No Ordinary Monday
Episodes
Surviving Afghanistan and Other War Zone Stories (Foreign News Correspondent) - PART TWO
03 May 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Melanie Marshall spent over 20 years as a BBC foreign news journalist and war correspondent, covering the most volatile conflict zones on the planet. ...
Mooning Islamic State and Other War Zone Stories (Foreign News Correspondent) - PART ONE
27 Apr 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Melanie Marshall spent over 20 years as a BBC foreign news journalist and war correspondent, covering the most volatile conflict zones on the planet. ...
How to Recruit a Spy (FBI Counterintelligence Agent)
20 Apr 2026
Contributed by Lukas
What does it take to get a foreign spy to help another country? According to Robin Dreeke, it has nothing to do with pressure, leverage or manipulatio...
Damien Mander: From Warzones to Wildlife (Former Soldier & Anti-Poaching Activist)
13 Apr 2026
Contributed by Lukas
From elite special operations soldier and Iraq War veteran to one of Africa's most respected voices in wildlife conservation, Damien Mander'...
Briana Evigan: From Hollywood to Zimbabwe (Actress & Conservationist)
06 Apr 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Guest: Briana Evigan. Actress (Step Up 2, Step Up 3D, S. Darko), Founder of Abundant Village, Humanitarian & Conservation AdvocateBriana Evigan sp...
Designing an Impossible Ride (Roller Coaster Designer)
30 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
A theme park owner in Stockholm points to a cramped patch of land, boxed in by towers, tracks, and buildings, and asks an almost impossible question: ...
Armed Boarding In The Red Sea (Photographer & Producer)
23 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
What happens when a scientific expedition in the Red Sea is suddenly boarded by an unidentified, armed group?In this episode, adventurer, photographer...
Making War Zones Safe Again (Bomb Disposal Expert)
16 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Bomb disposal expert and former British Army engineer Ben Remfrey joins No Ordinary Monday to share what it is really like working in landmine clearan...
What People Get Wrong About Burlesque (Burlesque Performer)
09 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
What is burlesque really? And what does it take to build a career as a professional performer?In this episode of No Ordinary Monday, Chris sits down w...
The White Island Recovery Operation (Volcanologist) - PART TWO
02 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
What does a 4% chance of death really mean?In Part Two of this conversation, volcanologist Nico Fournier takes us inside the risk calculations behind ...
The White Island Recovery Operation (Volcanologist) - PART ONE
23 Feb 2026
Contributed by Lukas
A phone call at 2:11 p.m. shattered a quiet Monday: Whakaari had erupted with tourists on the crater floor. From that moment, we step into a week wher...
Mind-Reading Book Test (Magician) BONUS EP
19 Feb 2026
Contributed by Lukas
This is a bonus clip from this week’s episode with magician Sean Borland.During our conversation, I asked Sean whether he’d be willing to demonstr...
Beyond the Illusion (Magician)
16 Feb 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Candlelight. A creaking old house on a South African nature reserve. Wind outside, silence within. We sit down with world-touring magician Sean Borlan...
From Drift to Direction (Career Coach)
09 Feb 2026
Contributed by Lukas
A backpack full of rushes, a late‑night detour, and a cab ride that felt like forever. That near‑disaster on a dog‑trick commercial wasn’t jus...
Surviving an Erupting Volcano (Expedition Leader)
02 Feb 2026
Contributed by Lukas
A brother’s warning over the radio. An 80‑metre abseil into darkness. A cone splits, lava surges, and the exact spot rigged with rope is swallowed...
What Facing Death Taught Me About Living (Death Doula)
26 Jan 2026
Contributed by Lukas
A fear of death can quietly shape an entire life. For Danni Petkovic, that fear was physical and relentless — years of death anxiety, intrusive thou...
A Bush Pilot’s Worst Flight Over Papua
19 Jan 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Bush Flying in Indonesia: From IT Desk to Remote Mountain AirstripsA tidy flat, a good salary, a steady routine — and a growing knot of anxiety. Tha...
Trapped in a Flooded Hospital in South Sudan (MSF Doctor)
12 Jan 2026
Contributed by Lukas
A backpack floats in brown water. The ward is a tent. The air is forty degrees. And still, patients keep coming. We open the year with Dr Lakshmi Jain...
CIA Counter-Terrorism Analyst: The 3 Most Dangerous Places in the World to Backpack (and How to Get In)…with Brent Giannotta (BACKPACKING & BLISTERS PODCAST)
29 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
What are the 3 most dangerous countries to visit for a backpacking trip? And how can you get in? Former CIA Counter-Terrorism Analyst Brent Giannotta ...
