Welcome To The Books And Travel Podcast

Podcast episodes are posted twice a month (every second Thursday) and include inspiration for the curious around unusual and fascinating places as well as the deeper aspects of travel.

Music: Time Shift by Antarctic licensed for Mass Market Reproduction from Audiojungle.

All the backlist episodes are linked below. Just click the episode to see the show notes and book recommendations. You can subscribe on RSS, iTunes, Android, Stitcher, or Spotify by clicking the buttons below – or just check your favorite podcast app. 

#58 – Exploring Darkness and Accepting Our Animal Nature with Tiffany Francis-Baker

#57 – Journeys in Search of Ourselves. Secular Pilgrimage with Victoria Preston

#56 – Curiosity, Wonder, and Serendipity. Hidden Travel with Steve Brock

#55 – Cathedrals, Dark History, and Coffee Culture. Vienna with Katharina Bordet

#54 – Complicated Histories, Sichuan and Tibet. The Other Shangri-La with Shivaji Das

#53 – History, Faith, and Beauty: The Complete American Pilgrim with Howard Kramer

#52 – Not Quite Lost: Travels Without A Sense of Direction with Roz Morris

#51 – The Gardens of Mars: Madagascar with John Gimlette

#50 – This Too Shall Pass: Thoughts from the Pilgrims’ Way with J.F. Penn

#49 – Lava Fields, Trolls, and the Hidden People. Iceland with Michael Ridpath

#48 – Fjords, Vikings, and the Northern Lights. Norway with David Nikel

#47 – Life On The River. The Mississippi River Valley with Dean Klinkenberg

#46 – Life Obsessed. Cemeteries, Graveyards, and Ossuaries with Loren Rhoads

#45 – Walk Your Own Race: Lessons Learned from Walking a 50km Ultra-marathon with J.F. Penn

#44 – Facing Fears and Changing Your Mind While Traveling. Cycling Around The World With Doug Walsh

#43 – Murder in Paradise: Mallorca, Spain with JJ Marsh

#42 – Solo Long-Distance Walking in England with Holly Worton

#41 – History As A Fine Art. Victorian London With David Morrell

#40 – Druids, Freemasons, and Frankenstein. The Darker Side of Bath, England

#39 – Finding Beauty in the Ordinary. A Different Side of Poland with Ben Aitken

#38 – Travels in Blood and Honey. Kosovo with Elizabeth Gowing

#37 – A Pocket of Wilderness: Adventure Travel with Anna McNuff

#36 – Full Moon Over Noah’s Ark. Ararat with Rick Antonson

#35 – Pilgrimage. The Architecture of Faith with Derry Brabbs

#34 – A Time of Birds: Cycling Across Europe to Istanbul with Helen Moat

#33 – Catnip for a Novelist. Traveling for Book Research with Thriller Author Layton Green

#32 – The Taste of Place. French Vineyard Life with Caro Feely

#31 – Desert Nights, The Skeleton Coast, and the Cry of the Fish Eagle. Namibia with Angelina Kalahari

#30 – Sanctuary, Retreat, Belonging. The Importance of Home in Difficult Times with J.F.Penn

#29 – The Roman Empire and Alternate History with Alison Morton

#28 – Bhel Puri on the Beach, The Gateway to India, and Bollywood. Mumbai with Vikram Chandra

#27 – Cycling Around the World with ML Buchman

#26 – Sacred Australia and the Northern Territory with Amanda Markham

#25 – Traveling on the Trans-Siberian Express with SJI Holliday

#24 – The Happiest Country in the World. Finland with Helena Halme

#23 – Traveling Through the Eyes of Faith with Richard Zimler

#22 – The City of Life and Death. New Orleans with Laura and Dan Martone

#21 – Ancient City, Modern Life. Beijing with L.H.Draken

#20 – Outback Nights and City Days in the Lucky Country: Australia with J.F.Penn

#19 – Walking the Camino de Santiago with Ashlee Cowles

#18 – Traveling by Train Across the USA with J. Thorn

#17 – Living on the Edge: Greenland with Christoffer Petersen

#16 – Between the Desert and the Sea. Djibouti with Rachel Pieh Jones

#15 – Venice, Art History and Italian Artisans with Laura Morelli

#14 – Northumberland: Ancient Lindisfarne and Modern Newcastle with LJ Ross

#13 – Berlin: Dark History and Modern Art with Rebecca Cantrell

#12 – Oxford: Decadence, Discipline, and Dreaming Spires with J.F.Penn

#11 – Wild and Beautiful Hawaii with Toby Neal

#10 – Adventure, Walking and My Midsummer Morning with Alastair Humphreys

#9 – Memento Mori: How Travel Can Help Us Deal with Death and Grief with Dr. Karen Wyatt

#8 – Scuba Diving: The Wonder of Traveling Beneath The Waves with J.F.Penn

#7 – Sailing on the Tall Ship Elissa In Galveston, Texas, with Carrie McAllister

#6 – Macabre Montreal with Mark Leslie

#5 – Myth and Reality. Beauty and Decay in Venice with J.F.Penn

#4 – Granada and Cordoba in Andalusia, Spain with Historical Thriller Author, David Penny

#3 – Escape, Reinvention, Curiosity, Challenge. Why Travel? with J.F. Penn

#2 – Intimate War. How Ireland Inspires the Writing of Orna Ross

#1 – Lake Malawi, Jerusalem, and Blue Water Sailing to Vanuatu. Three Trips That Shaped My Life with J.F.Penn