Past Programs

November 2024

Surviving a Tsunami with Monica Ribeiro Connelly

At thirteen years of age, Monica survived the 2004 Indian Ocean Tsunami, also known as the Christmas or the Boxing Day Tsunami. It hit coastlines in India, Sri Lanka, Indonesia,… Watch the program here!


Serbia When the Bucket List is Empty with Bill Altaffer - Featuring a Special Veterans Day Celebration

In recognition of Veterans Day, all attendees wearing their full uniform will receive a complimentary dinner. Prior to the program, a special segment will be dedicated to those in uniform… Watch the program here!


2024 Annual Business Meeting - 2nd Session

The Adventurers' Club holds two annual business meetings. Attendance is restricted in accordance with our Bylaws: Business meetings shall be open only to members in good standing. Honorary, associate, and… Watch the program here!


October 2024

The Adventurers' Club Halloween Escapade

Join Us for The Adventurers’ Club of Los Angeles’ Halloween Escapade!Step into a world of mystery and adventure on October 31st at The Adventurers’ Club of Los Angeles’ Halloween Escapade.… Watch the program here!


Directing Historic Moments with Haley Jackson

  Step into the world of epic storytelling and adventure with award-winning filmmaker Haley Jackson as she shares the thrilling tales behind two historic projects. First, journey through the streets… Watch the program here!


OMG! Oceans Are Melting Greenland with Josh Willis

  Josh Willis spent the last 20 years studying the rising oceans at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory. In 2012, he did two seemingly unrelated things. The first was writing a… Watch the program here!


Flying “Over the Hump" with Charles Carmona

Guided by a tattered leather-bound U.S. Armed Forces-issued diary, Charles Carmona (#1136) will follow the course of his father’s service in the U.S. Army Air Force as a radio operator… Watch the program here!


2024 Annual Business Meeting - 1st Session

The Adventurers’ Club holds two annual business meetings. Attendance is restricted in accordance with our Bylaws: Business meetings shall be open only to members in good standing. Honorary, associate, and… Watch the program here!


September 2024

Top 10 Most Dangerous Moments with Evan B. Stone

  Evan B. Stone, a renowned adventure filmmaker, shares his top 10 most dangerous moments from his thrilling career. From diving into the treacherous waters of Omaha Beach and discovering… Watch the program here!


Extreme Expeditions with James Michael Dorsey

  Jim Dorsey, member emeritus #1081, spent almost two decades visiting remote tribal cultures across the globe. These journeys have led to his current two-year lecture series, “BEFORE THEY VANISH,”… Watch the program here!


Hunting for Forrest Fenn’s treasure chest with Daniel Barbarisi

  In 2010, an eccentric fighter pilot-turned-art dealer, Forrest Fenn, hid a treasure chest full of jewels, gold coins and rare antiques somewhere in the Rocky Mountains. Over the next… Watch the program here!


Adventure Is A State Of Mind with Bruce Birchell

Bruce's exploration of extreme places and environments started early because his parents had adventurous spirits, and moved their young family to remote parts of Alaska in the 1950's. He was… Watch the program here!


August 2024

Skiing the Planet with Doug Stoup

Doug Stoup is the world’s foremost polar guide and polar expedition leader. Starting his career in Los Angeles, Doug fell in love with Antarctica 25 years ago on the first… Watch the program here!


Landing Parachutes and Punchlines with Motorcyclist Tamale Sepp

Tamale Sepp is a stand up comedian and interdisciplinary performer with a wide range of interests and adventures.  A full time van-lifer, Tamale spends most of her time on the… Watch the program here!


Galvanized by The Adventurers' Club with Alan Feldstein

Growing up Alan Feldstein was always adventurous, but not an adventurer. Then, in his 30’s, he took up rock climbing and climbed all over the U.S. including the East Buttress… Watch the program here!


Paddling Through the Heart of California with Brendan Borrell

California’s latest drought was finally broken in the winter of 2022, when a string of atmospheric rivers dumped fifty-two feet of snow in California’s Sierra Nevada mountains. Soon, Los Angeles-based… Watch the program here!


Disaster At Devil's Jaw with Lee Abbott

  100 years ago, on September 8th 1923, the largest peacetime disaster of the U.S. Navy before Pearl Harbor occurred just up the California coast from Santa Barbara, north of Point… Watch the program here!


