To celebrate a new year and new ideas, we bring you a conversation with Alastair Humphreys, adventurer, writer, and connoisseur of the microadventure. His new book, Local, flips the idea of what it means to explore on its head. Sometimes, you can go bigger by going smaller.

Music: If Walls Could Talk by Jacob Bain & Nis Kotto  • Joyride by Boyé  • Delivered by Brendan O’Connell 

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