Episode 198: Stories of The HUMN Project with Jack Langton

“Culture is something that you experience not look at.”

— Tom Weiser

Jack Langton is an adventurer, storyteller, and founder of The HUMN Project, a storytelling platform built around one simple idea: everyone has a story worth telling. After growing up in Connecticut and spending time in corporate America, Jack found himself pulled toward a different kind of life, one shaped by adventure, curiosity, and human connection.

That pull became impossible to ignore after Jack set out on an 8,000-mile bike journey from London to Singapore. What began as a massive physical challenge became something deeper. Along the way, Jack crossed deserts, mountain ranges, remote villages, and unfamiliar borders. He dealt with broken bike parts, long days in extreme heat, language barriers, and stretches of uncertainty. But again and again, he was met by the kindness of strangers, from people offering food and water to families opening their homes.

When Jack returned to work, life no longer felt the same. The adventure had changed him. Soon after, he left his corporate job and began building The HUMN Project, a platform focused on sharing extraordinary human stories from around the world. His journey has taken him across the United States and into East Africa, where he has filmed stories about real-life superheroes helping the unhoused, young women escaping harmful cultural practices, people with albinism advocating for their communities, and kids finding purpose through skateboarding.

In this episode, Scott and Jack talk about the courage to start before you feel ready, the power of listening to unheard stories, and how adventure can become a doorway to purpose. It is a conversation about risk, calling, human connection, and what can happen when you stop waiting for the perfect plan and simply go.

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