Every month on Pathways, host Aaron Millar and producer Jason Paton crack open a few stories, play their favorite clips, and take you on a whirlwind preview of what’s coming up this month on Armchair Explorer. It’s part travel hangout, part behind-the-scenes, and a whole lot of part “wait, you did what?”

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🌍 Coming Up This Month:

Hidden Trails of Oregon – Season 2 Episode 2: Let ‘er Buck

This season of Hidden Trails of Oregon takes us to the mountains, rivers and plains of eastern Oregon. In this episode we’re diving headfirst into the Pendleton Roundup, a 115 year old rodeo known by its iconic slogan: “Let ‘er Buck.’ We’ll meet princesses and champions, suicide racers and steer-wrestlers. And through it all explore the western ties that bring these groups together each September.

IMMERSIVE Episode - Exploring San Salvador, El Salvador: My First Time Visiting - Walking Tours, Pupusas and The Historic Center

We’re trying something new this month and sharing a favorite episode of ours from another travel podcasting team entirely! Our mate James Hammond produces ‘Winging It!,’ which uses immersive audio like us, but in a completely different way. 

In this episode of the Winging It, James sits down with Carlos Guardado, a local guide from San Salvador, El Salvador. Carlos shares his personal journey growing up in a country once plagued by gang violence, now transforming into a booming travel destination. They discuss must-visit places in San Salvador, must-see places across El Salvador, safety tips, local food, and how tourism is reshaping the country. If you’re planning a trip to El Salvador, this episode is packed with valuable insights from a knowledgeable local!

Armchair Explorer - Peter Heller (the full interview)

Peter Heller is a beautiful writer and accomplished adventurer. His novels fuse both these passions seamlessly, transporting you to wild and beautiful places, whilst keeping you on the edge of your seat. If his name sounds familiar, it’s because we featured him in an episode about Eco-Pirating back in December.

That episode honed in on one small aspect of Peter’s career, but our conversation went so much deeper. We’ve pulled the tape from the archives and will have a new episode exploring his full journey coming soon. In our preview clip, we hear how his first pro writing gig took a wildly tragic turn.

Travel ‘A-Jason-T’ (adjacent) (the pun works way better in sound, I promise)

In another new segment, Producer Jason takes us on a tangent that’s surely related to travel…somehow. Today’s segment explores nihilism, graffiti, and Seneca the Younger. Here’s a few links if you’d like to dig further:

https://www.redorbit.com/news/science/1113411831/why-ancient-roman-graffiti-is-so-important-to-archaeologists-010516/

https://medium.com/@ancient.rome/ancient-roman-graffiti-or-what-was-drawn-on-the-walls-of-the-eternal-city-e4b5af3fa9d7

https://romanempiretimes.com/whispers-on-the-walls-graffiti-as-a-voice-of-ancient-rome

https://ancientgraffiti.org/Graffiti/themes/Pompeii

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Armchair Explorer is produced by Armchair Productions. Aaron Millar and Jason Paton presented the show, Charles Tyrie did the audio editing and sound design.

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