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Episode 127: Anmar Mirza
Jun 1, 2026
1h 15m 41s
Episode 126: Val McNamara
May 1, 2026
1h 09m 31s
Episode 125: Mikko Cuevas
Apr 2, 2026
53m 57s
Episode 124: Sean Lewis Pt. 2
Mar 1, 2026
1h 08m 22s
Episode 123: Sean Lewis Pt. 1
Feb 1, 2026
1h 12m 18s
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| Date | Episode | Topics | Guests | Brands | Places | Keywords | Sponsor | Length | |
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| 6/1/26 | ![]() Episode 127: Anmar Mirza✨ | cavingcave rescue+3 | Anmar Mirza | National Cave Rescue Commission | Buckner CaveRichard Blenz Nature Preserve | cavingcave rescue+5 | Sophireaptress | 1h 15m 41s | |
| 5/1/26 | ![]() Episode 126: Val McNamara✨ | caving historypersonal stories+5 | Val McNamara | Custom Cave PagesNSS | — | cavingVal McNamara+7 | Sophireaptress | 1h 09m 31s | |
| 4/2/26 | ![]() Episode 125: Mikko Cuevas✨ | cavingdiscoveries+3 | Mikko Cuevas | Custom Cave PagesNSS | — | cavingMikko Cuevas+4 | Sophireaptress | 53m 57s | |
| 3/1/26 | ![]() Episode 124: Sean Lewis Pt. 2✨ | cavingrescue operations+4 | Sean Lewis | Custom Cave PagesNSS | Fisher RidgeNew Mexico | cavingFisher Ridge+5 | Sophireaptress | 1h 08m 22s | |
| 2/1/26 | ![]() Episode 123: Sean Lewis Pt. 1✨ | cavingexpeditions+3 | Sean Lewis | Custom Cave PagesNSS | — | cavingFisher Ridge+5 | Sophireaptress | 1h 12m 18s | |
| 1/1/26 | ![]() Episode 122: Amber Lehmann on the Southeastern Cave Conservancy✨ | cavingconservation+3 | Amber Lehmann | Southeastern Cave ConservancyNSS | — | cavingSoutheastern Cave Conservancy+3 | Sophireaptress | 48m 00s | |
| 12/1/25 | ![]() Episode 121: Roger Brucker Pt. 3✨ | Mammoth Caveexploration+3 | Roger Brucker | CRFNSS | — | Mammoth CaveRoger Brucker+5 | Sophireaptress | 1h 04m 17s | |
| 11/1/25 | ![]() Episode 120: Roger Brucker Pt. 2✨ | Mammoth Cave explorationcaving literature+3 | Roger Brucker | The Caves BeyondThe Longest Cave+2 | — | Mammoth Cavecaving+4 | Sophireaptress | 1h 02m 34s | |
| 10/1/25 | ![]() Episode 119: Roger Brucker Pt. 1✨ | cavingMammoth Cave+4 | Roger Brucker | NSSThe Caves Beyond+2 | — | cavingMammoth Cave+5 | Sophireaptress | 56m 29s | |
| 8/31/25 | ![]() Episode 118: Jenna Burgess✨ | cavingcave rescue+3 | Jenna Burgess | NSSNSS Calendar of Events | Carlsbad Caverns National Park | cavingcave rescue+4 | Sophireaptress | 1h 22m 56s | |
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| 8/1/25 | ![]() Episode 117: Harry Burgess✨ | cavingoutdoor education+3 | Harry Burgess | Carlsbad Caverns National ParkIndiana Cave Capers+1 | IndianaCarlsbad | cavingHarry Burgess+5 | Sophireaptress | 1h 12m 16s | |
| 7/1/25 | ![]() Episode 115: Ryan Maurer✨ | photographycaving+3 | Ryan Maurer | NSSCaverns in The Clouds | — | cavingphotography+5 | Sophireaptress | 1h 16m 41s | |
| 6/10/25 | ![]() Episode 114: Remembering Don Paquette | A titan in the world of cave rescue passed away peacefully yesterday.RIP NSS 8545RL | 1h 26m 42s | ||||||
| 6/1/25 | ![]() Episode 113: Dave Black Pt. 2 | In the conclusion of this in-person interview, Dave shares his history of cave photography, and explains some of his techniques. He also talks about caving in Montana, and shares a few harrowing stories of caving back home in Indiana where he reveals several leads he’s left unexplored. Order a custom cave suit from our sponsor, Sophireaptress!https://www.sophireaptress.com/NSS Calendar of Eventshttps://caves.org/calendar/Find your local grotto!https://caves.org/committee/i-o/grottos/new_grotto_page-v2.shtml | 48m 58s | ||||||
| 5/1/25 | ![]() Episode 112: Dave Black Pt. 1 | Dave has found so much cave in Indiana, and inspired a new generation of Indiana cavers that got busy discovering and mapping back in the 80s and 90s. Dave was on the crew that connected Roppel Cave to Mammoth Cave, and has seen his fair share of harrowing adventure underground.Order a custom cave suit from our sponsor, Sophireaptress!https://www.sophireaptress.com/NSS Calendar of Eventshttps://caves.org/calendar/Find your local grotto!https://caves.org/committee/i-o/grottos/new_grotto_page-v2.shtml | 51m 37s | ||||||
