The Big Travel Podcast

By Auddy Network

The Big Travel Podcast: Exploring Life-Stories Through Travel. Taking you on a journey of discovery, with a wonderfully diverse selection of characters, The Big Travel Podcast explores life-stories in... more

4.9

4747 ratings

Download on the App Store

Download on the App Store

Get it on Google Play

FAQs about The Big Travel Podcast:

How many episodes does The Big Travel Podcast have?

The podcast currently has 162 episodes available.

The Big Travel Podcast episodes:

April 02, 2020 92. Sophy Roberts; Elephant Conservation in Chad, Remote Rivers in Papua New Guinea and The Lost Pianos of Siberia
Reporting on wildlife conservation, threats to eco-systems and fragile cultures from remote corners of the world is travel writer Sophy Robert’s passion. She cut her journalistic teeth with Jessica Mitford then ditched a job at Conde Nast Traveller to ‘tell those stories often untold’. She’s diced with danger in Papua New Guinea, protected elephants in Chad, fallen in love with the forests of the Congo and crossed the wildest parts of Russia to tell the fascinating stories of The Lost Pianos of Sibe

Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
...more
40min
March 25, 2020 91. Coronavirus and Travel; Lockdown in London, Madrid and Connecticut
Three weeks ago we were in Malaga having tapas and wine with Bill Bailey and now that seems like a lifetime away as most of us around the world are in lockdown. Lisa talks about how the travel ban and lockdown is affecting her and people around the world and also speaks to Paul Burge from the When in Spain Podcast and Danielle Desir from the Thought Card Podcast who is in Bridgeport in Connecticut. A heartfelt ode to the friends, family and freedoms we are all missing.

Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
...more
40min
March 12, 2020 90. Bill Bailey; Larks in Transit, Vultures in the Pyrenees, Australian Rural Sheep Stations and Indian Ox-Roading Accidents
We’re in Malaga with superstar comedian Bill Bailey having tapas by the Cathedral. As well as being sublimely entertaining Bill is possibly the world’s most well travelled comedian and on this episode we talk childhood holidays, the Coronavirus, touring, languages, politics, birding, wildlife, Indonesia, moths, crazy car rides, free tea, dancing bears, growing up in the West Country, teenage bands and organ playing in crematoriums and so much more, All over a nice glass of Spanish red and some cheese.

Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
...more
58min
March 03, 2020 89. Team GB’s Mel Nicholls; Endurance Wheelchair Racing, London and Rio, Breaking Records and Travel Logistics
Just 15 months after taking up wheelchair racing Mel Nicholls Team GB Paralympic cyclist, endurance wheelchair racer and adventurer, was at London 2012 before going on to Rio. Last year she nailed the London Marathon in under two hours and also broke the world record for hand cycling the whole length of Britain. She’s battled strokes, heart surgery, extreme weather and plenty of bad wheelchair access in airports to travel the world finding the adventure in absolutely everything.

Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
...more
41min
February 26, 2020 88. Lucy Siegle; Travel in the Era of Climate Crisis
Yes, we love travel, but how can we do this in the era of climate crisis? On this special episode, combining The Big Travel Podcast and WTM Insights podcast, Lucy Siegle, leading authority on environmental issues, examines the environmental impact of travel; the impact of tourism and aviation, what can travellers do to lessen this and what can the travel industry do to help. It’s an earnest one, but as usual with Lucy and Lisa who’ve known each other a long long time, there are a few laughs too.

Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
...more
41min
February 06, 2020 87. Bonnie Rakhit; Fashion, Luxury Travel, Instagram, Coachella and Anti-Bullying Campaigning
Former fashion editor Bonnie Rakhit, The Style Traveller, has an enviable job combining luxury travel and fashion. Having been bullied badly as a child her aim now to start using her platform to raise awareness. We talk Instagram, blogging, iconic train journeys, iconic hotels, fashion front rows, racism, taking a beating, cave raves, dancing under the stars, Coachella, Leonardo Di Caprio snogging Rhianna, California convertibles and Instagrammers using profiles for meaningful causes.

Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
...more
37min
January 29, 2020 86. Foreign Correspondent Humphrey Hawksley; Expelled from Sri Lanka, Death Threats in the Philippines and Cold War Espionage Thrillers
Humphrey Hawksley's work as a BBC foreign correspondent has taken him to crises on every continent. He been expelled from Sri Lanka, had death threats from several extreme regimes, traced Graham Greene’s footsteps in Sierra Leone and the Cold War and espionage are prominent themes in his popular thrillers. On this episode we talk war zones, politics, the EU, Trump, guns, Russia, Iraq, Afghanistan and the pain of accidently tipping a well-known country music star on the streets of Nashville.

Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
...more
45min
January 21, 2020 85. India Hicks; Family, Bahamian Island Life, Maharajahs’ Palaces and Rat Infested Hostels
Entrepreneur and style icon India Hicks, daughter of designer David Hicks and granddaughter of Lord and Lady Mountbatten, is related to everyone from Prince Philip to Queen Victoria. India talks life on a remote Caribbean island, her famous and sometimes unconventional family, taking her 90-year-old mother to Iceland, backpacking in rat-infested hostels and the harrowing damage done by Hurricane Dorian. Oh and she also has the un-missable India Hicks Podcast (of which Lisa is producer).

Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
...more
36min
January 13, 2020 84. Nicky Kelvin; The Points Guy UK on Mongolian Rockets, Israeli Biker Gangs, Dicing with Mugabe in Zimbabwe and Great Travel Deals
The face of The Points Guy UK, a website showing us how to get the most from points and miles whose US site has over 75 million unique visitors a year. Nicky Kelvin’s own travel journey started with cheap flights courtesy of his cabin crew sister and moved on to climbing Kilimanjaro, accidentally setting fire to a Mongolian hillside, working as a photojournalist (oh and a Manny) in Israel and he was once forced to pay £600 for a jam sandwich in Zimbabwe in order to escape the Mugabe regime unscathed.

Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
...more
36min
December 18, 2019 83. Dr Mandeep Rai; Global Values Expert on 150 Countries, Cultural Inspiration and Making that Leap!
Exploring the hearts, minds & traditions of cultures around the world is Dr Mandeep Rai’s passion & in her book The Values Compass (recommended by the Dalai Lama!) & on this episode we question what makes us who we are; why the Turkish are hospitable, the Jordanians helpful & the Argentinians passionate? Mandeep has travelled to over 150 countries & loves more than anything how chance encounters with strangers can change your life. Plus inspirational thoughts on how we can embrace our own core values.

Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
...more
32min

FAQs about The Big Travel Podcast:

How many episodes does The Big Travel Podcast have?

The podcast currently has 162 episodes available.

More shows like The Big Travel Podcast

Travel with Rick Steves by Rick Steves

Travel with Rick Steves

2,476 Listeners

Global News Podcast by BBC World Service

Global News Podcast

7,647 Listeners

6 Minute English by BBC Radio

6 Minute English

1,803 Listeners

BBC Earth Podcast by BBC Earth

BBC Earth Podcast

271 Listeners

The Travel Diaries by Holly Rubenstein

The Travel Diaries

127 Listeners

Chasing Life by CNN Podcasts

Chasing Life

8,242 Listeners

The Rest Is Politics by Goalhanger

The Rest Is Politics

3,157 Listeners

Solo Travel Adventures: Safe Travel for Women, Preparing for a Trip, Overcoming Fear, Travel Tips by Cheryl Esch-Solo Travel Advocate/Certified Travel Coach/Freedom Traveler

Solo Travel Adventures: Safe Travel for Women, Preparing for a Trip, Overcoming Fear, Travel Tips

35 Listeners

Travel Secrets by Tanya Rose

Travel Secrets

52 Listeners