Travel Podcasts, Discovered
Comedian and TV host Mike Siegel sits down for a lighthearted chat with his friends: comedians, actors, writers producers, and travel professionals, about the joys and and nightmares of travel.
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Visit website →Travel Tales host Mike Siegel recounts his recent 5-week journey across the Atlantic and around Europe working on cruise ships. Ports of call include: Barcelona, Dubrovnik, Mykonos, Naples, Türkiye, Edinburgh, and more.
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Comedian/Film Producer Ian Harris left Hollywood with his wife and daughter to start a new life in Cobh, Ireland.
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Alex Starr tried to take the straight and narrow path as a teacher in her native Manchester, UK, but a solo trip through South America improved her physical and mental health and changed her life plans altogether.
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Kentucky native Dennis Hoerter took a windy road through the turbulent 60's, finally ending up with a career in Hollywood. He now enjoys retirement by seeing as much of the world as he can.
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Antoinette Hannan Leon is the COO and Senior Vice President of Itseasy.com- a passport and visa service company.
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Actor and Second City veteran David Razowski travels the world teaching the art of Improvisation.
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In the early 2000s, Barton Brooks decided he was going to travel the world doing good deeds wherever he stayed to try to make the world better than he found it. Waylaid by a horrific motorcycle accident in Uganda and years of rehab that followed, he'
Dorie Klissas now runs her own media marketing company, but she earned her chops working over 20 years for TV network news and sports. She traveled the world covering both Summer and Winter Olympics, and produced segments for The Today Show, CBS Even
Harry Mitsidis is widely regarded as the world’s most traveled person, having visited nearly every region on Earth - and one of only a handful of people to have visited every country twice.
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Chicago native and college athlete Leo Flowers struck out for Hollywood with nothing but a dream. That dream led him to stand-up and nearly every continent.
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New Yorker Kaitlyn Rosati's journey includes a music career, working for the UN, bartending, and ultimately, being a successful travel blogger and creator of NoManNomad.net.
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Mike Schibel, host of the Travel With Meaning podcast and travel site, rejoins us since his first visit in 2017. A lot has happened since, to say the least!
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Lance Ringnald was one of the youngest members ever of a USA Mens Gymnastics Olympic team when he competed at the 1988 Seoul Olympics as an 18-year-old.
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Retired Hollywood cameraman Clint Palmer (Die Hard, Predator, Empire Strikes Back) shares crazy work Tales of dodging gunfire in a Nairobi hotel, being stalked by Mexican law enforcement, shooting in 1980s China, and much more.
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Dr. Teresa Stevens grew up in Mexico and has made her home in Calgary for the last 20-plus years. She's recently written a book on the immigrant experience and how it translates to all walks of life.
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Travel blogger/podcaster Angie Orth from Angieaway.com stops by to share her crazy Tale of trying to return home to Florida from the Maldives as the Iran bombing shut down airspace over the Middle East.
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Journalist and photographer Ronan O'Connell joins in from Perth, Australia to talk about his new coffee table book, Hidden in Plain Sight.
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Janice Martin is a multi-talented singer, instrumentalist and aerialist who served in the US army and performed all around the world.
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Lisa Pattenden is a US Air Force veteran who's lived and worked in Qatar and has made her home in the UK for the past two decades. She now lives in the Scottish Highlands and leads tours to see and photograph the Northern Lights.
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Maine native Kyle Lamont's love of music brought her around the world following her favorite bands and eventually led her to Hollywood.
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OG lifestyle blogger Joe Miragliotta of JoesDaily.com returns to the show after a decade to update us on his move to southern Illinois, his latest travels, and his new focus on the cruise industry.
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Marin May just returned transformed from her first trip to Portugal, and looks forward to traveling more now that her son is off to college!
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A trip to Germany as a teenager inspired Kenyan Maria Kamau to want to travel the world. Nearly a hundred countries later, she now runs her own Nairobi-based travel coaching business inspiring other women to follow in her footsteps.
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My old comedy pal from Chicago is now an expat living in Costa Rica. Time to check in to see how it is living La Pura Vida.
Boston-based Bryan Lewis is the founder of Tenon Tours, a bespoke travel agency specializing in Europe.
Back for a 3rd appearance on Travel Tales, comedian Graham Elwood shares his experiences of living in Thailand for the past year.
G'day, mates! We head Down Under to check in with our Aussie pal Gavin Solomon, a Sydney native who now makes his home in his nation's capital of Canberra.
Jack Rathmell grew up in Pennsylvania Amish country and after only a year in college, decamped to South Africa, first as a volunteer and later as a student and resident. He now lives in London and has written a memoir about his experiences, "How The
It's been nearly a full decade since we chatted with Sarah Dandashy of AskAConcierge.tv and she's been busy: leaving her day job, appearing on TV, creating content for multiple brands, Ted Talk, and much more.
