Danny Bent has spent years chasing adventure.
From ultra-endurance survival challenges to being marooned on a deserted island in the Maldives, he's built a life around pushing boundaries and stepping into the unknown.
But recently, his focus has shifted.
The next challenge isn't about going further, faster, or enduring more. It's about becoming more human.
In this deeply personal conversation, Danny reflects on a journey that began with an ayahuasca retreat and led him towards what he calls his "primal age" - a growing desire to reconnect with the experiences that shaped us long before modern life arrived.
We talk about swimming in near-freezing water, spending a week alone in a remote Norwegian cabin, learning to hunt deer, disconnecting from technology, the importance of play, self-love, masculinity, and why shared adversity brings people together like nothing else.
At its heart, this is a conversation about stripping life back to its essentials. Less noise. Less distraction. More presence, connection and adventure.
Because perhaps the wildest thing we can do in the modern world is return to what made us human in the first place.
Listen to Danny's previous recording, here: https://open.spotify.com/episode/2jn6zsMXRw2WO61McbEz5y?si=a0b45bc6bb4c40a1
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Chapters
00:00 Intro
02:21: Ayahuasca Retreat
17:03 Other ways to go within yourself
21:18 Finding ways to soothe
27:08 One day a week unplugged
37:59 Marooned on an island
49:24 The group dynamics on the island
01:04:58 Hunting for deer for the first time
01:24:42 Cold Water Swimming Championships
01:33:54 Tom's magical sea adventure
01:42:41 What the sitcom Scrubs taught Tom about Masculinity
01:55:02 Self Love
