Redlining Life: conversations from the extreme limits of being all-in
Josh Galt brings a world of experience living on the edge into deep, broad-reaching convos about obsession, evolution, and playing to maximize one's self.
Explorer, Entrepreneur, Philosopher
73 Countries, 25 Years of Building at the Edges
I grew up in the wilds of Canada with no electricity or running water — fishing through the ice, curing salmon in our smokehouse, making goat cheese from our annoying family pets, and fighting bears for saskatoons every spring.
That beginning set the trajectory. I've spent the last 25 years going to the edges of the world to understand how things actually work — first as an extreme whitewater athlete exploring rivers nobody had run before, then as an entrepreneur building at the intersection of regenerative agriculture, bioactive nutrition, and ancient food science.
Along the way I've lived and worked in 73 countries, played basketball in the hinterlands of Cambodia, farmed wild boar on an island in the Mekong, been held by jungle tribes, and done business with foreign governments.
Today I'm building Beeghee®, a hive-fermented superfood brand produced in Mexico and selling across North America, that turns insect agriculture into human nutrition through fermentation traditions that are thousands of years old.
I also host Bad At My Religion, a podcast exploring why people of every faith struggle to live their beliefs authentically — interviewing religious leaders and devoted practitioners from around the globe.
I'm building an integrated new digital platform for Venturopoly, with a Life OS Dashboard app and an emerging markets network for founders, investors, and operators to build in public, called SovereignHub.
I recently launched Conversational Living Library, an AI tool that lets people engage with someone's entire life's body of work through conversation.
The thread connecting all of it: I'm obsessed with going to the source, whether that's a Class V river in Ecuador, a monastery in Myanmar, or a fermentation lab in Tasmania.
Topics I can speak to:
- • Adventure, risk, and what extreme sports teach you about life and business
- • Regenerative agriculture and the future of food (insects, fermentation, the "Waste to Soil to Superfoods" vision)
- • Faith, philosophy, and the universal struggle to live authentically
- • Building businesses across cultures — 25 years of living and working in emerging markets
- • The Conversational Living Library — AI as a tool for advancing human legacy
- • Geopolitics from the ground (not the armchair)
Josh también habla español y ha dado presentaciones a grupos de inversionistas, funcionarios gubernamentales y estudiantes en toda América Latina, incluyendo entrevistas en podcasts y unas charlas sobre entomofagia en la UNAM en Ciudad de México.
Cualquier plática puede adaptarse para ser impartida en español.
Core Conversation Lanes
Each topic draws from years of direct experience and reflection.
What extreme environments teach us about judgment under pressure, navigating uncertainty, and seeing over the horizon when others can't.
- • Lessons from Class V whitewater and remote expeditions
- • Building intuition for high-stakes decisions
- • How constraints breed clarity
- • The difference between calculated risk and recklessness
Building regenerative systems — from insects to soil biology — that thrive across cultures and constraints, not just ideologies.
- • Circular agriculture and bioactive nutrition
- • Why most "sustainable" systems fail in the real world
- • Bridging indigenous wisdom with modern science
- • Scaling regenerative practices across different contexts
Reflections from 70+ countries, decades abroad, and what living globally reveals about who we are and how we think.
- • The psychology of long-term travel and adaptation
- • How place shapes perspective
- • Maintaining identity while embracing otherness
- • Practical lessons from building businesses across cultures
Recent Podcasts
Previous Conversations
Josh As Host
Bad At My Religion
Dean Simone, an actor, writer, filmmaker, and musician, joins the show to talk about life as a Non-dualist Catholic Taoist Stoic
Venturopoly
Christopher Hill is the founder of various travel experience brands including Hands Up Holidays and Impact Destinations
GALTmode
"We are looking for very specific founder types that we've seen be successful in consumer. Sometimes we call them "savage".
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Speaking Themes & Event Formats
Josh brings the same grounded, deeply human insights to live audiences that he does in long-form conversations.
Flagship Theme
POINT POSITIVE
Lessons from the river on obsession, death, & flow state.
Drawing on 20+ years of global river exploration, Josh shares his deep understanding of why greatness requires obsession, why learning requires play, and why living a passionate life requires making peace with death. His talk delves into why a singular shift in perspective -to the positive - will launch you or your company into a state of flow that can change everything.
BRAIN ROADS: How A Nation's Infrastructure Drives Its Culture
The way a country's roads and infrastructure are designed impacts the development of neural pathways in its citizens, which in turn shapes behavior, thought patterns, and ultimately, culture. After traveling, living, and working in more than 70 countries over his lifetime, Josh brings a unique understanding of how infrastructure shapes a country's cognitive framework.
BAD AT MY RELIGION: Solving Humanity's Hypocrisy Crisis
Why are so many people struggling to live authentic spirituality in the modern world? And how can individuals from any faith reconnect with their beliefs and overcome the distractions and pressures of modern life? A lifetime of seeking and living in diverse religious cultures across the spectrum has led Josh to suggest a simple solution - zoom out, and look within.
ROOTED IN REALITY: Greenwashing Fear or Loving Stewardship?
Connecting the dots between regenerative ag, extreme whitewater, and ancestral plant medicine, Josh brings a hard-hitting talk about stewardship, personal responsibility, and removing fear to care for people & planet, motivated by love
FOCUSED ENERGY: Fueling Spirit In A Material Existence
The journey through life as a human is fraught with confusion and challenges, but there's a simple method to ensure you thrive with authenticity in the midst of chaos: Spirit over Mind over Body over Emotions
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