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Books And Travel

Unusual and fascinating places alongside the deeper aspects of travel

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Granada And Cordoba In Andalusia, Spain With Historical Thriller Author, David Penny

Granada And Cordoba In Andalusia, Spain With Historical Thriller Author, David Penny

Andalucia brings to mind balmy evenings with the scent of oranges in the air, the sounds of flamenco guitar, and the exo... Read more

2 Mar 2019

39mins

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Traveling By Train Across The USA With J Thorn

Traveling By Train Across The USA With J Thorn

Traveling by train is fantastic because you can watch the world go by from the carriage, sometimes for days on end, and ... Read more

19 Sep 2019

36mins

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Cycling Around The World With ML Buchman

Cycling Around The World With ML Buchman

Sometimes we can only find our true selves by leaving everything we thought we wanted behind. Matt Buchman was a success... Read more

6 Feb 2020

50mins

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Bhel Puri On The Beach, The Gateway To India, And Bollywood. Mumbai With Vikram Chandra

Bhel Puri On The Beach, The Gateway To India, And Bollywood. Mumbai With Vikram Chandra

Mumbai is a fascinating city with diversity in religion and architecture, and in this interview, Vikram Chandra talks ab... Read more

20 Feb 2020

38mins

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Reinvention, Escape, Curiosity, Perspective. Why I Travel

Reinvention, Escape, Curiosity, Perspective. Why I Travel

One of my earliest memories is looking out my window over the fields by night at the back of our house, wishing I could ... Read more

1 Mar 2019

23mins

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Between The Desert And The Sea. Djibouti With Rachel Pieh Jones

Between The Desert And The Sea. Djibouti With Rachel Pieh Jones

Djibouti is a meeting place of cultures with French, Somali, and Yemenese influences. It’s shaped by its geographical po... Read more

22 Aug 2019

48mins

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Sacred Australia And The Northern Territory With Amanda Markham

Sacred Australia And The Northern Territory With Amanda Markham

In today’s episode, we’re heading for the Northern Territory of Australia as Dr. Amanda Markham talks about some of the ... Read more

23 Jan 2020

40mins

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Walking The Camino De Santiago With Ashlee Cowles

Walking The Camino De Santiago With Ashlee Cowles

“Solvitur ambulando: It is solved by walking.” St Augustine We live in a mostly sedentary world, with our days seated at... Read more

3 Oct 2019

44mins

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Living On The Edge: Greenland With Christoffer Petersen

Living On The Edge: Greenland With Christoffer Petersen

Greenland is the world’s largest island. Three-quarters of it are covered in a permanent ice sheet and with only 56,000 ... Read more

5 Sep 2019

44mins

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Myth And Reality. Beauty And Decay In Venice With J.F.Penn

Myth And Reality. Beauty And Decay In Venice With J.F.Penn

Today I’m talking about The Myth and Reality Of Travel, and focusing on Venice in particular, as well as giving you some... Read more

21 Mar 2019

27mins

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Outback Nights And City Days In The Lucky Country. Australia With J.F.Penn

Outback Nights And City Days In The Lucky Country. Australia With J.F.Penn

Australia is truly a land of two halves. There is nature in all its diversity — from the vast outback to ancient rainfor... Read more

17 Oct 2019

42mins

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Venice, Art History And Italian Artisans With Laura Morelli

Venice, Art History And Italian Artisans With Laura Morelli

Traveling to a new place is about art, architecture, food, and culture, but it can also be about the people you meet and... Read more

8 Aug 2019

36mins

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Macabre Montreal with Mark Leslie

Macabre Montreal with Mark Leslie

Montreal is more than just music festivals, street art and the St Laurence river. It also has a dark side. Mark Leslie i... Read more

4 Apr 2019

39mins

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Adventure, Walking, And My Midsummer Morning With Alastair Humphreys

Adventure, Walking, And My Midsummer Morning With Alastair Humphreys

How does a book inspire a journey a generation later? How does an adventurer who loves to travel alone reconcile himself... Read more

30 May 2019

32mins

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Sailing On The Tall Ship Elissa In Galveston, Texas, With Carrie McAllister

Sailing On The Tall Ship Elissa In Galveston, Texas, With Carrie McAllister

Most of us spend our days on dry land within the walls of offices and our homes, but many of us understand the call of t... Read more

18 Apr 2019

31mins

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The Happiest Country In The World. Finland With Helena Halme

The Happiest Country In The World. Finland With Helena Halme

In today’s episode, we’re heading north for cross-country skiing under the aurora borealis, sailing amongst the Baltic i... Read more

12 Dec 2019

41mins

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Northumberland: Ancient Lindisfarne, Modern Newcastle With L.J.Ross

Northumberland: Ancient Lindisfarne, Modern Newcastle With L.J.Ross

The north-east of England combines the ancient history of Viking raids and English castles, with the stark beauty of Lin... Read more

25 Jul 2019

34mins

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Oxford: Decadence, Discipline And Dreaming Spires With J.F.Penn

Oxford: Decadence, Discipline And Dreaming Spires With J.F.Penn

I sat there on my first morning in class, heart pounding, as I realized there was no way I could keep up with the work. ... Read more

27 Jun 2019

31mins

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Wild And Beautiful Hawaii With Toby Neal

Wild And Beautiful Hawaii With Toby Neal

Hawaii is more than just a paradise of beaches and blue sea. In this interview, mystery and memoir author, Toby Neal, br... Read more

13 Jun 2019

35mins

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Traveling On The Trans-Siberian Express Across Mongolia And Russia With SJI Holliday

Traveling On The Trans-Siberian Express Across Mongolia And Russia With SJI Holliday

What would you do if you only had a short time to live? Most people have some kind of travel on their bucket list, and ... Read more

9 Jan 2020

42mins

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