Encore: Omar Samra

I’m super excited to kick-off 2025 with one of our new segments called WIDN Encore, where I’ll be checking in with some of your favourite What I Did Next alumni. My first guest is adventurer, entrepreneur, and podcaster Omar Samra. I first spoke to Omar in 2021 about his company, Wild Guanabana, and his epic maritime challenge with Omar Nour which they parlayed into an award-winning documentary, Beyond the Raging Sea. We’re picking up right where we left off and Omar tells me what he’s been upto since. A reminder that these Encore episodes will be members-only going forward, so if you’d like to hear from your favourite alumni, including Ahmed Alfi, Nada Debs, Ali Ali and Amy Mowafi, subscribe now so you can get this and all of our bonus episodes throughout the year! Chapters: 00:00 Coming up 00:41 Introduction 02:00 Moving away from city life 03:58 What Omar is working on 08:49 Launching two podcasts 11:33 Darkness retreat 15:19 The body experience of the darkness retreat 27:26 A more reflective Omar 30:09 Influential people in his life 33:22 Anthropology and Astronomy 35:20 Lightning Round Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices