National Geographic Weekend
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NG Weekend Show - May 19
This week on National Geographic Weekend, we attempt the first successful winter crossing of Antarctica, then we dance with some Birds of Paradise in Papua New Guinea, and finally we bobsled into the British National Championship... no experience required.
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NG Weekend Show - May 5
This week, we paddle down the Amazon and get attacked at gunpoint, then we hunt for a man-eating croc in the Congo and finally, we celebrate the 50th anniversary of Americans on Everest's summit.
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NG Weekend Show - April 28
This week, we fly through a stone arch in a wingsuit at 155 miles per hour, then we follow a treasure map to find some buried treasure, and finally, we kayak next to an exploding volcano.
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NG Weekend Show - April 28
This week, we fly through a stone arch in a wingsuit at 155 miles per hour, then we follow a treasure map to find some buried treasure, and finally, we kayak next to an exploding volcano.
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NG Weekend Show - April 21
This week, we run 100-mile races up mountains and through woods until we have an emotional breakdown, then we chase an antelope until it drops, and finally, we swim 1,000 miles down the Missouri River.
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NG Weekend Show - April 14
This week, we climb the tallest mountain on every continent, ski to both poles, starting at the age of 48, then we take a trip through our intestinal tract to see what's living down there, and finally, we steal a meal from a lion.
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NG Weekend Show - April 7
This week, we attempt to pedal a fat-tired bike to the South Pole, then we train police dogs to sniff out crime, and finally, we attend an elephant funeral.
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NG Weekend Show - March 31
This week, we set a record rowing solo across the Atlantic Ocean, then we resurrect animal species from extinction, and finally, we use new technology to live among lions.
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NG Weekend Show - March 17
This week, we ride the Ganges river from source to sea, then we hitch a ride on the back of a Great white shark, and finally, we drink from the sacred Ganges River.
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NG Weekend Show - March 10
This week, we go undercover and follow the illegal ivory trade from Tanzania to China, then we go on an olive odyssey and follow in the Phoenicians' footsteps, and finally, we're held hostage by a hippo on the Gambia River.
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NG Weekend Show - March 3
This week, we face a tough decision while climbing Mt. Everest, then we whisper with our cats to learn their secrets, and finally, we paddle, hike and ski from Washington to Alaska's western shores.
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NG Weekend Show - February 24
This week, we attempt to climb Denali in winter for a THIRD time, then we live with a pack of wolves for six years, and finally, we live in a tree for four months to try to capture a photo of an orangutan.
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NG Weekend Show - February 17
This week, we revisit some of our favorite moments from the first half of 2012: base jumping with Dean Potter, rapping about evolution with Baba Brinkman and eating our way through China's most exotic foods.
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NG Weekend Show - February 10
This week, we cycle, run and ride rapids from Istanbul to Shanghai, then we ski British Columbia's remote Sacred Headwaters, and finally, we get leopard seals to shoot some video footage for us in Antarctica.
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NG Weekend Show - February 3
This week, we ride paddle board off of a 60-foot waterfall in Mexico, then we steal a meal from a lion in Tanzania, and finally, we cure cancer with snake venom.
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NG Weekend Show - January 27
This week, we take a tumble off an ice cliff, then we isolate the gene that makes us explore, and finally we survive the most outstanding solo journey ever recorded in Antarctic history.
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NG Weekend Show - January 20
This week on National Geographic Weekend, a photographer survives a rhino attacking the elephant he's riding, then we walk the Rim of Africa, and finally, we get the history of the world in just eleven minutes.
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NG Weekend Show - January 14
This week, we celebrate National Geographic's 125th birthday! We chat with a filmmaker whose leg was colonized by some Ecuadorian jungle flies, then we go hunting with some well armed chimpanzees in Senegal, and finally, we walk in the foosteps of early man... from Africa to South America.
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NG Weekend Show - January 6
This week, we make some tools with Congo's chimps, then we go for a swim on top of Mount Kilimanjaro, and finally, we teach a grizzly bear how to fish in Alaska.
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NG Weekend Show - December 9
This week, we ride reindeer in Mongolia, then we meet a heroic caribou in the Falkland Islands, and finally, we smash some nuts with Brazil's capuchin monkeys.
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NG Weekend Show - December 2
This week, we summit the world's tallest peak on each continent, but have to go back to finish high school, then we run with Chicago's resident coyotes, and finally, we climb high into Costa Rica's canopy with Barbie.
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NG Weekend Show - November 25
This week we climb Mt. Denali in winter for the third time, then we dig up ancient whales in the driest place on earth, Chile's Atacama Desert, and finally, we dive in Cuba's famous Bay of Pigs.
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NG Weekend Show - November 18
This week, we climb Yellowstone's El Capitan with an all disabled climbing team, then we stalk leopards in South Africa and finally, we go island hopping in the South Pacific
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NG Weekend Show - November 11, 2012
This week, we've got good reason to hold our breath, as we dive two hundred feet beneath the ocean, survive an attack by a cheetah, and finally, sail 16,000 ft high above the Sierras, and then crash land.
