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Suffused with her much-loved warmth and wit, Emma John's memoir follows her moving and memorable journey to master one of the hardest musical styles on earth - and to find her place in an alien world. Emma had fallen out of love with her violin when a chance trip to the American South introduced her to bluegrass music. Classically trained, highly strung and wedded to London life, Emma was about as country as a gin martini. So why did it feel like a homecoming?

It might surprise you who’s a fan of poetry — when it meets them where they are. Before he became an award-winning writer and poet, Brian Sonia-Wallace set up a typewriter on the street with a sign that said “Poetry Store” and discovered something surprising: all over America, people...

Through stories remembered and imagined, A Stranger's Pose draws the listener into a world of encounters in more than a dozen African towns. Iduma blends memoir, travelogue, and storytelling in these fragments of a traveler’s journey across several African cities.

Join Zora O’Neill for a grand tour through the Middle East, to laugh with her in Egypt, delight in the stories she passes on from the Gulf region, and find yourself transformed by her experiences in Lebanon and Morocco. She’s packed her dictionaries, her unsinkable sense of humor, and her talent for making fast friends of strangers. From quiet, bougainvillea-lined streets to the lively buzz of crowded medinas, from families’ homes to local hot spots, she brings a part of the world that is often flattened by news headlines into real and colorful relief.

Travel with a queer explorer to exceptional locations around the world to get to the heart of people in places of history. From war bunkers in Germany to Vancouver's first morgue, we'll tour inside these spaces and learn how people today deal with delicate stories of the past that affect the present. These significant places hold clues to how we got here, where we're at and where we might go or shouldn't go.

In this fictional romance series, Léa, a young university teacher intrigued by a stranger who regularly crosses her path in the metro, decides one day to seize an opportunity to follow him. Throughout the five episodes, our heroine takes listeners into the emblematic places and streets of the Haussmann district, meeting various characters who share their anecdotes and help her in her quest. From the Opera Garnier to the area around Saint-Lazare railway station, taking in the big department stores and theatres that encapsulate the district, the story lets us take a different look at the ...

Stranger At Home asks the question: What does it mean to be kiwi? Hosts Alex Marinkovich-Josey and Gil Ostini seek to answer this question every week by chatting with guests from around Aotearoa New Zealand on the topics that matter to them: anything from writing, food, film and television, music and more! Join us on our journey to understand our identities in relation to the country we’ve made our home.

For those who love traveling and learning about different cultures and countries around the world.

Strangers Worth Meeting is the show that takes you on the road to live the life of a nomad. Join host Tyler Hixson on his journeys to new and exciting places, and travel across the US to meet strangers everywhere who have a story worth sharing. If you believe that some of the best things in the world are hidden where few can find them, if you don’t mind traveling with a mixed up companion, and if you are certain that a worthy stranger can become a friend, then this is the show for you. Follow the adventure: @thixsonlife

Go Out & Talk to Strangers highlights the people who are re-shaping the way we live, work and connect. Hosting thought leaders, entrepreneurs and founders of unique projects to share their stories and insights. Hosted by Adi, the nomadic architect and the founder of TNM – architectural design studio that designs one-of-a-kind, innovative and creative projects worldwide. We want to invite you to be part of the change: If you are looking for something bigger than yourself, if you also feel that we can do better, that standard is simply not good enough - You are in the right place.

explmore presents readings from Strangers Like Angels, With a Devil or Two to Boot, by Alec and Jan Forman. Narrated by Alec and Jan Forman.Travel alongside Alec and Jan as they drive their Series III Land Rover across 40,000 miles, through 29 countries—in Europe, Africa, and Asia—during 1977. Experience the delights of overland travel in the seventies, navigating with only maps and a compass, across rugged landscapes, through captivating cultures and the welcomed warmth of hospitality from strangers, many of whom were like angels guiding along the way.---explmore is an adventure lifestyle...

A podcast dedicated to celebrating the leaders, Local Artists and small businesses that make Claremore and Rogers County thrive. Our podcast serves as a platform to spotlight the incredible stories, insights, and contributions of individuals shaping our local communities. We believe in the power of collaboration and community building. My goal for this to help connect our community with these people. And not just our community but the want to show the world what we have to offer! It kills me every time I see another closing post on Facebook. I feel we have start to loose that connection with ...

Host Chris Sowa traverses the globe having interesting, informative, and – at times – hilarious conversations about sex … with strangers.