July 2024

Finding Comfort in the Uncomfortable with Jeremiah Hyatt #1236

When Jeremiah Hyatt took his first solo trip to Europe at 25, he quickly realized the limitations of exploring the world through guidebooks. To connect more deeply with the cultures… Watch the program here!


Sailing Across the Atlantic with James H. Lee, CAPT

Captain James H. Lee tackles the challenges of a transatlantic voyage on a cutting-edge catamaran, relying on renewable energy.   The journey took over 20 days, logging over 3,000 nautical… Watch the program here!


Travels with Shane with Gary Mortimer #1086

When Gary Mortimer met Shane Berry, they immediately bonded over a shared love of water sports and the great outdoors. As their friendship developed, they encouraged each other to step… Watch the program here!


June 2024

Sailing Mexico's Pacific Coast with Michael and Barbara Lawler

  Michael and Barbara Lawler, once again, took an extended voyage on their North Wind 47 cruising sailboat “Traveler,” this time to Mexico’s Pacific Coast and the Sea of Cortez.… Watch the program here!


7th Annual Tiki Night - In Search of Tiki in the Urban Jungle with Sven Kirsten

Founded in 1921, the Adventurers’ Club of Los Angeles is a gathering place for those who leave the beaten path in search of adventure.  The club proudly hosts its 7th Annual… Watch the program here!


Planetary Adventures with Dr. Louis Friedman

  As Executive Director of The Planetary Society for 30 years, Louis Friedman made more than 50 trips to the former Soviet Union pursuing cooperation in space exploration. Among his… Watch the program here!


Crossing Borders with Capt. Jim Goodrich

From his time in the entertainment industry as a kid, his early passion for sailing, and his parrot-loving mother, James M. Goodrich forged a uniquely qualified background for what ended… Watch the program here!


May 2024

100 Years of Club History With Keith Chase and Steve Lawson

Calling all members of the Adventurers' Club of Los Angeles! For over 100 years, our Club has been a gathering place for those who leave the beaten path in search… Watch the program here!


Echoes of Exploration with Erick Cedeño

Erick Cedeño’s passion for retracing history and shedding light on untold narratives sets him apart. In 2014 and 2020, he embarked on two significant journeys along the path of the… Watch the program here!


Raising a Russian Submarine in Plain Sight with Charlie Canby

  In April 1968, at the height of the Cold War, a Russian submarine on patrol to the West coast of the United States sank. The Russians looked for the… Watch the program here!


Reporting from the Fringes with James Pogue

  When James Pogue dropped out of college, he had no plan. Fueled by a passion for adventure and a desire to connect more deeply with the environment around him,… Watch the program here!


Conservation, Culture, and Couscous with Azzedine Downes

In his debut personal memoir, The Couscous Chronicles, Stories of Food, Love and Donkeys, Azzedine Downes ruminates on travels and work abroad as Chief of Party for USAID and Acting… Watch the program here!


April 2024

Healing Through Adaptive Climbing with Kareemah Batts

Kareemah Batts is a trailblazing climber, inclusion advocate, and community builder. As the founder of the Adaptive Climbing Group, Kareemah empowers climbers of all ages and abilities to explore their… Watch the program here!


Primitive Wilderness Survival with Dan Baird

As one of the world’s leading Back-country Primitive Survival Experts and Guides, Dan regularly leads international survival training and exploration trips to some of the most remote and hostile places on… Watch the program here!


Ancient Rituals, Modern Lenses with Greg Downing

When presented with the opportunity to venture deep into the Amazon using the latest technology to capture the Yawanawá people's way of life, Greg Downing didn't hesitate. His program steps… Watch the program here!


Searching The Trail Of The Lost with Andrea Lankford

Despite the ever growing sprawl of civilization and the advent of smartphones, the American wilderness is still vast and treacherous. There are dozens of ways to die, hundreds of parks… Watch the program here!


March 2024

Finding Amelia Earhart's Plane with Lloyd Romeo

The disappearance of Amelia Earhart has captivated the world's imagination for decades, but the mystery seems to have a solution, if one follows the evidence. Lloyd Romeo is a project… Watch the program here!


