Podcast Episodes
Back to Search444a Urban Australia; Epic Family Road Trip; Nordic Cousins
Get an inside look at the mostly friendly rivalry between Sweden and Norway (naturally, it comes with a few old jokes). We'll also meet the traveling…
5 years, 6 months ago
611 Pico in Lockdown; Socrates Express; Fiji
Writer Pico Iyer looks for silver linings to the pandemic lockdowns. Eric Weiner explores the life lessons he gained by visiting the home turf of the…
5 years, 7 months ago
610 London Layover; Tower of London; Day Trips
Join us for a jolly good "Hour of London": Once we can fly to Europe again, hear how you can plan a quick visit to the city when you have a long layo…
5 years, 7 months ago
609 Locked Down in Switzerland and Belgium; Reykjavík Day Trips; Mongol Derby
Meet the first woman — and youngest contestant — to win the world's longest endurance horse race across the wilds of Mongolia. Explore the beauty of …
5 years, 7 months ago
511a Open Phones: Travel Plans; Buffy Sainte-Marie; The Yellow Envelope
Singer Buffy Sainte-Marie tells us how her activist album "Medicine Songs" raises awareness about our place in today's world. Author Kim Dinan tells …
5 years, 7 months ago
608 Checking on Friends in New York and Italy; Lessons From Nature
As a summer close-to-home unfolds, Rick checks in with friends in New York and Italy: Cultural maven Fred Plotkin tells us how he's used the downtime…
5 years, 7 months ago
607 Romantic Bridges and Little Museums of Paris; Burgundy
There's always something new to discover and enjoy when you visit Paris. We'll take a closer look at the beautiful bridges that set the stage for a r…
5 years, 8 months ago
606 Aniakchak; Here Lies America; Ballpark Boys
After visiting battlefield monuments and memorials, Jason Cochran saw how American history has been written and re-written. He tells us how the Civil…
5 years, 8 months ago
605 Vancouver Tourism; Buffalo Hometown Pride; Bosnia
Eager for the Canada-US border to reopen? Whet your appetite to visit Vancouver and Buffalo: A former tourism exec explains issues the industry faces…
5 years, 8 months ago
510a Megalopolis; Copenhagen's Christiania; Teenagers in Europe
An architecture professor from Italy compares the scope of today's mega-cities with the more human scale of Venice. A pair of documentary producers t…
5 years, 8 months ago