1KHO 928: I’m Going Home | Ryan Watson, Turks and Chaos

Ginny Yurich (0:34)

Happy Friday, friends, welcome back to the 1000 Hours Outside Podcast. I was thinking about how many of you spend part of your week with me. Maybe it's in the car or on a walk, making dinner, folding laundry, mowing the grass, riding your horse. I don't know. Whatever you're doing while you're listening, it really is a gift to spend this time together. Before we get into today's episode, I want to give you a sneak peek about what is coming next week. A favorite of yours, Ruth Jo Simons is here on Sunday. Next week also features the brilliant Dr. Robert Millello. His work on ADHD and childhood neurological disorders completely challenges the way we tend to think about the brain, especially the role of movement, sensory development, and what is happening underneath a child's behavior. Also, Dr. Sherry Turkle will be joining me. I have been waiting years for this conversation. She is one of the most influential thinkers in the world on technology and human relationships, and we are talking about AI chat bot companions, people who are forming friendships and relationships with artificial intelligence. That's not all. Dr. Stephanie Seneff is here for a conversation.

We'll be here for a conversation about glyphosate. So make sure you are following the podcast because there is a lot coming next week. Today's story is one I certainly wouldn't want to live through. Ryan Watson went to Turks and K-Coast for a five-day vacation with his wife and friends. On his way home, four hunting grounds were discovered in the lining of his carry-on bag. What he thought would be a simple mistake to clear up, turned into 70 days. He never expected. Here's that story.

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Welcome to 1000 Hours Outside Podcast. My name is Ginny Yurich, I'm the founder of 1000 Hours Outside, and I'm so excited about today's conversation. It's a little different, but I just had someone email in today that said, so we hit our five-year podcast anniversary, and so sent out an email, like who would you want to hear from? We're kind of barreling toward a thousand episodes, and someone said, I would love to hear more about places, cool places that you could go outdoors, like where can we go and visit? So we're going to be talking today about Turks and K-coast, but I read a book called Turks in the K-coast has crossed off, and it's Turks and Chaos. Ryan Watson went to this incredible place, and the most astonishing, horrifying thing happened. We're going to be talking about that today and more. Ryan, welcome.

Ryan Watson (4:47)

What a blessing, yeah.

Ginny Yurich (4:49)

All right. So this is a story about how you want to travel with your friends. I think that's wonderful. So let's kick it off there. You've got some really good friends from college, your parents now, but you're like, you know what? We can steal away for four or five days as couple friends and go have a wonderful time together.