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Acclaimed, bestselling author and travel writer Paul Theroux turns his gaze to Canada in a sweeping, personal journey. For more than half a century, Paul Theroux has traveled the globe and chronicled its far corners with curiosity, wit, and an unflinching eye. With True North, his twelfth travel...

A fiercely-poetic, tenderly-observed work of nonfiction that renders an intrepid portrait of young womens' travels on the fringes of Mexico and the United States, by the Pulitzer-Prize winning author of Liliana’s Invincible Summer We come from far away and, all of a sudden, we no longer know...

A major life transformation starting on your thirtieth birthday, leading to an entirely different and exciting new career? Jen Ruiz (aka @jenonajetplane) has been there and did just that … and shared that first adventure with audiences in 12 Trips in 12 Months. Getting dumped and having to restart your life completely (again!) just before your thirty-fifth birthday? Definitely not on the agenda. Abruptly single, Jen made a wish in front of an Egyptian statue, which became the catalyst for another year of adventure and personal growth.

Top of the Morgen! charts the adventures of Laurence Falconer, a craic-loving Dubliner, as he tries to get to grips with a new life in Germany. From attempts at raucous busking in a quaint and quiet German village to the conversational pitfalls that come about when 'grand' is your answer to a lot questions, Laurence hilariously details the blunders and escapades that thrive in the bewildering cultural gap between the Irish and the Germans.

A heartrending, transformative true story following Brad Ryan and his grandmother Joy Ryan as they embark on a seven-year journey to visit every U.S. National Park. Raised in Appalachia, Grandma Joy lived a life shaped by constraints and hardships, while Brad grappled with the weight of family...

Brought to you by Penguin. With his eightieth birthday looming, it crossed Michael Palin’s mind that now might be the time to hang up his boots, to lounge about at home, to take things easy. Then the opportunity to visit Africa’s most populous nation arose. A few weeks later, he was at Lagos...

Brought to you by Penguin. Professor Alice Roberts travels two thousand miles by train in search of a greater understanding of the Roman Empire for Channel 4's popular TV series The Roman Empire by Train with Alice Roberts. This book delivers more depth and context than the TV series possibly...

Als Fiona Robertson ihren Mann an den Krebs verliert, begibt sie sich auf eine Reise durch Großbritannien zu den großen prähistorischen Menhiren des Landes. Die alten Steine werden für die langjährige Megalith-Enthusiastin in der schweren Zeit des Abschieds und des Verlusts wichtiger denn je. Aufgerichtet vor Tausenden von Jahren, sind die Megalithen Symbole für Beständigkeit und Überdauern. In Stone Lands lässt uns Robertson in die reiche Geschichte Großbritanniens eintauchen und teilt die Freude und den Trost, der von diesen Stätten ausgeht.

Pulitzer Prize–winning author of G-Man and acclaimed historian Beverly Gage takes the ultimate road trip into the American past. Ride along with Pulitzer Prize–winning historian Beverly Gage as she travels the country to see the museums, historic sites, roadside attractions, reenactments...

In Hidden Japan, acclaimed author and environmentalist Alex Kerr leads us to the country's most secluded and enchanting corners—places where time seems to stand still and traditional culture endures. From thatched-roof villages in misty mountains to volcanic islands few have ever visited, Kerr's lyrical prose is brought to life in this immersive audio experience.

A moving and provocative exploration of male friendship and loneliness, from New York Times bestselling author, filmmaker, and actor Andrew McCarthy as he crisscrosses the country to reconnect with his friends. “You don’t really have any friends, do you, Dad?” A seemingly innocuous, if...

Cheese Trekking recounts the author’s experiences visiting pastoral communities and cheesemakers in various countries and explains how cheeses can be local manifestations while also representing global archetypes, strategies that have been adopted in many places. It describes the constellations (a range of complementary milk foods that utilize all byproducts of cheesemaking) of various regions through a wide-angle lens. The central premise is that milk has a terroir, born from the plants and ecology of a landscape, that is concentrated via ruminant digestion and lactation.

In 2013 I set out on an open-ended musical pilgrimage to discover and drink from the source of the regional cultures of Latin America. My journey unraveled in an incredibly open manner with no exact planguided by intuition, gut instinct, and curiosity. Wherever I went, I asked about the regional music and followed the answers, arriving with nothing but an open mind and my belongings on my back. This left me open to all the opportunities that presented themselvesand it worked out most of the time.

Brought to you by Penguin. No sex. No kids. No future? When Tom Feiling moved to Tokyo as a student in the early nineties, Japan was a beacon of the future: a rising superpower, a technology giant, and a global symbol of prosperity, civility and success. When he returned twenty-four years later...

One of the first descriptions of North Carolina by the English that would later colonize the area was given by Ralph Lane, the governor of the first attempted colony. In 1585, Gov. Lane referred to the land as "the goodliest soil under the cope of heaven" in his letters back to England. This podcast will tell the stories of its history, help people see the connections, not only between its "officials" but also between people that history either forgot or chose not to listen to. We will tell their stories; the plantation owners, the enslaved people, the displaced native Americans...all of them

Archive Edition (2013–2025) This is the original archive of An Englishman in the Balkans, featuring episodes recorded between 2013 and 2025. Across these early years, the podcast explored life in Bosnia and Herzegovina through personal stories, cultural observations, interviews, and reflections on adapting to a different pace of life. From village routines and Balkan traditions to food, history, and everyday encounters, these episodes capture a long-running journey of living, learning, and storytelling in the region. This archive remains available as a record of the podcast’s first chapter...

"Safari" in Swahili means a journey, typically a long one. In Dark Star Safari, Theroux's itinerary is African, from Cairo to Cape Town—down the Nile, through Sudan and Ethiopia, to Kenya, Uganda and beyond to South Africa. Journeying by train, boat and cattle truck, he passes through some of the most beautiful—and often life-threatening—landscapes on earth.

Arizona Back Roads takes you off the beaten path and into the heart of the Grand Canyon State. Each episode spotlights cool places to eat, hang out, and experience Arizona in real life — from hidden gems and local favorites to live music and entertainment that bring communities together. Whether you're a local looking for your next adventure or a visitor wanting the inside track, this show is your guide to getting off the couch and out into the real world. Experience Arizona from A to Z — one back road at a time.

Old Gits New Tricks (OGNT) brings back two internet OGs, Mark Lyford and Brad Gosse, 14 years after their original No B.S. Podcast. Now in their 50s, they talk business, tech, crypto, AI, culture and life with zero filters and plenty of humour. Real stories. Real opinions. No fluff. Just two old gits learning new tricks.

A resonant and timely story about love, loss, and forging a path forward in the aftermath of grief. After tragedy upended the contours of her life, Lauren Kessler, an unflinching immersion journalist, felt compelled to move—to do something, to be somewhere else. So she set out alone on the...