This is Wilkane Country. We're bringing you a best-of show, some of the strongest discussions and

interviews. If you've got a few minutes to listen, we got something solid for you. Here we go. He is the author of a new book, The Greatest Story Ever Told. You know him, of course, from Man V. Wild and many other shows. He's noted adventure, Bear Grills, and he's in our New York City studios and he joins us now. What's up, Bear?

Hey, how are you doing? Nice to be with you.

Nice to be with you as now. What's up, Bear?

Hey, how are you doing? Nice to be with you.

Nice to be with you as well.

By the way, I didn't know that. Patricia in the comments section says she just found out last month about your religious devotion. I didn't know that either. And that's not your fault, nor is it ours, because you've been famous for other reasons, your military service, your adventurers and your television shows. But I think with your new book, that's something all of us

are learning about you, Bear. Yeah, I think faith has always been just a quiet, empowering

part of my life through my military time, through many expeditions, through all the TV journey and all the

survival stuff and my own family life. It's just, I never feel particularly kind of religious

as such, but I learned long ago that to quietly bow the knee, bend the knee and ask for help

every day and say sorry for things and say thank you is a

really good way to start the day. I always used to see my grandfather do that. I remember him. He was

six foot six, giant of a man. And yet even as an old man, I just remember him kneeling down before

beside his bed every night. And I don't know, I love that.

I think faith is a beautiful thing to have in life. And also a humble thing to have. You know,

I think a lifetime of adventures taught me that on my own, I'm not strong. You know, everyone thinks

they're strong in the wild until they're not. And then on your own, I'm not strong. You know, everyone thinks they're strong in the wild

until they're not.

And then on your own, I don't think you're ever truly empowered.

So I look at it as like part of the arsenal of survival for life,

you know, with physical, mental, emotional and spiritual.

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