Past Programs

February 2026

United States of Adventure with Will Soiland

When Will Soiland was 24 years old, he took a leap into the unknown and discovered the joys of solo travel. Growing up, he had always traveled extensively with his… Watch the program here!

The Vanguard of Outward Bound with Dr. Marion Somers

In the early 1970’s Dr. Marion Somers, an avid outdoorsman, decided she wanted to attend the Hurricane Island Outward Bound School (HIOBS) in Maine. Only problem - no women allowed.… Watch the program here!

January 2026

Visiting Iraq with Reymundo Perez

In the last twenty years, Iraq has undergone profound changes in governance and daily life. After the U.S.-led invasion in 2003 ended Saddam Hussein’s rule, the country entered a political… Watch the program here!

The Right Hand Man: A Journey of Investigation in Panama with Cillian Dunne

Then-27-year old Cillian Dunne tells the story of choosing to follow a piece of reporting in a Central American nation, beyond the page and into lived experience. That choice took… Watch the program here!

Pong Around the World – Stories from 7 Continents with Justin Bookey

Tens of millions of people play ping pong worldwide, but very few have used a paddle as a passport to the entire planet. In the 1970s, table tennis famously helped… Watch the program here!

The Adventurers' Club 2026: The Frontier Ahead with Rich Mayfield

Join us for the first gathering of the year as Rich Mayfield #1211, President of the Adventurers’ Club of Los Angeles, shares where the Club is headed in 2026 and… Watch the program here!

