Filmed in a modest kitchen – on the sidelines of the Reading for Pleasure Festival in the UAE – but filled with extraordinary insight, this conversation with legendary desert explorer, author, and former SAS soldier Michael Asher — recipient of the Lawrence of Arabia Memorial Medal — is a reminder of how much the natural world still has to teach us. Despite his extraordinary achievements, Michael speaks with such warmth and humility, drawing you in with stories of – not so hilarious at the time – hyena encounters, life lessons in camel needs, and the first ever recorded 4,500-mile ‘honeymoon’ walking west-to-east across the Sahara. You’ll find yourself hanging onto every word.
On the Couch with Michael Asher – The Explorer Who Walked the Sahara and Lived Among Nomads
