
Minds and Mics A Mind for Adventure with Alastair Humphreys
Mar 2, 2026
49:54
In this episode of Minds & Mics, Nick chats with author and adventurer Alastair Humphreys about what it means to live adventurously, the connection between adventure and mental health, microadventures, self-reinvention, and more.
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EPISODE TOPICS
- Adventurous decision making
- Ambition: nature or nurture?
- Feelings follow action
- Epic adventures vs microadventures
- What is a microadventure?
- 5-9 adventures
- Sparks of adventure
- The essential feature of adventure
- Adventure and values clarity
- The emotional benefits of adventure
- Incrementalism
- Joseph Campbell and true purpose of the hero’s journey
- Fatherhood and adventure
- Modeling adventure
- Localism
- Self-reinvention