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December 18, 2025- 2025 President's Holiday PartyDecember 11, 2025- Mongolian Eagle Hunters and Equestrian Adventures with Erik CooperDecember 5, 2025- Member’s only Tour of the Griffith Observatory with Peter Davidson #1257December 4, 2025- Aerial Combat in WWII and Korea with Joe PeterbursNovember 27, 2025- Dark For ThanksgivingNovember 20, 2025- How Ancient Patterns Shape Modern Civilizations with Ricky QiNovember 16, 2025- Sunday Member Social and ShowcaseNovember 13, 2025- Mysticism in the Martial Arts with Forrest AsburyNovember 6, 2025- 2025 Annual Business Meeting - 2nd SessionNovember 2, 2025- Jay Foonberg's 90th Birthday Celebration!October 30, 2025- Rusty Dogs of War with Caleb ClineOctober 23, 2025- The Unforgiving Road with Marc WeitzOctober 16, 2025- Adventurer of The Year with Virgina Ko #1253October 9, 2025- 2025 Annual Business Meeting - 1st SessionOctober 4, 2025- 2025 Night of High AdventureSeptember 25, 2025- Regenerative Storytelling: PEOPLE, PLACES and PURPOSES with Michaela GuzySeptember 20, 2025- "Bridging the Ice" Screening with Nic WatkinsSeptember 18, 2025- Bridging the Ice with Nic WatkinsSeptember 11, 2025- Global Footprints: A Journey of Endurance and Exploration with Steve FullerSeptember 4, 2025- Science at the Bottom of the World with Louise HamlinAugust 28, 2025- A Life of Adventure and Self-Discovery with Lance MillerAugust 21, 2025- Transpac 2025 on “Hula Girl” with Michael Lawler #1195August 14, 2025- The Future Of Nuclear War Ain't What It Used To Be with David AlexanderAugust 7, 2025- A Year At Sea with Cody BahlauJuly 31, 2025- Against All Odds - a Tale of an Impossible Journey with Vlad MurnikovJuly 26, 2025- Members Event - West Los Angeles Obon FestivalJuly 24, 2025- Journey Into China's Most Guarded Province with Paul Wong #1183July 17, 2025- Gazing: Early Women Travelers and Filmmakers with Courtney StephensJuly 10, 2025- The Quest for Port Isabel with Steve Lawson #1032 and Peter Jensen #1101July 3, 2025- Club Dark for July 4thJune 28, 2025- 8th Annual Tiki Night - Imbibing: From Art Deco to the Front Lines with Damien MontanileJune 22, 2025- Campfire Stories with Andy: The Disappearance of Michael RockefellerJune 19, 2025- A Journey to Cuba's Musical Soul with Chuck Jonkey #1026June 12, 2025- Flying Cars: A Case for Exploration and Racing Adventures with Dezső MolnárJune 5, 2025- Threads of Change: How a Journey to Peru Became a Movement with Laura GrierMay 31, 2025- Members Tour of the USS Iowa with Rich Abele #1172May 29, 2025- The Burma Road with David KulkaMay 22, 2025- Seoulful Adventure: from Seoul to the Open Road Michael YangMay 15, 2025- Where the Forest Roars with Kim FrankMay 8, 2025- Rise to the Adventure with Edie Littlefield Sundby #1249May 1, 2025- From Here to Timbuktu with Sid Suarez #1235April 24, 2025- 47 Years In The Air with Kate Cooper-JensenApril 17, 2025- Making the Jump with Gavin McClurgApril 10, 2025- From Swimming with Blue Whales to Traversing on the Sepik River with Sharon LobelApril 3, 2025- Saving Sharks by Diving With Them -The Role of Community Science in Conservation with David McGuireMarch 27, 2025- Tap Dancing on the East Face of Everest for Mimi ZiemanMarch 20, 2025- Searching for Signs of Life on the Red Planet with Matthew WallaceMarch 13, 2025- Adventures of a Real Batman with Dr. Merlin TuttleMarch 6, 2025- California Disasters: the Good, the Bad, and the Humanity with Captain Steve KaufmannFebruary 27, 2025- Before They Vanish with James Michael DorseyFebruary 20, 2025- Two Generations of Cold Warriors transiting the Globe with Edna FosterFebruary 13, 2025- Discover Your Brave-ish Spirit with Lisa NiverFebruary 6, 2025- Purpose in the Face of Danger with Kenneth A. CarlsonJanuary 30, 2025- Walk Your City like a Backcountry Adventure with Liz "Snorkel" ThomasJanuary 23, 2025- Reaching the Five Deeps with Victor VescovoJanuary 16, 2025- Global Ophthalmology with Omar Ozgur, MDJanuary 9, 2025- Death in the Amazon with Wayne White
December 12, 2024- 2024 President's Holiday PartyDecember 5, 2024- It's not About the Summit with Art MuirNovember 21, 2024- Surviving a Tsunami with Monica Ribeiro ConnellyNovember 14, 2024- Serbia When the Bucket List is Empty with Bill Altaffer - Featuring a Special Veterans Day CelebrationNovember 7, 2024- 2024 Annual Business Meeting - 2nd SessionOctober 31, 2024- The Adventurers' Club Halloween EscapadeOctober 24, 2024- Directing Historic Moments with Haley JacksonOctober 17, 2024- OMG! Oceans Are Melting Greenland with Josh WillisOctober 10, 2024- Flying “Over the Hump" with Charles CarmonaOctober 6, 2024- 2024 Night of High AdventureOctober 3, 2024- 2024 Annual Business Meeting - 1st SessionSeptember 26, 2024- Top 10 Most Dangerous Moments with Evan B. StoneSeptember 19, 2024- Extreme Expeditions with James Michael DorseySeptember 12, 2024- Hunting for Forrest Fenn’s treasure chest with Daniel BarbarisiSeptember 5, 2024- Adventure Is A State Of Mind with Bruce BirchellAugust 29, 2024- Skiing the Planet with Doug StoupAugust 22, 2024- Landing Parachutes and Punchlines with Motorcyclist Tamale SeppAugust 15, 2024- Galvanized by The Adventurers' Club with Alan FeldsteinAugust 8, 2024- Paddling Through the Heart of California with Brendan BorrellAugust 1, 2024- Disaster At Devil's Jaw with Lee AbbottJuly 25, 2024- Finding Comfort in the Uncomfortable with Jeremiah Hyatt #1236July 18, 2024- Sailing Across the Atlantic with James H. Lee, CAPTJuly 11, 2024- Travels with Shane with Gary Mortimer #1086June 27, 2024- Sailing Mexico's Pacific Coast with Michael and Barbara LawlerJune 22, 2024- 7th Annual Tiki Night - In Search of Tiki in the Urban Jungle with Sven KirstenJune 13, 2024- Planetary Adventures with Dr. Louis FriedmanJune 6, 2024- Crossing Borders with Capt. Jim GoodrichMay 30, 2024- 100 Years of Club History With Keith Chase and Steve LawsonMay 23, 2024- Echoes of Exploration with Erick CedeñoMay 16, 2024- Raising a Russian Submarine in Plain Sight with Charlie CanbyMay 9, 2024- Reporting from the Fringes with James PogueMay 2, 2024- Conservation, Culture, and Couscous with Azzedine DownesApril 28, 2024- Saving Cheetahs with Dr. Laurie Marker: A Cheetah Conservation Fund FundraiserApril 25, 2024- Healing Through Adaptive Climbing with Kareemah BattsApril 18, 2024- Primitive Wilderness Survival with Dan BairdApril 11, 2024- Ancient