Track Your Life with Boyd Varty

Daunted

February 19th, 2026 | Season 4 | 10 mins 10 secs

In the morning, we drive north to the Hoanib River. Namibia is characterized by hours in the car. At the old German fort in Sesfontein, we stop to buy some local meat from a store called Manchester United Store that claims to be both a bar and a financial advisory.

To me the most important aspect of tracking is the idea that there is a path if you develop the right eyes to see it, the right ways to sense it, and the right heart to feel it pulling you.

And yet, here in the Damaraland, I feel like I need x-ray eyes to track the lion.

The Riverbed

February 12th, 2026 | Season 4 | 11 mins 20 secs

The Huabb River is an ephemeral river that runs for 300 kilometers from Kambanyap to the coast - flowing only after heavy rains.

When not in flood, the river bed is a highway for animals and human travel. The underground water means suddenly in the middle of the desert, huge acacia thorn trees rise up as if on a flood plain. This abundance of foliage and ease of path draws the desert elephants.

I first saw a photograph of these elephants in a National Geographic magazine when I was 10 years old - a whole herd sliding down a sandy dune on their bottoms, into the river bed. This picture has stayed in my mind all these years and I've wanted to see these elephants ever since.

On this day on our desert adventure I'm reminded of an old truth: Nature never dissapoints.

Story Hunter Roadtrip Edition: Desert Expeditions: Namibia

February 9th, 2026 | Season 4 | 1 hr 9 mins

The Namibian Desert is silent and hauntingly beautiful. In a word, it is empty. And, as a lion tracker, it is one of the most daunting places I have ever been.

Still following the call of the wild, this podcast series is a journey into the vast and untamed Namibian desert on an expedition to track Africa’s most elusive and rare animals. Tracking is an art that lives in all of us and I hope that, in these stories, you might find the tracks for your own adventure and begin to awaken your inner wild one.

Listen to the full series in one complete and uninterrupted Roadtrip Edition.

Middle Earth

February 5th, 2026 | Season 4 | 14 mins 2 secs

Tracking is an art that lives in people. And to me, the tracker has always been a doorway to the wild one within. To be close to your wild one, you must switch on your inner tracker - and cultivate awareness and access to the present moment.

This is our wild man week and, in this episode, we are on the track of one of the most elusive animals in the world, the black desert rhino.

Lost Tracks

January 29th, 2026 | Season 4 | 12 mins 2 secs

The scope of Namibia is unbelievable. On day 2 of our expedition into the Damaraland Desert, we find ourselves off track - with very little local knowledge in a very big place. I've had the idea for sometime now, that when you lose the track, which of course you will, you need to let go of knowing and give yourself the space to try things. You have to trust in an unfolding, because in truth, something will happen. And our adventure is just beginning.

Enter the Wild One

January 22nd, 2026 | Season 4 | 9 mins 16 secs

The Namibian Desert is silent and hauntingly beautiful. In a word, it is empty. And, as a lion tracker, it is one of the most daunting places I have ever been.

This series follows a wild expedition into the vast and untamed Namibian desert to track Africa’s most elusive and rare animals. Tracking is an art that lives in all of us and I hope that my stories will bring light to the tracks of your own adventure and awaken your elusive wild one.

Story Hunter Roadtrip Edition | Desert Expeditions: Back to the Kalahari Desert

May 1st, 2025 | Season 4 | 45 mins 40 secs

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Part 3 of Story Hunter, Season 4 of the Track Your Life Podcast, is now available as a complete two-hour anthology - perfect for the next time you set out on the open road.

In Part 2, we go back to the wildest parts of the Kalahari Desert with the spirit of a Story Hunter, to learn about the ancient art of tracking.

Experience this epic journey, from start to finish – stream the complete Roadtrip Edition now!

The Wild Man

April 24th, 2025 | Season 4 | 8 mins 46 secs

The Outback of Life

April 17th, 2025 | Season 4 | 6 mins 55 secs

I love being on a journey where all I know is tomorrow we will drive into the wild in search of lion tracks. I don't know where we're going. I don't know where we will sleep, and I don't care, I'm content.

The Hunt

April 10th, 2025 | Season 4 | 9 mins 18 secs

We're in the realms of the archetypal out here in the desert. The night before the hunt, the men gather around the fire. The energy is somewhat disparate and chaotic, as often happens when diverse people gather in a remote place

Hunting and Faith

April 3rd, 2025 | Season 4 | 6 mins 49 secs

The persistence chase is an incredibly complex skill demanding deep environmental insight, deep physical endurance and deep empathy with animals. These expeditions are about remembering these ancient skills, and what it means to be human.⁠