Podcast Episodes
Back to Search469 Fresh Starts: Schultz and Sedaris; Outdoor Adventures; Unseen City
Authors David Sedaris and Patricia Schultz encourage making travel plans in the new year. Chris Santella recommends getting outdoors for an adrenalin…
9 years, 2 months ago
468 European Christmas
Friends from Madrid, Rome, London, and Lisbon tell us how they celebrate the yuletide holidays. We'll also hear about small-town festivities in Holla…
9 years, 2 months ago
467 Holiday Roadfood; Best Chocolates in Europe; Holiday Travels; Prague Christmas
Writers Jane and Michael Stern discuss wintertime comfort food served in America's roadside restaurants, then food and culture expert Fred Plotkin ex…
9 years, 2 months ago
466 The Bonjour Effect; Reporting From Nicaragua
Montreal-based authors of "The Bonjour Effect" discuss the unwritten rules of conversation in France, and the communication hurdles visitors face — e…
9 years, 3 months ago
465 German Christmas Markets; Andy Steves' Europe; Seoul
Get into the holiday spirit by hearing about Germany's many outdoor Christmas markets, then listen in as Rick's son Andy Steves describes what kind o…
9 years, 3 months ago
388a Digging Up England; Astronaut's View of Earth; Holy Land Travels
Learn about how Roman and prehistoric worlds are within reach just beneath Britain's surface. Then hear Commander Chris Hadfield describe what he's c…
9 years, 3 months ago
464 Hungarian Food; Harvest Time in Provence; Reproach of Hunger
Two tour guides from Budapest tell us about Hungary's spicy culinary traditions, then author Marjorie R. Williams shares tips for finding exceptional…
9 years, 3 months ago
463 Understanding ISIS; The War Reporter
A leading international expert on terrorism, Loretta Napoleoni, tells us what she's learned about ISIS and their battlegrounds in the Middle East. Al…
9 years, 4 months ago
462 Indigenous Arctic and Andes; Overbooked
A bestselling author of a book on the Northwest Passage describes how the Inuit of Canada and Greenland are responding to modern challenges posed by …
9 years, 4 months ago
382a Pirates of the Carolinas; Faeries of Ireland; Ghosts of San Francisco
Just in time for Halloween and All Souls' Day, we'll explore the legacy of the real-life pirates who operated off the Carolina coast of colonial Amer…
9 years, 4 months ago