Open 24/7 Urbex Broadcast

Max and Mike - the two guys who run this circus checking in with an episode loosely focused on the time Max took a rowboat, and a model who can’t swim out to the Ship Graveyard in Staten Island to make an incredible photo. We get into why exploring on the water is a whole other kind of thing, and tell the kind of stories we tell when we’re driving hours to some abandoned place that’s so off the map you can’t even get music in, so y...

“It's really hard doing something that you've never done before and that you can't relate to something else. There's some similarities in exploring, but for the most part, You have to treat everything as a brand new experience. 'cause I mean, you could die. You go into the subway, you go into a place where you can fall, like you can literally die. So it feels like everything is new for, you know, for the first time. And I appreciat...

There are a lot of epic things to climb on planet Earth, but climbing the last remaining ancient wonder of the world? Yeah, come at that. Great to catch up with our friend Lucinda, and go a little deeper than the surface hype. We get into the details of what it’s like to explore places where things might not be safe or stable, everyone might be a spy and the guns are definitely loaded. Also, the all time greatest escape.

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“So I was down in the wine cellar hidden in the Brooklyn Bridge…”

WHAT? Chopping it up and chopping it down with Sever.NYC. We had so much to talk about on this one, we promise to do a part two…

In this episode, we dive deep into the world beneath New York City with Sever, our guy known for navigating the city's extensive subway system. We get into the forgotten wine cellar inside the Brooklyn Bridge, the strange and makes ...

It was so cool to chop it up with Leah and get an insiders view of what exploring in South East Asia is actually like. The flooded mall? Not a thing. Dropping a little cash to walk through someones home to see a bando circus theatre? A thing. Learn about sacred geometry and getting out a jam when your driver leaves you in the middle of nowhere.

Join us as we talk with Leah. In this episode, we dive into her experiences explorin...

If you’re an explorer, especially one from NYC you know the Legend of Track 61…and you know Strictly Sam. Is it a legend or a thing? We actually get the answer, the rundown and the shot from our man Strictly Sam.

Join Max and Mike as they catch up with NYC underground master head, Strictly Sam, to uncover the mystery of New York City's Track 61. Sam spills (some) of the secrets behind accessing this elusive location, rumored t...

This is a proper adventure in the great exploring tradition. Jens hits Papua New Guinea, meets friendly cannibals in a place where heads tend to disappear and gets out with the shot and the story.

Join us as we dive into an honest-to-god Victorian style exploration with Jens, an explorer from Belgium. Jens recounts his harrowing journey to discover an abandoned WWII Australian airplane wreck in the dense jungles of Papua New Gui...

Love catching up with with our Euro explorer friends, it’s such a different vibe than the US. Above and below all over Europe. If a friend asks you to help put together what might be his last explore ever, you’re going to go hard.

“If you only do what you’re supposed to do in life then life is basically you staying at home. You cannot do this. You cannot do that. Meanwhile, if you walk on a flat sidewalk or on a flat rooftop it ...

Checking in with Tom Durante. Tom runs us through a wild climb in NYC, getting trapped on top a sky scraper in a lightning storm and walking out like it’s no big deal. Then the story gets wild.

Tom Durante shares an all-time adventure exploring NYC rooftops. From dodging tight security and weathering a lightning storm atop skyscrapers to celebrating his photography with a confetti cannon on a Times Square billboard, Tom gives u...

Open 24/7 is a podcast about urbex. Hosted by exploring photographers Max (@Max.Bon) and Mike (@Hysterical.Panic), each show is a conversation with the best explorers out there telling the story behind one of their wildest photos.

October 2025 - The entire first season of Open 24/7 is out now. 10 episodes. New York City, Thailand, Paris, Egypt, Chicago, Oceania. We get around from the lost underground of Manhattan to the top of ...