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Reel Travels

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On the Reel Travels podcast, professional travel writer and self-proclaimed film/tv buff Lisa Iannucci takes you across the country and around the world, talking movie and television locations to visit, museums to explore, and conventions and tours to attend. Whether you're a fan of Game of Thrones, Little House on the Prairie, Downton Abbey, old John Wayne movies, I Love Lucy, Lord of the Rings, Harry Potter, The African Queen or some other show/movie we'll talk about where you can travel to see iconic settings from your favorite movie and tv shows.

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Reel Travels Podcast #30: YouTubers The Duo Finds Share Their Travel Stories

March 23, 2020 00:51 - 56 minutes - 51.8 MB

Welcome to Episode 30 of Reel Travels. I’m your host Lisa Iannucci and on today’s show, I welcome YouTubers Matt and Shannon, otherwise known as The Duo Finds. I also talk about what I'm doing during this Coronavirus quarantine.  It's movie-related -- of course, it is!! Enjoy the show. So if you haven’t already subscribed to my podcast or left me a review please do so. It helps me to continue and grow the channel. I’ve also started reeltravelsmagazine.com (it’s in its early stages, but wort...

Reel Travels Podcast #29: Hey LOST Fans, Let's Talk About the 2020 Fan Gathering!

March 22, 2020 18:57 - 34 minutes - 31.4 MB

Welcome to Episode 29 of Reel Travels. I’m your host Lisa Iannucci and on today’s show, I get Lost. Well not really. But if you’re a fan of the show LOST, you’re going to want to listen to this because I talk about the 10th-anniversary fan gathering in Oahu, Hawaii -- can you believe it’s been 10 years already since the show went off the air? I can’t!  And if you’re a fan of LOST, I do have a contest this week just for you, so stick around until the end of the show to find out how and what y...

Reel Travels Podcast #28: Talking about RVing and Dirty Dancing with Jenni Raney Edwards

March 22, 2020 18:53 - 47 minutes - 43.5 MB

Welcome to Episode 28 of Reel Travels. I’m your host Lisa Iannucci and on today’s show, I have a super cool interview with Jenni Raney Edwards, the author of Bumping Down Highways, From Boardrooms to Backroads in an RV. She and I talk about her RV adventures and, of course, since this is a podcast about film/tv travel, we talked about one of our favorite movies Dirty Dancing and the upcoming Dirty Dancing Festival. Show notes:  Bumping Down Highways: https://bumpingdownhighways.com/ Favor...

Reel Travels Podcast #27: M*A*S*H; Brian Rooney of the M*A*S*H Filming Location

March 22, 2020 18:49 - 51 minutes - 47.5 MB

Welcome to Episode 27 of Reel Travels. I’m your host Lisa Iannucci and on today’s show, I have an awesome interview with Brian Rooney, the project manager of the M*A*S*H site at the Malibu Creek State Park in California. I also bring on my husband, Ej Garr, to talk about our love of M*A*S*H. Follow Ej on Twitter at @sportsbettingpub. Follow me on twitter @virgintraveler or on Instagram @thevirgintraveler.

Reel Travels Podcast #26: Let's Talk About the Oscars & Author Candy Harrington Talks About Accessible Travel

March 22, 2020 18:46 - 47 minutes - 43.7 MB

Welcome to Episode 26 of Reel Travels. I’m your host Lisa Iannucci and on today’s show, I share my pure guesses for the Oscars. I also interview Candy Harrington, the founder of Emerging Horizons, An Accessible Travel News Source and the author of multiple books on accessible travel, including her latest Barrier-Free Travel: The Grand Canyon for Wheelers and Slow Walkers. She and I also talk about her trips to several movie and TV filming locations. I’m sure you’re all on the edge of your s...

Reel Travels Podcast #25: Welcome to 2020; Interview with Shannon Entin

March 22, 2020 18:42 - 37 minutes - 34.3 MB

Welcome to Episode #25 of Reel Travels. My name is Lisa Iannucci and I'm the host of Reel Travels and the author of On Location: A Film & TV Travel Lover's Guide. My Reel Travels interview this week is with Shannon Entin, the founder of TVTraveler.com and the co-host of StingerUniverse.com who has been published in many publications and on many websites. We talked about so much including Stranger Things, the Walking Dead and other film/tv trips she’s taken. It was so much fun and I think yo...

