{"podcast":{"title":"Life’s Tough, Explorers Are TOUGHER!","slug":"life-s-tough-explorers-are-tougher-3600599","podcast_index_feed_id":3600599,"rss_url":"https://rss.buzzsprout.com/2440723.rss","website_url":"https://www.lifestough.com","image_url":"https://storage.buzzsprout.com/07i5gzxwf9o2pbyvu3m11zjcez5k?.jpg","author":"Richard Wiese","episode_count":58,"summary":"“Exploring is an innate part of being human.” Richard Wiese, spends 30 minutes every week with some of the world’s most compelling adventurers, explorers, and socio-environmental advocates, listening to their distinct adventures, unique discoveries, projects & goals, while discovering their multitude of challenges, surprises, triumphs and set-backs they encounter along the way. Join Richard as he pulls back the curtain on what it’s like to travel around the world and beyond; explore some of the most exotic and often dangerous places; and uncover what makes people, places and our planet so special.","last_synced_at":null,"page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/life-s-tough-explorers-are-tougher-3600599"},"episode":{"title":"Bertrand Piccard: Life is the Ultimate Exploration","slug":"bertrand-piccard-life-is-the-ultimate-exploration","published_at":"2026-04-22T14:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/life-s-tough-explorers-are-tougher-3600599/bertrand-piccard-life-is-the-ultimate-exploration","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/life-s-tough-explorers-are-tougher-3600599","url":"https://www.buzzsprout.com/2440723/episodes/19059304-bertrand-piccard-life-is-the-ultimate-exploration.mp3","audio_url":"https://www.buzzsprout.com/2440723/episodes/19059304-bertrand-piccard-life-is-the-ultimate-exploration.mp3","summary":"In this episode of Life’s Tough, Explorers are Tougher, Bertrand Piccard joins Richard Wiese for a conversation about exploration, failure, innovation, and the mindset required to build a better future. Piccard reflects on how repeated failures shaped some of his greatest achievements and explains why curiosity, perseverance, and respect matter far beyond expeditions. For him, exploration is not only about going farther, but about challenging comfort, accepting risk, and staying open to what ...","meta_description":"In this episode of Life’s Tough, Explorers are Tougher, Bertrand Piccard joins Richard Wiese for a conversation about exploration, failure, innovation, an…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":2510,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/life-s-tough-explorers-are-tougher-3600599/episodes/bertrand-piccard-life-is-the-ultimate-exploration/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/life-s-tough-explorers-are-tougher-3600599/bertrand-piccard-life-is-the-ultimate-exploration.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}