Podcast/game show host extraordinaire J. Keith van Straaten just returned from whirlwind honeymoon to Europe and Africa and has plenty of Tales to tell.
Rael Zieve is a native of Zimbabwe now making his home in England. He is the founder of the Keep Travelling Africa website and podcast.
Happy Holidays! Mike here. As the year ends, thought I'd take an episode to recount a crazy year of highs and lows. Let's all look ahead to a better 2026 shall we?
Comedian Johnny Cardinale spends the bulk of the year on the road, and his jokes have brought him to nearly every corner of the world.
Comedian and Navy veteran Steve Mazan just returned from two weeks in Poland entertaining the troops.
Mark Phipps left his native England at 19 and never looked back. After stints living in Australia, New Zealand, and the US, he now makes his home in Koh Phangan, Thailand. He is the founder of Lost In Paradise Travel, which makes trackable hardware c
Azdean Elmoustaquim emigrated from Morocco to Houston 30 years ago, but has since turned his passion and expertise for his homeland into his travel business, Destinations Morocco.
This week is an encore repeat from 2021, with Scott Neeson, former Hollywood exec who left it all to help starving children in Cambodia. Truly inspiring.
Cathy Ladman is a longtime comedian who recently returned from a whirlwind trip to Europe.
Krishna Shivdasani is an entrepreneur who co-created a new travel app, Now You Know.
Mike welcomes back his old high school friend Mark Parton, who recently returned from his first ever trip to Japan.
Craig D. Forrest is a 40-year veteran filmmaker and TV producer who has visited 161 countries and covered war zones, famines, religious cults, and everything in between.
Toronto native Melissa Rodway took a 4-month trip through Southeast Asia back in 2010, writing lengthy, detailed emails along the way. She's compiled those emails for her new travel memoir, The People You Meet.
Jennifer Johnson is one half of Jenn N Scott Adventures, a site following the exploits of an American couple living full-time around the world.
Kenny Dunn is a Philly native and founder of Eating Europe, which provides food tours and recommendations in the Continent's top cities.
George Jerjian had a cancer scare in his early 50's that forced him into retirement. He soon earned he needed more than just golf to keep him fulfilled, and travel filled a great hole and gave him perspective.
Freelance writer Carrie Dow created the blog, "What's Pawsitive", showcasing animal welfare experiences around the world.
Quebec native Evlyn Mondo had a dream to retire to a warm tropical island. She made it come true when she and her husband purchased a luxury villa in Barbados.
English adventurer Oli France shares Tales of his treks to go from the lowest to highest points on each continent by human power alone.
A year teaching English in South Korea inspired Eryn Gordon to create her own travel blog/guide, EarthToEditorial.com.
Melissa Curtin returns to Travel Tales 12 years after her first appearance, to fill us in on what's happening with her longtime travel/lifestyle site LaLaScoop.com, along with her successful new side hustle as a travel agent!
Jordan Giberson is a Texan who fell in love with London at first sight and moved there in 2019. She now has a website and podcast encouraging others who are considering a move abroad.
After nine years, travel TV host and influencer Justin Walter returns as Your Bucket List Guide, inspiring people to not wait to see their dream travel destinations.
Toronto native Kate Fincham threw caution to the wind during Covid and bought a houseboat to live on all year-round. She documents her life on board on her popular Instagram page, @MyLittleHouseboat.
Englishman Tom McLauchlan is a classical guitarist who has performed around the world.
Canadian Kellie Paxian left her PR job in Vancouver to take a life-altering trip around the world for six months. She now lives in Cape Town, South Africa and runs her own travel company.
In this special bonus episode we're headed to Oregon with the our friends the hosts of the Hidden Trails of Oregon Podcast.
“It’s part action movie, part rock show blurring into the superbowl. It feels modern, but bull riding itself goes back to the
Photographer Alex Bogaard was born and raised in Europe and has traveled the world shooting amazing photos along the way.
Travel writer Laura Kiniry returns after 11 years(!) to fill us in on where she's been. Hint- it's a lot of places!
TV host/producer Kinga Philipps became the first female host of her own show in 33 years of Discovery Network's Shark Week. She continues to travel the world, above and below the ocean surface.
Comedian Ron Placone tried for years to get Italian citizenship, only for the country to change the rules overnight.
Filmmaker/Author Matt Tory visited all 50 US states and every National Park. He shares his Tales in his new book, Go See America!
Realtor Mia Anne turned the heartbreaking loss of both parents in a 10-month span during Covid into motivation for an epic journey across America.