Reel Travels Podcast #24: Woodstock Film Festival and Traveling to Other Film Festivals

March 22, 2020 18:39 - 24 minutes - 22.8 MB

Welcome to Episode #24 of Reel Travels! I’m your host, Lisa Iannucci. Today, I talk about New York Comic Con, film festivals, especially the Woodstock Film Festival, Downton Abbey and so much more.  Show notes for this episode: Woodstock Film Festival -- https://woodstockfilmfestival.org/ My podcast pick of the Week: https://www.nbc.com/the-good-place/exclusives/tgp-podcast Me: Follow me on Instagram: thevirgintraveler and Twitter @virgintraveler Leave me a review!

Reel Travels Podcast #22: Becoming a Successful Freelance Remote Writer

March 22, 2020 18:34 - 30 minutes - 28.2 MB

Welcome to Episode #22 of Reel Travels. I’m your host Lisa Iannucci and on today’s show, I deviate just a little bit to talk about becoming a successful freelance writer. I have been in the industry for more than 25 years and I have been listening to a lot of podcasts about how to be a successful writer while traveling, and especially while traveling full-time in your RV. I think some information is missing from these podcasts, so I thought I'd fill you in on me and my success and how you ca...

Reel Travels Podcast #21: Aron Stevens (FKA WWE's Damien Sandow); author Sandra Gurvis

March 22, 2020 18:30 - 48 minutes - 44.4 MB

Welcome to Episode 21 of Reel Travels. I’m your host Lisa Iannucci and on today’s show, I welcome author Sandra Gurvis who talks about her trip to London and her love of the long-time British television detective drama Midsomer Murders -- which has been running since 1997 -- and I welcome a brand new episode sponsor who shares some traveling tips that you won’t want to miss! Oh, and if you’re a fan of professional wrestling and want to hear from the man formerly known as Damien Sandow, whose...

Reel Travels Podcast #20: Kerri Fivecoat-Campbell Visits The Pioneer Woman's Mercantile!

March 22, 2020 18:26 - 48 minutes - 44.4 MB

Welcome to Reel Travels and the first episode of Season 3! Today, my very special guest is Kerri Fivecoat-Campbell! She is the author of Living Large In Our Little House and a really big fan of The Pioneer Woman, Ree Drummond. Kerri recently had made a trip to Oklahoma to see the Drummond's Mercantile. If you're a fan of The Pioneer Woman, you will want to hear about Kerri's trip and what you should see and eat! I'm so glad to be back! I've been really busy working on a new travel book and ...

Reel Travels Podcast #19: Taylor Hicks Talks State Plate, Travel and Food!

March 22, 2020 18:20 - 35 minutes - 32.7 MB

Welcome to Reel Travels and the last episode of 2018! My very special guest is Taylor Hicks! You might know him as the winner of season five of American Idol, but he's been super busy since taking the title! Just recently, he spent three seasons hosting State Plate, the original travel series from INSP, where he trekked across all 50 states in pursuit of the foods that best represent that piece of America. You can now watch all three seasons on Amazon Prime! (Doooo it!) Taylor talks to me ...

Reel Travels Podcast #18: The Land of Oz! And Celebrity Minute with Sterling Sulieman!

March 22, 2020 18:16 - 36 minutes - 33.5 MB

Welcome to Reel Travels with me, your host, Lisa Iannucci. My special guest is Sean Barrett, artistic director of Land of Oz in North Carolina, located on Beech Mountain in the Appalachian Mountains of North Carolina. This family-owned property now opens to the public for limited occasions including the annual Autumn at Oz Festival and Journey with Dorothy Tours. We'll talk about the park and what you can expect when you travel there. And I'm so excited that my celebrity minute is the strik...

Reel Travels Podcast #16: Twilight Festival in Forks, Washington

March 22, 2020 18:10 - 41 minutes - 38.3 MB

Hello everyone and welcome to the 16th episode of Reel Travels, the podcast for film and tv lovers who ALSO love to travel. My name is Lisa Iannucci and I’m not only the founder and host of this podcast I’m also the author of On Location: The Film and TV Lover’s Travel Guide. Thank you to this week’s Reel Travels sponsor Mario Scalzi of Parker Villa Tours! https://www.parkervillas.com/. Oh for how long did we hear “Team Edward” and “Team Jacob”? That's right, I'm talking Twilight today. If ...

Reel Travels Podcast #17: Larry Namer, the founder of E!; and it's Emmy night

March 22, 2020 18:05 - 39 minutes - 35.9 MB

Welcome to Reel Travels, a podcast for film/tv lovers who also love to travel! I'm Lisa Iannucci, the founder and the author of On Location: A Film and TV Lover's Travel Guide. Let’s once again give a shout out to this week’s Reel Travels sponsor, Mario Scalzi of Parker Villa Tours. You can visit Parker Villas website at https://www.parkervillas.com/. I'm so excited about this episode's guest, Larry Namer, President/CEO, Metan Global Entertainment Group / E! Founder and the creator of seve...