Diving to the Titanic with Bill Price

Bill Price, #1202, joined OceanGate founder Stockton Rush in July 2021 for the historic inaugural expedition of the Titan submersible to the Titanic. This initial descent to the wreck, lying… Watch the program here!


Diving the HMHS Britannic (Without a Golden Ticket) with Brett Eldrige

  Brett Eldrige spent years training to prepare for diving and photographing the HMHS Britannic, considered by many to be the pinnacle of wreck diving. Until recently, you needed a… Watch the program here!


Pioneering Travel Through Post-US Afghanistan with Matthew Allison

  In 2022, Matthew Allison was one of the first Americans to return to Afghanistan after the Taliban took over. He traveled overland across regions that were too dangerous during… Watch the program here!


February 2024

Searching For Life Deep Underground with Dr. Aaron Celestian

  Nearly a mile underground in the Northeast part of England, there are crystals and life, so that’s where Dr. Aaron Celestian traveled. Aaron went to the Boulby Mine, the… Watch the program here!


Going Beyond and Back with Jeff Johnson

  Jeff Johnson is a renowned photographer, environmentalist, and influential figure in the world of outdoor adventure culture. He joined Patagonia in 2004 as their first staff photographer, a role… Watch the program here!


Aerobatic Flying with Aaron Fitzgerald of the Red Bull Flying Bulls

  Aaron Fitzgerald is Red Bull's only American aerobatic helicopter pilot on the Flying Bulls team. He performs aerobatic helicopter displays at air shows around the United States.   Fitzgerald… Watch the program here!


Venturing into New Guinea's Untamed Wilderness with Wayne White

New Guinea, with its vast swamps, wild rivers and nearly impenetrable jungles, was everything Wayne White desired. It is home to a deadly assortment of animals, including huge saltwater crocodiles,… Watch the program here!


Capturing The Thrill with Michael Graber

  Eight-time Emmy recipient Michael Graber became a cinematographer by pursuing his passion for mountain climbing. Moving to California’s Eastern Sierra after earning a Philosophy degree from Claremont McKenna College,… Watch the program here!


January 2024

Prisoners In Paradise with Vivian Callahan

  In March of 2020, Vivian Callahan set out on what was supposed to be a simple yacht delivery. As a 100-ton USCG captain who had made numerous yacht deliveries,… Watch the program here!


The first solo woman to hike the American Discovery Trail with Briana DeSanctis "Rocky Mountain High"

  On January 1, 2022, Briana DeSanctis began her longest and most difficult trip yet.   Two years later, when she walked into California, she would become the first woman… Watch the program here!


Exploring Panoramas with Sara Velas

  Sara Velas began studying and creating panoramas over twenty-five years ago. In 1999, she toured Europe, seeking out heritage-era panoramas in out-of-the-way towns of Switzerland and hidden corners of… Watch the program here!


Not your San Andreas fault: The other tectonic boundary in California with Andrea Donnellan

The San Andreas fault may be the major boundary between the Pacific and North American plates, but it is not the only one. The Eastern California Shear Zone that traverses… Watch the program here!


