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Latest Episodes

Ryan Murdock’s “A Sunny Place for Shady People”
April 26, 2024

Ryan Murdock joins me in today’s episode. We talk about his new book A Sunny Place for Shady People: How Malta Became One of the Most Curious and Corrupt Places in the World. The interview was actuall

Michael Kerr on 2024 Travel Books
January 24, 2024

Michael Kerr joins me on the podcast to chat about the transformation of travel media from storytelling to a more utilitarian approach driven by the internet and market forces, the current trends in t

Doreen Cunningham – Soundings: Journeying to Alaska in the Company of Whales
December 13, 2023

Doreen Cunningham joins me on the podcast to talk about her book Soundings: Journeying to Alaska in the Company of Whales (Scribner 2022). Purchase Soundings by Doreen Cunningham Support your lo

Thomas Bird – Harmony Express: Travels by Train Through China
November 22, 2023

Thomas Bird joins me on the podcast to talk about his book Harmony Express: Travels by Train Through China (Earnshaw Books 2023). We talk about Thomas's new book and his creative journey, the devel

Thomas Swick – Falling Into Place: A Story of Love, Poland, and the Making of a Travel Writer
November 16, 2023

Thomas Swick joins me on the podcast to talk about his book Falling Into Place: A Story of Love, Poland, and the Making of a Travel Writer (Rowman & Littlefield 2023). Thomas and I chat about Toms

Jeremy Bassetti Speaks with Ryan Murdock about “The Hill of the Skull”
October 12, 2023

Toady Im bringing you a conversation I had with Ryan Murdock for his Personal Landscapes Podcast. He was kind enough to not only chat with me about my book The Hill of the Skull on his podcast, but l

“The Hill of the Skull” Book Launch on Kickstarter
September 25, 2023

A quick update to announce my new photobook memoir The Hill of the Skull launches today on Kickstarter. The campaign runs from September 25 until October 26, 2023. The book features a 7,000-word me

Tom Parfitt – High Caucasus
July 20, 2023

Tom Parfitt joins me on the podcast to talk about his book High Caucasus (Headline 2023). Tom and I have a sober conversation about the 2004 Beslan School Massacre, his reporting in Russia, and his

Jeff Biggers – In Sardinia
June 21, 2023

Jeff Biggers joins me on the podcast today, and were talking about his new book In Sardinia: An Unexpected Journey in Italy, which is as much a cultural history of the island as it is a travel book.

Tim Hannigan – The Granite Kingdom
May 11, 2023

Tim Hannigan is back on the Travel Writing World podcast, this time to talk about his new book The Granite Kingdom: A Cornish Journey, which is a literary and literal journey through Cornwall. In