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The Big Travel Podcast

The Big Travel Podcast

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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 travel; from childhoods with little money but a spirit for exploration to fabulous tales of exotic climes and incredible adventures. Celebrities, authors, sports people, politicians, famous faces from TV, radio, music, stage and screen, SAS soldiers, adventurers and ordinary people taking extraordinary journeys tell their story of life through travel, and through this, The Big Travel Podcast finds out what it is about travel that inspires us, that makes us laugh, love, cry and sometimes cringe yet above all keep travelling. The Big Travel Podcast is hosted by Lisa Francesca Nand, travel journalist, presenter, writer and filmmaker.
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‘Something special happens in Ibiza...’ say our guests on this episode and indeed it feels like this is true, especially for these lovely brothers.

Born in Ibiza to a Scottish mum and Spanish Dad, with their parents’ Café Mambo attracting world famous faces from music, fashion, stage and screen, Christian and Alan Anadon aka Mambo Brothers, eagerly awaited boxes of the latest vinyls to be delivered from Scotland. We talk about their perpetual childhood on the magical island, touring the world as DJs and getting to know the soul of Brazil, Bali, Australia, Asia, Africa, the Americas, all over Europe to use these influences in their hotels, cafes and bars. Recorded at their wonderful Hostal De La Torre where the sunset is so beautiful it actually brought Lisa to tears,

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Singer-songwriter Nina Nesbitt grew up half Swedish and half Scottish in a little Scottish village, kicking off her career age 15 on YouTube before very quickly making a name for herself. Nina talks about touring with Ed Sheeran and Example, overcoming stage fright, fainting in Hong Kong, the confusing familiarity of Australia, a surreal radio tour of the US, deep dish pizzas in Chicago, Philly cheese steaks, having her ex Ed Sheeran write a song about her and going straight to LA after recording this podcast to go on James Corden’s Late Late Show.

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The Big Travel Podcast - 150. The Big Travel Podcast Christmas and New Year Special!
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12/15/22 • 50 min

With... Franz Ferdinand’s Alex Kapranos in New Zealand, podcaster & author Iszi Lawrence in Australia, charity founder Kevin Chaplin in Cape Town, celebrity vet Marc Abraham building a sand Christmas tree in Thailand, author Hannah Bourne-Taylor rescuing a pangolin in the rainforest in Ghana, Hollywood actor Minnie Driver on beach Christmases in California, comedian & podcaster Cally Beaton ice skating in Central Park, singer-songwriter Nina Nesbitt’s winter wonderland in Iceland, contemporary artist Firouz Farman Farmaian in the family riad in Marrakech, campaigner Jamie Klingler remembering Philadelphia book stores with her mom, Ibizan DJs The Mambo Brothers drinking cold beer on the beach in Rio, Hotelier Marc Rahola on family Christmas in Ibiza, international travel nanny Nanny Sharz in Jamaica, singer-songwriter Foy Vance wishing he’d not gone to Lanzarote, abandoned places explorer ‘Greg Abandoned’ on a Christmas nightclub romance in London and Big Brother star Pete Bennett with a drunk Santa in the Caribbean. What’s not to love??? Happy Christmas from us here at The Big Travel Podcast xx

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Mimi’s Aye’s effervescent observations about food have gained her a large following online and her new recipe book tells wonderful tales of a childhood spent between Burma and Kent. She’s been shadowed by by the ‘Military Informer’ on family holidays in Burma, is conflicted by seeing people flying over pagodas in hot air balloons and loves nothing more than exploring Japan and blasting out Karaoke. Lisa popped around to Mimi Aye’s house for a lovely chat about life, food and travel.

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Waking up in a Bangkok sex hotel with his mum on his 30th birthday with no money and nothing to do but talk, lead to an epiphany for writer, actor and broadcaster, Rhik Samadder. He writes about battling depression and much more in his wonderfurful new book I Never Said I Loved You and on the podcast we talk feeling like he didn’t belong when growing up with Indian parents in London, forgetting trips to New York, losing all his money on a Singapore buffet breakfast and how travel can help heal

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As the UK’s best-known food critic, writing columns for The Times and many other outlets as well as presenting TV programmes like BBC2's 'Amazing Hotels', Giles Coren has travelled to over 100 countries. He is, in his own words - an icon of foodie ponceyness so don’t ask me how we get on to McDonalds, Nandos and frozen fish blocks in Billericay. A highly entertaining episode in which we discuss the world's best restaurants, plastic boobs in Nice, roast guinea pig in Ecuador and so much more.

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NASA astronaut John Herrington was the first ever Native American to travel to space. He lives in the Idaho wilderness, flies his own plane, cycled over 4000 miles from Washington to Florida and recently features as one of two inspiring U.S. trailblazers exploring America in the incredible film “Into America’s Wild”. His inspirational stories have landed him a well suited role as a motivational speaker and he will surely both inspire and motivate you here on the Big Travel Podcast...

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Surviving cancer at just 25 changed the course of Lizzie Carr’s life, ditching corporate life to become an adventurer, travelling the world on her paddleboard to battle plastic pollution. She’s the first person in history to solo paddleboard the length of England, the first woman to solo paddleboard the English channel and in 2018 paddle boarded the whole of the Hudson River from Albany to New York City. An inspirational story of what we can do if we put our minds to it.

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Warning: After listening you might just find yourself booking a ticket and heading off on a train adventure. One murky afternoon in 2001 London station manager Mark Smith bought a 'teach yourself HTML' guide & the Main in Seat 61 was born. Mark has journeyed all over Europe and the US, Tunisia, Syria, Marrakech, Istanbul, Ukraine & the Crimea, Petra & Aqaba, Moscow, Vladivostok, Tokyo & Nagasaki via the Trans-Siberian Railway, all over Burma & so much more. Unmissable travel inspiration.

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A wonderful collection of Christmas stories with Edith Bowman's perfect Californian Christmas, Jane Garvey getting stoned on Christmas Day in Liverpool, Helen Zaltzman and the lady in plastic bags at the Grand Canyon, author Isabelle Broom being punched in the nose in Lake Como, Newsnight’s Kirsty Wark having her crackers confiscated, Loose Women’s Andrea McLean on childhood Christmases in the Caribbean and The Times restaurant critic Giles Coren on why Christmas should never, ever be abroad.

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FAQ

How many episodes does The Big Travel Podcast have?

The Big Travel Podcast currently has 163 episodes available.

What topics does The Big Travel Podcast cover?

The podcast is about Places & Travel, Society & Culture, Personal Journals and Podcasts.

What is the most popular episode on The Big Travel Podcast?

The episode title '143. Mambo Brothers; Growing up in Ibiza’s Mambo Café, Becoming International DJs and Searching for the Soul' is the most popular.

What is the average episode length on The Big Travel Podcast?

The average episode length on The Big Travel Podcast is 42 minutes.

How often are episodes of The Big Travel Podcast released?

Episodes of The Big Travel Podcast are typically released every 10 days, 11 hours.

When was the first episode of The Big Travel Podcast?

The first episode of The Big Travel Podcast was released on Feb 1, 2018.

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