Travel with your ears

Posted on December 1st, 2008 by Laura Byrne Paquet in How To

Following up on my recent post about world news podcasts, I thought I’d post a list of cool online audio travel resources. Not all of them are podcasts; some of them are live streaming files.

Indie Travel Podcast: Created by a New Zealand couple with a mad passion for travel, this podcast series is usually updated once a week. It’s a great source of audio information on topics like couchsurfing and language study. There are also video podcasts and text articles, with an extensive archive. You can subscribe on iTunes, too.
Lonely Planet produces a huge range of podcasts covering most of, well, the planet. They’re also available on iTunes.
Canadian travel journalist Bob Fisher offers streamed informal interviews on travel-related topics–everything from sports tourism to the relationship between travel and climate change–on his Travelosophy.ca site.
And finally, there’s a good list of travel podcasts in this PCmag.com article from June 2008.

2 Comments on “Travel with your ears”

  1. ASBPE Washington, D.C. Chapter

    Great post. I will check out those podcasts.

    Here is a blog post on how to find and enjoy Latin music in the U.S.
    http://travelojos.com/?p=153

  2. Laura Byrne Paquet

    Thanks for the lead on the Latin music podcast. I’ll check it out. And I’m glad you liked my post–thanks!

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