Podcast Episodes
Back to Search214 Open Phones: Favorite Road Trips; Summer Roadfood; Whitewater Rafting
Rick swaps tales of both American and European road trips; Road Food experts Jane and Michael Stern offer new tips for digging into local specialties…
15 years, 7 months ago
213 Italy Faux Pas; Tuscany versus Umbria
Two locally-based guides help melt the age-old rivalries between the regions of Tuscany and its neighbor Umbria in Italy and take a closer look at wh…
15 years, 7 months ago
212 Affordable London; Ancient Britain
London guides Gillian Chadwick and Tom Hooper discuss the many free activities that make London a top-notch city for visitors. Plus, Rick and British…
15 years, 8 months ago
211 Spirit Of America: Smithsonian DC; America From the Air; The Butterflies of Grand Canyon
Explore the spirit of America with Rick as guides from the Museum of American History prep for a patriotic pilgrimage to the sights in the nation's c…
15 years, 8 months ago
210 Intrepid Adventurers: Richard Starks & Miriam Murcutt; Harry Rutstein & Marco Polo
Richard Starks and Miriam Murcutt's assignment to chart a strange river in the jungles of Venezuela turned into an adventure complete with poisoned a…
15 years, 8 months ago
138a Christopher Baker's Costa Rica
Christopher Baker, one of today's top travel writers, describes the "pura vida" that makes Costa Rica, with seaside resorts on two coasts, an active …
15 years, 8 months ago
209 Touring Portugal; Open Phones: Making Friends
Two guides from Lisbon describe what makes Portugal distinctive today, and share itinerary suggestions for a country that used to be a colonial power…
15 years, 9 months ago
208 Stockholm, Sweden; Alexandria, Egypt
Marita Bergman explains the rituals Swedes enjoy to accompany the long days marking the start of summer. Also, tour guide Colin Clement describes wha…
15 years, 9 months ago
207 More Roadfood USA; Brittany and Normandy
Road Food experts Jane and Michael Stern discuss the best places to find good ol' American breakfasts, hamburgers, or pie a la mode and tour guides f…
15 years, 9 months ago
139a An Artist's Safari in Africa; Overseas Travel Medicine
We're looking at African wildlife eye to eye, through the perspective of Fred Krakowiak, a wildlife painter who shares his love for Africa with us in…
15 years, 9 months ago