Travel Tales
353 episodes - English - Latest episode: 25 days ago - ★★★★★ - 108 ratingsComedian 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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Angelyn Rudd
April 18, 2024 08:00 - 1 hour - 55.9 MBShe'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
April 04, 2024 08:00 - 1 hour - 71.9 MBCourtney 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.
Laura Hayden
March 21, 2024 08:00 - 1 hour - 80.5 MBComedian Laura Hayden stops by the studio to tell Tales of her recent trip to Japan and countless other locales.
Amber Zinsmeister
March 07, 2024 09:00 - 1 hour - 67.2 MBWellness expert Amber Zinsmeister left her small town Michigan upbringing for California and the world beyond.
Bob Gillespie
February 22, 2024 09:00 - 1 hour - 72.7 MBAn old friend from the Chicago stand-up trenches, Bob Gillespie became a success in the world of finance and travels the world for business and pleasure.
Joanna Kalafatis
January 25, 2024 09:00 - 1 hour - 72.6 MBJoanna Kalafatis is an actress and creator of the travel blog, LoseTheMap.com
Mike Siegel - Australian Holidays
January 11, 2024 09:00 - 37 minutes - 34.1 MBMike returns from a month away to recap his holidays Down Under.
Sascha Mayerer
December 28, 2023 09:00 - 1 hour - 59.8 MBSascha Mayerer is the CEO/Managing Director of Historic Highlights of Germany, promoting tourism in lesser known smaller cities throughout Germany.
Dom Joly
December 14, 2023 09:00 - 1 hour - 79.6 MBBritish comedian/writer Dom Joly talks about his Lebanese/English upbringing, his brief career as a diplomat, his TV career and travel writing.
Cortney McDermott
November 30, 2023 09:00 - 1 hour - 69 MBAuthor and speaker Cortney McDermott is a Chicago native who has lived in a small village in Northern Italy for over 20 years.
Mike Siegel -Moorea and More
November 16, 2023 23:18 - 36 minutes - 33 MBMike does a solo episode recapping his recent trips to French Polynesia, Washington DC, and Toronto, while catching us up on where he's headed.
Sandra Weinacht
November 02, 2023 08:00 - 1 hour - 85.5 MBSandra Weinacht is the co-owner of boutique tour company Inside Europe Travel Experiences.
David Haldane
October 19, 2023 08:00 - 1 hour - 73.4 MBDavid Haldane is a former LA Times journalist who married a woman from the Philippines and now splits his time between her homeland and Joshua Tree, CA.
Eric Chamberlin
October 05, 2023 08:00 - 1 hour - 59.3 MBEric Chamberlin is a Maine native now living in France. He's the author of the blog "Thrive At Fifty Five"
Nathan James Thomas
September 21, 2023 08:00 - 1 hour - 65.1 MBNathan James Thomas is a New Zealand native now based in Poland, and the author of "Untethered - Living the Digital Nomad Life In An Uncertain World"
Gary Brightwell
September 07, 2023 05:04 - 1 hour - 67.7 MBComedian Gary Brightwell stops by to share Tales of performing for the troops in war zones in the Middle East and beyond.
Cal Amir
August 24, 2023 09:00 - 1 hour - 63.9 MBCal Amir was living the "American Dream" on Wall St.. but it left him empty inside. He took a year off to travel, and 30 countries later, he never went back to his old life. He now splits his time between NY, LA, and Bali.
Fede Vargas
August 10, 2023 08:00 - 1 hour - 67.5 MBFede Vargas was born in Mexico, Raised in Toronto, and lived for three years in Ireland. He is the host of the "My Most Authentic Life" podcast.
Richard Currie
July 27, 2023 08:00 - 1 hour - 66.7 MBRichard Currie left Scotland to live in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, where both chaos and magic ensued, resulting in his new memoir, "Beers, Tears, and Broken Veneers."
Kat Medina
July 13, 2023 08:00 - 1 hour - 58.2 MBKat Medina is the author of "The Joys of Jetlag - How to Use a Traveler's Mindset to Not Be an A+Hole in Everyday Life"
Leo Rossi
June 29, 2023 08:00 - 1 hour - 80.4 MBLeo Rossi is a former tour manager for Fleetwood Mac, the Beach Boys, Billy Idol and more!
Meredith Hackwith Edwards
June 15, 2023 08:00 - 54 minutes - 50.3 MBMeredith Hackwith Edwards is a part-time model, surfer, and host of the "Meredith For Real - the Curious Introvert" podcast and Youtube channel.
Alisha Mansfield
June 01, 2023 08:00 - 53 minutes - 49.2 MBAlisha Mansfield is a nurse who created the Travel Today- Work Tomorrow website.
Blake Pfeil
May 18, 2023 09:00 - 1 hour - 64.1 MBBlake Pfeil is the host of "abandoned: the All-American Ruins Podcast."
Vanessa Angel
May 04, 2023 17:38 - 1 hour - 62 MBCelebrity in the house! Star of Kingpin, Spies Like Us, Stargate SG-1 and the to-be-released tomorrow Johnny and Clyde- Vanessa Angel!
Marilyn Ball
April 20, 2023 08:00 - 58 minutes - 53.1 MBMarilyn Ball is the Asheville, NC - based host of the Speaking of Travel radio show.
Uncruise
April 06, 2023 08:00 - 1 hour - 62.9 MBI recently returned from an awesome travel experience aboard the Safari Voyager in Baja California with Uncruise Adventures. While on board I interviewed Capt. Andrea Kosto and Adventures Coordinator Erika Hernandez Calvo.
