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What Touring America Taught a Southern Comic About Reading a Crowd

This week on Travel Tales by Afar, comedian, Katherine Blanford takes us on a regional comedy tour across America.

June 25, 2025 09:32 PM

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Journeys: Food + Drink

Bikes, Beer, and Food in Belgium

May 1, 2023 08:32 PM

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Unpacked, the Podcast

S3, E22: I’m a Polyglot—These Are the Secrets to Learning New Languages

On this week’s episode of Unpacked, we overcome the fears and faux pas of learning—and speaking—another language.

September 18, 2024 08:12 AM

The Results Are in: This Is the Best Country for Expats to Live Abroad

Unpacked, the Podcast

Beyond the Ring Road: An Iceland Insider’s Guide to Avoiding the Crowds

On this Unpacked, host Aislyn Greene learns how to experience the real Iceland beyond the Golden Circle with travel writer Ali Wunderman, who shares insider tips from over a decade of exploration.

September 11, 2025 01:44 PM

Travel Tales

S5, E8: Is This Europe’s Best Hidden Food Tradition?

This week on Travel Tales by Afar, executive editor Billie Cohen stumbles upon a unique food tradition in southern Estonia.

July 23, 2024 02:22 PM

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Travel Tales

S3, E1: In Colombia, Searching for Culture—and Connection

On this week’s episode of Travel Tales by AFAR, a Colombian American comedian asks “Am I Colombian enough?”

September 13, 2022 04:22 PM

Unpacked, the Podcast

S2, E31: Do Travel Better Pledges Really Work?

In this episode of Unpacked, an AFAR editor asks: Do “better travel” pledges actually help us tread more lightly on our destinations?

September 5, 2023 01:04 PM

Travel Tales

S3, E5: Learning to Sing in Vienna, the City of Music

In this week’s episode of Travel Tales by AFAR, a bluegrass fiddler travels to Vienna to learn how to sing—and how to embrace the city’s most famous art: opera.

October 25, 2022 04:53 PM

Podcast: Is it Really Possible to Travel Like a Local?

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June 21, 2022 01:24 PM

Unpacked, the Podcast

S4, E7: Travel to Listen: The State Where Music Legends Are Born

On this episode of Unpacked, we tune into the soul of modern music on the Mississippi Blues Trail.

March 19, 2025 02:20 PM

Travel Tales

Bonus: Antoni Porowski Ate Around the World with Your Favorite Celebrities—These Are the Meals That Still Haunt Him

This week on Travel Tales by Afar, Antoni Porowski shares transformative travel (and food) moments from his new show, No Taste Like Home.

February 18, 2025 05:51 PM

Travel Tales

S3, E3: A Roguish Irish Road Trip in Search of One’s Roots

On this week’s episode of Travel Tales by AFAR: He’s a Croatian Irish radio guy who’s traveled the world. But in all his wanders, he’d never really given his Irish side a chance—until now.

October 11, 2022 08:31 PM

NEW YORK, NY - APRIL, 20: American actor, television director and author Andrew McCarthy, is captured in his home neighborhood of Greenwich Village New York, NY on April 20, 2021. McCarthy’s new memoir “BRAT: An 80’s Story” is due out soon. (Photo by Jesse Dittmar for The Washington Post)

Unpacked, the Podcast

S2, E14: Would You Hike 500 Miles With Your Teenager? Andrew McCarthy Said Yes.

In this week’s episode of Unpacked by AFAR, we talk with actor and writer Andrew McCarthy, author of the new book Walking With Sam, about his 500-mile Camino de Santiago pilgrimage with his teen son in tow.

May 9, 2023 05:53 PM

Unpacked, the Podcast

S2, E5: A Man, a Dog, a Walk Around the World, Part I

In this week’s episode of Unpacked by AFAR, we hear from Tom Turcich, who—along with his dog, Savannah—spent seven years walking around the world.

March 16, 2023 06:29 PM

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