Why We Are Wired to Explore ~ Interview with Alex Hutchinson
Marathon Training Academy
Angie and Trevor
4.8 • 1.6K Ratings
🗓️ 12 May 2025
⏱️ 54 minutes
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Summary
Alex Hutchinson is the author of the 2018 New York Times bestseller 'Endure' and is a science journalist and Outside magazine’s longtime Sweat Science columnist. He has a PhD in Physics from Cambridge University and a MS in Journalism from Columbia. He was a long-distance runner for the Canadian national team and lives in Toronto.
His new book The Explorer’s Gene refutes the myth that the age of exploration is dead. Instead, the itch to discover new things persists in all of us, expressed not just on the slopes of Everest but in the ways we work, play, and live. The Explorer’s Gene combines stories of exploration with cutting-edge insights from behavioral psychology and neuroscience, making a powerful case that our lives are better—more productive, more meaningful, and more fun—when we break our habits and chart a new path.
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| 1:06.9 | Oh, oh, going to do. Hey, welcome to the Marathon Training Academy podcast, where we inspire and empower you to go the distance. |
| 1:12.4 | I'm Trevor. |
| 1:13.1 | And I'm Angie. |
| 1:14.1 | In this episode, we speak with Alex Hutchinson, author of the book The Explorer's Gene, |
| 1:19.1 | why we seek big challenges, new flavors, and the blank spots on the map. |
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| 1:41.6 | All right, so Angie, what's new with you? |
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