Ranked #1
Richard Grant: Travels With American Nomads
Richard Grant: Travels With American Nomads
Nothing symbolizes freedom in America like the open road. Richard Grant joins me to discuss frontiersmen and plains Indi... Read more
4 Jul 2023
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1hr 5mins
Ranked #2
Anthony Sattin: How nomads shaped settled civilization
Anthony Sattin: How nomads shaped settled civilization
Why have nomads gotten such a bad rap? And why is their knowledge essential for us today? Anthony Sattin joins me to dis... Read more
31 May 2023
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1hr 6mins
Ranked #3
The Sahara with Eamonn Gearon
The Sahara with Eamonn Gearon
If you think the world's largest desert is an empty wasteland, then you’re in for a surprise. The Sahara has been home t... Read more
11 May 2023
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1hr 37mins
Ranked #4
Eastern Europe with Jacob Mikanowski
Eastern Europe with Jacob Mikanowski
The more I’ve travelled in Europe, the more my interest has shifted east, to a region that looks increasingly complex th... Read more
20 Apr 2023
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1hr 37mins
Ranked #5
Berlin with Barney White-Spunner
Berlin with Barney White-Spunner
Berlin has been a crucible of culture, an industrial powerhouse, a nest of spies, and now, it’s Europe’s capital of cool... Read more
4 Apr 2023
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1hr 20mins
Ranked #6
Joseph Roth: The collapse of the civilized world
Joseph Roth: The collapse of the civilized world
Joseph Roth's short form journalism captured fleeting moments with universal implications, and the social conflict, cult... Read more
22 Mar 2023
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1hr 13mins
Ranked #7
Norman Lewis: The 20th century’s greatest travel writer
Norman Lewis: The 20th century’s greatest travel writer
Norman Lewis had an instinct for being in exactly the right place to capture traditional ways of life on the brink of mo... Read more
7 Mar 2023
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1hr
Ranked #8
Steve Kilbey: writing, lyrics & songs about place
Steve Kilbey: writing, lyrics & songs about place
Steve Kilbey is the singer and lyricist of legendary Australian rock band The Church. He's made dozens of albums, and wr... Read more
1 Dec 2022
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2hr 1min
Ranked #9
Gordon Peake: Insider stories from the world of foreign aid
Gordon Peake: Insider stories from the world of foreign aid
Gordon Peake’s work as an international development consultant has led him to the world’s forgotten corners, places once... Read more
14 Nov 2022
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1hr 7mins
Ranked #10
Edith Durham: The traveler who became Albania’s mountain queen
Edith Durham: The traveler who became Albania’s mountain queen
When I hiked through the Accursed Mountains last June, I met older Albanians who still referred to Edith Durham as their... Read more
30 Sep 2022
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57mins