Exploration
Return to Ellesmere Island with Ray Zahab and Kevin Vallely
Episode 104
Behind the scenes of an epic Arctic crossing as two explorers conquer the Canadian High Arctic in deep winter
- 43 minutes
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Singing Back the Buffalo with Tasha Hubbard
Episode 103
The award-winning filmmaker explores her new documentary and her work examining buffalo restoration, Indigenous knowledge and cultural renewal
- 46 minutes
Wildlife
Dam proud: How the beaver has shaped Canada’s environment
Episode 102
A deep dive into the world of beavers as Canada celebrates 50 years of the iconic species as our national animal
- 48 minutes
People & Culture
Elbows Up! Hockey, politics and patriotism with Roy MacGregor
Episode 101
The award-winning journalist explores the intersection of hockey, politics and patriotism, highlighting Canada’s 2025 4 Nations Face-Off victory over the U.S. amid tensions from Trump’s tariff war
- 28 minutes
People & Culture
Julian Brave NoiseCat on his Oscar-shortlisted documentary
The filmmaker and writer discusses his documentary Sugarcane, which investigates the abuse and missing children at St. Joseph’s Mission Residential School
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Exploration
How the Quest was found
Episode 86
World-renowned shipwreck hunter David Mearns and lead researcher for the RCGS Shackleton-Quest Expedition Antoine Normandin take us behind the scenes of the search for Quest
- 53 minutes
Exploration
Finding Sir Ernest Shackleton’s last ship with John Geiger
Episode 85
The expedition leader and CEO of the Royal Canadian Geographical Society recounts the historic discovery of Quest, found hundreds of metres below the surface off the coast of the Labrador Sea
- 31 minutes
Exploration
Adam Shoalts on his epic canoe journey from Lake Erie to the Arctic
Episode 65
The Westaway Explorer-in-Residence discusses his newest book Where the Falcon Flies: A 3,400 Kilometre Odyssey From My Doorstep to the Arctic and more!
- 30 minutes
People & Culture
James Cameron and Joe MacInnis on exploring the ocean and the magic of mentoring
Episode 63
The lifelong friends sat down for a fireside chat at the RCGS headquarters to discuss exploration, how the two undersea explorers met and more
- 54 minutes
People & Culture
Wally Schaber and the Last of the Wild Rivers
Episode 43
Canoeing legend Wally Schaber talks about his lifelong love of the Dumoine River, the last of the wild rivers in the Ottawa river watershed
- 41 minutes
Exploration
Podcasts
People & Culture
The core of the mountain with Alison Criscitiello
Episode 98
Searching for clues to a changing climate on a record-breaking expedition to the top of Canada’s tallest peak
- 46 minutes
People & Culture
Christmas at Devil’s Portage – Charles Camsell
Episode 96
Recalling a memorable Christmas along the trail to the Klondike in the 19th century with an annual reading of Charles Camsell’s Arctic explorations by podcast host David McGuffin
- 9 minutes
People & Culture
Manitoba’s historic Dawson Trail with Pierrette Sherwood and Mimi Lamontagne
Episode 93
Highlighting the new interpretive trail featuring a series of permanent art exhibits and 15 wayfinding markers showcasing traditional place names and the Dawson Trail’s historical legacy
- 44 minutes
People & Culture
Our Green Heart – The Soul and Science of Forests with Diana Beresford-Kroeger
Episode 92
The renowned botanist, biochemist and best-selling author on the wisdom of trees and her new book about the science of forests and the role trees can play in reversing the climate crisis
- 36 minutes
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Passing the Mic, Part 3 — The students of Netsilik School, Taloyoak, Nunavut
Episode 77
Inuit youth from Canada’s most northerly community share their stories using their own voices and words
- 18 minutes
People & Culture
Passing the Mic, Part 1 — Nunavut’s viral TikTok Mayor Lenny Aqigiaq Panigayak
Episode 75
In the first of three episodes from Taloyoak, podcast host David McGuffin speaks with Mayor Lenny Panigayak, who shares stories about embracing traditional Inuit life, his social media platform, being out on the land and more
- 21 minutes
People & Culture
Passing the Mic, Part 2 — The goose hunt with Tyler Agligoetok and Sinclair Lyall
Episode 55
Students Tyler Agligoetok and Sinclair Lyall from the Canadian Geographic Podcast Worksop discuss favourite hunting memories and time spent on the tundra of Victoria Island
- 17 minutes
People & Culture
Passing the Mic, Part 1 — The Canadian High Arctic Research Station
Episode 54
Join podcast host David McGuffin in the first of three episodes exploring Iqaluktuuttiaq (Cambridge Bay), Nunavut and the new Canadian High Arctic Research Station. In this episode: Arctic research, the blending of traditional Inuit knowledge with Western science, and more.
