{"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":"Hugo Vau: Facing the Giant Wave","slug":"hugo-vau-facing-the-giant-wave","published_at":"2025-10-22T18:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/life-s-tough-explorers-are-tougher-3600599/hugo-vau-facing-the-giant-wave","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/life-s-tough-explorers-are-tougher-3600599","url":"https://www.buzzsprout.com/2440723/episodes/18058221-hugo-vau-facing-the-giant-wave.mp3","audio_url":"https://www.buzzsprout.com/2440723/episodes/18058221-hugo-vau-facing-the-giant-wave.mp3","summary":"In this episode of Life’s Tough, Explorers are Tougher, host Richard Wiese speaks with Portuguese surfer Hugo Vau about his experiences at Nazaré—the site of some of the world’s biggest waves. Hugo shares how surfing began in Portugal only a few decades ago, facing early resistance before becoming a respected sport. He explains the natural forces that create Nazaré’s enormous swells through a deep underwater canyon and recounts how he and his teammates explored the area starting in 2007. The ...","meta_description":"In this episode of Life’s Tough, Explorers are Tougher, host Richard Wiese speaks with Portuguese surfer Hugo Vau about his experiences at Nazaré—the site…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":2077,"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/hugo-vau-facing-the-giant-wave/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/hugo-vau-facing-the-giant-wave.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}