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Travel For Curious MindsPhoebe Smith - Wander Woman Travelling While Protecting the Natural WorldThis week, Travel for Curious Minds’ host Abbey Cousins chats with Podcast Host, Multi-Award-Winning Author and Adventurer Phoebe Smith, all about her lifelong pledge to be ‘a tourist in her own backyard’ and where her nickname ‘Wander Woman’ comes from. Through the #WeTwo Foundation, her podcast and her books, Phoebe is determined to educate as many people as she can on the amazing impact travelling can have on your life and the ways we can all do our best to protect the natural world. To find out more about Phoebe, head over to:...2025-05-0500 min
Wander Woman: A Travel PodcastVoodoo ChildWhat if everything you thought you knew about voodoo was completely wrong? This episode Wander Woman Phoebe Smith heads to Togo and Benin in West Africa - the birthplace of the religion, with Explore, to seek out the real voodoo beyond the sensationalist Hollywood portrayals of evil dolls and sinister spells. Journeying to the rural north of both countries she invites you to experience with her the rituals, practises, dances and truth behind perhaps the most maligned belief system in the world. Come wander with her...Also coming up:Woman with Altitude Elise Wortley on why...2025-05-011h 01Wander Woman: A Travel PodcastBetween a Rock and a Hard PlaceAll across Britain, in some of the wildest places you can find, is a network of mountain huts - called bothies. But unlike shelters found in the rest of the world, these were never built for walkers. Former schoolhouses, farmsteads, gamekeepers lodges, coastguards lookouts and miners bunkhouses, there are around 100 buildings (across Scotland, England and Wales) left open for walkers and climbers to use - free of charge. For the last 60 years they have been in the care of the Mountain Bothies Association - an organisation who maintain and look after them and are funded by donation and run...2025-03-2654 minWander Woman: A Travel PodcastWhales, Wallabies, and Re-WildingIn the land Down Under one island in Western Australia is in the midst of a bold project to return it to a pre-European state. The Dirk Hartog Island National Park: Return to 1616 initiative has seen sheep farming (the mainstay for the single resident family for over 100 years) be replaced by eco-tourism. All cattle has been removed, invasive species have been culled and slowly, the vegetation and biodiversity is bouncing back. Given that the Wardle family used to earn around AUS$2.5million from their merino wool enterprise adventurer Phoebe Smith decided to pay them a visit to see how...2025-02-2653 min
Cheeky Run ClubWhy you should probably get your iron checkedHappy Monday Cheeky friends!This week, we spoke with the wonderful endocrinologist Dr. Izzy Smith about (drum roll please)...IRON! We discussed the importance of iron in daily life and running, how to know if you’re low in iron, and what you can do to help your levels. At the end of the episode, one of us reveals we were prompted to get a blood test after speaking with Dr. Smith aaand let's just say we're glad we did.We also have a very special announcement for our listeners who live near Syd...2025-02-1659 min
Saturday LiveNisha Katona, Mark Thompson, Phoebe Smith, Jesse EisenbergNisha Katona, former barrister now Mistress of Spices, Mowgli restaurant mogul, TV presenter and host of new show Home Kitchen - she’s described herself as a culinary Womble.Astronomer Mark Thompson is famous for unravelling the mysteries of the universe and the world of STEM., on TV and on tour, telescope in one hand and a sense of wonder in the other. Phoebe ‘Wander Woman’ Smith is with us, adventurer, author, extreme sleeper and podcaster whose latest book weaves together her personal journey with insights into the ancient pilgrim paths of Britain. All th...2025-02-0856 minWander Woman: A Travel PodcastCan't we all just get along?Adventurer Phoebe Smith heads to the Central American nation of Belize, to see - in the wake of the rollback of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion initiatives in the USA - how multiple cultures can live in harmony while still celebrating their own uniqueness. The country is found on Central America’s north eastern coast, bordered by Mexico, Guatemala and the Caribbean Sea. It's one of only two destinations in Latin America where English is the official language. This is a country that is happy with its own cultural diversity - being home to more than six ethnic groups in a co...2025-01-2956 min
For Criming Out Loud24. Phoebe HandsjukIn this week’s episode, we dive into the perplexing and tragic case of Phoebe Handsjuk, a young woman whose death in 2010 remains shrouded in controversy and unanswered questions. Found dead in a garbage chute of her Melbourne apartment building, the circumstances surrounding Phoebe's death sparked widespread speculation—was it an accident, suicide, or something far more sinister?
