Podcast Episodes
Back to Search515 Artists of Spain; Being Welsh; Being Bosnian
We look at the top sites where you can experience firsthand the groundbreaking contributions of Spain's greatest artists. Then tour guides from Wales…
8 years ago
420a Music of Spain; Space Station Living; Canine-American Road Trip
Tune into the traditional music of Spain and find out where to catch the best flamenco shows in Madrid. Then listen in as astronaut Chris Hadfield de…
8 years ago
514 Casanova's Venice; Florida This Year; Caribbean Island People
Historian Laurence Bergreen takes us to 18th-century Venice, at a time when Casanova called it home. Then journalist Craig Pittman updates us on what…
8 years, 1 month ago
513 Fred Plotkin's Culinary Capitals; The New Koreans
Find out what six cities food maven Fred Plotkin considers to be the world's best places to experience edible ecstasy. Then get an update on today's …
8 years, 1 month ago
512 Shakespeare in South Sudan; Africa 54; Normandy
We check in with author and long-distance walker Francis Tapon after his five-year journey to all 54 countries in Africa. And we hear how a widesprea…
8 years, 1 month ago
392a Ireland's W. B. Yeats; Scotland's Robert Burns; Agatha Christie's England
We consider the importance of poet W.B. Yeats to the Irish soul, and discuss real-life English destinations that let you experience the world of Agat…
8 years, 1 month ago
511 Travel Plans; Buffy Sainte-Marie; The Yellow Envelope
Singer Buffy Sainte-Marie discusses her new album of activist "Medicine Songs" and what they have to say about our place in today's world. Then autho…
8 years, 2 months ago
510 Megalopolis; Copenhagen's Christiania; Teenagers in Europe
An Italian scholar of architecture compares the scope of today's mega-cities with the more human scale of Venice. And we'll hear what a pair of docum…
8 years, 2 months ago
509 Slavic Firewater; “Bears in the Streets”; Places to Drink Beer; Edinburgh New Year’s Eve
Pour a festive glass as we learn about the strong, often homemade liquors that lend zest to celebrations across central and eastern Europe. Then hear…
8 years, 2 months ago
427a More European Christmas Traditions
Learn about holiday traditions observed in France, Norway, Greece, London, the Spanish Basque Country, and small-town Italy. From festively decorated…
8 years, 2 months ago