How to Survive a Pandemic – Lessons from the Military’s Chief Survival Instructor | How To Academy
Search

Free Online

Thu, 28 May 2020

6:30 pm - 7:30 pm GMT

How to Survive a Pandemic – Lessons from the Military’s Chief Survival Instructor

John Hudson in Conversation with Hannah MacInnes

John Hudson is a man who knows what it takes to survive. He joins us to share his insights and help us come out of the current crisis stronger and wiser.

With first-hand experience surviving in some of the most dangerous places on Earth, from the depths of a jungle cenote to the top of a stormy Alaskan glacier, and with twenty years of studying the choices people have made under pressure, John Hudson is the UK’s foremost expert on surviving in the extreme world.

But life-changing moments can happen at any time and anywhere. They might creep up on us gradually, but, as we’ve seen with the current pandemic, it can be no less of a shock when the realization comes.

In this free, live-streamed In Conversation event, John will provide the key elements needed for us to cope with a pandemic – how to prepare rather than panic. From understanding that mindset is key and staying informed and make the right decisions, to practical advice on how to know your enemy, and defend your vulnerabilities, this event offers the perfect guide for coping with the COVID-19 pandemic we are currently facing, and how to come out of self-isolation stronger and wiser.

This talk takes place at 6:30pm British Summer Time.

About Our Digital Programme:

In response to the global pandemic, How To Academy is curating a not-for-profit programme of live-streamed talks and conversations bringing you advice, insight and entertainment. Tickets are offered on a Pay What You Can basis, including a Free option for those who cannot afford more at this difficult time. Thank you for your help sustaining How To Academy through the crisis — and for enabling us to share new thinking from across the globe at a time when it has never been more important.

Books will be shipped within two weeks of the event (hopefully sooner). Please note that due to the challenges of distribution during the global pandemic, some books may be delayed. If we experience any delay in getting your copy to you, we will contact you by email to let you know. Thank you for supporting a local London business, Primrose Hill Books.

John Hudson

Survival instructor for the British Military, broadcaster, writer and public speaker.

John Hudson FRGS is a survival instructor, broadcaster, writer, public speaker and training consultant based in Cornwall, whose specialist work takes him to some of the most remote and extreme environments around the globe. A former RAF helicopter pilot, John is the British Military’s Chief SERE (Survival, Evasion, Resistance & Extraction) Instructor, and an elected Fellow of the Royal Geographical Society.

Hannah MacInnes

Presenter, Podcaster and Host of How To Academy’s live programmes.

Hannah MacInnes is a broadcaster and journalist. Alongside hosting How To Academy’s live programmes and podcast, she presents a cultural show on Times Radio and interviews on-stage at a number of other major literary events. She is the host of The Klosters Forum Podcast series and has written for the Radio Times, the Evening Standard and TLS. Before going freelance she worked for 8 years at BBC Newsnight, as Planning Editor and as a Producer / Filmmaker.