299: Steve Elkins | Finding the Lost City of the Monkey God

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🗓️ 14 January 2020

⏱️ 74 minutes

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Summary

Steve Elkins is a cinematographer and explorer whose discovery of and expedition to a legendary settlement in the rainforest of Honduras is chronicled in The Lost City of the Monkey God: A True Story by Douglas Preston.

[Featured photo by Ryan Hartford of Ecliptic Media]

What We Discuss with Steve Elkins:

How did Steve and his team manage to only recently discover a legendary city in the Honduran rainforest that had been aggressively -- and fruitlessly -- sought out by disappointed locals and explorers for half a millennium?
The countless natural and manmade dangers of exploring the mosquito-infested region of Honduras known locally as "The Gates of Hell" -- from venom-spitting snakes to quicksand to drug cartels.
Why knowing an unhinged guy with a gun can come in handy when your producer needs to leave the expedition early and return to civilization for a family emergency.
The logistics, legal considerations, and politics that go into being outsiders exploring the cultural heritage of another country.
The details of what Steve and his team discovered, and what this discovery has brought to light beyond the mere satisfaction of archaeological curiosity.
And much more...

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0:00.0	Welcome to the show.
0:04.5	I'm Jordan Harbinger.
0:05.9	As always, I'm here with producer Jason DeFilippo.
0:08.6	On the Jordan Harbinger show, we decode the stories, secrets, and skills of the world's
0:12.4	most brilliant and interesting people and turn their wisdom into practical advice that you
0:16.9	can use to impact your own life and those around you.
0:19.9	I want to help you see the matrix when it comes to how these amazing people think and behave.
0:23.8	I want you to become a better thinker that strengthens your life, it strengthens your
0:27.1	career, strengthens our democracy, not to go too deep, town that rabbit hole.
0:31.0	If you're new to the show, we've got episodes with spies and CEOs, athletes and authors,
0:35.4	thinkers and performers, as well as toolboxes for skills like negotiation, public speaking,
0:40.1	body language, persuasion, and more.
0:42.0	So if you're smart and you like to learn and improve, you'll be at home right here with
0:45.7	us.
0:46.7	Today's conversation is just a crazy once incredible story.
0:50.0	It's a real life Indiana Jones type scenario.
0:53.7	Years ago, Steve Elkins heard murmurs, legends, rumors of a lost city in the jungle of the
0:59.2	Honduras.
1:00.2	Most people thought he was crazy, including as I understand it, his wife and even his
1:04.2	own expeditions to the area they didn't yield much until he managed to get his hands on
1:10.3	Lidar, which is a technology that uses laser to map the ground and other things.
1:16.0	He soon found something incredible and embarked on a journey into one of the most hostile
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