June 2021
Caribbean Reef Life with Mickey Charteris
Mickey has been diving for over 20 years, most of that time professionally, either as an Instructor, Divemaster or underwater videographer. His early video work was featured on The Discovery… Watch the program here!
Sinatra’s Tailor with Mark Thompson
Sinatra’s Tailor is the remarkable coming-of-age story of Umberto Autore, set in Italy during WWII. Orphaned at the age of four, Umberto’s grandfather who can no longer care for Umberto deposits… Watch the program here!
May 2021
Retracing the Footsteps of a World War I Photographer with John Heinsen
In Nov. 2015, filmmaker John Heinsen began a journey to connect with his grandfather's WWI experience in France via his wartime photographs from 1917. As an German Army Photographer, Walter… Watch the program here!
West Africa’s Voodoo Vibes and More with Elisa Kotin
Is Voodoo still practiced today? Is Voodoo a religion? What are misconceptions of voodoo? Is it safe to visit countries where voodoo is still practiced? Elisa is no stranger to… Watch the program here!
Cold War and Cold Water with Dr. Robert Williscroft
In the 1970s, with the Cold War in full swing, a secret mission was launched with submarine and saturation diver assets to pull off an intelligence coup in the Sea… Watch the program here!
My Life as a Crash Test Dummy in Antarctica with Jeff Bozanic
With water temperature stable at 28.6oF, ice sheets 7-25 feet thick, and air temperatures plunging down to below -40oF, Antarctica provides a harsh environment in which to scuba dive. Yet… Watch the program here!
April 2021
Building Swimming Pools and Relationships in the Arctic Circle with Paul Graves
From 2010 to 2015, Paul traveled to Inuit villages, across the Arctic Circle of Alaska, designing indoor swimming pools at local schools so that the village elders could help ensure… Watch the program here!
Explorers of the Far West: The Mountain Men with Roger McGrath
The Mountain Men were the aristocrats of the wilderness, independent, proud, and regal in the manner of barbarians. They wore buckskin hunting shirts, ornamented with leather fringes and colored porcupine… Watch the program here!
Treasure Hunting and Archeology with Bryan Kresie
Bryan Kresie, member #1186, started out relic hunting and metal detecting as a kid, which evolved into a history degree with an anthropology minor. In between teaching in Korea, he… Watch the program here!
On the Road to Uncover an Extraordinary Holocaust Survival Story with Michael Nelson
In 1938, after Kristallnacht (Night of Broken Glass), German Jewish teenager, Eddie Willner, was sent to Belgium to escape persecution from the Nazis. That was the start of a seven-year… Watch the program here!
A Life Aquatic with Kim McCoy
While many people are defined by a single event or passion in their lives, Kim McCoy has lived a diverse and interesting life of continuous adventure, much of which revolves… Watch the program here!
March 2021
Cambodia's Legacy with Bill Morse
Cambodia has a long history of other countries' wars affecting the citizenry, including the United States and North Vietnam. They also experienced one of the world's most heartbreaking genocides committed… Watch the program here!
Strange Technology with Joe Valencic
Joe joins us to talk about strange and unique adaptations of technologies to further scientific research and a few less-scientific applications. Joe's work extends to miniature camera systems, drones capable… Watch the program here!
Running Across the USA with Type 1 Diabetes with Don Muchow
Don Muchow is a Type 1 diabetic, Ironman finisher and super-ultra distance runner. In 2018 he became the first person to complete the 339-mile Relay Iowa as a solo runner.… Watch the program here!
Spy Pilot: Francis Gary Powers, the U-2 Incident, and a Controversial Cold War Legacy with Francis Gary Powers, Jr
Gary's recent book, Spy Pilot: Francis Gary Powers, the U-2 Incident, and a Controversal Cold War Legacy, helps to set the record straight in regards to the fake news that… Watch the program here!
February 2021
Atlas Obscura with Dylan Thuras
Dylan Thuras of Atlas Obscura will highlight how to uncover remarkable “hidden gems” — the obscure experiences or locations that every destination possesses. Atlas Obscura has built a huge following… Watch the program here!
Serpent Handlers of Appalachia with Eric Streit
Deep in the hollers of eastern Kentucky, West Virginia and Tennessee, small congregations of rural churches prove their faith by speaking in tongues, handling venomous snakes and drinking poison. Snake… Watch the program here!
Motorcycling in Myanmar with Ken Freund
Ken Freund, member #1046, talks about his experiences in the exotic country of Myanmar. His journey across and around this little-visited country was beautiful and engaging. It was all… Watch the program here!
Saving Jaws with Cristina Zenato
Cristina will share with us how her desire to protect sharks, started with a personal passion for a small group of Caribbean Reef sharks and how it goes beyond the… Watch the program here!
Adventure on the Devil's Road with Todd Bruce
Documentary filmmaker Todd Bruce and his film crew (his son JT the director) spent two months and over 5,000 miles exploring the length and breadth of the Baja peninsula to… Watch the program here!
January 2021
The Orangutans of Borneo with Carl Palazzolo, DVM
Join Dr. P as he describes what it is like to go to Borneo and work with the our distant cousins, the orangutans (this is an Indonesian word meaning “man… Watch the program here!
Avoiding Regret: Treading the Offbeat Path in Deceivingly Familiar Territory with Sandi Hemmerlein
Sandi Hemmerlein spent the first 18 years of her life staring out the windows of her parents' house, not allowed to walk out the door, wondering what was happening "out… Watch the program here!
Saving the Giraffes of Northern Kenya with Jenna Stacy-Dawes
Giraffe are one of the most iconic African animals. Unlike lions, cheetahs, leopards, and elephants, giraffes are uniquely African, found nowhere else. Historically their range extended over large portions of… Watch the program here!
Discovering an Ancient Egyptian IKEA Manual with Greg Downing
Greg traveled to Gebel El Silsila in Egypt doing digital documentation for a French documentary called "Lost Treasures of the Nile." Along the way a few important archaeological discoveries were… Watch the program here!
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
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