The Human Tortoise Podcast

After years of living nomadically, a recent marriage and work commitments forces Dave and his wife Em to consider the best blueprint for their future life. To start off in style, they just happen to be starting of the process of shaping their new life on an island in Thailand.

After two years of doubt, struggle and facing up to an absent mojo, a string of recent successes and much needed timeout comes to the rescue.

A special episode dedicated to the Yes People out there. Narrated from the heart...

Whether you’re starting a whole new project or need to get back on the horse after a time out, sometimes you just need to push open the door a little.

Dave tunes in from the shores of Lake Killarney in Ontario

Dave offers thoughts on adventure gear, how to plan, whether to fundraise as part of adventure and whether there’s something he wouldn’t consider.

Dave tackles the conundrum we face with every one of life’s questions. To say yes, or to say no.

How a personal motto became a movement, and how saying yes more sprouted into a festival, a converted double decker bus and a community called the YesTribe.

Dave Cornthwaite shares why and how he ended up quitting his last job in 2005, and went on to create a lifestyle around adventure and the things he enjoyed or found interesting. From breaking distance records on skateboards and paddle boards, writing a book about dating and founding a community called the YesTribe, this is Dave’s story, in a nutshell.

The first episode of a brand new series, Dave discusses why he hasn’t podcasted before, how he got started, where this series could go, and the importance of keeping content authentic. As he stresses, he is not a podcaster. Yet…