Rituals, Modern Lenses with Greg DowningApril 4, 2024- Searching The Trail Of The Lost with Andrea LankfordMarch 28, 2024- Finding Amelia Earhart's Plane with Lloyd RomeoMarch 21, 2024- Diving to the Titanic with Bill PriceMarch 14, 2024- Diving the HMHS Britannic (Without a Golden Ticket) with Brett EldrigeMarch 7, 2024- Pioneering Travel Through Post-US Afghanistan with Matthew AllisonFebruary 29, 2024- Searching For Life Deep Underground with Dr. Aaron CelestianFebruary 22, 2024- Going Beyond and Back with Jeff JohnsonFebruary 15, 2024- Aerobatic Flying with Aaron Fitzgerald of the Red Bull Flying BullsFebruary 8, 2024- Venturing into New Guinea's Untamed Wilderness with Wayne WhiteFebruary 1, 2024- Capturing The Thrill with Michael GraberJanuary 25, 2024- Prisoners In Paradise with Vivian CallahanJanuary 18, 2024- The first solo woman to hike the American Discovery Trail with Briana DeSanctis "Rocky Mountain High"January 11, 2024- Exploring Panoramas with Sara VelasJanuary 4, 2024- Not your San Andreas fault: The other tectonic boundary in California with Andrea Donnellan
December 14, 2023- 2023 President's Holiday PartyDecember 7, 2023- You Can Wear Your Good Watch in Istria and Slavonia with Bill AltafferNovember 30, 2023- The Art Of Living Dangerously with Richard BangsNovember 16, 2023- Visiting Syria in 2023 with Reymundo PerezNovember 9, 2023- Embracing Discomfort, Working for the United States Antarctic Program with James GrahamNovember 2, 2023- 2023 Annual Business Meeting- 2nd SessionOctober 26, 2023- 5 Lessons Learned From Failed Adventures with Jesse RedheartOctober 19, 2023- Jade Adventures in Guatemala with Charles Carmona #1136October 14, 2023- 2023 Night of High AdventureOctober 5, 2023- 2023 Annual Business Meeting- 1st SessionSeptember 28, 2023- ‘The Rickshaw Run’ - A Wild Ride Across India with Yasmin Sanie-Hay and Anthony HaySeptember 23, 2023- Interstellar Sound Immersion with Deep FlightSeptember 21, 2023- Running Away With The Circus with Phoebe PiperSeptember 14, 2023- The Adventures of Michael LawlerSeptember 7, 2023- Burning Man Report- Flood of 2023August 31, 2023- Capturing Giants with Big Wave Surf Photographer Sachi CunninghamAugust 24, 2023- The NISAR Mission: Satellite Assembly and Space Diplomacy with Scott NowakAugust 17, 2023- Life as an outdoor professional California to Everest with Philip HendersonAugust 10, 2023- Surviving the Okavango Delta, a Look into the Heart of Wildest Africa with Zach VincentAugust 3, 2023- From Coast to Coast: A 4000-Mile Cycling Odyssey with Ian de MouraJuly 27, 2023- Revving Up: The Thrills and Challenges of Amateur Porsche Racing With David McAlexanderJuly 20, 2023- Outside the Wire: Covering Combat and Military Operations with Amy ForsytheJuly 13, 2023- Climb your Everest presented by Dr. Sara SafariJuly 8, 2023- Celebration of Life for Roy Roush #864July 6, 2023- THE LAGOON, Encounters with the Whales of San Ignacio with James Michael DorseyJuly 1, 2023- An Interstellar Sound Immersion with Chuck Jonkey and Stephen James TaylorJune 29, 2023- Guardians of the Spotted Ghost: An In-Depth Discussion on Cheetah Conservation in IndiaJune 24, 2023- 6th Annual Tiki Night at The Adventurers’ Club of Los AngelesJune 15, 2023- Defying Danger in Pyongyang, North Korea and Devil's Pool, Victoria Falls with Gloria McCoyJune 8, 2023- Danielle Eubank: One Artist Five Oceans: "A 20-year quest to capture all the world’s oceans" and World Oceans Day FundraiserJune 1, 2023- The Worlds Most Traveled Man Presents: The Amazon 1970 with Bill AltafferMay 25, 2023- Telling Stories in Wild Places with Melissa LeshMay 18, 2023- The Victory Lap: A Circumnavigation Visiting All Seven Continents in Four MonthsMay 11, 2023- A Month on Mars with Rod Pyle Editor-in-Chief of Ad Astra MagazineMay 4, 2023- Monuments Men and Women in the 21st Century with Captain Sonia DixonApril 27, 2023- The Courage to Fail with Diana NyadApril 20, 2023- Diving The WWII Shipwrecks of Truk Lagoon with John JayApril 13, 2023- 2023: An Exoplanet Odyssey by Laura-May AbronApril 6, 2023- World-Class Adventurer, Born to Adventure Presented by Ramona Cox AKA SkyChickMarch 30, 2023- Shackleton's Endurance Found! Presentation and Book Signing with Director of Exploration Mensun BoundMarch 23, 2023- Solo Self Supported Bike Trip Across Aotearoa (NZ) with Casey SheppardMarch 16, 2023- An Arctic Journey told by Adam RavetchMarch 9, 2023- Finding Adventure in the Pacific - Paulo FerroMarch 2, 2023- 7 Days Off Road - No Modern Nav. Tools with Sabrina HowellsFebruary 23, 2023- Paralyzed & Told He'd Never Walk Again Terry Tillman Shares his Success SecretsFebruary 16, 2023- First Successful Wheeled Overland Expedition to the High Arctic narrated by Andrew Comrie-PicardFebruary 9, 2023- Author Brian O'Hare reads from Surrender—his 2021 Award Winning Book of Veteran's Short StoriesFebruary 2, 2023- Daniel Stinson, Call Sign Santa6 the Contractor Responsible for Saving 15,000 Afghans in 2021January 26, 2023- Journey to Mt. Erebus in Antarctica with Rosaly LopesJanuary 19, 2023- Exploring Oman: A Remote and Untrod Land Full of Beauty and History with Ashley BordersJanuary 12, 2023- Travel for Transformation: The Road is the Guru with Jonathan Legg
December 15, 2022- 2022 President's Holiday PartyDecember 8, 2022- Adventures in Inner and Outer Space with Robert A LowellDecember 1, 2022- Vanishing Tanzanian Tribes with Gower FrostNovember 17, 2022- Trophy Fishing with Sophia Huynh and Kevin BoyleNovember 10, 2022- Journalism in Central Africa and Giant Rat Enabled Landmine Clearance with Andrew McGregorNovember 5, 2022- 2022 Night of High AdventureNovember 3, 2022- 2022 Annual Business Meeting 2nd SessionOctober 27, 2022- Member ShowcaseOctober 20, 2022- The Essence and Spirit of Adventure with Pierre OdierOctober 13, 2022- Fighting Illegal Grows on Public Lands with LT John NoresOctober 6, 2022- 2022 Annual Business Meeting- 1st SessionSeptember 29, 2022- Survival Skills and Self Reliance with Christopher NyergesSeptember 22, 2022- Three Winters in the South Pole Discussion and Book Signing with Wayne WhiteSeptember 17, 2022- 5th Annual Tiki Night at The Adventurers’ Club of Los AngelesSeptember 8, 2022- Japanese Good Luck Flags and 1000 Stitch Belts with Dr. Michael BortnerSeptember 1, 2022- The Business Case for More Outdoor Adventure with Knight CampbellAugust 25, 2022- Evading the KGB with Sheet Music with Merryl