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https://www.marieclaire.com...2024-11-181h 14Wander Woman: A Travel PodcastTrick or Treat? A Journey to Ireland in search of Halloween's originsHalloween – with the costumes, pumpkin carving and trick or treating – is believed by many people to be an import from the USA? But where did it really start?Join adventurer Phoebe Smith as she journeys on a mission to locate the home of Halloween. Her research takes here to Ireland, where an ancient Celtic ceremonial fire location was discovered a few years ago that may be the ground zero for it all. Along the way she meet characters from Irish folklore - including a sun goddess Tlachtga, visits scared burial tombs older than the Egyptian pyramids, learns abou...2024-10-1815 minWander Woman: A Travel PodcastHow far would you walk for a cuppa?Deep in the Rockies in Alberta, Canada, is a small unassuming hut that - unknown to many - houses a teahouse that has been serving hikers since 1904. In the heat of high summer the cabin swarms with hikers in search of a brew. Early or late in the season, though, it’s possible to bag the best view in the house on the porch overlooking Lake Agnes before choosing from the impressive menu of loose-leaf teas in relative tranquillity.Joanna Magee owns the teahouse and has to get up at 4.30am to bake the day’s supply of b...2024-10-1649 min
Countrystride#135: Phoebe Smith – Love, loss and life on Britain's ancient paths...in which Dave interviews adventurer, author and multi-award-winning photographer, presenter and broadcaster Phoebe Smith about journeys of self-discovery on the country's old ways.
Recorded live at Countrystride's end of summer gathering at Kelsick Grammar, we learn about the ancient practice – still banned in this country – of pilgrimage, and hear about the great emptiness Phoebe felt on a secular walk along the Camino de Santiago.
In a wide-ranging conversation centred around Phoebe's book Wayfarer: Love, loss and life on Britain's ancient paths, we consider what role walking plays in healing trauma; why slow...2024-10-1154 minWander Woman: A Travel PodcastGot Grass?What if one simple question could help save the planet? Join Phoebe as she heads to the Maldives to ask the difficult question - can travel to these islands ever really be sustainable? Learn about the unsung hero of marine conservation: underwater seagrass, which so far has been ruthlessly removed in pursuit of the 'perfect' image of paradise despite it capturing 60 times more carbon than terrestrial forests and how one resort is working to save it and get others on board. Also coming up:TV Bushcraft Expert Ray Mears talks about the importance of sound o...2024-09-2854 min
Adventure Sports PodcastEp. 1059: Extreme Sleeping - Revisited - Phoebe SmithOriginally published September 18, 2017Here's a different adventure sport for you. Phoebe Smith spends her time in the outdoors extreme sleeping. With a bright and cheerful personality, Phoebe describes sleeping in remote and extreme locations. Listen in and broaden your adventure portfolio and make more adventures more possible by simply sleeping in new places.http://www.phoebe-smith.comhttps://www.youtube.com/user/ExtremeSleepshttps://www.instagram.com/phoebersmithhttps://twitter.com/PhoebeRSmithA huge shoutout to our new show sponsor, LIVSN! Be sure to try their high-quality adventure-ready apparel. When you buy something from LIVSN...2024-09-121h 10Wander Woman: A Travel PodcastAre We Nearly There Yet?There’s a new buzzword in travel – “multi-generational” or multi-gen. That is at least 3 generations of the same family travelling together. Grandparents, parents and children choosing to holiday together despite each having their own specific wants and needs. SOUNDS TERRIFYING! Yet it is reportedly a growing trend. Keen to go behind the headlines as ever, Phoebe takes her whole tribe - 75-year-old dad, 3-year-old son, and partner to SE Asia, to travel 1,200 miles from Singapore to Thailand, by train. How will it go? Will they still be talking at the end? And who will be the first to ask the drea...2024-08-1451 min