Reel Travels Podcast #15: Travels With Darley Newman

March 22, 2020 18:01 - 43 minutes - 39.7 MB

Welcome to Reel Travels, episode 15, the podcast for film and tv lovers who ALSO love to travel. My name is Lisa Iannucci and I’m not only the founder and host of this podcast I’m also the author of On Location: The Film and TV Lover’s Travel Guide A shoutout to our sponsor, Mario Scalzi of Parker Villa Tours! Today my guest is Darley Newman and if you have Amazon Prime you might know Darley from her show Travels with Darley. She’s an Emmy-nominated TV host, travel entrepreneur and expert,...

Reel Travels Podcast #14: On Location Tours Founder Georgette Blau

March 22, 2020 17:59 - 27 minutes - 25.1 MB

Welcome to the 14th episode of Reel Travels. Today, my guest is Georgette Blau, founder of On Location Tours, which is located in Boston and New York City. On this tour you will hear about tours for Sex and the City Hotspots, Gossip Girl Sites, Sopranos Sites, The Real Housewives of New York City Tour, TCM Classic Film Tour, Central Park TV & Movie Sites, and Holiday Lights & Movie Sites. It's so much fun! Georgette tells us how she started the business -- can you guess what classic televisi...

Reel Travels Podcast #13: Laurel and Hardy Museum in Harlem, Georgia

March 22, 2020 17:56 - 46 minutes - 42.3 MB

Hello everyone and welcome to the 13th episode of Reel Travels, the podcast for film and tv lovers who ALSO love to travel. My name is Lisa Iannucci and by now you know that I’m not only the founder and host of this podcast I’m also the author of On Location: The Film and TV Lover’s Travel Guide which you can order on Rowman Publishing’s website at rowman.com or get an autographed copy through Oblong Books in Rhinebeck, New York. Visit their website at http://www.oblongbooks.com/. Let’s onc...

Reel Travels Podcast #12: We Talk About the Shawshank Redemption Movie and Trail

March 22, 2020 17:52 - 37 minutes - 33.9 MB

Hello everyone and welcome to the 12th episode of Reel Travels, the podcast for film and tv lovers who ALSO love to travel. My name is Lisa Iannucci and I’m the founder and host of this podcast and the author of On Location: The Film and TV Lover’s Travel Guide which you can order on Rowman Publishing’s website at rowman.com or get an autographed copy through Oblong Books in Rhinebeck, New York. Welcome to 12th edition of Reel Travels! Today we talk about Shawshank Redemption -- both the mo...

Reel Travels Podcast #11: Food Network's Nacho Aguirre!

March 22, 2020 17:48 - 42 minutes - 39.2 MB

Hello everyone and welcome to the 11th episode of Reel Travels, the podcast for film and tv lovers who ALSO love to travel. My name is Lisa Iannucci and I’m not only the founder and host of this podcast I’m also the author of On Location: The Film and TV Lover’s Travel Guide which you can order on Rowman Publishing’s website at rowman.com or get an autographed copy through Oblong Books in Rhinebeck, New York. How many of you have traveled to visit a favorite chef’s restaurant? When I was i...

Reel Travels Podcast #10 - Special Guests Ashley Eckstein and Jillian Michaels!

March 22, 2020 17:40 - 42 minutes - 39.2 MB

Welcome to the 10th edition of Reel Travels! I'm your host Lisa Iannucci and today I welcome Ashley Eckstein as my guest. She is widely recognized and honored as an actress, entrepreneur, fangirl trendsetter and leading voice for female fandom. Most known as the voice of Ahsoka Tano in Star Wars, Ashley also founded Her Universe in 2010 - the groundbreaking fangirl fashion company and lifestyle brand www.heruniverse.com. She came on my show to talk about her new book It’s Your Universe (May...

Reel Travels Episode #9: Liana Corwin of Hopper Gives Travel Tips

March 22, 2020 17:37 - 29 minutes - 26.8 MB

Welcome to the 9th episode of Reel Travels, a film and tv travel podcast. In previous episodes, I told you about all these awesome places you can visit, but this week, I decided to switch things up a little. Not everybody really knows how to put a trip together, so this week, my guest is Liana Corwin of Hopper, an app that helps you to book your trips. It comparison shops for you when it comes to your airfare and will tell you when the right time to book it is. There’s so much more to trave...