| 4/1/25 | ![]() Episode 111: Jonathan Cover | Jonathan wasn’t a caver until he became curious about a cave on a piece of property he purchased in rural Tennessee. Thanks to his openness to allow exploration of his cave, Helm’s Deep quickly became the longest cave in the state, and was a topic of much discussion at the 2024 NSS Convention in Sewanee, TN. In this talk he covers many of the discoveries made in the cave, including its surprising archeological significance.Order a custom cave suit from our sponsor, Sophireaptress!https://www.sophireaptress.com/Custom Cave Survey Pageshttps://www.customcavepages.com/Find your local grotto!https://caves.org/committee/i-o/grottos/new_grotto_page-v2.shtml | 1h 03m 17s | ||||||
| 3/1/25 | ![]() Episode 110: Tally Sepiol | The Out of Bounds Grotto is a caving club that was created for the 21st century–a virtual grotto that brings together cavers from across the country for the love of exploration, conservation, and the sport of caving with no geographic constraints. Tally founded the grotto with these things in mind and, as you’ll hear, is a tireless volunteer for many of the causes cavers care about. She’s also working to improve the caving experience for women who might otherwise have concerns about sexual harassment in what is still a very male-dominated world.Out of Bounds Grottohttps://outofboundsgrotto.org/Tickets to Floyd Collins: The Musical at SKyPAC in Bowling Green, KY 3/8/25https://www.theskypac.com/event/ramsey-theatre-company-presents-floyd-collins-the-musical/Order a custom cave suit from our sponsor, Sophireaptress!https://www.sophireaptress.com/Custom Cave Survey Pageshttps://www.customcavepages.com/Find your local grotto!https://caves.org/committee/i-o/grottos/new_grotto_page-v2.shtml | 1h 15m 01s | ||||||
| 2/1/25 | ![]() Episode 109: Katie Graham | Canadian super-caver Katie Graham talked about her caving genesis, and her love of the most remote, and tough caving for a variety of objectives from exploration to scientific research. She talks about caving in Canada and Mexico, as well as being a repeat winner of the infamous “Golden Garbage Can” award.Tickets to Floyd Collins: The Musical at SKyPAC in Bowling Green, KY 3/8/25https://www.theskypac.com/event/ramsey-theatre-company-presents-floyd-collins-the-musical/Order a custom cave suit from our sponsor, Sophireaptress!https://www.sophireaptress.com/Custom Cave Survey Pageshttps://www.customcavepages.com/Find your local grotto!https://caves.org/committee/i-o/grottos/new_grotto_page-v2.shtml | 1h 20m 24s | ||||||
| 1/1/25 | ![]() Episode 108: The Floyd Collins Tragedy at 100 | A once-in-a-lifetime historical panel with Roger Brucker, author of Trapped! The Story of Floyd Collins, Mammoth Cave Guide Jackie Wheet, and John Benton, co-author of The Floyd Collins Tragedy at Sand Cave along with Bob Thompson and Bill Napper. Plus a short talk at the top with two of the people behind a production of Floyd Collins: The Musical put on by the Ramsey Theatre Company at SKyPAC in Bowling Green on Saturday, March 8th.Tickets to Floyd Collins: The Musical at SKyPAC in Bowling Green, KY 3/8/25https://www.theskypac.com/event/ramsey-theatre-company-presents-floyd-collins-the-musical/Order a custom cave suit from our sponsor, Sophireaptress!https://www.sophireaptress.com/Custom Cave Survey Pageshttps://www.customcavepages.com/Find your local grotto!https://caves.org/committee/i-o/grottos/new_grotto_page-v2.shtml | 1h 15m 54s | ||||||