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December 14, 2023- 2023 President's Holiday Party
December 7, 2023- You Can Wear Your Good Watch in Istria and Slavonia with Bill Altaffer
November 30, 2023- The Art Of Living Dangerously with Richard Bangs
November 16, 2023- Visiting Syria in 2023 with Reymundo Perez
November 9, 2023- Embracing Discomfort, Working for the United States Antarctic Program with James Graham
November 2, 2023- 2023 Annual Business Meeting- 2nd Session
October 26, 2023- 5 Lessons Learned From Failed Adventures with Jesse Redheart
October 19, 2023- Jade Adventures in Guatemala with Charles Carmona #1136
October 14, 2023- 2023 Night of High Adventure
October 5, 2023- 2023 Annual Business Meeting- 1st Session
September 28, 2023- ‘The Rickshaw Run’ - A Wild Ride Across India with Yasmin Sanie-Hay and Anthony Hay
September 23, 2023- Interstellar Sound Immersion with Deep Flight
September 21, 2023- Running Away With The Circus with Phoebe Piper
September 14, 2023- The Adventures of Michael Lawler
September 7, 2023- Burning Man Report- Flood of 2023
August 31, 2023- Capturing Giants with Big Wave Surf Photographer Sachi Cunningham
August 24, 2023- The NISAR Mission: Satellite Assembly and Space Diplomacy with Scott Nowak
August 17, 2023- Life as an outdoor professional California to Everest with Philip Henderson
August 10, 2023- Surviving the Okavango Delta, a Look into the Heart of Wildest Africa with Zach Vincent
August 3, 2023- From Coast to Coast: A 4000-Mile Cycling Odyssey with Ian de Moura
July 27, 2023- Revving Up: The Thrills and Challenges of Amateur Porsche Racing With David McAlexander
July 20, 2023- Outside the Wire: Covering Combat and Military Operations with Amy Forsythe
July 13, 2023- Climb your Everest presented by Dr. Sara Safari
July 8, 2023- Celebration of Life for Roy Roush #864
July 6, 2023- THE LAGOON, Encounters with the Whales of San Ignacio with James Michael Dorsey
July 1, 2023- An Interstellar Sound Immersion with Chuck Jonkey and Stephen James Taylor
June 29, 2023- Guardians of the Spotted Ghost: An In-Depth Discussion on Cheetah Conservation in India
June 24, 2023- 6th Annual Tiki Night at The Adventurers’ Club of Los Angeles
June 15, 2023- Defying Danger in Pyongyang, North Korea and Devil's Pool, Victoria Falls with Gloria McCoy
June 8, 2023- Danielle Eubank: One Artist Five Oceans: "A 20-year quest to capture all the world’s oceans" and World Oceans Day Fundraiser
June 1, 2023- The Worlds Most Traveled Man Presents: The Amazon 1970 with Bill Altaffer
May 25, 2023- Telling Stories in Wild Places with Melissa Lesh
May 18, 2023- The Victory Lap: A Circumnavigation Visiting All Seven Continents in Four Months
May 11, 2023- A Month on Mars with Rod Pyle Editor-in-Chief of Ad Astra Magazine
May 4, 2023- Monuments Men and Women in the 21st Century with Captain Sonia Dixon
April 27, 2023- The Courage to Fail with Diana Nyad
April 20, 2023- Diving The WWII Shipwrecks of Truk Lagoon with John Jay
April 13, 2023- 2023: An Exoplanet Odyssey by Laura-May Abron
April 6, 2023- World-Class Adventurer, Born to Adventure Presented by Ramona Cox AKA SkyChick
March 30, 2023- Shackleton's Endurance Found! Presentation and Book Signing with Director of Exploration Mensun Bound
March 23, 2023- Solo Self Supported Bike Trip Across Aotearoa (NZ) with Casey Sheppard
March 16, 2023- An Arctic Journey told by Adam Ravetch
March 9, 2023- Finding Adventure in the Pacific - Paulo Ferro
March 2, 2023- 7 Days Off Road - No Modern Nav. Tools with Sabrina Howells
February 23, 2023- Paralyzed & Told He'd Never Walk Again Terry Tillman Shares his Success Secrets
February 16, 2023- First Successful Wheeled Overland Expedition to the High Arctic narrated by Andrew Comrie-Picard
February 9, 2023- Author Brian O'Hare reads from Surrender—his 2021 Award Winning Book of Veteran's Short Stories
February 2, 2023- Daniel Stinson, Call Sign Santa6 the Contractor Responsible for Saving 15,000 Afghans in 2021
January 26, 2023- Journey to Mt. Erebus in Antarctica with Rosaly Lopes
