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Hosted by Peter Stark and Jimmy Mac · history · EN
Exploration writer and historian Peter Stark revisits out of the way places in America that many listeners have driven through but may not have fully appreciated, understood, or contemplated. A podcast for the Eagle Scout in us all, The Last Empty Places is a love letter to the folks who still search for the frontier in the far corners of America.
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Booking probability
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Signup to Generate a PitchExploration writer and historian Peter Stark revisits out of the way places in America that many listeners have driven through but may not have fully appreciated, understood, or contemplated.
Last Empty Places is hosted by Peter Stark and Jimmy Mac. The show has published 15 episodes to date.
Recent episodes include "Catching Wind, Keeping Time, Getting Lost" (27 August 2026, 43 minutes), "Rules of the Road" (21 August 2026, 38 minutes), and "Rules of the Road" (21 August 2026, 38 minutes).
Last Empty Places publishes roughly weekly, with episodes averaging 38 minutes across 15 episodes.
Booking probability for Last Empty Places is 27%, and the host is rated Selective on guests. Last Empty Places requires a Pod Score of 80 or higher. Last Empty Places's contact route on record: public web form.
Peter Stark and Jimmy Mac hosts Last Empty Places, a history podcast with 15 episodes published.
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Episode #15
<p>Daisy Hargrave is an accomplished "triple crowner" of speed hiking, having completed the Southbound Pacific Coast Trek in 66 days. She joins Peter and Jimmy to discuss a passion that demands complete focus on your...
Episode #14
Peter and Jimmy catch their breath between guests to discuss essential precautions to take before heading off into the wilderness. This spins off into a wild story about Soviet vehicles on Icelandic backroads and a...
Episode #14
<p>Peter and Jimmy catch their breath between guests to discuss essential precautions to take before heading off into the wilderness. This spins off into a wild story about Soviet vehicles on Icelandic backroads and a...
Episode #13
<p>Part two of Peter and Jimmy's conversation with author, carpenter, and adventurer Malcolm Brooks focuses almost exclusively on the tragic story of Brooks' nephews Taylen and Wyatt’s deadly encounter with a mountain...
Episode #13
Part two of Peter and Jimmy's conversation with author, carpenter, and adventurer Malcolm Brooks focuses almost exclusively on the tragic story of Brooks' nephews Taylen and Wyatt’s deadly encounter with a mountain...
Episode #12
In the first of two conversations, author, carpenter, and adventurer Malcolm Brooks joins Jimmy and Peter to discuss the dilemma of discovering those Last Empty Places knowing the precious solitude they offer slips away...
Episode #12
<p>In the first of two conversations, author, carpenter, and adventurer Malcolm Brooks joins Jimmy and Peter to discuss the dilemma of discovering those Last Empty Places knowing the precious solitude they offer slips...
Last Empty Places
Peter and Jimmy use a particularly obnoxious social media post about the pointlessness of travel as a springboard to give examples of how even the most innocuous of trips becomes a genuine opportunity not to just learn...
Episode #11
<p>Peter and Jimmy use a particularly obnoxious social media post about the pointlessness of travel as a springboard to give examples of how even the most innocuous of trips becomes a genuine opportunity not to just...
Episode #10
<p>Everybody is a little lost this week. With Clare Marie gearing up for a performance, Peter searches for a clear signal in the Puget Sound while Jimmy Mac takes a break from broadcasting at The American Truck...
Episode #9
<p>Fresh off a Kilimanjaro hike for a worthy cause, veteran and Sierra Delta founder BJ Ganem joins Peter and Jimmy for a conversation about adventure, purpose, and the strange ways we find our bearings in life. Drawing...
Episode #8
<p>From “The D.H. Lawrence Room” in a New Mexico hotel, Peter joins Jimmy for a conversation that begins as a continuation of their discussion about contingencies for getting lost, before drifting somewhere stranger and...
Episode #7
<p>It isn't an adventure without the risk of being lost. Accepting that reality could be the difference between life and death. Peter and Jimmy discuss the difference between being lost with a plan versus the terror...
Episode #6
<p>Jimmy and Peter head into Hollywood’s treacherous development hell with returning guest Michael Punke, author of The Revenant, and celebrated screenwriter Tab Murphy (Gorillas in the Mist). What begins as a...
Episode #5
<p>Peter and Jimmy discuss being lost, the art of historical fiction, and getting lost in Hollywood development with Michael Punke, author of "The Revenant." While in their conversational wanderings, they find time to...
Episode #4
<p>Dehydration on Mt. Rainier, white water rapids, pulling a 100 foot house boat with rope, and slot canyon-level focus. Peter Stark and Jimmy Mac welcome Army combat vet Sarah Lee, founder of Waypoint Vets, a charity...
Episode #3
<p>Peter Stark and Jimmy Mac uncover metaphors for loss as they discuss the transformative experience of starting anew–including Peter’s very own origin story that took him from the depths of the 1973 oil crisis to the...
Episode #2
<p>What does it mean to be lost? Peter Stark and Jimmy Mac wander through literal and figurative lands, as they explore losing bearings, the terror of losing your way both in the mist of a snowy mountain peak or the...
Episode #1
Before heading out to get lost on their adventure in podcasting, author-adventurer Peter Stark and wandering broadcaster Jimmy Mac catch up listeners with their friendship’s origin story, which begins with Peter’s...
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