| 12/17/24 | ![]() Episode 107: Remembering Bill Tozer | Former NSS President Bill Tozer passed away last weekend. In this 2018 episode, he shares that was one of the first to descend Ellison’s Fantastic Pit, as well as Sótano de las Golondrinas. Plus stories of his early caving days in Indiana. | 58m 56s | ||||||
| 12/1/24 | ![]() Episode 106: Jerry Lewis Part 2 | Dr. Julian “Jerry” Lewis is a cave biologist with a long career consulting on everything from massive infrastructure projects to small-scale bio-inventory for various entities. He also served for many years as the president of the Indiana Karst Conservancy. In part 2 of our discussion, he touches on some harrowing moments in his career, including an incident that threatened the existence of one cave organization, while ending another one. Dr. Lewis’s profile on Karstwaters.org:https://karstwaters.org/about-kwi/kwi-officers-and-board-of-directors/dr-julian-jerry-lewis/Order a custom cave suit from our sponsor, Sophireaptress!https://www.sophireaptress.com/Buy tickets for Floyd Collins: The Musical, March 8th at SKYPAC in Bowling Green, KYhttps://www.theskypac.com/event/ramsey-theatre-company-presents-floyd-collins-the-musical/Find your local grotto!https://caves.org/committee/i-o/grottos/new_grotto_page-v2.shtml | 1h 23m 10s | ||||||
| 11/1/24 | ![]() Episode 105: Jerry Lewis Part 1 | Dr. Julian “Jerry” Lewis is a cave biologist with a long career consulting on everything from massive infrastructure projects to small-scale bio-inventory for various entities. He also served for many years as the president of the Indiana Karst Conservancy. In part 1 of our discussion, he outlines the genesis of his career, and touches on various other highlights like building his bioconsulting business, and appearing on the hit TV show “Dirty Jobs”Dr. Lewis’s profile on Karstwaters.org:https://karstwaters.org/about-kwi/kwi-officers-and-board-of-directors/dr-julian-jerry-lewis/Order a custom cave suit from our sponsor, Sophireaptress!https://www.sophireaptress.com/Find your local grotto!https://caves.org/committee/i-o/grottos/new_grotto_page-v2.shtml | 1h 38m 28s | ||||||
| 10/1/24 | ![]() Episode 104: Mike Ficco | Mike Ficco has found Virginia’s deepest cave, and has explored all over the world, including China, Montenegro, Slovenia, and elsewhere. He shared the highlights of his long caving career, which includes chairing the Cave Conservancy of the Virginias (link below).Order a custom cave suit from our sponsor, Sophireaptress!https://www.sophireaptress.com/Cave Conservancy of the Virginias:https://caveconservancyofvirginia.org/Find your local grotto!https://caves.org/committee/i-o/grottos/new_grotto_page-v2.shtml | 1h 06m 00s | ||||||
| 9/1/24 | ![]() Episode 103: Georgia Schneider | Georgia Schneider’s caving life has grown quickly since she started caving; taking her to places like New Zealand, France, Mexico, and countless US caves. She talks to Matt about working with the National Parks Service to inventory caves on federal land, and shares the special feeling of returning to places she helped discover.Order a custom cave suit from our sponsor, Sophireaptress!https://www.sophireaptress.com/Fall MVOR: September 19-22https://fb.me/e/5n6OMEmx4Find your local grotto!https://caves.org/committee/i-o/grottos/new_grotto_page-v2.shtml | 1h 09m 22s | ||||||
| 8/1/24 | ![]() Episode 102: Bill Torode | Bill Torode has volunteered at the NSS library for over 50 years, and has mapped hundreds of caves. We talk about being the first person to peer down what came to be known as Surprise Pit in Fern Cave, as well as several other anecdotes from the long-time TAG legend.Order a custom cave suit from our sponsor, Sophireaptress!https://www.sophireaptress.com/Pre-register for Indiana Cave Capers:https://cigcaves.com/cave-capersFall MVOR: September 19-22https://fb.me/e/5n6OMEmx4Find your local grotto!https://caves.org/committee/i-o/grottos/new_grotto_page-v2.shtml | 1h 31m 33s | ||||||
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