24 episodes
Bizarre Travel Tales podcast Spud Hilton
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- Society & Culture
Longtime travel journalist Spud Hilton focuses on stories about the wild and weird side of the planet and the people who roam around it.
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Very strange sister cities! Is Shakespeare's theater a faux Globe?
In this episode: Three towns that have really unfortunate names find there's strength in pairing up as the "League of Extraordinary Communities." Considering how many "authentic" recreations of the Globe Theater there are, how come no one knows what the original looked like?
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Portland's famously unknown statue! Fixing ATMs in Antarctica!
In this episode of Bizarre Travel Tales: Public art statue in Portland should be called "Attack of the 50-foot Woman's Lawyers"! If it's hard to believe there are ATMs in Antarctica, imagine being the guy who has to go fix them! An Italian guy misplaces his car during Oktoberfest — for more than a month!
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Subscribe: https://podfollow.com/1468333563
Written & produced by @SpudHilton
Linktree:
https://linktr.ee/bizarretraveler
Instagram:
https://www.instagram.com/bizarretraveler/
Twitter:
https://twitter.com/BizarreTraveler
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Soviet spaceships in Kansas! Teddy bear trauma! Stuck on It's a Small World!
In this episode: Troves of Cold War space-race history finds a home in the Heartland at the Cosmosphere museum in Kansas! EasyJet stops a 6-year-old girl from flying with her stuffed bear, calling it "excess baggage." A Disneyland guest sues after being stuck on the "It's a Small World" ride — and wins.
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Subscribe: https://podfollow.com/1468333563
Written & produced by @SpudHilton
Linktree:
https://linktr.ee/bizarretraveler
Instagram:
https://www.instagram.com/bizarretraveler/
Twitter:
https://twitter.com/BizarreTraveler
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How to Quaff like an Egyptian! Hummable highway history!
In this episode: Actor make highway history! Archaeologists in Egypt find a beer-making operation from before Stonehenge existed! Air New Zealand gets 'brand ambassadors' to use their heads!
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Griswold's Truckster still truckin'! The 1,800-mile detour!
In this episode: Buyer pays $100,000 for a replica of most unfortunate station wagon in road-trip history. Thanks to GPS, a Belgian woman driving to the Brussels airport to pick up a friend ends up in Croatia.
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Grounded: What's a road-trip song — and what's not
Whether it’s “I’ve Been Everywhere” by Johnny Cash or Chuck Berry’s version of “Route 66,” road-trip anthems are a great part of travel culture. But there's a big difference between “road-trip songs” and “songs that are fun to play on a road-trip.” On this episode of GROUNDED!, I talk about the difference and why it matters.