Richard Currie

Richard Currie left Scotland to live in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, where both chaos and magic ensued, resulting in his new memoir, "Beers, Tears, and Broken Veneers."

Richard Currie left Scotland to live in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, where both chaos and magic ensued, resulting in his new memoir, "Beers, Tears, and Broken Veneers."

Kat Medina

Kat Medina is the author of "The Joys of Jetlag - How to Use a Traveler's Mindset to Not Be an A+Hole in Everyday Life"

Kat Medina is the author of "The Joys of Jetlag - How to Use a Traveler's Mindset to Not Be an A+Hole in Everyday Life"

Leo Rossi

Leo Rossi is a former tour manager for Fleetwood Mac, the Beach Boys, Billy Idol and more!

Leo Rossi is a former tour manager for Fleetwood Mac, the Beach Boys, Billy Idol and more!

Meredith Hackwith Edwards

Meredith Hackwith Edwards is a part-time model, surfer, and host of the "Meredith For Real - the Curious Introvert" podcast and Youtube channel. 

Meredith Hackwith Edwards is a part-time model, surfer, and host of the "Meredith For Real - the Curious Introvert" podcast and Youtube channel.

Alisha Mansfield

Alisha Mansfield is a nurse who created the Travel Today- Work Tomorrow website.

Alisha Mansfield is a nurse who created the Travel Today- Work Tomorrow website.

Blake Pfeil

Blake Pfeil is the host of  "abandoned: the All-American Ruins Podcast."

Blake Pfeil is the host of "abandoned: the All-American Ruins Podcast."

Vanessa Angel

Celebrity in the house! Star of Kingpin, Spies Like Us, Stargate SG-1 and the to-be-released tomorrow Johnny and Clyde- Vanessa Angel!

Celebrity in the house! Star of Kingpin, Spies Like Us, Stargate SG-1 and the to-be-released tomorrow Johnny and Clyde- Vanessa Angel!

Marilyn Ball is the Asheville, NC - based host of the Speaking of Travel radio show.

Marilyn Ball is the Asheville, NC - based host of the Speaking of Travel radio show.

Marilyn Ball

I recently returned from an awesome travel experience aboard the Safari Voyager in Baja California with Uncruise Adventures. While on board I interviewed Capt. Andrea Kosto and Adventures Coordinator Erika Hernandez Calvo.

I recently returned from an awesome travel experience aboard the Safari Voyager in Baja California with Uncruise Adventures. While on board I interviewed Capt. Andrea Kosto and Adventures Coordinator Erika Hernandez Calvo.

Uncruise

Julie Fannon

Julie Fannon is co-owner of Naturalist Journeys, a boutique travel tour company that specializes in nature trips, especially - birding!

Julie Fannon is co-owner of Naturalist Journeys, a boutique travel tour company that specializes in nature trips, especially - birding!

Comedian and TV host Mike Siegel sits down for a lighthearted chat  with his friends: comedians, actors, writers producers, and travel professionals, about the joys and and nightmares of travel.

I’ve always loved him on NNF I’m so annoyed I hadn’t given this a listen til now

Mike is so great

Always good!

Travel Tales

Paul Gilmartin

Mike sits down with longtime friend, comedian, and fellow former TBS host Paul Gilmartin to discuss his travels and Paul's podcast, "The Mental Illness Happy Hour."

ep. 15 Paul Gilmartin

Avi Liberman

Talkin' Israel with comedian Avi Liberman

ep. 7 Avi Liberman

We all have questions about flying, and Gretchen (not her real name) is here to answer them.

Flight Attendant Gretchen

Mike Schmidt

Longtime friend Mike Schmidt of the 40-year Old Boy podcast stops by to tell Tales of a recent trip to Kuwait as a guest of one of his fans.

John Bizarre

Back in '94, John Bizarre quit a successful stand-up and acting career in LA to move to Amsterdam, drive a pedicab, and smoke a lot of weed. He returned two years later a 140-pound opium addict. Now sober and living and working in Las Vegas, John recalls his travels throughout Europe and Southeast Asia with no (OK, maybe a few) regrets. Drugs, prostitution, smuggling - this episode's got it all!

