#164 - Strange Ancient Discoveries are Being Made in the Amazon Rainforest | Paul Rosolie

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Society & Culture, Documentary, Comedy

4.4 • 777 Ratings

🗓️ 6 December 2022

⏱️ 171 minutes

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Paul Rosolie is a conservationist, explorer, author, filmmaker, and “real-life Tarzan.” For much of the past 17 years, Paul has lived deep in the Amazon rainforest protecting endangered species and trees from poachers, loggers, and the foreign nations funding them. EPISODE LINKS JungleKeepers: https://www.junglekeepers.com Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/paulrosolie JOIN OUR KULT: https://bit.ly/koncretepatreon Danny https://www.instagram.com/jonesdanny https://twitter.com/jonesdanny Outline 0:00 - Introduction 0:52 - Moving to the Amazon rainforest 3:00 - How the jungles changes you 7:10 - Snakes 20:23 - Getting eaten by an Anaconda 32:53 - Why the Amazon jungle is dying 46:08 - Economics of the rainforest 55:24 - Rogue gold mining operations 59:26 - Piranha 1:06:30 - Uncontacted tribes 1:27:07 - How the Amazon river was formed 1:34:53 - Ancient civilizations 1:44:17 - Pyramids in the Amazon 1:49:44 - Hunter / gatherer chemistry 2:00:37 - Violence & murder 2:13:55 - Human nature & desperation 2:17:06 - Hopeful future 2:23:54 - Cocaine manufacturing Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Great Podcast
0:05.5	Thanks for coming, man.
0:09.5	Dude, thanks for having.
0:10.5	Fascinating life story you have.
0:12.8	It's a weird, weird path I chose.
0:15.0	How old were you when you decided to officially move to the Amazon rainforest?
0:20.5	I was 17 years old when I made the decision.
0:25.4	I hated school.
0:27.1	I was never good.
0:28.1	I was getting into fights with gym teachers.
0:31.2	I was getting suspended.
0:33.3	I was just failing all my classes.
0:34.9	And just my parents are awesome.
0:36.4	My parents said, look, just forget it.
0:38.7	They said, just forget the last two years of high school.
0:42.0	Go to college, save up money, do whatever you want.
0:44.9	I said, do whatever I want.
0:46.5	So you're all to do whatever I want.
0:47.6	So I'm getting a plane ticket to the Amazon.
0:50.6	What sparked that idea?
0:52.8	You read books about people following their dreams and doing all this shit.
0:56.0	And it's like, you're just a kid.
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