January 19, 2023- Exploring Oman: A Remote and Untrod Land Full of Beauty and History with Ashley Borders
January 12, 2023- Travel for Transformation: The Road is the Guru with Jonathan Legg
December 15, 2022- 2022 President's Holiday Party
December 8, 2022- Adventures in Inner and Outer Space with Robert A Lowell
December 1, 2022- Vanishing Tanzanian Tribes with Gower Frost
November 17, 2022- Trophy Fishing with Sophia Huynh and Kevin Boyle
November 10, 2022- Journalism in Central Africa and Giant Rat Enabled Landmine Clearance with Andrew McGregor
November 5, 2022- 2022 Night of High Adventure
November 3, 2022- 2022 Annual Business Meeting 2nd Session
October 27, 2022- Member Showcase
October 20, 2022- The Essence and Spirit of Adventure with Pierre Odier
October 13, 2022- Fighting Illegal Grows on Public Lands with LT John Nores
October 6, 2022- 2022 Annual Business Meeting- 1st Session
September 29, 2022- Survival Skills and Self Reliance with Christopher Nyerges
September 22, 2022- Three Winters in the South Pole Discussion and Book Signing with Wayne White
September 17, 2022- 5th Annual Tiki Night at The Adventurers’ Club of Los Angeles
September 8, 2022- Japanese Good Luck Flags and 1000 Stitch Belts with Dr. Michael Bortner
September 1, 2022- The Business Case for More Outdoor Adventure with Knight Campbell
August 25, 2022- Evading the KGB with Sheet Music with Merryl Goldberg
August 18, 2022- Combat Surgery with Dr. Richard Stenes
August 11, 2022- Migrant Caravans from Central America with Ilse Fernandez and Xiomara
August 4, 2022- Solo Motorcycle Overlanding on the Baja Peninsula with Scott McQueen
July 28, 2022- Surviving a Shark Attack and Becoming a Shark Advocate with Maria Korcsmaros
July 21, 2022- Horse Racing in Mongolia with Hugh Cummings
July 14, 2022- SCUBA Diving with Stewart Deats
July 7, 2022- Lasers, Fire, and Robots with Brent Bushnell
June 30, 2022- Saving Lives in Libya and World Record Bicycle Rides with Dean Stott
June 23, 2022- Subterranean Ghosts: India’s Vanishing Stepwells with Victoria Lautman
June 16, 2022- Urban Hiking with Robert Inman
June 9, 2022- Underwater Ancient Clock Salvaging to Modern Robotics with Chris Weisbart
June 2, 2022- Food Adventures with the Māori and Beyond with Nyesha Arrington
May 26, 2022- Dinosaurs of the Deep: Expedition Flag #127 with Alec Shumate
May 19, 2022- Practicing and Teaching Medicine in Mongolia with Dr. David Warburton OBE
May 12, 2022- Creatively Financing Adventure: How the State Dept. Helped Fund A Motorcycle Trip to Spain with Craig Caryl
May 5, 2022- Kathryn Linehan about Her Father David Chase Linehan – Member #977 of the Adventurers' Club
April 28, 2022- Trying to Solve the Mystery of the Nazca Lines with Mike Tucker
April 21, 2022- Becoming a Blind Magician with Chad Allen
April 14, 2022- Lessons Enforcing Mid East No Fly Zones in the 90s Applied to Ukraine with David McAlexander
April 7, 2022- Fighter Jets and Augmented Reality with Nick Bićanić
March 31, 2022- Lifting Stones to find Strength and Sovereignty with Liefia Ingalls
March 24, 2022- Horn of Africa Travels with Bill Altaffer
March 17, 2022- Putin and the Ongoing Crisis in Ukraine with James Biesterfeld
March 10, 2022- Champion Kickboxing and Cowboying with Charles Bisset
March 3, 2022- Conservation Working Safari in South Africa
February 24, 2022- Serving in the Marines at Guantanamo after 9/11 with Tony Lugo
February 17, 2022- Dying to Tell the Story with Kathy and Dan Eldon
February 10, 2022- Grassroots Veteran Suicide Prevention in the US and Mexico with Margarita Reyes
February 3, 2022- World Record Stone Lifts and the Pursuit of Peak Performance with Logan Gelbrich
January 27, 2022- Teaching in Iraqi Kurdistan with David Torstenson
January 20, 2022- Family Expedition to Africa with the Angelos Family
January 13, 2022- From Mercenaries to the Metaverse with Nick Bićanić
January 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 Party
December 9, 2021- Exploring Chernobyl with Mike Clark
December 2, 2021- The Art of Field Collecting in Papua New Guinea with Michael Hamson
