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Christopher Columbus needed a sponsor for a dangerous expedition, but the King of Portugal wasn't interested. He repackaged his proposal for the Queen of Spain. She put Columbus on retainer and the rest is history. Columbus may not have been the first to discover America, but he had a great publicist. That's where Jeff Blumenfeld comes in. For many years, using a PR specialty called adventure marketing, Jeff has connected explorers and their projects with corporate sponsors looking to demonstrate product performance in extreme conditions.

The podcast about the strange and unusual. Join our hosts with the most, Jaid and Aneta, as we chat about all things spooky, horror, and a little bit witchy.

For millions of people, travel by air is a confounding, uncomfortable, and even fearful experience. Patrick Smith, airline pilot and author of the web's popular "Ask the Pilot" feature, separates fact from fallacy and tells you everything you need to know....

Why do we travel, what are we looking for, and will we recognize it if we find it? With the author’s 50th birthday looming, there seemed a need for something significant to happen. Not seeing an expiry date on his birth certificate made it hard to gauge when to have a mid-life crisis, but he’d almost definitely left it too late.

In this inspiring travelogue, celebrated traveler and photographer Jessica Nabongo—the first Black woman on record to visit all 195 countries in the world—shares her journey around the globe with fascinating stories of adventure, culture, travel musts, and human connections.

Escape the ordinary and explore the world with us! I Wish You Were Here is your weekly ticket to the globe’s most breathtaking destinations, hidden attractions, and thrilling adventures. Join us every Wednesday morning for a new episode. In every episode, we transport you to a new location, offering practical travel tips, fascinating history, and the inspiration you need to plan your next journey. Whether you are a seasoned globetrotter or an armchair traveler dreaming of your next getaway, we bring the world to your ears. Listen & Explore More: Be sure to follow or subscribe on your ...

"Colorful, vivid storytelling.... for anyone looking for a road to reinvention." —Kristin Newman A soul-stirring memoir from Colombian immigrant and travel journalist Nikki Vargas, whisking us through the countries that brought her new love, self-discovery, and the inspiration to launch the...

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Light-hearted, anecdotal true stories as the author shares his wide-ranging experiences as a mischievous art student, bemused psychiatric nurse, reluctant parachutist, harassed teacher, American counsellor and time-traveller. Follow his hilarious escapades with a human skeleton, nude model and a lion, and witness incidents of mistaken identity that create comic situations in a psychiatric ward. Touring America by Greyhound Bus he encounters interesting characters and uncovers some intriguing stories.

A "close-up look at the cloistered country" (USA Today), See You Again in Pyongyang is American writer Travis Jeppesen's "probing" and "artful" (New York Times Book Review) chronicle of his travels in North Korea--an eye-opening portrait that goes behind the headlines about Trump and Kim...

Award-winning memoirist Meg Stafford has an adventurous spirit, and this time she takes us along for the ride. When her daughters venture into terra incognita—one of them meditating in the Himalayas and the other negotiating with the Colombian military—Stafford decides to go too. In the process, she reflects on her own lifetime of wanderlust and what it means for a parent to love and to let go. Generous, insightful, and deeply funny, Stafford is the ideal tour guide for a journey as big as the world and as intimate as the human heart.

With a folksy style, an eye for the absurd, and a passion for the history and environment of his home state, Pittman describes some of Florida's oddest wildlife as well as its quirkiest people. The State You're In includes a love story involving the most tattooed woman in the world, a deep dive into the state's professional mermaid industry, and an investigation of a battle between residents of a nudist resort and the US Postal Service.

Andi and Feliz have been friends for over a decade, and have been wanting to start a spooky podcast together for just as long. They are two working moms who love to hang out, tell scary stories, and laugh their faces off. Join us on this paranormal journey!

Old school friends Em & Sar discuss Sarah's recent 760-mile walk through Britain.Get in touch with your travel stories - follow and DM @youwillgetblisters on Instagram. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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You Can Do That, Too: Living Boldly with Diabetes challenges outdated perceptions of living with diabetes, empowering listeners to embrace adventure and push boundaries. This podcast proves that diabetes doesn’t limit possibilities—it fuels resilience, courage, and growth. Whether you’re living with diabetes or supporting someone who is, You Can Do That, Too is your ultimate resource for inspiration, practical advice, and community. Living with diabetes often comes with a chorus of "you can't do that" from well-meaning parents, partners, or society at large. Host Victor Rivera, a ...

Written in the irreverent style that made How to Talk About Books You Haven't Read a critical and commercial success, Pierre Bayard takes listeners on a trip around the world, giving us essential guidance on how to talk about all those fantastic places we've never been. Practical, funny, and thought provoking, How to Talk About Places You've Never Been will delight and inform armchair globetrotters and jet-setters, all while never having to leave the comfort of the living room.

Welcome to the You Only Live Once podcast aka YOLO Pod. With your host Dakota Daulton we will talk about the meaning of live, questions of the universe and existence, and follow Dakota through her travels and hold conversations with people all around the globe. The YOLO pod is about spirituality and experiencing the one life that you are given in this body. Thank you for listening and remember You Only Live Once.

This is a book about faith, about adventure, about living with my heart open and letting go of the fear of being myself. In June 2016 I decided to sell my house of 22 years and leave my comfort zone. I had no idea where I would go next, but slowly the Camino de Santiago showed itself and I decided, with no rucksack or hiking experience, to start. In the first part of this story, I left England and flew to Seville and travelled on to Granada, where I stayed first in a treehouse and then a cave…before I picked up my rucksack and headed north on the Camino.

Mit Autor und Moderator Nilz Bokelberg auf Entdeckungstour in seiner Heimatstadt Köln. Warum lieben die Kölner ihren Dom so sehr? Wie feiert man Karneval richtig? Welches Kölsch sollte man trinken und wo schmeckt es am besten? Wo und mit wem flirtet es sich besonders gut? Und woher kommt eigentlich die gute Laune der Kölner? Diese und weitere wichtige Fragen beantwortet Nilz Bokelberg auf humorvolle Art, nimmt Hörerinnen und Hörer mit auf Streifzüge durch die rheinische Metropole und führt zu seinen persönlichen Lieblingsorten: eine sehr unterhaltsame Mischung aus Anekdoten und Beobachtungen, Fun Facts und Tipps.