GoldbergAugust 18, 2022- Combat Surgery with Dr. Richard StenesAugust 11, 2022- Migrant Caravans from Central America with Ilse Fernandez and XiomaraAugust 4, 2022- Solo Motorcycle Overlanding on the Baja Peninsula with Scott McQueenJuly 28, 2022- Surviving a Shark Attack and Becoming a Shark Advocate with Maria KorcsmarosJuly 21, 2022- Horse Racing in Mongolia with Hugh CummingsJuly 14, 2022- SCUBA Diving with Stewart DeatsJuly 7, 2022- Lasers, Fire, and Robots with Brent BushnellJune 30, 2022- Saving Lives in Libya and World Record Bicycle Rides with Dean StottJune 23, 2022- Subterranean Ghosts: India’s Vanishing Stepwells with Victoria LautmanJune 16, 2022- Urban Hiking with Robert InmanJune 9, 2022- Underwater Ancient Clock Salvaging to Modern Robotics with Chris WeisbartJune 2, 2022- Food Adventures with the Māori and Beyond with Nyesha ArringtonMay 26, 2022- Dinosaurs of the Deep: Expedition Flag #127 with Alec ShumateMay 19, 2022- Practicing and Teaching Medicine in Mongolia with Dr. David Warburton OBEMay 12, 2022- Creatively Financing Adventure: How the State Dept. Helped Fund A Motorcycle Trip to Spain with Craig CarylMay 5, 2022- Kathryn Linehan about Her Father David Chase Linehan – Member #977 of the Adventurers' ClubApril 28, 2022- Trying to Solve the Mystery of the Nazca Lines with Mike TuckerApril 21, 2022- Becoming a Blind Magician with Chad AllenApril 14, 2022- Lessons Enforcing Mid East No Fly Zones in the 90s Applied to Ukraine with David McAlexanderApril 7, 2022- Fighter Jets and Augmented Reality with Nick BićanićMarch 31, 2022- Lifting Stones to find Strength and Sovereignty with Liefia IngallsMarch 24, 2022- Horn of Africa Travels with Bill AltafferMarch 17, 2022- Putin and the Ongoing Crisis in Ukraine with James BiesterfeldMarch 10, 2022- Champion Kickboxing and Cowboying with Charles BissetMarch 3, 2022- Conservation Working Safari in South AfricaFebruary 24, 2022- Serving in the Marines at Guantanamo after 9/11 with Tony LugoFebruary 17, 2022- Dying to Tell the Story with Kathy and Dan EldonFebruary 10, 2022- Grassroots Veteran Suicide Prevention in the US and Mexico with Margarita ReyesFebruary 3, 2022- World Record Stone Lifts and the Pursuit of Peak Performance with Logan GelbrichJanuary 27, 2022- Teaching in Iraqi Kurdistan with David TorstensonJanuary 20, 2022- Family Expedition to Africa with the Angelos FamilyJanuary 13, 2022- From Mercenaries to the Metaverse with Nick BićanićJanuary 6, 2022- Off-Road Racing with Robert Johnson
December 30, 2021- Wishing you all a great New Year's and looking forward to seeing you in 2022!December 16, 2021- 2021 President's Holiday PartyDecember 9, 2021- Exploring Chernobyl with Mike ClarkDecember 2, 2021- The Art of Field Collecting in Papua New Guinea with Michael HamsonNovember 18, 2021- Carry on up the Khyber with Kevin MartinNovember 11, 2021- Shipboard Lifestyles Across Time with Linda AbramsNovember 4, 2021- 2021 Annual Business Meeting- Second SessionOctober 28, 2021- Little Steps, Big Feat: The Adventures of One Woman’s Walk Around the World with Polly LetofskyOctober 21, 2021- Here, There be Dragons! with Jim DorseyOctober 14, 2021- Spartan Games Declare Robert Owens "The Fittest and Mentally Toughest 66 year-old in the World" with Robert OwensOctober 7, 2021- 2021 Annual Business Meeting- First SessionSeptember 30, 2021- Early Organized Crime in Los Angeles with Dr. J. Michael NiottaSeptember 25, 2021- SOLD OUT! - 4th Annual Tiki Night at The Adventurers' Club of Los Angeles - SOLD OUT!September 16, 2021- The Roswell UFO Crash; What are the Undeniable Truths? with Donald R. SchmittSeptember 9, 2021- Paid in Stories and Scars; The Life of a Circus Clown with Alex BarneySeptember 2, 2021- Mountaineering: Risk and Rescue with Dylan KilbyAugust 26, 2021- Mad Mike Hughes: The Flat Earther Daredevil Rocketeer Who Reached for the Stars with Justin ChapmanAugust 19, 2021- Ultimate Africa: On Safari with Rich AbeleAugust 12, 2021- Ball's Bluff with Michael OddeninoAugust 5, 2021- Finding Shangri-La with Ted VaillJuly 29, 2021- Ends of the Earth: Documenting the spread and impact of Christianity with David CoonradtJuly 22, 2021- Three Winters at the South Pole with Wayne WhiteJuly 15, 2021- Misadventures in Southeast Asia with Ken HudsonJuly 8, 2021- Flying the SR-71 Blackbird with Buz CarpenterJuly 1, 2021- Ms. Adventure with Jess PhoenixJune 24, 2021- An insight into Cowboy Action and Wild Bunch Action Shooting with Mark RomanoJune 17, 2021- Lost City of the Monkey God with Steve ElkinsJune 12, 2021- California's Gold with Huell HowserJune 10, 2021- Caribbean Reef Life with Mickey CharterisJune 5, 2021- Saving Private Ryan (1998)June 3, 2021- Sinatra’s Tailor with Mark ThompsonMay 29, 2021- Free Solo (2018)May 27, 2021- Retracing the Footsteps of a World War I Photographer with John HeinsenMay 22, 2021- Zulu (1964)May 20, 2021- West Africa’s Voodoo Vibes and More with Elisa KotinMay 15, 2021- The Right Stuff (1983)May 13, 2021- Cold War and Cold Water with Dr. Robert WilliscroftMay 6, 2021- My Life as a Crash Test Dummy in Antarctica with Jeff BozanicApril 29, 2021- Building Swimming Pools and Relationships in the Arctic Circle with Paul GravesApril 22, 2021- Explorers of the Far West: The Mountain Men with Roger McGrathApril 15, 2021- Treasure Hunting and Archeology with Bryan KresieApril 8, 2021- On the Road to Uncover an Extraordinary Holocaust Survival Story with Michael NelsonApril 1, 2021- A Life Aquatic with Kim McCoyMarch 25, 2021- Cambodia's Legacy with Bill MorseMarch 18, 2021- Strange Technology with Joe ValencicMarch 11, 2021- Running Across the USA with Type 1 Diabetes with Don MuchowMarch 4, 2021- Spy Pilot: Francis Gary Powers, the U-2 Incident, and a Controversial Cold War Legacy with Francis Gary Powers, JrFebruary 25, 2021- Atlas Obscura with Dylan ThurasFebruary 18, 2021- Serpent Handlers of Appalachia with Eric StreitFebruary 11, 2021- Motorcycling in Myanmar with Ken FreundFebruary 6, 2021- Saving Jaws with Cristina ZenatoFebruary 4, 2021- Adventure on the Devil's Road with Todd BruceJanuary 28, 2021- The Orangutans of Borneo with Carl Palazzolo, DVMJanuary 21, 2021- Avoiding Regret: Treading the Offbeat Path in Deceivingly Familiar Territory with Sandi HemmerleinJanuary 14, 2021- Saving the Giraffes of Northern Kenya with Jenna Stacy-DawesJanuary 7, 2021- Discovering an Ancient Egyptian IKEA Manual with Greg Downing

