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Podcast: Abstract Essay
Episode: Abstract Essay, in its Fifth Season, features Chip Walter, an intensely curious author, traveler, and National Geographic Explorer, as a featured guest. In this episode, Chip Walter brings a global perspective shaped by exploration and inquiry, reflecting on curiosity as a driving force behind discovery, storytelling, and human understanding. The conversation explores how travel, science, and narrative intersect to deepen our perception of the world, offering thoughtful insights into curiosity, exploration, and the pursuit of meaning across cultures and disciplines.
Description: Chip WalterIntensely Curious Author, Traveler, and National Geographic ExplorerContrary to what Disney says, it's not a small world. It’s enormous, deep, rich and complex beyond all reason. I’ve been privileged to travel a good deal as a journalist and documentary filmmaker producing the PBS documentaries I have and researching the six books I‘ve written. My article, "The First Artists," a feature article for National Geographic magazine, allowed me to spend the better part of two years traveling to locations in South Africa, Germany, France, Spain and Portugal to track down the ro...