Welcome to Tales from the Edge, the podcast series of dangerous, terrifying even life-threatening events that are sure to leave a man scared to death. The teller of these tales is best-selling author and lifelong adventurer John Burnett. Mister Burnett has a CV that reads like an adventure thriller. He’s advised a President of the United States, written frequently for the New York Times, and on a more adventurous note, he was captain of a fishing boat in Alaska, has sailed single handed across oceans, served as a relief worker for the United Nations, attacked by pirates in the South China Sea, lived through a face off with a child soldier with a loaded gun in Somalia. He's also published a few books to name just a few career highlights.... Photo by Jeremy Hann on Unsplash