December 10, 2020- An Artist's Adventures in Gyotaku with Dwight HwangDecember 3, 2020- Haitian Vodou with Mike ClarkNovember 19, 2020- LIVING IN SPACE: How Space Stations Have Blazed the Path to Settling Space with Rod PyleNovember 12, 2020- Scott Warner- Dredging Northern AlaskaNovember 5, 2020- Annual Business Meeting: Session 2October 22, 2020- Hiking the AT and More as a Type 1 Diabetic with Rich MayfieldOctober 15, 2020- Running for My Life in North Korea with Jay NunnOctober 8, 2020- Journey to the Adventurers' Club with Reymundo PerezOctober 1, 2020- Annual Business Meeting: Session 1September 24, 2020- From Cairo to Capetown on Bike with Quincy LeeSeptember 17, 2020- Paddling Down the Mekong River in Cambodia with Leon ShoenfeldSeptember 10, 2020- Lost Tales and Mysteries with Dave FinnernSeptember 3, 2020- Deep into the Amazon with Alec ShumateAugust 27, 2020- Herding Reindeer with the Nenets with Matt AllisonAugust 20, 2020- In Search of Beringia and Devil's Island with Pierre OdierAugust 13, 2020- Alaskan Dogsled Expeditions with Phoebe PiperAugust 6, 2020- From Lawyer to African Safari Operator with Alan FeldsteinJuly 30, 2020- Tomorrow's Air Museum with Robin PetgraveJuly 23, 2020- Flying the U-2 Spyplane with Rob "Skid" RoweJuly 16, 2020- Flying the Most Feared Warplane with Troy JohnsonJuly 9, 2020- From Fighter Pilot to Test Pilot with Col. Hank ReedJuly 2, 2020- Filming Legendary Locations with Eric StreitJune 25, 2020- World's Most Traveled Person with Bill AltafferJune 18, 2020- Below the Surface with Andre NavarroJune 11, 2020- A 3 Year Trek Around the World with Kevin LeeJune 4, 2020- Expeditions and Advocacy with Jim DorseyMay 28, 2020- Summer Vacation in Northern Iraq and Pakistan with Marc WeitzMay 21, 2020- Adventures of a Deep-Sea Explorer with Richard SlaterMay 14, 2020- Being the Adventure with Mike EscamillaMay 7, 2020- Chuck Jonkey's Exotic Worlds and Sonic SafarisApril 30, 2020- Earthwalk 2019 and the We Are Mother Earth Initiative with Jenny CarringtonApril 23, 2020- Misadventures in the Ancient Himalayan Kingdoms with Kendall HudsonApril 16, 2020- Classic Adventure with Rob QuistApril 9, 2020- Bryan Kresie- Bagging Local PeaksApril 2, 2020- Buying a Sailboat with Matt NaduMarch 26, 2020- Diving Southern California with Stew DeatsMarch 19, 2020- Inaugural BroadcastMarch 5, 2020- Robert Owens- Adventure, Endurance and Mental ToughnessFebruary 27, 2020- SOLD OUT! 3rd Annual Tiki Night- In The Footsteps of Karl von den SteinenFebruary 13, 2020- Paul Pfau- Ghosts of Everest's PastFebruary 6, 2020- Courtney Gillenwater- Both Sides of the FenceJanuary 30, 2020- Mad Mike Hughes- More Adventures with Rocket ManJanuary 25, 2020- Movie Night - Ice Station ZebraJanuary 23, 2020- Cheri Hunter- Tibet Adventures in the Eastern Grasslands: Festivals, Fairs, and RitualsJanuary 16, 2020- George Retelas- Eleven: The Story of 11 Men From Air Group 11January 9, 2020- Jeffery Goddard- Growing Up With The Real Life Indiana Jones

