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This is a FIRST for The Diary Of A CEO…a live snake on set, with jungle explorer PAUL ROSOLIE.
After 20 years surviving jaguars, anacondas, cartels, and uncontacted tribes, he warns of a collapse that could end life on Earth!
Paul Rosolie is an American conservationist who has spent over 2 decades living in the Amazon rainforest. He is the co-founder and director of Junglekeepers, a non-profit protecting areas of rainforest from logging and mining, and is the bestselling author of books such as, ‘Junglekeeper: What It Takes to Change the World’.
He explains:
◼️What happens when a live snake is inches from your face
◼️Being surrounded by warriors with 7-foot bows and arrows
◼️Why humans living outside history don’t suffer modern misery
◼️How the jungle keeps you alive when everything goes wrong
◼️The moment you realise this place is bigger than humanity itself
(00:00) Intro
(02:34) On a Mission to Save the Amazon
(05:32) A Jungle Warning After 20 Years Off the Grid
(11:25) How a Wild Adventure in Peru Changed Everything
(15:34) What It’s Like Meeting Uncontacted Tribes for the First Time
(19:58) Why This Ancient Forest Could Disappear Forever
(26:36) What Living in the Amazon for a Decade Does to You
(28:56) How We Discovered the Uncontacted Tribes
(42:04) Unseen Footage the World Wasn’t Supposed to Watch
(46:01) When Tribe Women Took Our Food—And What It Meant
(47:06) Do Uncontacted Tribes Really Eat Humans?
(54:20) How Many Hidden Tribes Still Exist?
(59:13) Can These Tribes Actually Communicate With Monkeys?
(01:01:39) What If They’re Just Searching for Happiness?
(01:03:25) Do Tribal People Still Live in Huts?
(01:06:40) The Most Haunting Stories I’ve Heard in the Jungle
(01:09:26) Why I Had to Stop Here
(01:10:18) Would You Survive Living Like an Uncontacted Tribe?
(01:11:35) Ads
(01:13:53) How I Almost Got Crushed by a Snake
(01:15:53) The Terrifying Reality of Being Eaten Alive
(01:18:06) How Jane Goodall Saved My Life
(01:22:09) The TV Show I Made to Help the Amazon (That Went Terribly Wrong)
(01:29:36) The Truth About Handling Deadly Snakes
(01:44:24) Should You Really Be Scared of Snakes?
(01:46:18) Ads
(01:47:41) What 20 Years in the Jungle Taught Me About Life
(01:55:50) How Do You Know When It’s Time to Quit?
(02:12:17) Are Humans Really the Most Important Species?
(02:16:06) AI, Robots, and the Jungle’s View of Modern Tech
(02:23:15) I Saw the Creation of the Universe on Ayahuasca
(02:27:22) What Is the Jungle Keeper’s Mission Really About?
(02:30:20) Ancient Medicine Hidden in the Amazon
(02:34:30) What It’s Like Living in the Jungle With My Wife
(02:41:42) What Still Scares Me After All These Years
(02:44:14) If You Had 3 Years Left, What Would You Regret?
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