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When Stephen Bodio was a young boy in the early '50s, he saw an image in National Geographic that became forever etched in his mind: It was a photograph of a Kazakh nomad, dressed in a long coat and wearing a fur hat, holding a huge tame eagle on his fist. And a lifelong fascination with Central Asia was born.

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.

Couchsurfer, hitchhiker, and rogue wanderer Jamie Ma"lin embarks on a couchsurfing adventure to the homeland of "firebrand", "populist", "anti-American” president Hugo Chavez: the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela. Alone in the crime capital of the world (with a murder rate higher than Iraq's), Maslin immediately finds himself in trouble - arrested by knife-wielding police officers and inoculated with an unwanted vaccination.

Join host Celeste Skye as she uncovers how imagination shapes travel experiences, transforming ordinary trips into extraordinary journeys of self-discovery. Explore the connection between dreams and destinations, discovering how fantasies become the compass guiding us to places we never knew existed. For more content like this, visit QuietPlease.aiThis show includes AI-generated content.

Celeste Skye examines how urban environments shape human ambition, from city skylines to revolutionary designs and new cities built from scratch. Each episode explores how the places we build influence the dreams we pursue. For more content like this, visit QuietPlease.aiThis show includes AI-generated content.

This book tells an engaging story of one man’s self-discovery and his adventures living his life’s dream. It targets three types of readers. The author shares life skills that have led him to a fulfilling, meaningful life. It caters to both the blue-water sailor, providing insights from...

Just Lake a Dream è un gioco di parole che sottolinea come il Lago di Garda sia a tutti gli effetti un luogo da sogno. È un sogno perché non è un semplice Lago, ma il Lago più grande d’Italia che bagna 3 Regioni (Lombardia, Veneto e Trentino Alto Adige), e che in ogni luogo offre innumerevoli possibilità di esperienze diverse come sport, natura, enogastronomia, cultura e divertimento.

Strap in for your ultimate guide to Whistler Blackcomb, where host Tye Morgan breaks down real-time snow conditions, storm tracking, and mountain strategy to help you score the deepest powder days at North America's largest ski resort. From tactical lift line playbooks and avalanche safety tips to late-season spring storm secrets, this podcast is your chairlift companion whether you're waxing your skis or dreaming of coastal BC's legendary snowfall from afar.For more content like this, visit QuietPlease.aiThis show includes AI-generated content.

No one writes about mountaineering and its attendant victories and hardships more brilliantly than Jon Krakauer. . In this collection of thirteen of his finest essays and reporting – including the essay, “Is Yosemite Going To The Dogs” – Krakauer writes of mountains from the memorable...

No one writes about mountaineering and its attendant victories and hardships more brilliantly than Jon Krakauer. In this collection of his finest essays and reporting, Krakauer writes of mountains from the memorable perspective of one who has himself struggled with solo madness to scale Alaska's...

„Just Lake a Dream“ ist ein Wortspiel, das unterstreicht, wie traumhaft der Gardasee ist.Er ist ein Traum, weil er nicht einfach nur ein See ist, sondern der größte See Italiens, der an drei Regionen grenzt (Lombardei, Venetien und Trentino-Südtirol). Jede dieser Regionen bietet unzählige Möglichkeiten für vielfältige Erlebnisse, darunter Sport, Natur, Kulinarik, Kultur und Unterhaltung.Die Orte, an denen all diese Elemente oft zu unvergesslichen Erlebnissen verschmelzen, sind die Campingdörfer. Hier können Sie die Essenz des Gardasees voll und ganz erleben. Sie sind ideale ...

This gripping and triumphant memoir follows a living legend of extreme mountaineering as he makes his assault on history, one 8,000-meter summit at a time. For eighteen years Ed Viesturs pursued climbing’s holy grail: to stand atop the world’s fourteen 8,000-meter peaks, without the aid of...

For founders, dreamers, and women who refuse the ordinaryIf you’ve ever felt torn between chasing your business dreams and your heart for adventure...This is the show for you.Dream Big, Have Adventures is a podcast for ambitious women who refuse to choose between building a heart-centered successful business and living a life full of adventure.In fact- they are way more connected than you realize.This isn’t a stuffy business podcast.And it’s not just a travel podcast either.It’s where adventure meets purpose.On Dream Big, Have Adventures you’ll hear:• Solo episodes about building ...

In 1911, Hermann Hesse sailed through southeastern Asian waters on a trip that would define much of his later writing. Hesse brings his unique eye to scenes such as adventures in a rickshaw, watching foreign theater performances, exploring strange floating cities on stilts, and luxuriating in...

In January 2015 Dick and Angel Strawbridge embarked on the journey of a lifetime when they swapped their cosy two-bedroom flat in East London for a derelict château with 12 acres of land in the Loire valley. Where Sunday Times bestseller A Year At The Château told the entertaining and...

A charming and insightful memoir about coming of age as a fashion journalist in 1980s Paris, by former Vogue and Harper’s Bazaar editor Kate Betts, the author of Everyday Icon: Michelle Obama and the Power of Style “You can always come back,” my mother said. “Just go.” As a young woman...

In Love Mercy: A Mother and Daughter's Journey from the American Dream to the Kingdom of God, having lived a life of plenty in suburban America, Lisa Samson and her eighteen-year-old daughter, Ty, thought they were traveling to Africa to minister to the people and chronicle the AIDS crisis...

This is a podcast intended for yout to get nostalgic about the sounds of a city. It will put you in those places, around people and things. It will alow you to dream both literally and figuratively about being in those places. By the end, if you allow it to, it will also ease you to sleep.

Travel is one thing, but really going somewhere is something else. Here are firsthand tales of exciting places to see in the US, Canada, Mexico, Europe, and the United Kingdom.

Dream Trips And Tips is a podcast where three travel agents with diverse expertise, who became friends by chance as roommates at a travel summit, share their passion for exploring the world.