April 2025
47 Years In The Air with Kate Cooper-Jensen
Kate Cooper-Jensen is a globally recognized skydiver with an impressive record of over 14,000 jumps and 20 world records in formation skydiving, a discipline that involves building formations in freefall.… Watch the program here!
Making the Jump with Gavin McClurg
Gavin McClurg is no stranger to adventure. In fact he is a National Geographic “Adventurer of the Year” for his unpowered paragliding expedition across the Canadian Rockies (documented in the… Watch the program here!
From Swimming with Blue Whales to Traversing on the Sepik River with Sharon Lobel
Sharon Lobel #1247 lives by the motto "Every photograph has a story, every photograph tells a story, and every photograph was an adventure!" Sharon’s most recent adventure was a… Watch the program here!
Saving Sharks by Diving With Them -The Role of Community Science in Conservation with David McGuire
A marine biologist and shark advocate, David McGuire is the founder of the Ocean Health and Shark Conservation non profit Shark Stewards dedicated to saving sharks and protecting critical marine… Watch the program here!
March 2025
Tap Dancing on the East Face of Everest for Mimi Zieman
The Everest 1988 Kangshung Face expedition is in the history books for good reason. A small team of four climbers attempted a new route without the use of supplemental oxygen… Watch the program here!
Searching for Signs of Life on the Red Planet with Matthew Wallace
Ancient Mars was warm. It had rivers, lakes, and oceans. It had an atmosphere and a magnetic field to protect its surface from radiation. It contained the same elements that… Watch the program here!
Adventures of a Real Batman with Dr. Merlin Tuttle
Dr. Merlin Tuttle is world famous for his research discoveries, photography, and conservation successes on behalf of bats. His collection of 150,000 bat photos served as the sole source of… Watch the program here!
California Disasters: the Good, the Bad, and the Humanity with Captain Steve Kaufmann
Retired Fire Captain Steve Kaufmann will inform members and guests of what to expect during the first 12-72 hours of a major disaster. Then Capt. Kaufmann will walk members… Watch the program here!
February 2025
Before They Vanish with James Michael Dorsey
Jim Dorsey, # 1081, has made eleven expeditions through eight countries of Asia, but has spoken little about it. Tonight, you will enter “HIDDEN ASIA” an Asia few will ever know.… Watch the program here!
Two Generations of Cold Warriors transiting the Globe with Edna Foster
In the course of her 68 years on this planet, Edna has had the opportunity to visit over seventy countries. This love for travel began at an early age when… Watch the program here!
Discover Your Brave-ish Spirit with Lisa Niver
This program includes over $700 worth of giveaways!!! Guests will get a chance to win from a selection of awesome travel prizes, including: PADI Scuba Class Richard Bangs “The… Watch the program here!
Purpose in the Face of Danger with Kenneth A. Carlson
Kenneth A. Carlson lives by the motto “The risk in life is not taking one.” Born of Viking heritage, Carlson has spent his life pursuing adventure with an insatiable lust… Watch the program here!
January 2025
Walk Your City like a Backcountry Adventure with Liz "Snorkel" Thomas
Can a 200-mile thru-hike in a city be as fun as a thru-hike of the Appalachian Trail? Former Appalachian Trail Fastest Known Time (FKT) holder Liz Thomas takes the principles… Watch the program here!
Reaching the Five Deeps with Victor Vescovo
Join us for an extraordinary evening with Victor Vescovo, a modern-day explorer who has pushed the boundaries of human achievement. As the first person to descend to the deepest point… Watch the program here!
Global Ophthalmology with Omar Ozgur, MD
Dr. Omar Ozgur shares his experiences in international ophthalmic and oculofacial healthcare. Dr. Ozgur, a San Diego based ophthalmologist and oculofacial surgeon, specializes in treating deformities and abnormalities of the… Watch the program here!
Death in the Amazon with Wayne White
In July of 1985 Wayne White decided he really needed a blowgun and poison darts. After some research he found the most direct way to obtain them was to journey… Watch the program here!
