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April 09, 2021 A Travel Podcast: One Year On
We decided to celebrate our one year podcast anniversary with a look back at a dozen of our favourite episodes. Of course, there are 55 incredibly varied episodes you can listen to, 56 if you include this one! Music @ Barney and Izzi Hardy

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April 02, 2021 The Misadventures of the Adventurists
This week we're exploring the extremes of travel as opposed to traditional organised holidays. Unquestionably, Tom Morgan is our most eccentric and daredevil traveller to date. Music @ Barney and Izzi Hardy

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March 26, 2021 Legendary Explorer: John Blashford-Snell
He's never happier than when he finds himself astride an elephant in India or paddling a dugout canoe in the South American rainforest, or shooting rapids in the crocodile-infested waters of the Nile. Music @ Barney and Izzi Hardy

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March 19, 2021 Geraldine Fasnacht: On a Wing and a Prayer
Geraldine's idea of a little light, adrenaline-fuelled recreation is to climb one of Europe's highest peaks and then dive off it in a wing suit at speeds of up to 180 kilometers per hour. Music @ Barney and Izzi Hardy

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March 12, 2021 Open Water Swimming With Simon Murie
All you really need is a pair of Speedos, goggles, a hat and the ability to swim a few kilometres in the warm waters of the Mediterranean or the Caribbean or perhaps a rather chilly North Atlantic Ocean. Music @ Barney and Izzi Hardy

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March 05, 2021 Matilda Temperley: Action Woman Behind The Lens
The top fashion and reportage photographer and worldwide adventurer started out as a scientist in Africa before switching careers. Music @ Barney and Izzi Hardy

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February 26, 2021 Warren Smith: Ski Instructor To The Stars And Royals
The legendary freeride skier runs his Ski Academy in Verbier in Switzerland and in Cervinia in Italy, where he fixes those parts of your ski technique that you simply can't fix on your own. Music @ Barney and Izzi Hardy

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February 19, 2021 Brown Bears In The Pyrenees
Penny Walker fell in love with the region and emigrated from her native Yorkshire. She now lives in a remote hamlet on the French side of the mountains. Music © Barney and Izzi Hardy

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February 12, 2021 Learnings From Five Olympic Games
British rowing star, Frances Houghton's 21-year quest for gold. During an illustrious career, she was four times world champion, picked up three Olympic silver medals and, astonishingly, took part in no less than five Olympic Games. Music @ Barney and Izzi Hardy.

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February 05, 2021 Dan Egan: Extreme Skiing Pioneer
Dan's one of the greatest stars of American extreme skiing, and for the past 30 years he's been jumping off cliffs and making first descents of impossibly steep mountains all over the world. Music © Barney & Izzi Hardy.

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Welcome to Action Packed Travel! Our podcast features amazing travel stories...without having to go anywhere. The episodes are interviews with people who've been inspired by their adventures. They're…