{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"Bailiwick Podcasts","title":"The Interview: Rapids, Rovers, bandits and Mars bars... Jersey's great globetrotter Colonel John Blashford-Snell CBE","html":"<iframe width=\"100%\" height=\"180\" frameborder=\"no\" scrolling=\"no\" seamless src=\"https://share.transistor.fm/e/edd3f526\"></iframe>","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":1947,"description":"Colonel John Blashford-Snell CBE, who grew up in Jersey, is one Britain's greatest living explorers, having undertaken more than 100 expeditions over the past 50 years to far-flung corners of the world for the purposes of scientific research and community aid.Formerly of the Royal Engineers, Colonel John Blashford-Snell was responsible for mapping some of the last unknown corners of the world during hair-raising expeditions which saw him battling rapids on the Blue Nile and crossing the entire American continent in a pair of Land Rovers. In this episode of The Interview, we discuss his many exploits, his attempt to ward off bandits on the Nile with a bribe of Mars bars, the invention of white water rafting and we'll even get an insight into the early days of Britain's most famous astronaut, Tim Peake...","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/QQVils0NdPiSpeWuZodYVTmIuoUQaXhrHsaSds3y8J8/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS9iZGNi/YTMxY2MzNDlhYmYz/ZmM1YzI0Y2RlMmE2/NzlhOS5wbmc.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}