No Ordinary Monday

<p>A theme park owner in Stockholm points to a cramped patch of land, boxed in by towers, tracks, and buildings, and asks an almost impossible question: could you build a roller coaster here?<br/><br/>Wooden roller...

<p>What happens when a scientific expedition in the Red Sea is suddenly boarded by an unidentified, armed group?</p><p>In this episode, adventurer, photographer and documentary producer Ulrika Larsson shares her...

<p>Bomb disposal expert and former British Army engineer Ben Remfrey joins No Ordinary Monday to share what it is really like working in landmine clearance and explosive ordnance disposal in war zones around the world...

<p>What is burlesque really? And what does it take to build a career as a professional performer?</p><p>In this episode of No Ordinary Monday, Chris sits down with legendary burlesque performer Angie Pontani to explore...

<p>What does a 4% chance of death really mean?<br/><br/>In Part Two of this conversation, volcanologist Nico Fournier takes us inside the risk calculations behind the Whakaari / White Island eruption recovery operation...

<p>A phone call at 2:11 p.m. shattered a quiet Monday: Whakaari had erupted with tourists on the crater floor. From that moment, we step into a week where science, instinct, and grief collided—and where a volcanologist...

<p>This is a bonus clip from this week’s episode with magician Sean Borland.</p><p>During our conversation, I asked Sean whether he’d be willing to demonstrate one of his mind-reading illusions live on the show. What...

<p>Candlelight. A creaking old house on a South African nature reserve. Wind outside, silence within. We sit down with world-touring magician Sean Borland to unpack the seance that electrified a room, the billionaire...

<p>A backpack full of rushes, a late‑night detour, and a cab ride that felt like forever. That near‑disaster on a dog‑trick commercial wasn’t just a wild production tale for Ben Stein; it became a mirror for the life he...

<p>A brother’s warning over the radio. An 80‑metre abseil into darkness. A cone splits, lava surges, and the exact spot rigged with rope is swallowed in seconds. That’s the moment Aldo Kane, former Royal Marines sniper...

<p>A fear of death can quietly shape an entire life. For <b>Danni Petkovic</b>, that fear was physical and relentless — years of death anxiety, intrusive thoughts, and a nervous system locked into survival mode at the...

<p><b>Bush Flying in Indonesia: From IT Desk to Remote Mountain Airstrips</b></p><p>A tidy flat, a good salary, a steady routine — and a growing knot of anxiety. That was Matt Dearden’s life before he walked away from...

<p>A backpack floats in brown water. The ward is a tent. The air is forty degrees. And still, patients keep coming. We open the year with Dr Lakshmi Jain of Médecins Sans Frontières, who takes us from NHS corridors to a...

<p>What are the 3 most dangerous countries to visit for a backpacking trip? And how can you get in? Former CIA Counter-Terrorism Analyst Brent Giannotta joins the show to share his expertise. Carl and Ben also pepper...

<p>A storm hits ten hours after the helicopter drop, tents bow under the wind, and the generators choke on spindrift—yet the drill keeps turning. That’s the edge-of-the-map reality behind a rare ship‑to‑helicopter ice...