Driving Stories
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Oct 30, 2022 |
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S3E12: Italy chat with Charley & Ken
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Oct 23, 2022 |
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S2E11: The Sultanate of Oman
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Oct 15, 2022 |
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S3E10: Language learning
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Oct 09, 2022 |
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S3E9: Language in South Africa
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Oct 02, 2022 |
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S2E8: Top 3 South Africa Tour Highlights
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Sep 25, 2022 |
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S3E7: Jerry Connolly Interview - Part 2
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Sep 18, 2022 |
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S3E6: Jerry Connolly Interview - Part 1
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Sep 11, 2022 |
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S3E5: African Safari
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Sep 04, 2022 |
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S3E4: Family life of a guide
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Aug 28, 2022 |
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S3E3: Disasters on tours
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Aug 21, 2022 |
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S3E2: North American Bird Migration
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Aug 14, 2022 |
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S3E1: Driving
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Aug 07, 2022 |
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S2E50: Borneo birds - Ken's top 5
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Jul 24, 2022 |
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S2E49: Malaysia - Crossroads of Sundaland
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Jul 17, 2022 |
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S2E48: European Habitats - Dale Forbes's Top 5 & Bottom 1
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Jul 10, 2022 |
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S2E47: Australasian Habitats - Iain Campbell's Top 5 & Bottom 1
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Jul 03, 2022 |
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S2E46: Neotropical Habitats - Andres Vasquez's Top 5 Bottom 1
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Jun 26, 2022 |
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S2E45: Afrotropical Habitats - Ken's Top 5 Bottom 1
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Jun 19, 2022 |
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S2E44: Nearctic Habitats - Phil Chaon's Top 5 Bottom 1
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Jun 12, 2022 |
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S2E43: Indo-Malaya Habitats - Charley's Top 5
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Jun 05, 2022 |
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S2E42: Texas
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May 29, 2022 |
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S2E41: Enigmatic Wildlife Tours with Keith Barnes
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May 22, 2022 |
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S2E40: Ghana highlights with Charley & Ken
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May 15, 2022 |
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S2E39: Ghana conservation with Mark Williams.
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May 08, 2022 |
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S2E38: Costa Rica with Ken & Charley
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May 01, 2022 |
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S2E37: El Salvador with Mollee Brown
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Apr 24, 2022 |
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S2E36: Israel with Ken and Charley (Part II)
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Apr 17, 2022 |
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S2E35: Israel with Ken and Charley
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Apr 10, 2022 |
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S2E34: Charley in California with Julian Hough
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Apr 03, 2022 |
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S2E33: Malawi Microcosm - a chat with Dzalanyama manager Frackson Kachiwawa
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Mar 27, 2022 |
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S2E32: Ecotourism in Ecuador with Graciela Erazo & Keith Barnes
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Mar 20, 2022 |
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S2E31: Charley and Ken Seychelles chat
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Mar 13, 2022 |
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S2E30: Hannah & Erik Go Birding in South Africa
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Mar 06, 2022 |
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S2E29: Charley's Top 5 birds from N Colombia
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Feb 27, 2022 |
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S2E28: Colombian Frontiers, an interview with Diego Calderon
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Feb 20, 2022 |
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S2E27: South(west) Pacific, an interview with Peter Kaestner - Part 2
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Feb 13, 2022 |
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S2E26: South(west) Pacific, an interview with Peter Kaestner - Part 1
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Feb 06, 2022 |
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S2E25: Oceania with Lisle Gwynn
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Jan 30, 2022 |
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S2E24: Herping with Kevin Hutcheson. Gators, haunted houses & fairies!?
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Jan 23, 2022 |
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S2E23: Travel safety
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Jan 14, 2022 |
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S2E22: Top Namibian birds with Charley & Ken
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Jan 07, 2022 |
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S2E21: Red-breasted Nuthatch madness, a.k.a. the Woodstock of birding. Ken chats with Julian Hough about birding culture (Part 2)
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Jan 03, 2022 |
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S2E20: Stringing, Twitching, and Getting Gripped! Ken chats with Julian Hough about birding culture (Part 1)
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Dec 27, 2021 |
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S2E19: Namibia highlights & SNAKES!!!