November 18, 2021- Carry on up the Khyber with Kevin Martin
November 11, 2021- Shipboard Lifestyles Across Time with Linda Abrams
November 4, 2021- 2021 Annual Business Meeting- Second Session
October 28, 2021- Little Steps, Big Feat: The Adventures of One Woman’s Walk Around the World with Polly Letofsky
October 21, 2021- Here, There be Dragons! with Jim Dorsey
October 14, 2021- Spartan Games Declare Robert Owens "The Fittest and Mentally Toughest 66 year-old in the World" with Robert Owens
October 7, 2021- 2021 Annual Business Meeting- First Session
September 30, 2021- Early Organized Crime in Los Angeles with Dr. J. Michael Niotta
September 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. Schmitt
September 9, 2021- Paid in Stories and Scars; The Life of a Circus Clown with Alex Barney
September 2, 2021- Mountaineering: Risk and Rescue with Dylan Kilby
August 26, 2021- Mad Mike Hughes: The Flat Earther Daredevil Rocketeer Who Reached for the Stars with Justin Chapman
August 19, 2021- Ultimate Africa: On Safari with Rich Abele
August 12, 2021- Ball's Bluff with Michael Oddenino
August 5, 2021- Finding Shangri-La with Ted Vaill
July 29, 2021- Ends of the Earth: Documenting the spread and impact of Christianity with David Coonradt
July 22, 2021- Three Winters at the South Pole with Wayne White
July 15, 2021- Misadventures in Southeast Asia with Ken Hudson
July 8, 2021- Flying the SR-71 Blackbird with Buz Carpenter
July 1, 2021- Ms. Adventure with Jess Phoenix
June 24, 2021- An insight into Cowboy Action and Wild Bunch Action Shooting with Mark Romano
June 17, 2021- Lost City of the Monkey God with Steve Elkins
June 12, 2021- California's Gold with Huell Howser
June 10, 2021- Caribbean Reef Life with Mickey Charteris
June 5, 2021- Saving Private Ryan (1998)
June 3, 2021- Sinatra’s Tailor with Mark Thompson
May 29, 2021- Free Solo (2018)
May 27, 2021- Retracing the Footsteps of a World War I Photographer with John Heinsen
May 22, 2021- Zulu (1964)
May 20, 2021- West Africa’s Voodoo Vibes and More with Elisa Kotin
May 15, 2021- The Right Stuff (1983)
May 13, 2021- Cold War and Cold Water with Dr. Robert Williscroft
May 6, 2021- My Life as a Crash Test Dummy in Antarctica with Jeff Bozanic
April 29, 2021- Building Swimming Pools and Relationships in the Arctic Circle with Paul Graves
April 22, 2021- Explorers of the Far West: The Mountain Men with Roger McGrath
April 15, 2021- Treasure Hunting and Archeology with Bryan Kresie
April 8, 2021- On the Road to Uncover an Extraordinary Holocaust Survival Story with Michael Nelson
April 1, 2021- A Life Aquatic with Kim McCoy
March 25, 2021- Cambodia's Legacy with Bill Morse
March 18, 2021- Strange Technology with Joe Valencic
March 11, 2021- Running Across the USA with Type 1 Diabetes with Don Muchow
March 4, 2021- Spy Pilot: Francis Gary Powers, the U-2 Incident, and a Controversial Cold War Legacy with Francis Gary Powers, Jr
February 25, 2021- Atlas Obscura with Dylan Thuras
February 18, 2021- Serpent Handlers of Appalachia with Eric Streit
February 11, 2021- Motorcycling in Myanmar with Ken Freund
February 6, 2021- Saving Jaws with Cristina Zenato
February 4, 2021- Adventure on the Devil's Road with Todd Bruce
January 28, 2021- The Orangutans of Borneo with Carl Palazzolo, DVM
January 21, 2021- Avoiding Regret: Treading the Offbeat Path in Deceivingly Familiar Territory with Sandi Hemmerlein
January 14, 2021- Saving the Giraffes of Northern Kenya with Jenna Stacy-Dawes
January 7, 2021- Discovering an Ancient Egyptian IKEA Manual with Greg Downing
December 10, 2020- An Artist's Adventures in Gyotaku with Dwight Hwang
December 3, 2020- Haitian Vodou with Mike Clark
November 19, 2020- LIVING IN SPACE: How Space Stations Have Blazed the Path to Settling Space with Rod Pyle
November 12, 2020- Scott Warner- Dredging Northern Alaska
November 5, 2020- Annual Business Meeting: Session 2
October 22, 2020- Hiking the AT and More as a Type 1 Diabetic with Rich Mayfield
October 15, 2020- Running for My Life in North Korea with Jay Nunn