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NG Weekend Show - October 28
This week on National Geographic Weekend, we fix up a yacht and sail it through the Northwest Passage, then we dine with vultures in Turkey, and finally, we meet carnivorous kangaroos and tree-climbing crocs in Australia.
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NG Weekend Show - October 14, 2012
This week, we're headed to the bottom of the ocean to try and prevent a war, then we're going where it's hot, toxic, and volcanic, in search of Ming the Merciless, and finally, we're off to Namibia, to run with the cheetahs.
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NG Weekend Show- October 7
This week, we get a house call from the doctor to write us a prescription for some good music, then, we might need to call the doc back because we get a deadly virus from a monkey, and finally, we outrun an antelope.
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NG Weekend Show - September 30
This week we go to Washington State to break a record by going over a waterfall in a kayak, we make some money by selling human poop, and then head to Kenya to wrestle baby elephants in order to save their lives.
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NG Weekend Show - September 23
This week, we uncovered the religious "blood ivory" trade in the Philippines, then we surf standing waves on Idaho's rivers, and finally we trash talk Chinese youth over ping pong.
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NG Weekend Show - September 16
This week, we cohabitate with cannibals in New Guinea, then we scavenge with hyenas in South Africa and finally, we climb some of the world's tallest mountains, slowly and steadily.
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NG Weekend Show - September 9
This week, we ride down 80 foot waterfalls in New Zealand, then we spy on our ferocious feline friends, and finally, we row, bike and hike our way around the world.
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NG Weekend Show - August 26
This week, we go diving with crocodiles in Botswana, then we run 100 miles in 18 hours and finally, we go mountain biking in Haiti.
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NG Weekend Show - August 19
This week, we circumnavigate the planet by bike in 92 days, trap snow leopards in Afghanistan, and finally, we jam with Rusted Root.
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NG Weekend Show - August 12
This week, we wait out an electric storm near the summit of Mt. Kenya, then we discover a new branch on man's family tree, and finally we go fishing in Alaska manage to avoid the grizzlies.
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NG Weekend Show - August 5
This week, we set a speed climbing record on Yellowstone's most iconic peak, then we visit America's best beach, and finally, we walk the length of South America's Andes mountains.
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NG Weekend Show - July 29
This week, we face a grizzly with "Jungle" Jack Hanna, then we park a vehicle on Mars at 13,000 miles per hour, and finally, we discover the "real" New Orleans -- and it has nothing to do with Bourbon Street.
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NG Weekend Show - July 22
This week, we dodge elephants while riding our bike from Mt. Kilimanjaro to Cape Town, then we hire an army to defend a desert excavation, and finally, we learn about the importance of keeping a handy pee-bottle in Antarctica.
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NG Weekend Show - July 15
This week we vacation in Middle Eastern conflict zones, then we walk from Africa to South America in our ancestors' foosteps, and finally we dogsled, kayak and walk from the Arctic Circle to Florida.
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NG Weekend Show - July 8
This week, we drink cobra venom soup in Thailand, eat poisonous honey in Turkey and explore uncharted waters in the Pacific Ocean.
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NG Weekend Show - July 1
This week, we break records climbing all of the world's tallest mountains, then we work in Indian villages to keep tigers and humans apart and finally, we give some love to the world's ugliest critters.
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NG Weekend Show - June 24
This week, we survive a polar bear attack in the Canadian Arctic, then we bear witness to Cambodia's genocide and finally, we go scuba diving in pursuit of poisonous snakes.
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NG Weekend Show - June 17
This week, we guide injured soldiers up the world's tallest mountains, introduce two invasive species to Hawai'i, and revisit one of the Civil War's bloodiest days.
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NG Weekend Show - June 10
This week, we row a dinghy from Miami to New York City, introduce inner city Kenyans to lions, and escape from Mexico's most notorious prison.
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NG Weekend Show - June 3
This week, we survive K2's deadliest day, take the psychopath test, and eat bushmeat like locals in Madagascar.
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NG Weekend Show - May 27
This week, we pedal from Memphis to Mississippi, visit some of Turkey's most remote villages, and meet the winner of the National Geographic Bee.
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NG Weekend Show - May 20
This week, we circumnavigate the globe in a single-engine plane, walk alongside lions in Zambia, and save the world by discovering that the Mayans did not predict doom for 2012.
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NG Weekend Show - May 13
This week, we climb up volcanoes and ski down them, we nurture rescued koalas in Australia, and find out why there isn't a water shortage.
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NG Weekend Show - May 6
This week, we're held up at gun point by an Indonesian soldier, revisit the world's largest Islamic country post-Arab Spring and walk with lions in Zambia.
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NG Weekend Show - April 29
This week, we rap about evolution, meet descendants of freed slaves in Brazil's jungles and get hiking tips from a pro.
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NG Weekend Show - April 22
This week, we survive a deadly avalanche in Washington State, meet a green energy crusader who moonlights as an NHL star, and finally we chase tornadoes in Kansas.
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NG Weekend Show - April 15
This week, we kayak down the Mississippi River, sink with the Titanic and run into trouble with Malawi's police.