November 14, 2019- Bobby Green: Vintage Auto Racing

November 7, 2019– Annual Business Meeting– Second Session

November 2, 2019- 2019 Night of High Adventure at the Bowers Museum

October 24, 2019- Matt Kresling: The Madagascar Journals

October 17, 2019- Pierre Odier: Adventures in Southern Nepal and Bangladesh

October 10, 2019- Dawson Bloom: Scottish Archeology

September 12, 2019- Jim McEachen: Beyond Everest- Adventures in the Lesser-Known Himalaya

September 5, 2019– Andrew Medina: A Tryst in Triage (On Fingering the Afflictions of Paraguay)

August 29, 2019 – Alec Shumate: Summer Fury: Combat Art with the 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing

August 22, 2019- Jake Roberts: Kayaking Uganda and Climbing Mt. Kenya

August 15, 2019– Franky Ortega: Jumping into Normandy– 75 Years Later

August 8, 2019– John Grasson: The Lost Ships of the Desert

August 1, 2019– Evan Bozanic 1173:Rebreathers in Diving, Aviation, and Submarines

July 25, 2019– Man’s First Landing on the Moon!

July 18, 2019- Kate Liszka: Exploring the Amethyst Mines of Pharaoh

June 13, 2019- Dean Torrance: The Adventures of Jan and Dean

June 27, 2019- Greg Downing: Mogao Caves of Dunhuang, China

June 20, 2019- David Veeneman: Mutiny on the Bounty: Fact or Fiction?

June 6, 2019- 75th Anniversary of D-Day: With stories from our members.