Back in '94, John Bizarre quit a successful stand-up and acting career in LA to move to Amsterdam, drive a pedicab, and smoke a lot of weed. He returned two years later a 140-pound opium addict.  Now sober and living and working in Las Vegas, John recalls his travels throughout Europe and Southeast Asia with no (OK, maybe a few) regrets. Drugs, prostitution, smuggling - this episode's got it all!

Jason Windebank

With little sailing experience and buying a boat in Turkey sight unseen, Jason Windebank and his brother set out on a 3-year journey to sail around the world.

Glen Gilmore

As a lawyer, travel blogger, teacher, influencer (TravelEsquire.com) and former mayor of a city in New Jersey, Glen Gilmore certainly wears a lot of hats. I met Glen on my recent trip aboard Rocky Mountaineer, and enjoyed hearing of his many varied journeys throughout his life.

As a lawyer, travel blogger, teacher, influencer (<a href="http://TravelEsquire.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">TravelEsquire.com</a>) and former mayor of a city in New Jersey, Glen Gilmore certainly wears a lot of hats. I met Glen on my recent trip aboard Rocky Mountaineer, and enjoyed hearing of his many varied journeys throughout his life.

Matt Kirshen

More with our favorite worldly English comic!

ep. 60 Matt Kirshen pt. 2

Katrina McGhee

Author and Life Coach Katrina McGhee stops by to talk about the  trip that changed her career direction and reset her goals in life.

Author and Life Coach Katrina McGhee stops by to talk about the trip that changed her career direction and reset her goals in life.

Johnny Jet

The man behind the popular website JohnnyJet.com shares the Tales of how he became travel blog royalty.Johnny Jet is living the dream. In the early days of dial-up internet in the ’90′s, Johnny started blogging about his travels before anyone knew what a blog was. In 2000, he started JohnnyJet.com to urge people to get out and see the world.Since then, he’s parlayed his travel knowledge into a mini-empire: talk show appearances, Travel Channel show, book, sponsors, you name it. Now Johnny gets paid to crisscross the globe. He was kind enough to sit down for an interview and share his Tale of  how an asthmatic kid from Connecticut got to the top of the travel heap.Johnny’s an inspiring guy- be sure to say hi when you see him on the plane. Thanks, Johnny!

The man behind the popular website <a href="http://JohnnyJet.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">JohnnyJet.com</a> shares the Tales of how he became travel blog royalty. Johnny Jet is living the dream. In the early days of dial-up internet in the ’90′s, Johnny started blogging about his travels before anyone knew what a blog was. In 2000, he started <a href="http://JohnnyJet.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">JohnnyJet.com</a> to urge people to get out and see the world. Since then, he’s parlayed his travel knowledge into a mini-empire: talk show appearances, Travel Channel show, book, sponsors, you name it. Now Johnny gets paid to crisscross the globe. He was kind enough to sit down for an interview and share his Tale of  how an asthmatic kid from Connecticut got to the top of the travel heap. Johnny’s an inspiring guy- be sure to say hi when you see him on the plane. Thanks, Johnny!

ep. 62 Johnny Jet

Editor-In-Chief of travel site JetsetExtra.com Mary Anne Been stops in to give us the lowdown on travel media, seeing the world, and more!

Editor-In-Chief of travel site <a href="http://JetsetExtra.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">JetsetExtra.com</a> Mary Anne Been stops in to give us the lowdown on travel media, seeing the world, and more!

Mary Anne Been

James Fell

James Fell saw photos of himself over 20 years ago and didn't like what he saw.He decided to lose weight before proposing to his girlfriend, now wife. Thus started a lifetime of fitness and eventually a change in career.James created the Body For Wife website and began posting fitness articles. His humorous and sometimes scathing critiques of trendy diets and fitness crazes struck a chord with readers, and soon the marketing exec was a fitness guru full-time.His job requires travel, which often is not conducive to dieting. But James gives some tips on how to stay in shape on the road, and recounts his travels to run marathons on both coasts.Recorded in James' hometown airport of Calgary, Alberta. How Canadian is he? He ran  his first two marathons wearing a Rush shirt. Now that's Canadian!Thanks, James!

