Up in the Air Ian Agrimis

Keith is a lifetime adventurer, a licensed wildlife guide and the CEO of wilderness safaris, the largest safari operator in Africa.

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Marc served 26 years at the CIA as an operations officer and later in leadership of the Senior Intelligence service. He's recruited spies, been a spy, and had an amazing host of life experiences you can't make up.

Some of what we covered:
-Why you won’t find a lot of intelligence officers hanging out with Iranian or Russians in their free time
-Why he felt his job was the ultimate adventure travel job
-How his Greek family never knew where he worked until he retired
-What it was like to learn the art of espionage
-What it was like to be woken up every morning by rockets exploding on his base in Afghanistan
-Why he’d love to go back to Iraq but will probably skip on revisiting Afghanistan
-The approach to evaluating information he learned at the agency that he wishes the general public would take incorporate into every day life.
-The Intelligence community’s frequent flyer sub-culture

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John spends more time in Antarctica than a lot of penguins as the CEO of Polar Latitudes, an Antarctic expedition company.

What we discussed:
-What he learned from spending 30 minutes alone on Antarctica away from other people
-Why it takes an extremely motivated traveler to visit Antarctica
-What kind of person gets the most out of an Antarctica travel experience
-How he found a ship to launch his company
-His wife’s first time stepping onto an Antarctic beach and being surrounded by penguins
-What it’s like to see an 11 mile long ice berg roll over
-Why ice bergs are an interesting problem for antarctic cruise vessels
-Why camping on shore is a very loud experience
-Why they vacuum the velcro on every guests coat before they can get off the boat
-How the US dept of state overseas their Antarctica operations

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Kenn Ricci is an aviation entrepreneur, the chairman of Flexjet, winner of the living legends lifetime aviation entrepreneur award and a passionate jet owner.

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Peter Greenberg is the Travel editor for CBS News, the host of several travel shows including Travel Detective and the Royal Tour and was inducted into the US Travel Association’s hall of leaders.

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Steve Giordano flies around the world to move planes to unusual places. He flies more than a million miles per year both as a pilot and a passenger and has exceptionally comprehensive knowledge of the aviation industry.

Some of what we covered:
How he’s flown to 50+ countries since the pandemic started without getting COVID
How he flew a 737 with a hole in it’s fuselage after being hit with an RPG
What it was like to learn that a plane he had delivered had crashed
The craziest private jet he’s ever been on
How he almost ran out of fuel flying over the Sahara in the middle of the night
Why he thinks Emirates First Class is the undisputed first class champ

Why you need a life-straw before your next international trip

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