October 8, 2020- Journey to the Adventurers' Club with Reymundo Perez
October 1, 2020- Annual Business Meeting: Session 1
September 24, 2020- From Cairo to Capetown on Bike with Quincy Lee
September 17, 2020- Paddling Down the Mekong River in Cambodia with Leon Shoenfeld
September 10, 2020- Lost Tales and Mysteries with Dave Finnern
September 3, 2020- Deep into the Amazon with Alec Shumate
August 27, 2020- Herding Reindeer with the Nenets with Matt Allison
August 20, 2020- In Search of Beringia and Devil's Island with Pierre Odier
August 13, 2020- Alaskan Dogsled Expeditions with Phoebe Piper
August 6, 2020- From Lawyer to African Safari Operator with Alan Feldstein
July 30, 2020- Tomorrow's Air Museum with Robin Petgrave
July 23, 2020- Flying the U-2 Spyplane with Rob "Skid" Rowe
July 16, 2020- Flying the Most Feared Warplane with Troy Johnson
July 9, 2020- From Fighter Pilot to Test Pilot with Col. Hank Reed
July 2, 2020- Filming Legendary Locations with Eric Streit
June 25, 2020- World's Most Traveled Person with Bill Altaffer
June 18, 2020- Below the Surface with Andre Navarro
June 11, 2020- A 3 Year Trek Around the World with Kevin Lee
June 4, 2020- Expeditions and Advocacy with Jim Dorsey
May 28, 2020- Summer Vacation in Northern Iraq and Pakistan with Marc Weitz
May 21, 2020- Adventures of a Deep-Sea Explorer with Richard Slater
May 14, 2020- Being the Adventure with Mike Escamilla
May 7, 2020- Chuck Jonkey's Exotic Worlds and Sonic Safaris
April 30, 2020- Earthwalk 2019 and the We Are Mother Earth Initiative with Jenny Carrington
April 23, 2020- Misadventures in the Ancient Himalayan Kingdoms with Kendall Hudson
April 16, 2020- Classic Adventure with Rob Quist
April 9, 2020- Bryan Kresie- Bagging Local Peaks
April 2, 2020- Buying a Sailboat with Matt Nadu
March 26, 2020- Diving Southern California with Stew Deats
March 19, 2020- Inaugural Broadcast
March 5, 2020- Robert Owens- Adventure, Endurance and Mental Toughness
February 27, 2020- SOLD OUT! 3rd Annual Tiki Night- In The Footsteps of Karl von den Steinen
February 13, 2020- Paul Pfau- Ghosts of Everest's Past
February 6, 2020- Courtney Gillenwater- Both Sides of the Fence
January 30, 2020- Mad Mike Hughes- More Adventures with Rocket Man
January 25, 2020- Movie Night - Ice Station Zebra
January 23, 2020- Cheri Hunter- Tibet Adventures in the Eastern Grasslands: Festivals, Fairs, and Rituals
January 16, 2020- George Retelas- Eleven: The Story of 11 Men From Air Group 11
January 9, 2020- Jeffery Goddard- Growing Up With The Real Life Indiana Jones
December 12, 2019- President's Annual Christmas Party
December 5, 2019- Quincy Lee- Cairo to Cape Town by Bicycle
November 21, 2019- Member Showcase: Short Stories and Artifacts Presented by our Members
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

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


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


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


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


August 10, 2017- Andrea Donnellan - The Big One


August 17, 2017- T.J. Korst - Egyptology


August 24, 2017- August 24, 2017 – Transpac with Mike Lawler 1195 and Happy Birthday Bob Silver 728


August 31, 2017- Scott Tracy Griffin - Tarzan on Location


September 7, 2017- September 7, 2017 Yes a Ladies’ Night Erin Johnson Atlas Obscura Night


September 14, 2017- Eileen Finklestein - Remote Bolivia by Horseback


September 21, 2017- Marthe Cohn


September 28, 2017- September 28, 2017 Shane Berry - Ecuador & Independent Galapagos


October 5, 2017- Allison Brown- Staying Fit for Adventure


October 12, 2017- October 12, 2017 Ken Freund1046 - Motorcycle Trip across Russia


November 9, 2017- November 9, 2017 Barbara Schultz – Amelia Earhart’s Last Flight


November 16, 2017- November 16, 2017 Terrence Finnegan – “A Delicate Affair on the Western Front.”


November 30, 2017- Ken Corben - Photoflourescense Deep Sea Science and Creatures of Light


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