James Fell saw photos of himself over 20 years ago and didn't like what he saw. He decided to lose weight before proposing to his girlfriend, now wife. Thus started a lifetime of fitness and eventually a change in career. James created the Body For Wife website and began posting fitness articles. His humorous and sometimes scathing critiques of trendy diets and fitness crazes struck a chord with readers, and soon the marketing exec was a fitness guru full-time. His job requires travel, which often is not conducive to dieting. But James gives some tips on how to stay in shape on the road, and recounts his travels to run marathons on both coasts. Recorded in James' hometown airport of Calgary, Alberta. How Canadian is he? He ran  his first two marathons wearing a Rush shirt. Now that's Canadian! Thanks, James!

Chris Lusvardi

Screenwriter Chris Lusvardi got permission from his pregnant wife to travel around China and follow the Shanghai Sharks professional basketball team.

Lesley Nagy

Lifestyle and entertainment editor for Travelzoo.com Lesley Nagy stops by the studio to talk about her love of travel and her sweet gig.

Lifestyle and entertainment editor for <a href="http://Travelzoo.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Travelzoo.com</a> Lesley Nagy stops by the studio to talk about her love of travel and her sweet gig.

Leon Logothetis

Author, TV host, and Philanthropist Leon Logothetis shares Tales of how he went from a soul-crushing job to traveling the world solely on the kindness of strangers.

Jose Reis Santos

Recorded live while drunk in Budapest! Portuguese scholar Jose reis Santos talks politics, football, and the quirks of his adopted city.

ep. 26 Jose Reis Santos

Brett Snyder has a thing for air travel. While most kids were building tree houses and playing Little League, Brett was collecting flight schedules and booking friends and family as an actual travel agent. After years of working in the airline industry after college, Brett started Crankyflier.com- an award-winning travel site  featuring all things air [...]

Brett Snyder has a thing for air travel. While most kids were building tree houses and playing Little League, Brett was collecting flight schedules and booking friends and family as an actual travel agent. After years of working in the airline industry after college, Brett started <a href="http://Crankyflier.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Crankyflier.com</a>- an award-winning travel site  featuring all things air [...]

ep. 68 The Cranky Flier

Megan Snedden

Megan Snedden from the sites HeyWanderWoman and TheKindEffect stops by to share how travel helped her recover from tragedy and how she devotes her time to spreading random acts of kindness.

Megan Snedden from the sites HeyWanderWoman and TheKindEffect stops by to share how travel helped her recover from tragedy and how she devotes her time to spreading random acts of kindness.

How did a nice Texas gal end up running a small hotel on a Greek Island? Good question! That's just what I asked Lou Ann Loveday when I stayed at her lovely hotel, La Selini, on the island of Paros, Greece. Hear Lou Ann's Tales of making her way to Europe by way of Canada, what it's like to run a business in a foreign land, and some Greece travel tips from an insider.

How did a nice Texas gal end up running a small hotel on a Greek Island? Good question! That's just what I asked Lou Ann Loveday when I stayed at her lovely hotel, La Selini, on the island of Paros, Greece. Hear Lou Ann's Tales of making her way to Europe by way of Canada, what it's like to run a business in a foreign land, and some Greece travel tips from an insider.

Lou Ann Loveday

Murray Valeriano

Our first simulcast is with return guest Murray Valeriano, who aired this episode on his most recent Road Stories podcast. Murray talks about his recent trips performing for the troops in the Pacific and Middle East.

The best podcast episodes on non-current politics. Covering topics such as universal basic income, democracy, poverty & justice and more. For anyone interested in learning more about politics that affect that world, not just now, but in the longer term. Add episodes you're interested into your queue below!

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