December 5, 2024- It's not About the Summit with Art Muir
November 21, 2024- Surviving a Tsunami with Monica Ribeiro Connelly
November 14, 2024- Serbia When the Bucket List is Empty with Bill Altaffer - Featuring a Special Veterans Day Celebration
November 7, 2024- 2024 Annual Business Meeting - 2nd Session
October 31, 2024- The Adventurers' Club Halloween Escapade
October 24, 2024- Directing Historic Moments with Haley Jackson
October 17, 2024- OMG! Oceans Are Melting Greenland with Josh Willis
October 10, 2024- Flying “Over the Hump" with Charles Carmona
October 6, 2024- 2024 Night of High Adventure
October 3, 2024- 2024 Annual Business Meeting - 1st Session
September 26, 2024- Top 10 Most Dangerous Moments with Evan B. Stone
September 19, 2024- Extreme Expeditions with James Michael Dorsey
September 12, 2024- Hunting for Forrest Fenn’s treasure chest with Daniel Barbarisi
September 5, 2024- Adventure Is A State Of Mind with Bruce Birchell
August 29, 2024- Skiing the Planet with Doug Stoup
August 22, 2024- Landing Parachutes and Punchlines with Motorcyclist Tamale Sepp
August 15, 2024- Galvanized by The Adventurers' Club with Alan Feldstein
August 8, 2024- Paddling Through the Heart of California with Brendan Borrell
August 1, 2024- Disaster At Devil's Jaw with Lee Abbott
July 25, 2024- Finding Comfort in the Uncomfortable with Jeremiah Hyatt #1236
July 18, 2024- Sailing Across the Atlantic with James H. Lee, CAPT
July 11, 2024- Travels with Shane with Gary Mortimer #1086
June 27, 2024- Sailing Mexico's Pacific Coast with Michael and Barbara Lawler
June 22, 2024- 7th Annual Tiki Night - In Search of Tiki in the Urban Jungle with Sven Kirsten
June 13, 2024- Planetary Adventures with Dr. Louis Friedman
June 6, 2024- Crossing Borders with Capt. Jim Goodrich
May 30, 2024- 100 Years of Club History With Keith Chase and Steve Lawson
May 23, 2024- Echoes of Exploration with Erick Cedeño
May 16, 2024- Raising a Russian Submarine in Plain Sight with Charlie Canby
May 9, 2024- Reporting from the Fringes with James Pogue
May 2, 2024- Conservation, Culture, and Couscous with Azzedine Downes
April 28, 2024- Saving Cheetahs with Dr. Laurie Marker: A Cheetah Conservation Fund Fundraiser
April 25, 2024- Healing Through Adaptive Climbing with Kareemah Batts
April 18, 2024- Primitive Wilderness Survival with Dan Baird
April 11, 2024- Ancient Rituals, Modern Lenses with Greg Downing
April 4, 2024- Searching The Trail Of The Lost with Andrea Lankford
March 28, 2024- Finding Amelia Earhart's Plane with Lloyd Romeo
March 21, 2024- Diving to the Titanic with Bill Price
March 14, 2024- Diving the HMHS Britannic (Without a Golden Ticket) with Brett Eldrige
March 7, 2024- Pioneering Travel Through Post-US Afghanistan with Matthew Allison
February 29, 2024- Searching For Life Deep Underground with Dr. Aaron Celestian
February 22, 2024- Going Beyond and Back with Jeff Johnson
February 15, 2024- Aerobatic Flying with Aaron Fitzgerald of the Red Bull Flying Bulls
February 8, 2024- Venturing into New Guinea's Untamed Wilderness with Wayne White
February 1, 2024- Capturing The Thrill with Michael Graber
January 25, 2024- Prisoners In Paradise with Vivian Callahan
January 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 Velas
January 4, 2024- Not your San Andreas fault: The other tectonic boundary in California with Andrea Donnellan
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 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 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 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 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