No Ordinary Monday

By Chris Baron

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Episodes: 42

Description

The No Ordinary Monday podcast brings you the most incredible tales from people's working lives. Each week, we meet someone whose work is anything but ordinary - they may be clearing landmines, blowing up movie sets, or exploring uncharted caves. 

We dive into the how, the why, and a life-defining moment they’ve experienced on the job. Whether it’s spine-tingling, hilarious, or just plain jaw-dropping, their stories will challenge what you thought a “career” could be—and maybe even change the way you think about your own.


Episode Date
Surviving Afghanistan and Other War Zone Stories (Foreign News Correspondent) - PART TWO
May 03, 2026
Mooning Islamic State and Other War Zone Stories (Foreign News Correspondent) - PART ONE
Apr 27, 2026
How to Recruit a Spy (FBI Counterintelligence Agent)
Apr 20, 2026
Damien Mander: From Warzones to Wildlife (Former Soldier & Anti-Poaching Activist)
Apr 13, 2026
Briana Evigan: From Hollywood to Zimbabwe (Actress & Conservationist)
Apr 06, 2026
Designing an Impossible Ride (Roller Coaster Designer)
Mar 30, 2026
Armed Boarding In The Red Sea (Photographer & Producer)
Mar 23, 2026
Making War Zones Safe Again (Bomb Disposal Expert)
Mar 16, 2026
What People Get Wrong About Burlesque (Burlesque Performer)
Mar 09, 2026
The White Island Recovery Operation (Volcanologist) - PART TWO
Mar 02, 2026
The White Island Recovery Operation (Volcanologist) - PART ONE
Feb 23, 2026
Mind-Reading Book Test (Magician) BONUS EP
Feb 19, 2026
Beyond the Illusion (Magician)
Feb 16, 2026
From Drift to Direction (Career Coach)
Feb 09, 2026
Surviving an Erupting Volcano (Expedition Leader)
Feb 02, 2026
What Facing Death Taught Me About Living (Death Doula)
Jan 26, 2026
A Bush Pilot’s Worst Flight Over Papua
Jan 19, 2026
Trapped in a Flooded Hospital in South Sudan (MSF Doctor)
Jan 12, 2026
CIA Counter-Terrorism Analyst: The 3 Most Dangerous Places in the World to Backpack (and How to Get In)…with Brent Giannotta (BACKPACKING & BLISTERS PODCAST)
Dec 29, 2025
Drilling Into Antarctica's Frozen Past (Polar Scientist)
Dec 22, 2025
The Psychology Of Dark Tourism
Dec 15, 2025
Adventures of a Modern Maestro (Orchestra Conductor)
Dec 08, 2025
(BONUS) Two Truths and a Lie… With a Secret Service Agent
Dec 04, 2025
The Secret Service Playbook (U.S. Secret Service Agent)
Dec 01, 2025
The Road of Life, and Death (Humanitarian)
Nov 24, 2025
Braking Point (F1 Engineer)
Nov 17, 2025
Heart of the Wild (Conservationist)
Nov 10, 2025
The Ghost Interview (Parapsychologist)
Nov 03, 2025
Crash Landing in the Pacific (Pilot) - Part Two
Oct 27, 2025
Crash Landing in the Pacific (Pilot) - Part One
Oct 20, 2025
Taking On a $16 Million Lottery Scam (CEO)
Oct 13, 2025
Flames, Flow and Fallout (Firefighter-Paramedic)
Oct 06, 2025
36 Hours Trapped in an Arctic Storm (Polar Explorer)
Sep 29, 2025
The Art of Controlled Disaster (Special Effects Artist)
Sep 22, 2025
Surviving a Deadly Underground Flood (Cave Microbiologist)
Sep 15, 2025
Shooting in a War Zone (Conflict Cinematographer)
Sep 08, 2025
First on the Scene at a Plane Crash (Trauma Nurse) - Part Two
Sep 01, 2025
First on the Scene at a Plane Crash (Trauma Nurse) - Part One
Aug 25, 2025
Mars, Lasers, and the Search for Alien Life (Planetary Scientist)
Aug 17, 2025
Filming the Impossible (Adventure Filmmaker)
Aug 17, 2025
Studying Death, For a Living (Anthropologist)
Aug 17, 2025
No Ordinary Monday Trailer
Aug 04, 2025