Trial By Fire
Kanaal Besonderhede
Trial By Fire
Podcast by Padraig Croke
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38 episodesFarewell For Now: TBF Wednesday Briefing 07.12.22
Todays episode will the last for the foreseeable future in this format. This is due to taxing time requirements and right now, working as a self-emplo...
Toby Cowern: TBF Episode 64
With such uncertain times upon us, and with the coming winter showing threat of rocketing energy prices and potential power outages, we thought it was...
TBF Wednesday Briefing 23.11.22
Welcome to this weeks briefing. this week we're looking back at our Charlie Walker interview, having had time to digest it a little, we speak about wh...
Charlie Walker: TBF Episode 63
Our guest today is Charlie Walker, a British writer, explorer and journalists who has spent the last decade travelling to the four corners of the glob...
TBF Wednesday Briefing 09.11.22
Welcome to a new week of Trial by Fire. Jeremias attended a ski making course over the weekend and I pick his brain into the process involved. We also...
TBF Wednesday Briefing 02.11.22
Survival reality shows? Love em or hate em? what do they bring to the outdoor community? These are some of the questions Jeremias and I tackle on this...
TBF Wednesday Briefing 26.10.22
today we're talking about clothing. It's role in society as a signifier but also as a protective tool against the elements, allowing us to go further...
TBF Wednesday Briefing 19.10.22
today we are discussing sloyd. the subject of crafts and skills that are so important to the nordic household, and are taught in school for a very you...
TBF Wednesday Briefing 11.10.22
This week Jeremias and I make a somewhat small attempt and defining bushcraft and bushcraft skills, and what that means. We discuss peripheral skills...
TBF Wednesday Briefing 05.10.22
welcome to this weeks briefing! Today we are answering some of the comments from last weeks episode about the Happy People documentary. We're discussi...
Tristan Gooley: TBF Episode 62
Have you ever wanted to know how to navigate yourself using the signs the nature shows us. If you have the tools and the skillset, you can navigate an...
TBF Wednesday Briefing 28.09.22
this week we're discussing Happy People, a documentary film based in the Russian Taiga, which follows a group of trappers as they live their lives thr...
TBF Wednesday Briefing 21.09.22
Welcome to our Wednesday briefing. Today we are talking about something hot off the press. Yvon Chouinard has sold Patagonia to an Environmental trust...
Joe Flowers: TBF Episode 61
This week we got a chance to talk to Joe Flowers, a world renowned knife designer, expedition leader and explorer. Joe's work can be seen in many of t...
TBF Wednesday Briefing 14.09.22
New to Trial by Fire, We're coming to you every Wednesday with news articles, discussions, opinions, reviews or anything else that you guys can think...
Hiking with Ali Milne: TBF Episode 60
This week I'm joined by Ali Milne. Ali has set up a womens social hiking club called the Out Out Club in Ireland and is the founder of Mindfule, a com...
Bikepacking with Taneli Roininen: TBF Episode 59
Our guest today is Taneli Roininen, a Finn who has spent the last number of years cycling thousands of kilometres across the world. His latest endeavo...
Paul Kirtley: TBF Episode 58
This week we're talking to Paul Kirtley. A man who needs no introduction, Paul has been one of the most prominent and outspoken voices in the Bushcraf...
On Teaching with Jamie Dakota: TBF Episode 57
This week we are once again joined by our friend Jamie Dakota of Howl Bushcraft. We got a chance to talk about some concepts we'd be discussing in con...
Wild Food with Elle Nikishkova: TBF Episode 56
This week we're talking to Elle Nikishkova. Outdoor chef, wild forager and mushroom expert. We talk about the rebellious nature of foraging, overcomin...
Rocket Science: TBF Episode 55 with KARU Survival
It's been a busy few week here at camp TBF. last week we ran our first ever course. The Arctic Experience Weekend, and from what we can gather, guests...
Compelling Narratives and Building a Freelance Career: TBF Episode 54 with Spike Johnson
This one was a wild card! we spoke to documentary maker and photographer Spike Johnson about narratives! finding a story, being vulnerable and taking...
New year; New Ideas: TBF Episode 53 with Bearhill Husky
Happy new year! This week Jeremias and I discuss the year ahead. We talk about the Arctic experience course coming up in March and what we hope to ach...
Leadership with Erik Rudels: TBF Episode 52
Merry Christmas from all of us at Trial by Fire. This week we're coming to you with a great interview with Erik Rudels. Erik is one of the course lead...
Cycling the World with Nomads Trails: TBF Episode 51
This week I'm talking to Peyman, one half of the duo known as Nomads Trails. Matilda and Peyman have been peddling around the world for the last 3.5 y...
Baseline with Toby Cowern: TBF Episode 50
This weeks episode is probably one of my favorite conversations in a long time. Jeremias and I sat down with Toby Cowern, whom jeremias has worked wit...
Changing Seasons: TBF Episode 49
This week Jeremias and I discuss the changing seasons and how to deal with motivation and energy levels this time of year. We discuss instagram, photo...
Dressing for the Winter: TBF Episode 48
This week Jeremias and I sit down and talk about cold weather clothing! How we lose body heat, how to protect ourselves against is, and how to dress f...
Isolation with Kim Krohn: TBF Episode 47
We are back folks! A new season of Trial by Fire is underway.
My guest today is Kim Krohn, a very interesting guy, biologist and winner of Alone...
Trustin Timber: TBF Episode 46
My guest this week is Trustin Timber, the Canadian log cabin builder we all like to watch on YouTube. We discuss lots of things, including how he left...
Greg Funnell: TBF Episode 45
This week I've had the pleasure of talking to Greg Funnell, a London-based photographer whos work spans across everything from portraiture to lifestyl...
The Movie Episode: TBF Episode 44
This has been our longest episode to date! We sit down and dissect some our favourite outdoor and bushcraft films, discussing the accuracies and inacc...
Arctic Retreat: TBF Episode 43
I got a chance to sit down and have a debrief with Jeremias, who you will know from the last episode. Being home a few weeks now has given me some tim...
It's a Dog's Life: TBF Episode 42 with Northern Soul Journeys
This week I had the privilege of spending a few days with Hannah and Jeremias Kinnunen-Levy, a couple who run a homestead and dog sledding company up...
Niklas Söderlund and Sebastian Svanborg: TBF Episode 41
Greetings from the North. This week I had the opportunity to talk to two great photographers. We discuss brands and clothing, frostbite and eagles!
Jamie Dakota: TBF Episode 40
We're back for the first episode of 2021 and kicking it off with an interview with Jamie Dakota of Howl bushcraft. We discuss how creativity can help...
Lars Nyhuus: TBF Episode 39
After a long hiatus I managed to get an episode together. With the winter season coming in, the conversation revolves around how we can up the game an...
To the woods : TBF Episode 20
This week Padraig is flying solo with Joe on holidays with his family. We have an interview with a good friend of the show Ciaran Nugent who is a fore...