The 5 Best The Thoughtful Travel Podcast Episodes
1) 323 Language Learning Through Travel and Immersion
Learning other languages can be really hard - especially if you're sitting in your home country trying to learn from a boring textbook. The guests in this episode all decided that they'd learn another...Show More
2) 295 Overnight Train Travel
Travelling overnight in a train is, I think, a very special experience. I've slept peacefully on overnight trains in Russia, Finland and Vietnam, and will happily do so again, for many reasons. Spendi...Show More
3) 314 Paul Christie, CEO Walk Japan - Deep Dive into Revitalising Rural Japan
If you decided to escape the corporate world, would you buy up a plot of land in an isolated part of Japan? It's not my first thought, but this is what Walk Japan CEO Paul Christie did at the age of f...Show More
4) 304 Bangkok Travels with Friends
Bangkok is a city which rewards many repeat visits and my recent trip there proved it! Putting together Episode 304 was a special chance for me to chat with several friends, old and new, who I had the...Show More
5) 303 Digital Nomad Life
Thank you internet: you've made many things possible, two of them being podcasts, and working as a digital nomad. In this episode on digital nomading, I've got three guests who all bring quite differe...Show More
6) 364 Van Life Diaries: Europe 1985: Denmark, Sweden and Norway
In this episode of the Van Life Diaries: Europe 1985, we move on to Scandinavia. Starting off in Denmark, we looked for Lego, noticed the size of the Little Mermaid, and enjoyed spending time in Copen...Show More
7) 363 Di Westaway, Coastrek Founder: Deep Dive into Going Beyond Your Comfort Zone
Di Westaway is the founder of Coastrek and Wild Women on Top, and she has had the most fabulous career building up these businesses - topped off with many well-deserved accolades like an Order of Aust...Show More
8) 362 Travel and Creativity
Creativity is an important part of my life, and I have so often observed that when I'm travelling, and also on my return, my creative thinking gets a huge boost. In this episode I chat with other trav...Show More
9) Book Club 21: Abroad in Japan by Chris Broad
This special episode is the audio of the livestream of the August 2025 meeting of the Thoughtful Travellers Book Club, speaking about Chris Broad's book "Abroad in Japan". If you'd like to join the Th...Show More
10) 361 Making New Friends On Your Travels
Getting to know new people is one of the fun parts of travelling, and sometimes these encounters turn into long-term and even lifelong friendships. In this episode, my guests have wonderful stories to...Show More