May 30, 2019- Richard Higbie: Blimping and Ballooning in the 1950s and ‘60s

May 23, 2019- Alec Shumate: Forbidden Frontier- The Matis Tribe of the Brazilian Amazon and a Field Report from a Flagged Expedition

May 16, 2019- Members Showcase: Short Stories From Several Members

May 9, 2019- Neil Mandt: Augmented Reality

May 2, 2019- Scott Warner: Prospecting the USA

April 27, 2019- Steve Elkins: The Lost City of the Monkey God

April 25, 2019- Allan Smith: The Marine Raider Memorial March

April 18, 2019- Alec Shumate:Paddling Down the Mekong River in Cambodia

April 11, 2019- Elisa Kotin: The Best of Seven Continents

April 4, 2019- Lance Miller: Leadership Lessons from Ernest Shackleton

March 28, 2019- Christoper Bartlett: Papua New Guinea – Above and Below

March 21, 2019- Second Annual Tiki Night

March 14, 2019- Archaeologist Brian Fagan: The Attacking Ocean

March 7, 2019- Alan Feldstein: Saving Cheetahs!

February 28, 2019- Linda Abrams: The First Women to Fly

February 21, 2019- Katherine Partain: Leading Nuclear Audits

February 14, 2019- Matterhorn

February 7, 2019- Mad Man Mike Hughes: Rocketman!

January 31, 2019- Chuck Jonkey: The 1937 film “Forbidden Adventure in Angkor”

January 24, 2019- Jim Biesterfield: Mommy Dearest

January 17, 2017- Karen Heath Clark: Sailing The Mediterranean

January 10, 2019- Col. Greg Raths, USMC (ret.): Nine Lives as a Fighter Pilot

January 3, 2019- Michael Lawler: Cruising to Yemen Through the Gulf of Aden and the Red Sea

December 13, 2018
Rick Bartow Retrospective
By Dr. Amy Scott
Things You Know But Cannot Explain

December 20, 2018
ACLA President’s Holiday Party

November 29, 2018
An Open Night
Doug Westfall
The Pan Am China Clipper

December 6, 2018
An Open Night
Don Ray
Did the U.S. Army fire and detonate
a nuclear artillery round in Laos or Vietnam late in 1968?

November 8, 2018
A Member Night
Scott Warner 1184
Dredging the Bering Sea for Gold

November 15, 2018
An Open Night
Steve Kaye
BIRDS
The Next Adventure

November 22, 2018
DARK
Thanksgiving

November 1, 2018
Professor Kate Liszka
King Tut
Treasures of the Golden Pharaoh

October 27, 2018- Night of High Adventure

An Open Night – Members and All Guests Welcome
A Celebration of the Life and Contributions of
Shane Berry, ACLA Member 1093

October 11, 2018
A Ladies’ Night
Decoding the Mystery of the Designs on Mimbres Pottery
Ancient Pueblos Culture in New Mexico
Speakers Tony Berlant and Evan Maurer
Curators of the Mimbres Exhibit at LACMA and authors of the book on the Exhibition
Referred by David Hayen, Esq.,1203

September 27, 2018
A Gentlemen’s Night
Wayne White 1194
Chief of South Pole Station
This – Is – Gonna’ – Be – AWESOME!

October 4, 2018
Gentlemen’s Night
Membership Meeting

September 13, 2018
A Ladies’ Night
Sid Hallburn 1125
Self Defense Tips for Women

September 6, 2018
A Ladies’ Night
An ACLA and Explorer’s Club Night
Pierre Odier 988
Remote Corners of Gujarat India 2017
For members of both clubs and their guests.

August 30, 2018
A Gentlemen’s Night
Lynn Redman 1198
A midwestern rancher tours India in 1993; can’t get a decent steak anywhere…

August 16, 2018
A Ladie’s Night
Teddy Roosevelt
John Ashbaugh

August 23, 2018
A Ladies’ Night
Dr. Milton Love
Research Biologist, Marine Science Institute, UC, Santa Barbara

August 9, 2018
A Ladies’ Night
Jeff Holmes 1146
SE Asia WAY off the beaten path

August 2, 2018
A Gentlemen’s Night
David McAlexander 1199
SAMs (Surface-to-Air Missiles)
Dodging Aerial Death from Vietnam to Desert Storm

July 12, 2018
A Ladies’ Night
Marco Rocchio
The Story of Coffee from Ethiopia to Guatemala
Referred by David Hayen, Esq.,1203

July 19, 2018
A Gentlemen’s Night
Dave Finnern
Member 1065
Sunken Mysteries Of The West

June 28,
A Ladies’ Night
Justin Chapman
Traveling from Capetown to Kampala in Search of an African Utopia

June 21, 2018
A Ladies’ Night
Dr. Megan O’Neil
Associate Curator LACMA
New Discoveries at the Pyramids in the Ancient City of Teotihuacan, Mexico
Referred by David Hayen 1203

June 7, 2018
A Ladies’ Night
Valerie Lezin
Connecting Cultures Mobile Museum
Referred by David Hayen 1203

June 14, 2018
A Night Open To All
Robert Quist ACLA Member
Cuba 2010 and Again 2017

May 31, 2018
A Ladies’ Night
Yosemite NPS Firefighter
Larry Ypez
Bear Attack Survivor

May 24, 2018
A Ladies’ Night
Dave Berman 1201
600 Years of the Universe Through Glass
From Galileo to Alvan Clark & Beyond

May 17, 2018
A Ladies’ Night – Everyone Welcome
I N M E M O R I A M
Bob Silver 728
Party

