Dr Tom Ptak: From MTB Trails to Professor | Volatile Revisioned #29

On this episode of Volatile Revisioned,I sit down with Professor Tom Ptak —an Adelaide mountain bike rider from the mid-90s scene…who followed curiosity far beyond the trails.From the early days of the Inside Line MTB community,to riding across continents…Africa… the Middle East… the Himalayas…What started as a love for riding…became a deeper search for understanding the world.Confronted by poverty, culture, and contrast —Tom began asking questions…questions that would eventually lead him into academia…From failing high school geography…to becoming a Professor and energy geographer in the United States —this is a story about perspective, persistence, and purpose.And through it all…one thing remained constant…The bike.Because sometimes…the clearest thinking doesn’t happen at a desk…it happens out on the trail.This is Episode #29of Volatile Revisioned.