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Travel Tales

353 episodes - English - Latest episode: 25 days ago - ★★★★★ - 108 ratings

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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Episodes

Angelyn Rudd

April 18, 2024 08:00 - 1 hour - 55.9 MB

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

April 04, 2024 08:00 - 1 hour - 71.9 MB

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.

Laura Hayden

March 21, 2024 08:00 - 1 hour - 80.5 MB

Comedian 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 MB

Wellness 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 MB

An 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 MB

Joanna 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 MB

Mike returns from a month away to recap his holidays Down Under.

Sascha Mayerer

December 28, 2023 09:00 - 1 hour - 59.8 MB

Sascha 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 MB

British 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 MB

Author 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 MB

Mike 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 MB

Sandra Weinacht is the co-owner of boutique tour company Inside Europe Travel Experiences.

David Haldane

October 19, 2023 08:00 - 1 hour - 73.4 MB

David 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 MB

Eric 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 MB

Nathan 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 MB

Comedian 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 MB

Cal 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 MB

Fede 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 MB

Richard 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 MB

Kat 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 MB

Leo 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 MB

Meredith 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 MB

Alisha Mansfield is a nurse who created the Travel Today- Work Tomorrow website.

Blake Pfeil

May 18, 2023 09:00 - 1 hour - 64.1 MB

Blake Pfeil is the host of "abandoned: the All-American Ruins Podcast."

Vanessa Angel

May 04, 2023 17:38 - 1 hour - 62 MB

Celebrity 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 MB

Marilyn Ball is the Asheville, NC - based host of the Speaking of Travel radio show.

Uncruise

April 06, 2023 08:00 - 1 hour - 62.9 MB

I 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 MB

Julie 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 MB

Separately, 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 MB

Mark 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 MB

Sahara 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 MB

Return 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 MB

Don 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 MB

Comedian/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 MB

Comedian 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 MB

Entrepreneur/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 MB

Native 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 MB

Host 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 MB

Chef 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 MB

Liz 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 MB

David 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 MB

American 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 MB

Shane 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 MB

Travel 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 MB

Travel 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 MB

Allan 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 MB

Author 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 MB

Cali 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 MB

TV 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 MB

Lane Fournerat is the patriarch of the Travel Vlog Family, a popular YouTube channel that teaches families how to travel on a budget.

Guests

Graham Elwood
1 Episode
Mike Schmidt
1 Episode
Paul Gilmartin
1 Episode
Tom Rhodes
1 Episode
Trish Suhr
1 Episode