Donna Pleiman is a Kentucky-based doctor who spent 6 months with her family in New Zealand during Covid.
For as long as she can remember, LA-based yoga instructor Jenny Geyser had wanted to live in Italy. In 2024, she made it happen.
Successful travel blogger, award-winning photographer, and host of the popular Everything Everywhere Daily podcast, Gary Arndt.
Lori Mooney loves TV and movies: so much so that she works in the TV industry and has traveled around the US seeking out filming locations to take in her own piece of showbiz.
Travel advisor Jessica Parker, AKA The Trip Whisperer, joins us to share Tales about her journey through the travel industry, her time living in Lebanon, and so much more.
Nomadic Matt in the house! Longtime travel blogger and author Matt Kepnes stops by to talk travel and his new book, How To Travel the World on $75 A Day.
Leon Logothetis returns to Travel Tales eight years after finishing his travel TV series, The Kindness Diaries. He now has a new film, "The Kindness Within."
Native New Yorker Danielle Frank has called LA home for over 20 years, but has traveled the world for longer!
Ricardo Kaljouw is a Dutch adventurer who has climbed to the peaks of the highest volcanic summits on all seven continents.
Bay Area representing! Adventure travel writer Jill Robinson checks in from Half Moon Bay, CA to share Tales of her professional and personal journeys.
Travel junkie Megan Snedden figured out early in life how to live around the world, and she shows no signs of stopping.
The Giller is back! We check in with adventure travel writer Kristen Gill on her layover from Japan!
Entrepreneur Meredith Cochran is all about the wellness, whether it's outdoor activities, travel, or food and drink. Follow her at MeredithCochran.com!
Jacob Lemanski hopped on his bicycle in Colorado and decided to ride solo as long as he could. He didn't stop until he made it around the entire world.
Longtime digital nomad/ author/ house sitter/ life coach/ yoga teacher Suzanne Wentley checks in from Vietnam to discuss her life on the road.
Professional juggler Mark Nizer has been touring the world since the '80s and has seen it all: having his props stolen in Aspen, killing a bird mid-performance, dying a horrible (stage) death in China, and so much more!
Travel writer Peggy Cleveland returns to share details on her recent trip to Maui and spread some love for the fire-damaged island.
Alex Harz is an adventurer and filmmaker who recently released his documentary of climbing Mt. Everest in both 2D and VR!
Kylee Nelson caught the travel bug as a traveling nurse and parlayed it into the passportsandpreemies.com travel site.
Former cruise director Taylor Sokol joins us to share Tales of his adventures on the high seas.
Erin Hynes is the creator of the PinaTravels.org travel blog and the host of the Curious Tourism podcast.
Jeff Johns, author of the new memoir "Jetlag Junkie," grew up with a severe case of ADHD that inspired him to constantly seek out new experiences - including lots of travel.
A tragedy inspired Tom Turcich to embark on an seven-year, around-the-world journey on foot across six continents.
Ash Maharaj has been the owner and proprietor of the Harmony Motel in 29 Palms, CA for 20 years - a mid-century modern spot with a rock n' roll past!
Mike returns after month abroad to recap his adventures in Iceland, Scotland, Ireland, and England.
Opera singer Christina Johnston talks about her journey from small town England, to Prague, to performing around the world.
Big time Hollywood writer/producer Ken Kristensen shares Tales of his days as a travel writer in the 90's and early 2000's.
Angie Orth is the travel blogger behind AngieAway.com and recently published her travel memoir, "Flirting With Disaster."
Mike does a solo show to give all the tips and recommendations for those who want to cruise the USA's 49th state.
On Wisconsin! Mike's longtime comedy pal Pete Schwaba checks in from Americas Dairyland.
Michaela Guzy is the host and creator of travel shows "Oh the People You Meet" and "Sleeping Around Safely."
Author/comedian Kristen Van Nest shares Tales of her years spent in Shanghai, Luxembourg, and beyond
Comedian Paul Morrissey recalls his trips performing in Europe, Asia and the Middle East
Piper Moretti returns to recap her first-ever trip to Japan and what it's like to travel with yours truly!
She's back! The Wild Child from Louisville makes a return appearance to catch us up on her recent trips to Australia, New Zealand, South Pacific, and South America.
Courtney Cronin rocks! When the comedian is not entertaining crowds on rock-themed cruises and festival lineups, she's traveled back to Europe and beyond with her German husband.
Comedian Laura Hayden stops by the studio to tell Tales of her recent trip to Japan and countless other locales.
Wellness expert Amber Zinsmeister left her small town Michigan upbringing for California and the world beyond.