Drilling Into Antarctica's Frozen Past (Polar Scientist)
22 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
A storm hits ten hours after the helicopter drop, tents bow under the wind, and the generators choke on spindrift—yet the drill keeps turning. That’...
The Psychology Of Dark Tourism
15 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
What happens when a seasoned therapist loses his footing and chooses to walk straight into the world’s darkest rooms? We sit down with Dr Chad Scott...
Adventures of a Modern Maestro (Orchestra Conductor)
08 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
A phone call, a private jet, and a destination so secret no one would say it out loud—then a palatial compound, an accidental insult to a billionair...
(BONUS) Two Truths and a Lie… With a Secret Service Agent
04 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
What happens when a Secret Service interrogator plays Two Truths and a Lie with us on mic? We invited special agent and polygraph examiner Brad Beeler...
Protecting Presidents, Interrogating Criminals (U.S. Secret Service Special Agent)
01 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
What does it really take to open a locked human safe? Not pressure. Not tricks. Presence. Retired US Secret Service special agent Brad Beeler joins me...
The Road of Life, and Death (Humanitarian)
24 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Headlights in the distance. Two elderly evacuees in the cab. A van bogged down a kilometre from the Russian border. That single night becomes the turn...
Braking Point (F1 Engineer)
17 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
A tiny part failed, a race unravelled, and a dominant team learned a lesson that reshaped its season. We sit down with engineer and technical leader R...
Heart of the Wild (Conservationist)
10 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
A cheetah on a Hollywood set with Angelina Jolie. A Jack Russell with terrible timing. And a moment in a rural hospital that rerouted two lives toward...
The Ghost Interview (Parapsychologist)
03 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
A ghost hitching a ride in the backseat shouldn’t make sense—until you hear how a veteran parapsychologist pulled the story apart and tried to ver...
Crash Landing in the Pacific (Pilot) - Part Two
27 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
A single whistle in the dark ocean shouldn’t decide a life, yet that’s exactly how Heidi found her way home. After ditching her aircraft in the Pa...
Crash Landing in the Pacific (Pilot) - Part One
20 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
A single engine, an endless Pacific, and a decision no pilot wants to make. That’s where Heidi Porch found herself eleven hours into a ferry flight ...
Taking On a $16 Million Lottery Scam (CEO)
13 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
A $16 million lottery ticket sits unclaimed. Hours before the deadline, an anonymous figure tries to cash in through a Belize shell company. That’s ...
Flames, Flow and Fallout (Firefighter-Paramedic)
06 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
DISCLAIMER: This episode contains content that may be distressing for some listeners. Please take care while listening. The siren is silent, the room...
36 Hours Trapped in an Arctic Storm (Polar Explorer)
29 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
What happens when the wind is so powerful it literally rips the air from your lungs? Sue Stockdale knows this terrifying reality all too well. Trapped...
The Art of Controlled Disaster (Special Effects Artist)
22 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Have you ever wondered how those incredible physical special effects in movies actually work? Not the CGI, but the real explosions, practical weather,...
Surviving a Deadly Underground Flood (Cave Microbiologist)
15 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Meet Dr. Hazel Barton, a remarkable scientist who descends into Earth's darkest corners in search of microscopic life that could transform our fu...
Shooting in a War Zone (Conflict Cinematographer)
08 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
What drives someone to pick up a camera and head straight into the world's most dangerous conflicts? Michael Downey has made a career of document...
First on the Scene at a Plane Crash (Trauma Nurse) - Part Two
01 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Tony Bonner takes us deep into his extraordinary experiences as a first responder at the Lockerbie bombing in this gripping conclusion to his two-part...
First on the Scene at a Plane Crash (Trauma Nurse) - Part One
25 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
The red emergency phone had never rung before. When it finally did on December 21st, 1988, trauma nurse Tony Bonner and the Medic One rapid response t...
Studying Death, For a Living (Anthropologist)
17 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
What happens when an anthropologist volunteers as a "demonstration corpse" at a Japanese funeral industry convention? Dr. Hannah Gould'...
Filming the Impossible (Adventure Filmmaker)
17 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Emmy award-winning cinematographer Keith Partridge takes us behind the scenes of adventure filmmaking, revealing the extraordinary skills and mindset ...
Mars, Lasers, and the Search for Alien Life (Planetary Scientist)
17 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Have you ever wondered what it would be like to control a laser on another planet? Dr. Nina Lanza does exactly that as a planetary scientist at Los Al...
No Ordinary Monday Trailer
04 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to No Ordinary Monday — the podcast that takes you inside the world’s most thrilling, bizarre, and extraordinary careers. Each week, host ...