Podcasts Education Self-Improvement Conversations with Tyler Paul Salopek on Walking the World

Paul Salopek on Walking the World

Published: Jan. 25, 2023, 1 p.m.

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Paul Salopek is a Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist and National Geographic fellow who, at the age of 50, set out on foot to retrace the steps of the first human migrations out of Africa. The project, dubbed the \\u201cOut of Eden Walk,\\u201d began in Ethiopia in 2012 and will eventually take him to Tierra Del Fuego, a distance of some 24,000 miles.

Calling in just as he was about to arrive in Xi\\u2019an, he and Tyler discussed his very localized supply chain, why women make for better walking partners, the key to crossing deserts, the most difficult terrain to traverse, what he does for exercise, his information prep for each new region, how he\\u2019s kept the project funded, which cuisines he\\u2019s found most and least palatable, what he learned working the crime beat in Roswell, New Mexico, how this project challenges conventional journalism, his thoughts on the changing understanding of early human migration, and more.

Read a\\xa0full transcript enhanced with helpful links.

Recorded October 13th, 2022

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