- 31 minutes
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Sugarcane: the documentary of St. Joseph’s Mission Residential School with Julian Brave NoiseCat
Episode 91
Directors Julian Brave NoiseCat and Emily Kassie’s new film Sugarcane follows a very personal investigation into abuse and missing children at St. Joseph’s Mission Residential School that sparks a reckoning on the nearby Sugarcane Reserve
- 43 minutes
People & Culture
Paddling the Peel Watershed with Bobbi Rose Koe
Episode 88
With a passion for learning and a love for teaching, the Indigenous northerner talks about her experience guiding canoe trips and paddling through lands that her family has known for generations
- 50 minutes
People & Culture
A solo canoe journey across Canada with Mike Ranta
Episode 87
The canoeing legend discusses his Canada-wide paddling adventures, connection with First Nations communities and a record-breaking feat
- 61 minutes
People & Culture
RCGS Fellow and naturalist Brian Keating on our natural world
Episode 79
Journey around the planet in this Explore episode with stories and insights from one of Canada’s most well-travelled wilderness adventurers
- 49 minutes
People & Culture
Laval St. Germain: Mountains, oceans and the Arctic
Episode 78
The RCGS Fellow and extreme adventurer talks about his epic journeys across the globe from the middle of the Atlantic Ocean to the top of Mount Everest
- 59 minutes
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People & Culture
Jeannie Ehaloak: An Inuit survivor of Residential Schools
Episode 67
The former Mayor of Cambridge Bay and Canadian politician speaks about her experience being taken away from her home at four years old and the impact of Residential Schools on the Inuit
- 23 minutes
People & Culture
A canoe conversation with Prime Minister Justin Trudeau
Episode 64
Podcast host David McGuffin sits down with Prime Minister Justin Trudeau to discuss his passion and history with canoeing, including childhood trips and being taught to paddle by canoeing legend Bill Mason
- 30 minutes
People & Culture
Photographing Vancouver Island with Ryan Tidman
Episode 62
Breaking into the business of wildlife photography is no easy task, but Ryan Tidman has experienced great success through his work photographing Vancouver Island’s iconic mammals — bears, sea wolves, marmots and more
- 44 minutes
People & Culture
Ray Zahab – Pushing the limits
Episode 59
The Canadian adventurer discusses his experience battling cancer and traversing across the Paalik Valley in February
- 38 minutes
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Inside Canada’s most active volcano with Christian Stenner
Episode 58
Take a step inside Mount Meager to learn all about this volcano that last erupted 2400 years ago, plus testing space probes that could be used in the search for life on one of Saturn’s moons
- 66 minutes
People & Culture
Explorer-in-Residence George Kourounis – On top of icebergs and into volcanoes
Episode 57
Set off on some incredible adventures with George Kourounis as we explore icebergs in the North Atlantic, Africa’s most active volcano and more
- 36 minutes
People & Culture
Passing the Mic, Part 3 — A foot in two worlds
Episode 55
Inuit Knowledge Keeper George Angohiatok shares stories from his unique childhood and his life mission of teaching the skills and traditions he learned from his family to younger generations
- 52 minutes
People & Culture
The Bay of Fundy: Sea and skies
Episode 52
Hop aboard the Polar Prince with David McGuffin as he sails Atlantic Canada’s Bay of Fundy with the scientists, students and researchers that make up this Students on Ice conservation expedition
- 27 minutes
Environment
Fundy Salmon – Back from the Brink
Episode 51
John Robinson of Parks Canada talks about the work being done to help bring back Fundy Atlantic salmon populations from the brink of extinction
- 26 minutes
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The expulsion of Ugandan Asians and their new life in Canada – Senator Mobina Jaffer
Episode 46
Senator Mobina Jaffer discusses the lead-up to the expulsion, the difficulties and benefits of starting a new life in Canada and the important lessons to be learned by Canadians in how we treat refugees today
- 42 minutes
People & Culture
The hidden kingdom of fungi – An autumn mushroom walk with Keith Seifert
Episode 49
Join fungi expert Keith Seifert and podcast host David McGuffin on an educational mushroom and fungi walk through Ottawa’s Gatineau Hills
- 33 minutes
People & Culture
The Greatest Comeback – Remembering the ’72 Summit Series
Episode 47
Best-selling author and journalist, John U. Bacon discusses the 1972 Summit Series and how Team Canada radically changed the game
- 37 minutes
People & Culture
Training Lunar Explorers in Labrador
Episode 42
As NASA and the world’s space agencies prepare to return to the moon, geologist Dr. Gordon “Oz” Osinski helps train potential lunar explorers in remote northern Labrador on what they could find there
- 31 minutes
People & Culture
Kimberly Murray – Honour and justice for the missing children
Episode 48
As Canada’s first Independent Special Interlocutor for Missing Children, Unmarked Graves and Burial Sites associated with former Residential Schools, Kimberly Murray discusses her new role and how she endeavours to support communities searching for their missing children and seeking justice for the children, families and communities
- 47 minutes