Season two is coming...
Adventure stories rarely begin with pure imagination.
More often, they start somewhere real.
A forgotten road that once crossed the known world.
A hidden city carved deep beneath the earth.
A scientist attempting to harness lightning itself.
Or the simple idea that adventure might be waiting just a few miles from home.
In Season Two of the Adventure Story Podcast, author Luke Richardson explores the places, legends, and real-world experiences that inspire adventure fiction.
From the Silk Road to the astonishing underground city of Derinkuyu Underground City, from Nikola Tesla’s experiments in Colorado Springs to the philosophy of everyday adventure, each episode explores one powerful idea with authors, explorers, and historians.
If you love adventure fiction, ancient mysteries, and the real stories behind the legends, this podcast is for you.
Because the best adventure stories begin somewhere real.
Subscribe now so you don’t miss the new season.
Takeaways:
- Adventure stories often originate from tangible, real-world experiences rather than mere imagination.
- This season delves into captivating places and histories that inspire adventure fiction narratives.
- The podcast features discussions with authors, explorers, and historians about their sources of inspiration.
- Listeners will discover how legends and real histories intertwine to create compelling adventure tales.
- Each episode focuses on a singular idea that has influenced the guest's work in profound ways.
- We explore the notion that adventure may be found in proximity to one's own home.
Transcript
Adventure begins somewhere real.
Speaker A:A hidden city carved beneath the earth.
Speaker A:A scientist who tried to harness lightning.
Speaker A:Or a dive into the silent world beneath the sea.
Speaker A:In season two of the Adventure Story podcast, we explore the places, the histories and the real world experiences that make adventure stories resonate.
Speaker A:Hey, I'm Luke.
Speaker A:I travel the world looking for fascinating places and forgotten histories to inspire my books.
Speaker A:You may have heard people talking about a secret vault beneath the Giza plateau.
Speaker A:Yep, that appeared in one of my novels.
Speaker A:Or the Templar stronghold in modern day Portugal that inspired another.
Speaker A:In my writing, I take these places and legends and turn them into page turning stories.
Speaker A:But in this podcast, we pull back the curtain, explore the real history behind the adventure, where the legends came from and how much of them.
Speaker A:This is the important thing.
Speaker A:And how much of them might actually, actually be true.
Speaker A:I enjoyed making the first season of the Adventure Story podcast so much though, that I'm doing it all over again.
Speaker A:In this season, we travel from the Silk Road to an underground city in Turkey.
Speaker A:From Nikola Tesla's experiments in Colorado Springs to the idea that adventure might be waiting just a few miles from home.
Speaker A:Each episode brings a new guest, an author, explorer or a historian, and one idea that inspired them.
Speaker A:That's because the best adventure stories, in my opinion, start somewhere real.
Speaker A:Make sure you're subscribed so you don't miss a thing.
Speaker A:Season 2 of the Adventure Story podcast coming soon.
