KJ’s tour leading stories span Turkey, training trips, and the art of entertaining a bus full of strangers. This episode is about improvisation, memory, and the strange facts you invent to keep people listening.She reminded me of a training trip in Turkey, where we decided to tell our passengers that Atatürk’s horse was loosely translated as Mr Tickles (it was the only 'alternative fact' that passengers would remember about Ankara)!Enjoy the ride with KJ.

KJ’s tour leading stories span Turkey, training trips, and the art of entertaining a bus full of strangers. This episode is about improvisation, memory, and the strange facts you invent to keep people listening. She reminded me of a training trip in Turkey, where we decided to tell our passengers that Atatürk’s horse was loosely translated as Mr Tickles (it was the only 'alternative fact' that passengers would remember about Ankara)! Enjoy the ride with KJ.

Stories from people who travelled before the internet — and figured it out as they went.The Tour Leaders is a storytelling podcast about life on the road before the internet — real, human, funny, and surprising stories told by the people who lived them.It’s for anyone who loves travel shaped by memory, connection, and cultural depth — without the influencer gloss.

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Stories from people who travelled before the internet — and figured it out as they went. The Tour Leaders is a storytelling podcast about life on the road before the internet — real, human, funny, and surprising stories told by the people who lived them. It’s for anyone who loves travel shaped by memory, connection, and cultural depth — without the influencer gloss.

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