Bradley Trevor Greive or simply BTG was a paratrooper in Australian army before becoming a mega-selling author with more than 30 million copies sold worldwide. He is also a graduate of the Russian cosmonaut program, a Polynesian rock lifting champion, wildlife photographer, conservationist, cartoonist and many more things. His brand new wildlife animation series “Adventure Beast” has just been released on Netflix. On this episode BTG talks about the advantages of animated nature shows, his literature heroes, conservation efforts and how he identified a gigantic Alaskan hybrid brown bear sub-species. He also shares the hilarious origin story of his friendship with the brilliant comedian John Cleese. This episode of Talking Australia is hosted by Ben Kanthak (Podcast Producer at Australian Geographic) and produced by www.beachshackpodcasts.com    You can also follow us on Instagram @australiangeographic See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.