234 Cultural Blunders

234 Cultural Blunders

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386 It Could’ve Been Much Worse: Surviving Travel Dramas

Some travellers have a much keener sense of adventure and embracing physical risk on their travels, and others just stumble into a travel drama they didn't anticipate; we have all kinds on this episode about things going wrong! First up, Tudor Morgan, a veteran of many Antarctic ...  Show more

385 Women in History and Travel - International Women’s Day 2026

It's International Women's Day again and I've got a different focus this year: some of the ways history and travel is not the same for women! When we travel, especially on our own, we can be confronted with cultural differences and people's opinions in a starker way than others, ...  Show more

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