Far From Home

Far From Home


Latest Episodes

COVID Stories Part 1
August 17, 2020

Friends and colleagues around the world share their stories from the pandemic and the lockdown

14: From Bad to Worse
August 03, 2020

After towing our broken down car to Bukhara, Uzbekistan, we finally get a proper diagnosis of what's wrong with it.

The Island No One Owns
July 29, 2020

A collaboration with Planet Money to tell the story of Barbuda, whose communal land system is under threat

Green Book
July 21, 2020

A digital travel safety guide for African Americans and members of other marginalized groups

Double Your Bubble, Double Your Fun
July 09, 2020

Canadians in Newfoundland try an experiment in social distancing that forces them to make difficult decisions

Traveling While Black
June 22, 2020

Funny and sad stories of what it's like being an African American traveling in their own country and abroad

Pandemic Diary (with On Spec)
May 23, 2020

Journalist Fariba Nawa tells me how COVID-19 is affecting Turkey, and she shares an episode of her podcast, On Spec

Finding the Helpers (with The Bittersweet Life)
April 21, 2020

We hear how COVID-19 is affecting Italy, and we listen to an episode of The Bittersweet Life podcast

No Place Like Home
March 25, 2020

We hear from an American traveler who was stranded abroad as a result of coronavirus

Touring North Korea with The Radio Vagabond (bonus episode)
March 02, 2020

A story from The Radio Vagabond podcast about what it's like to visit North Korea as a tourist