The Explorers Club - An Interview with Steve Elkins

Curiosity Weekly

Warner Bros. Discovery

Self-improvement, Science, Astronomy, Education

4.6 • 935 Ratings

🗓️ 1 July 2022

⏱️ 18 minutes

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Summary

Today, we’re hearing from an explorer and filmmaker named Steve Elkins. Steve spent decades searching for a legendary lost city deep in the jungles of Honduras. His search for the city was documented in the New York Times best selling book, “The Lost City of the Monkey God,” by Douglas Preston.

Steve Elkins Interview from 4/23/22

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0:00.0	Not everyone can be a fearless world explorer type. I'm talking machete in hand and lots of sweaty khaki.
0:06.0	It takes courage, persistence, tenacity, and sometimes the belief that the impossible is possible,
0:12.0	even if it means going to places you've never imagined going,
0:14.7	or even wanting to go.
0:16.5	Take this next explorer who found himself trekking to, well, I'll just let Callie tell you.
0:21.3	What would make you want to go to a place called the Gates of Hell?
0:25.2	That's a really good question, and I often questioned myself when I was going to, why was I doing this?
0:31.4	Well I guess it really boils down to having an insatiable
0:34.0	curiosity about everything, not just jungles or lost cities, but pretty much
0:38.6	everything my whole life. And when I heard about this lost city, I couldn't resist.
0:44.4	Hi, you're about to get smarter in just a few minutes with Curiosity Daily from Discovery.
0:53.0	Time flies when you learn super cool stuff.
0:55.0	I'm Nate.
0:56.0	And I'm Callie.
0:57.0	If you're dropping in for the first time,
0:59.0	welcome to Curiosity, where we aim to blow your mind
1:01.0	by helping you to grow your mind.
1:03.0	If you're a loyal listener, welcome back.
1:05.2	Today for our Explorer's Club series,
1:06.6	we are talking to a man who has walked to the gates of hell
1:08.8	and lived to tell the tale.
1:10.6	What kind of person hears about a jungle so dense and dangerous that it has been called
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