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Storytime For TravellersSalad in Space: The Future of Farming
Evangeline Modell explores the unlikely link between Mars, Antarctica and a World War Two bunker in South London, where they use similar methods to grow crops without soil and sunlight as NASA uses onboard the International Space Station.
2021-07-0416 min
Storytime For TravellersEXTRA EPISODE: Pinch Me MomentsAs we have very sadly come to the end of series one of the podcast, I have a special extra episode for you. If you're one of our lovely regular listeners, you will know that in each episode, I always ask our guests to share a 'pinch me moment'. So this episode is a compilation of all of our incredible guests from series one sharing their 'pinch me moment' stories. So if you don't quite understand what a 'pinch me moment' is yet, let me explain it to you. These are the tiny moments that happen all the time...2019-07-1429 minStorytime For Travellers11. Chris ModellAs this is the last episode of Series One, I have an extra special guest for you guys. It's my dad, Chris Modell. The reason that I wanted to feature my dad on the last episode of this series is because he is kind of the reason that Storytime For Travellers came to be. When I was a child, instead of bedtime stories, I would always beg my dad to tell me stories of his adventures over and over again and I really believe that this is the reason that I love travelling so much.
My dad...2019-07-0734 minStorytime For Travellers10. Nick & Amy (What The Pho)Nick and Amy are the hosts of my absolute favourite travel podcast - What The Pho. They are currently on an incredible, year long adventure, collecting loads of amazing stories. Hear some of the best ones in this episode of Storytime For Travellers. They started their podcast 4 years ago and it's been such an inspiration to me so it was great to have them on mine.
In our conversation we chat: having a disco in a traditional bedouin tent in Jordan, seeing hundreds of hot air balloons in Cappadocia and driving around Cairo with their couch surfer h...2019-06-3029 minStorytime For Travellers9. Zoey PoulsenZoey Poulsen is a Canadian travel and wellness YouTuber who you might know by the name Zoey Arielle. After studying her post-graduate degree in Toronto, she fell in love with travelling and ended up moving to Rome in Italy where she has lived for 3 years. She has recently moved back to Canada.
Zoey is the author of 4 books and she is totally inspiring. In her youtube videos, she often talks about the power of positivity, spirituality and self-worth which I just love.
In our conversation we chat: life in Rome, getting lost, and being in th...2019-06-2325 minStorytime For Travellers8. Tim BurkeTim Burke is a photographer who is travelling the world on his motorbike. So far, he has hit 56 countries across 4 continents. He's spent 26 months on the road, got through 17 tires and travelled 72,000 miles. His story is pretty epic. In April 2017, Tim quit his job, sold his things, packed up his motorbike and headed to Europe where he began his adventure. He hasn't looked back since and he is currently on a 6/7 month journey from Cape Town to Scotland with the support of Rentamotorcycle - which, strangely, is kind of how I know Tim. In 2017, Tim went on a motorbike...2019-06-1635 minStorytime For Travellers7. Gialdo MullerGialdo Muller is a backpacker who has travelled to 37 countries around the world as well as living in lots of different places including Warsaw, The Netherlands, London and Montreal. He has been in some pretty crazy situations and collected some amazing stories along the way. Hear all about his adventures in this weeks episode of Storytime For Travellers.
In our conversation we chat running out of cash at a border crossing, the best coffee he's ever tried, and how long hikes can sometimes change your perspective - plus loads more. Enjoy.
Gialdo's Instagram...2019-06-1027 minStorytime For Travellers6. Katy JohnsonKaty Johnson is a model, actress, travel journalist and the founder of her non-profit organisation, One Model Mission. She is visiting every country in the world - that's 196 countries - interviewing women of all cultures and redefining the perception of true beauty. Her aim is to highlight the misconceptions of beauty around the world and create a documentary series highlighting the struggles of being a woman in different societies. She is currently on country number 72 and has already interviewed 57 incredible women. Katy struggled with depression and anorexia in her teenage years and body image, particularly in the entertainment industry...2019-06-0331 minStorytime For Travellers5. Elliot SimpsonElliot Simpson is a full-time, travel and adventure photographer from the UK. He first picked up a camera as a hobby when he finished university but soon fell in love with capturing beautiful landscapes around the world and he is now signed to an agency and has shot for companies like Ford. From camping on the top of mountains to waking up in the middle of the night to shoot the Milky Way, Elliot's passion for photography has definitely led him into some interesting situations.
In our conversation we chat photographing the northern lights, seeing a cloud i...2019-05-2728 minStorytime For Travellers4. Eric LarsenEric Larsen is a polar explorer who has completed more North and South Pole expeditions than any American in history. With over 20 years of experience navigating some of the world's most dangerous, hostile and isolated environments on our planet, his stories are truly astonishing. In 2006 he completed the first ever summer expedition to the North Pole and in 2010 he earned a Guinness World Record for doing expeditions to the North Pole, South Pole and summiting Mt Everest all in only one year. In his book On Thin Ice: An Epic Final Quest into the Melting Arctic, Eric documents his...2019-05-2022 minStorytime For Travellers3. Henry CrewHenry Crew has just been crowned the youngest person to circumnavigate the world on a motorcycle. At only 23 years old, he has travelled 55,000 miles in 363 days on his Ducati Scrambler at get his Guinness World Record and raise money for the men’s mental health charity Movember. So far, he has managed to raise over £10,000 and counting. You can find links to donate on his website. As you can imagine, Henry collected some crazy stories on his journey. Hear them now in the 3rd episode of Storytime For Travellers.
In our conversation we chat going blind for two...2019-05-1327 minStorytime For Travellers2. Margarita SamsonovaMargarita Samsonova is a sustainability activist, animal conservationist and travel influencer. She has visited over 60 countries and uses her following on Instagram to promote sustainable travel and encourages her audience to respect the environment while they’re on the road. Marga was born in Latvia and didn’t actually leave her country until she turned 17. The experience that really gave her the travel bug was when she started working on a cruise ship in Alaska and since then she hasn’t stopped. Hear some of her amazing stories now in the 2nd episode of Storytime For Travellers.
In our...2019-05-1330 minStorytime For Travellers1. James AsquithJames Asquith holds the Guinness World Record for being the youngest person to travel to every country in the world. By the age of just 24, he had visited all 196 countries and has continued to travel ever since. So, it's no surprise that he has collected some crazy stories along the way. Hear them now in the very first episode of Storytime For Travellers.
In our conversation we chat near death experiences, being in North Korea and sleeping on a runway - plus loads more.
Now at age 29, James is on a mission to make travel c...2019-05-1332 minStorytime For TravellersTrailer - Storytime For Travellers PodcastDo you love to travel? Want to hear inspiring adventurers share their travel stories? Then this is the place for you. Welcome to the brand new, weekly podcast, Storytime For Travellers. Launching 13/05. We chat to a different adventurer each episode and hear some of the craziest, weirdest and most interesting things that have happened to them while travelling. When I am on a trip my absolute favourite thing is always the people that I meet and the stories that they tell me. Not the big things like where they've been or where they're going, but the tiny moment, the...2019-05-0202 min