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Dec 17, 2021 |
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S2E18: Namibia mini-episode
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Dec 10, 2021 |
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S2E17: Ken's Top 5 Adventures in Mozambique and Malawi
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Dec 03, 2021 |
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S2E16: Further Mozambique & eSwatini (Swaziland) adventures with Ken Behrens
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Nov 26, 2021 |
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S2E15: Mozambique & Malawi adventures with Ken Behrens
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Nov 19, 2021 |
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S2E14: Night drives in South Africa with Jonnyboy September
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Nov 12, 2021 |
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S2E13: Overlanding Africa with Meliisa & Ross Gallardy
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Nov 05, 2021 |
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S2E12: South Africa tour highlights with Ken Behrens
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Oct 29, 2021 |
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S2E11: Bolivia multi-day trek and the death road with Joshua Covill
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Oct 22, 2021 |
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S2E10: Angola Top 5 wildlife experiences with Ken Behrens
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Oct 15, 2021 |
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Season 2 Episode 9: Alvaro Jaramillo & George Armistead
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Oct 08, 2021 |
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Season 2 Episode 8: Ken driving across South Africa
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Oct 06, 2021 |
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Season 2 Episode 7: Birding Angola with Noam Shany
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Sep 24, 2021 |
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Season 2 Episode 6: Julian Hough in Colombia
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Sep 17, 2021 |
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Season 2 Episode 5: Ken's journey to Angola
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Sep 10, 2021 |
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Season 2 Episode 4: Mini-podcast. Charley's hiking adventure in Chiang Mai
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Sep 03, 2021 |
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Season 2 Episode 3: Top multi-day hikes to see wildlife (Part 2)
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Aug 27, 2021 |
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Season 2 Episode 2: Top multi-day hikes to see wildlife (Part 1)
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Aug 20, 2021 |
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Season 2 Episode 1: Introducing the new theme music
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Aug 13, 2021 |
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Episode 50: Birdie Big Year: Elevating Women Birders with Tiffany Kersten
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Jul 30, 2021 |
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Epidode 49: Ken's Adventure on Montagne des Français, and an interview with Aubin Andriajaona
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Jul 23, 2021 |
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Episode 48: African Wild Dog adventures with Tarik Bodasing
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Jul 16, 2021 |
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Episode 47: Ken and Charley's Favorite Wildlife Destinations... for Food: Part 3
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Jul 09, 2021 |
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Episode 46: Elephant adventures with Tarik Bodasing
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Jul 02, 2021 |
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Episode 45: Ken and Charley's Favorite Wildlife Destinations... for Food: Part 2
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Jun 25, 2021 |
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Episode 44: Adventures in African Conservation with Tarik Bodasing
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Jun 18, 2021 |
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Episode 43: Ken and Charley's Favorite Wildlife Destinations... for Food: Part 1
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Jun 11, 2021 |
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Episode 42: Birding adventures in Ecuador with Andrés Vásquez
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Jun 04, 2021 |
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Episode 41: Guiding in the times of Corona with Andrés Vásquez
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May 28, 2021 |
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Episode 40: Charley & Ken welcome Tony Croasdale to the show.
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May 21, 2021 |
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Episode 39: Six Great Natural Spectacles
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May 14, 2021 |
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Episode 38: Reforestation in Madagascar and forests of southern Thailand
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May 07, 2021 |
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Episode 37: Regional Focus on Southern Thailand
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Apr 30, 2021 |
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Episode 36: Charley & Ken talk about small islands
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Apr 23, 2021 |
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Episode 35: Charley interviews Ken , "Ask Me Anything" episode!
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Apr 16, 2021 |
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Episode 34: Ken interviews Charley, "Ask Me Anything" episode!
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Apr 09, 2021 |
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Episode 33: Charley & Ken welcome Julian Hough back to the show.
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Apr 02, 2021 |
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Episode 32: Charley & Ken welcome Julian Hough back to the show.
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Mar 26, 2021 |
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Episode 31: Charley & Ken welcome Julian Hough to the show.
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Mar 19, 2021 |
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Episode 30: Adventure Close to Home
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Mar 12, 2021 |
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Episode 29: Charley & Ken welcome Adam Cruickshank to the show.
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Mar 07, 2021 |
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Episode 28: Ken and Charley's #1 Lifetime Mammal Sightings
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Feb 26, 2021 |
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Episode 27: Ken & Charley welcome Nate Swick to the show
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Feb 20, 2021 |
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Episode 26: Ken's Top 10 Lifetime Mammals, numbers 2-4
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Feb 12, 2021 |
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Episode 25: Charley's Top 10 Lifetime Mammals, numbers 3 and 2
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Feb 05, 2021 |
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Episode 24: Ken's Top 10 Lifetime Mammals, numbers 6 and 5
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Jan 29, 2021 |
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Episode 23: Interview with Emile Rajeriarison, from Ranomafana, Madagascar
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Jan 25, 2021 |
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Episode 22: Adventures in Madagascar & Thailand
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Jan 15, 2021 |
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Episode 21: Charley's Top 10 Lifetime Mammals - numbers 4-5
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Jan 01, 2021 |
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Episode 20: Ken's rugged northern Madagascar adventure with Linjo (Part 2)
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Dec 25, 2020 |
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Episode 19: Charley's Thailand travels and Ken's rugged northern Madagascar adventure with Linjo
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Dec 16, 2020 |
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Episode 18: Ken's Top 10 Lifetime Mammals - numbers 7-8
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Nov 27, 2020 |
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Episode 17: Northern Thai National Parks
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Nov 20, 2020 |
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Episode 16: Ken's Top 10 Lifetime Mammals - numbers 9-10
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Nov 13, 2020 |
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Episode 15. Charley's Top 10 lifetime mammals (Number 6-7).
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Nov 06, 2020 |
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Episode 14: Freestyle - Ken's epic Madagascar family trip, and festival time in Thailand
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Nov 04, 2020 |
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Episode 13: Freestyle - adventures in Chiang Mai and Northern Madagascar
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Oct 16, 2020 |
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Episode 12: Charley's Top 10 Lifetime Mammals - numbers 8-10
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Oct 09, 2020 |
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Episode 11: A Chat with Phil Chaon
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Oct 02, 2020 |
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Episode 10: Life in Madagascar.
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Sep 25, 2020 |
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Episode 9: Life in Thailand
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Sep 18, 2020 |
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Episode 8: Charley & Ken welcome Keith Barnes to the show.
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Sep 10, 2020 |
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Episode 7: Ken's 1-3 top lifetime birds
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Sep 04, 2020 |
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Episode 6: Charley's Top 10 lifetime birding experiences - number 1-3
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Aug 28, 2020 |
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Episode 5: Moving to Africa
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Aug 20, 2020 |
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Episode 4: Ken's Top 10 Lifetime Birds - numbers 4-5
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Aug 14, 2020 |
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Episode 3: Charley's Top 10 Lifetime Birds - numbers 4-5
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Aug 05, 2020 |
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Episode 2: Ken's Top 10 Lifetime Birds - numbers 6-10
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Jul 31, 2020 |
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Episode 1: Charley's Top 10 Lifetime Birds - numbers 6-10
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Jul 27, 2020 |