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NG Weekend Show - April 8
This week, we take a nap with a lion in Mozambique, feed a wolf bananas in our studio, and climb an active volcano in the Philippines.
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NG Weekend Show - April 1
This week, we get body-slammed by a leopard seal in Antarctica, hit in the head by an ice brick 11,000 feet above Patagonia, and plummet to the deepest part of the ocean with James Cameron.
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NG Weekend Show - March 25
This week, we treat Mozambique's elephants for post-traumatic stress disorder, steal lunch from lions in Kenya, and survive falling into an 80-foot chasm on Washington's Mount Rainier.
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NG Weekend Show - March 18
This week, we visit South Africa to fight on the front lines of the Rhino Wars, climb Argentina's most beautiful mountain, and wrestle with seals in Ireland.
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NG Weekend Show - March 11
This week, we snack on top of Mt. Everest with Conrad Anker, then we visit remote tribes in the Amazon, and finally, we tap our toes with Bluegrass music ambassadors "Mountain Quickstep".
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NG Weekend Show - March 4
This week, we jump off a mountain top with body flier Dean Potter, stop artifact theft in vulnerable museums and ride across Alaska with champion dog musher Hugh Neff.
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NG Weekend Show - February 26
This week, we get within 500 miles of rowing across the Atlantic Ocean before disaster strikes. We then hunt for billion dollar shipwrecks and learn just what makes a champion show dog.
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NG Weekend Show - February 12
This week we kayak around South America, andmeet a bird that answers to his own name.Then, just in time for Valentine’s Day, we meet some romantic monkeys. And, finally, Boyd shares a tribute to a friend and co-worker Mike deGruy.
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NG Weekend Show - February 5
This week, we climb a 1,000 foot rock face with Papua New Guinea's last cave dwellers, ski solo across Antarctica, and save a 600-pound catfish from extinction.
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NG Weekend Show - January 29
This week, we walk across Western Canada, visit California's lone wolf, and go on a South African safari... on foot.
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NG Weekend Show - January 22
This week, we get caught in an avalanche in Pakistan, meet a real life superhero and migrate with baby whooping cranes.
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NG Weekend Show - January 15
This week, we get charged by a rhino in Zimbabwe, dine with leopard seals in Antarctica and make household appliances from scratch.
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NG Weekend Show 1202
This week we defuse land mines in Cambodia, thru-hike the Appalachian Trail in record time, and bike 6,000 miles on the Silk Road.
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NG Weekend Show 1201
This week we spend a month in a Panamanian prison.
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NG Weekend Show 1152
This week we find the world’s most dangerous boats, trains, and planes... and buy a ticket to ride.
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NG Weekend Show 1151
This week, the making of the King James Bible.
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NG Weekend Show 1150
This week we go looking for man eating Tigers in India.
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NG Weekend Show 1148
This week we face the coming viral pandemic.
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NG Weekend Show 1147
This week we capture the ocean's soul on film with Brian Skerry.
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NG Weekend Show 1146
This week we nearly contract a deadly virus from a bat.
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NG Weekend Show 1145
This week we scaleAnnapurna,the world's deadliest peak.
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NG Weekend Show 1144
This week we go in search of the Amazon's last uncontacted tribes.
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NG Weekend Show 1143
This week we go hunting for shipwrecks with Bob Ballard.
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NG Weekend Show 1142
This week living in a 12 x 12 cabin without water or electricity.
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NG Weekend Show 1141
This week we rescue a lion cub stuck up a tree.
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NG Weekend Show 1140
This week we join rocker Henry Rollins for a photo tour of the world.
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NG Weekend Show 1139
This week we survive an aerial attack from a leopard seal.
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NG Weekend Show 1138
This week we meet the Tuareg - the lost lords of the Sahara.
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NG Weekend Show 1137
This week we visit with seven lion cubs at the National Zoo.
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NG Weekend Show 1136
This week we go camping with chimpanzees.
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NG Weekend Show 1135
This week we're stuck in a traffic jam on Mount Everest.
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NG Weekend Show 1134
This week, living among lions.
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NG Weekend Show 1133
This week we adopt an orphaned elephant.
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NG Weekend Show 1132
This week we explore the mysteries of the human mind.
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NG Weekend Show 1131
This week, tragedy and triumph on Mount Everest.
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NG Weekend Show 1130
This week we search for lost treasure with Robert Ballard.
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NG Weekend Show 1129
This week we survive 47 days adrift at sea.
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NG Weekend Show 1128
This week we almost become breakfast for a polar bear.
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NG Weekend Show 1127
This week we walk to the North South Poles.
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NG Weekend Show 1126
This week we survive a plane crash, only to face man-eating headhunters.
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NG Weekend Show 1125
This week surviving a charging elephant in the Central African Republic.
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NG Weekend Show #1124
This week we find the world's most dangerous planes, trains and ferries - then we buy a ticket!
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NG Weekend Podcast 1123
This week we go hunting with pygmies in the Central Africa Republic.
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NG Weekend Podcast 1122 - May 28, 2011
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