Reel Travels Podcast #8: Film/TV Highlights from Chicago; Author Joanna Wilson, and race car driver Antron Brown

March 22, 2020 17:34 - 44 minutes - 40.7 MB

On this week's episode of Reel Travels, I had such a fun conversation with Joanna Wilson, a pop culture expert, book author on Christmas TV & movies, and someone who loves to travel and see film/tv sites as much as I do! She'll talk about the great places she's been to and talk about her awesome books, especially The Triple Dog Dare!  Find out why her website is a great time suck! I also just got back from Chicago and what should every film/tv buff see while you're here? Well, you'll have ...

Reel Travels Podcast #7: We Go Silent Films with the Niles Essanay Museum!

March 22, 2020 17:31 - 37 minutes - 34.6 MB

Hello everyone to the 7th episode of Reel Travels and thank you for all the wonderful feedback! My guests on today's episode are David and Rena Kiehn from the Niles Essanay Silent Film Museum. Silent! With all of today's loud multi-million dollar blockbuster films out, there is still a market and desire to see the old silent films. We go back in time to talk about the great films and actors of the silent film era and talk about what you can expect to see when you visit the museum. I'd like ...

Reel Travels Podcast #6: John Wayne's Birthplace; Kickboxer's Dimitri Logothetis

March 22, 2020 17:26 - 26 minutes - 24.4 MB

Welcome to the 6th episode of Reel Travels! Today we are talking about the birthplace John Wayne in Winterset, Iowa. Otherwise known as "The Duke," he was born Marion Robert Morrison on May 26, 1907. He didn't have plans to become an actor, but he stumbled into it and worked his way to an Academy Award for his role in True Grit (1969). I talk to Brian Downes of the John Wayne Birthplace in Winterset about John's career in film and what fans can see at the museum. Great interview! My celebr...

Reel Travels Podcast #5: It's a Wonderful Life; OITNB's Catherine Curtin

March 22, 2020 17:22 - 25 minutes - 23.2 MB

Welcome to the fifth episode of Reel Travels. In this edition, your host, Lisa Iannucci, talks about the It's a Wonderful Life Museum in Seneca Falls, New York. Catherine Curtin, of Orange is the New Black and Stranger Things, and so much more, stops by for the celebrity minute! Thanks to this podcast's sponsor, MickeyTravels LLC -- if you want to go to Disney, visit them at http://mickeytravels.com.

Reel Travels Podcast #4: A Christmas Story House; Actress Elizabeth Ho

March 22, 2020 17:16 - 34 minutes - 31.5 MB

The holidays are over, technically, but if you're planning your vacations, you may need a little extra holiday spirit. If you're a fan of the movie A Christmas Story then this Reel Travels podcast will tell you everything you need to know about visiting A Christmas Story House. Did you know you can sleep in Ralphie's room? Did you know that you can see the original rifle? We'll tell you about all of that and more. I'd also like to thank the sponsor of Reel Travels, Micky Dixon and Travel Pl...

Reel Travels Podcast #3: Breaking Bad Tours and AEW's Chris Jericho Stops By!

March 22, 2020 17:12 - 41 minutes - 37.6 MB

If you have seen Breaking Bad,  you know what an amazing drama series it is. If you haven't, that's okay because you can see it in reruns and binge watch it (that's how I watched it and became hooked). The show, which ran for five seasons, is about Walter White (Bryan Cranston), a high school chemistry teacher diagnosed with lung cancer. He needs to protect his family's financial future so he connects with Jesse Pinkman (played by Aaron Paul), a former student who helps him to make and sell ...

Reel Travels Podcast #2: Field of Dreams, and Wendie Malick's Celebrity Minute!

March 22, 2020 17:07 - 30 minutes - 28.1 MB

"If you build it, he will come." It's an iconic line from an iconic movie -- Field of Dreams. In Dyersville, Iowa, the Lansing Family Farm was the site of the famous 1989 baseball movie that starred Kevin Costner, Ray Liotta, and James Earl Jones. Field of Dreams is the adaptation of W. P. Kinsella's novel Shoeless Joe. Ray Kinsella (Costner) is an Iowa farmer who, while walking through his cornfields, hears a voice whispering to him, "If you build it, they will come." He continues hearing ...

Reel Travels Podcast #1: Little House on the Prairie and WWE's John Morrison

March 22, 2020 16:48 - 48 minutes - 44.7 MB

Welcome to the premiere episode of Reel Travels, the film and tv lover's travel podcast. My name is Lisa Iannucci and I'm your host. I'm also the author of On Location: A Film & TV Lover's Travel Guide. Today, we are talking about Little House on the Prairie and all the places you can see related to the books and the show. Welcome my guest Sandra Hume, the author of the Land of Laura travel series. Also, I introduce my Celebrity Travel Minute with WWE superstar John Morrison! Thanks to R...

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