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Under The Skin with Russell Brand

#158 Survival On The Edge Of Armageddon (with Ed Stafford)

Under The Skin with Russell Brand

Russell Brand

Comedy Interviews, Society & Culture, Health & Fitness, Comedy

4.815.2K Ratings

🗓️ 7 November 2020

⏱️ 16 minutes

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Summary

This week is the return of survivalist Ed Stafford! Ed is a survivor in every sense. This is great podcast on how to cope in an extreme world! We discussed everything from the effect the pandemic has had on us mentally, some solutions Ed has found it terms of honing our bushcraft skills and interacting with the natural world in order to feel connected. Ed reveals what life in the military was like and we open up on how crippling loneliness can be, not just during these Covid-times, but in our lives in general. What is it we really need, to live meaningfully and happily? More Info: Ed’s podcast, “Dangerous Minds with Ed Stafford” is available wherever you get your podcasts and his online bushcraft courses can be found at bushcraft.academy/online-courses Twitter: @Ed_Stafford Instagram: @ed_stafford

Transcript

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0:00.0

Hello, Russell Brand here. I'm excited to share some of my conversation with Ed Stafford.

0:03.8

Ed Stafford is nationally renowned, explore and survival expert, yeah, who holds the Guinness World Record

0:09.6

for being the first person to walk the length of the Amazon River. That's a proper record,

0:14.9

not a silly one, like being those twins in check trousers on a pair of motorbikes for being

0:18.8

tubby. Remember those guys? Why don't you know anything about Guinness World Record?

0:22.4

Why, Robert Warblow. Yeah, we all got that. I don't have a good memory.

0:25.6

You're Irish. You've some other thing there is to know about Guinness.

0:28.5

The whole past is in the past. This is a lump. The past is in the past is a lump.

0:35.2

Where's the future in a circle in your mind, isn't it? Because you've got synesthesia.

0:40.4

The past is in the past in a lump. The future is in a circle. Is that what you're saying?

0:46.3

Well, look, well, this is, you know, this is the public feed to encourage people to listen to

0:50.2

luminary. I've done a good podcast with Ed Stafford, a survivor, a man who goes into situations and

0:55.5

survives, walks the Amazon, stranded alone, naked on an island for six months,

0:59.7

survives, brings a sort of a spiritual component to survival. And you are saying that the past is

1:06.2

a lump. Well, he said twins and motorbikes. Well, I say stuff. Now, what?

1:12.0

Why don't we put on that bit? Yeah, I like that bit where he talks about being stripped of

1:15.8

relationship and how that sort of robbed him of a vital component of his nature. That's a lovely

1:20.6

path to this podcast with Ed Stafford. Now, listen, you can get a subscription to luminary for his

1:25.0

little $2.99 a month with their annual plan plus a seven day free trial to get started. Visit

1:30.0

luminarypodcast.com to start your free trial. And remember, luminary will soon be available

1:35.6

in the Nordic Territories Finland Sweden Denmark Norway. So luminary is coming to you. This is a

1:42.0

podcast of which I'm very, very proud. It's worth the small monetary payment to be off the grid

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