Julie Fannon
March 23, 2023 08:00 - 51 minutes - 46.8 MBJulie Fannon is co-owner of Naturalist Journeys, a boutique travel tour company that specializes in nature trips, especially - birding!
Lady Journey
March 09, 2023 09:00 - 1 hour - 67 MBSeparately, Katie Hannigan and Sarah Tollemache are New York-based standup comedians. Together, they are the women of Lady Journey, a lifestyle blog and podcast that touvhes on everything from travel, to food, to nightlife and more.
Mark Wolters
February 24, 2023 01:00 - 1 hour - 63.8 MBMark Wolters is the creator of WoltersWorld.com and the successful YouTube channel of the same name.
Sahara Rose DeVore
February 09, 2023 09:00 - 1 hour - 61.6 MBSahara Rose DeVore is a wellness travel coach and the founder of the Travel Coach Network.
Richard Nason
January 26, 2023 06:00 - 55 minutes - 51.1 MBReturn guest Richard Nason used the pandemic shutdown to achieve the dream of many a traveler- get his pilot license and buy his own plane.
Don Bunnell
January 12, 2023 09:00 - 1 hour - 69.2 MBDon Bunnell took his experiences of living in China, Australia and his travels around the world, to create SwankGuide.com, a site that reviews boutique hotels around the world.
Chip Chinery
December 22, 2022 06:00 - 1 hour - 68 MBComedian/Actor Chip Chinery chronicled every gig he did on the road his first year of standup, and compiled the stories and photos in his new book, Charging Mt Standup - My First Year on the Road.
Noman Hosni
December 08, 2022 09:00 - 1 hour - 62.5 MBComedian Noman Hosni grew up outside of Paris with parents of Tunisian and Iraqi backgrounds, and lived in Switzerland for 12 years before coming to Hollywood.
Ellie Rollins
November 24, 2022 09:00 - 1 hour - 55.9 MBEntrepreneur/singer Ellie Rollins overcame a tough background to raise 3 kids on Hawaii's Big Island while also creating multiple businesses. Aloha!
Brendon David
November 10, 2022 22:33 - 1 hour - 65.6 MBNative Texan Brendon David became obsessed with Japan in high school and found himself teaching English for two years in the Land of the Rising Sun.
Jonathan Legg
October 27, 2022 08:00 - 1 hour - 81.5 MBHost of travel TV show "Road Less Traveled," Jonathan Legg leads viewers to off-the-beaten-track locations and engages in high-risk adventures.
Shannon Smith
October 13, 2022 08:00 - 1 hour - 62.1 MBChef Shannon Smith is travel and food-obsessed, and we can't blame her. She's scoured the globe for food and drink inspiration.
Liz Galloway
September 29, 2022 08:00 - 58 minutes - 53.3 MBLiz Galloway is a PR exec with a focus on wellness and adventure travel destinations, who's lived in Morocco, Costa Rica, Alaska, and many other exotic locales.
David Moscow
September 15, 2022 08:00 - 1 hour - 71.2 MBDavid Moscow went from child actor (Big, Newsies) to Broadway producer, to host of a travel TV show, "From Scratch", where he investigates the relationship of food to a location, its history and its people.
Ryan and Sophie
August 30, 2022 18:33 - 1 hour - 67.4 MBAmerican Ryan was in Stockholm, Sweden on business where he began dating French expat Sophie. Soon they hatched the idea of ditching corporate life and living on a sailboat around the world. Four years and a successful YouTube channel later, they are still on the high seas.
Shane Mahoney
August 11, 2022 08:00 - 1 hour - 65.8 MBShane Mahoney is the founder of Lugos Travel, which specializes in luxury travel around the world.
Matt Meltzer
July 28, 2022 19:42 - 1 hour - 61.5 MBTravel writer Matt Meltzer stops in to tell Tales of his journey from Pacific Northwest kid to Miami-based worldwide food and travel expert.
Peggy Cleveland
July 14, 2022 08:00 - 1 hour - 60.8 MBTravel writer/author Peggy Cleveland was a Navy brat before joining the Army herself, and moved 33 times before settling down in Tacoma, WA.
Allan Karl
June 30, 2022 08:00 - 1 hour - 63.5 MBAllan Karl saw his dreams of tech startup riches implode in the early 2000's, which led him to hop on a motorcycle, travel the world solo for 3 years, and acquire a new set of dreams.
Jessica Lipowski
June 16, 2022 08:00 - 1 hour - 55.1 MBAuthor and Michigan native Jessica Lipowski lived in Amsterdam for years and now shares a sailboat with her fiance' in Marina del Rey, CA. She skydives, teaches yoga, and recently climbed Mt. Kilimanjaro.
Cali O'Connor
June 02, 2022 08:00 - 40 minutes - 37.3 MBCali O'Connor of The Travel Shifters website talks about helping people change their lives and work remotely from anywhere in the world.
Jennifer Broome
May 19, 2022 08:00 - 1 hour - 56.3 MBTV meteorologist and travel lover Jennifer Broome shares Tales from her recent trek to Mt. Everest Base Camp!
Lane Fournerat
May 05, 2022 08:00 - 1 hour - 69.4 MBLane Fournerat is the patriarch of the Travel Vlog Family, a popular YouTube channel that teaches families how to travel on a budget.