May 3, 2018
A Gentlemen’s Night
Alec Shumate
The Vanishing Art of Travel Sketching

May 10, 2018
A Ladies’ Night
Nick Ut
From Hell to Hollywood
Interview by Mark Edward Harris

April 26, 2018
A Gentlemen’s Night
Ed Reynolds
200 Countries and Driven 1953 MG in 48 States

April 19, 2018
A Ladies’ Night
Rich Mayfield
Hiking the Appalachian Trail from Florida to Maine, Part 1

April 12, 2018
A Ladies’ Night
Phyllis Hansen
The Art of Pioneering:
Paintings and Tales of Early California

April 5, 2018
A Gentlemens’ Night
Andy Medina
Clash of Giants – Cold War Espionage

March 29, 2018
A Ladies’ Night
Kendall Hudson
SOLD OUT!
Tiki Culture in a Coconut Shell

March 22, 2018
A Ladies’ Night
Rusty Nelson
Storm Chasing and Image Mastery

March 15, 2018
A Ladies’ Night
Eric Drummond
Giant Rubies Discovered in Greenland

March 8, 2018
A Ladies’ Night
The King of Redonda, Michael Lawler Member 1195
Spanish Discovery of Hawaii before Capt. Cook

March 1, 2018
A Ladies’ Night
Member Showcase
Bring an Object that Relates to an Adventure.

February 22, 2018
A Ladies’ Night
Casey Sheppard
7 Life Lessons from Solo Traveling

February 15, 2018
A Ladies’ Night
“Hot Rod” Kurtz, Navy Aviator
First Night of War
Or, ejecting from a damaged jet over ocean

February 8, 2018
A Gentlemen’s Night
Brian Kresie 1186
Bang Bang!Ft. Irwin National Training Center preparing troops to deploy overseas

February 1, 2018
A Ladies’ Night
Both ends of the frozen world
The Antarctic – Wayne White 1194
The Arctic – Francis Luta

January 25, 2018
A Ladies’ Night
Natalie Gibb
Exploring Yucatan Underwater Caves

January 18, 2018
A Gentlemen’s Night
Bill Altaffer 1095
B U L G A R I A

January 11, 2018
A Ladies’ Night
Dr. Michelle Rich
Pre Columbian Archeology Discoveries in 7th Century Guatemala

January 4, 2018
A Gentlemen’s Night
Jay Foonberg 1126
Havana Cuba for Adventurers Club

December 14, 2017
A Gentlemen’s Night
President’s Annual Holiday Celebration

November 30, 2017
A Ladies’ Night
Ken Corben
Creatures of Light
Deep Sea Science and Dives

December 7, 2017
A Ladie’s Night
Dave Rader
Theodore Roosevelt

November 9, 2017
A Ladie’s Night
Barbara Schultz
How Amelia Earhart financed her flying

November 16, 2017
A Ladies’ Night
Terrence Finnegan
A Delicate Affair on the Western Front

November 23, 2017
Club Dark
Thanksgiving

November 2, 2017
A Gentleman’s Night
Showcase of the Awesome Members
of ACLA
Club General Business Meeting Precedes Program

October 12, 2017
A Ladie’s Night
Ken Freund 1046
Motorcycles Across Russia

October 19, 2017
A Gentlemen’s Night
Member Spotlight
Plus Rabbi Shifren
International Masters Ocean Championships
A Non-Club Event
Sunday, October 22, 2017
International Masters – Ocean Championships
At Duke’s of Huntington Beach
September 21, 2017
Marthe Cohen
A Jewish Spy in Nazi Germany
Referred by Steve Bein 1057

September 28, 2017
Shane Berry 1093
Ecuador and Galapagos
Independent Exploration

October 5, 2017
Allison Brown
Staying Fit for Adventure
The Adventurer’s Club thanks Martin Bloom 1147 for this speaker.

September 7, 2017
Erin Johnson
Atlas Obscura Night
The Adventurers Club thanks Eric Steit 1166 for referring this speaker.

September 14, 2017
Eileen Finklestein
The Kindness of Strangers: A Travel through civilized and remote Bolivia
The Adventurers Club thanks Alan Feldstein 1094 for referring this speaker.

August 31, 2017
Scott Tracy Griffin
Tarzan on Location, Director of Special Projects – Edgar Rice Burroughs, Inc.
The Adventurers Club thanks Stewart Deats 1168 for referring this speaker.

August 17, 2017
TJ Korst – Egyptology: Fact/Myth

August 24, 2017
Bob Silver 728 Birthday Bash
– and Transpac 2017 with Mike Lawler 1195 Mike and Barbara’s Exhilarating Sailing Race

August 10, 2017
Andrea Donnellan – The Big One

August 3, 2017
Member Spotlight – The Awesome Members of ACLA

July 27, 2017
Elisa Kotin – A Journey Through the Real Indonesia

July 20, 2017
Steven Wright – 21 Day Wilderness River Trip Down the Grand Canyon

July 13, 2017– Eric Streit #1166 – Catholic Sicilian Culture of Death

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