THE EXPLORERS JOURNAL
NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC
Fornal travels to Dar es Salaam, Tanzania to fight against witches who are kidnapping children with albinism.
Fornal meets with one of the last groups of hunter gatherers on the planet.
National Geographic Traveler | Best of the World 2018
Fornal leads an expedition to Oaxaca, Mexico in search of the last Mixtec snail dyers.
The Sacred Bark-cloth of Uganda
Sustainable Ugandan bark cloth finds new uses (nationalgeographic.com)
Investigating Jinn and Traditional Healers in Zanzibar
In Zanzibar, a Traditional Herbalist Exorcises Evil Spirits (nationalgeographic.com)
Dung Art Rwanda
https://news.nationalgeographic.com/2017/04/imigongo-cow-dung-art-rwandan-widows-recover-genocide/
Finding the Skull of Nat Turner
https://news.nationalgeographic.com/2016/10/nat-turner-skull-slave-rebellion-uprising/
Nat Turner’s Legacy
https://news.nationalgeographic.com/2016/10/nat-turner-slave-rebellion-legacy/
VICE
Documentary short produced/researched by Fornal that follows genealogist Antoinette Harrell as she tracks down the last African American slaves of the American South.
https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/437573/blacks-were-enslaved-well-into-the-1960s
https://video.vice.com/en_us/video/vice-the-slavery-detective-of-the-south/5a947b9cf1cdb3764f3eee86
Fornal reports from Ramallah, Palestine in the West Bank to find out where politics and ice-cream meet.
Fornal sits down with one of Mississippi's last great work workers to discuss mojo bags.
https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/59w8yd/i-died-met-god-and-came-back-as-a-roots-healer
A brief history of Jerusalem's oldest bakery.
https://munchies.vice.com/en_uk/article/mbxk83/zalatimo-sweets-mutabak-jerusalem
A short film produced/researched by Fornal that follows one of the descendants of Apache warrior Geronimo's descendants as she makes her passage to womanhood.
Anthony Bourdain's Parts Unknown
Mexico City's Best Pulque
https://explorepartsunknown.com/mexico/your-guide-to-mexico-citys-best-pulquerias/
A Perfect Day in the Bronx
https://explorepartsunknown.com/the-bronx/the-perfect-day-in-the-bronx/
Deep Fried Turkey, Compton-Style
https://explorepartsunknown.com/los-angeles/deep-fried-turkey-compton-style/
Donkey’s Place, Camden New Jersey
https://explorepartsunknown.com/new-jersey/donkeys-place/
Men's Journal
Inside the quest to produce the world's rarest whisky.
PRESS
WHISKY SWIM:
https://scotchwhisky.com/magazine/latest-news/15406/explorers-swim-islay-coast-for-looted-malt/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gaa5iXb_EbI
EXPLORERS CLUB 2017:
http://felixkunze.com/projects/explorers-club-2017/
EXPLORERS CLUB 2016:
http://adventure.nationalgeographic.com/adventure/explorers-club-dinner-photos-2016
TRAIN RIDES:
BRONX STRONGEST:
http://bronx.news12.com/story/35563303/worlds-strongest-borough-program-aims-to-change-health-habits
KITTEN RESCUE:
SWIM NEWARK:
http://www.nj.com/essex/index.ssf/2015/09/filmmaker_tv_host_completes_swim_down_notoriously.html
SWIM CAMDEN:
ZOMBIE PUG:
BIRCH WINE/CAVE PARTY:
http://animalnewyork.com/2014/partying-illegal-cave-pixies-nymphs-arabian-prince/
GAME DINNER 2017:
http://gothamist.com/2017/05/15/a_night_of_bobcat_stew_raccoon_sush.php#photo-1
GAME DINNER 2016:
http://gothamist.com/2016/04/18/small_game_dinner.php#photo-1
GAME DINNER 2015:
http://gothamist.com/2015/04/13/small_game_dinner_bronx.php#photo-1
GAME DINNER 2014:
http://newyork.seriouseats.com/2014/04/bronx-small-game-dinner.html
GAME DINNER 2013 :
https://firstwefeast.com/eat/2013/03/the-night-i-ate-raccoon-bobcat-and-coyote-with-baron-ambrosia
GAME DINNER 2012:
http://newyork.seriouseats.com/2012/02/little-furry-things-the-2nd-annual-bronx-pipe.html
GAME DINNER: 2011:
BRONX FOOD: