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On the whole I do enjoy this podcast and getting to learn about all these sorts of hidden gems of the world, but the various hosts really can be hit or miss. Several of the main female hosts have such severe vocal fry that it’s difficult to understand them in any setting with background noise.

Baudelaire is a particular miss for me. All of his episodes start out talking about himself and he clearly has a large chip on his shoulder - but at the expense of good research. When he raved over the soursop he had in Africa but never mentioned that it’s a Central American fruit I had to roll my eyes - he’s very concerned with African history being erased but doesn’t do very basic research for cultures that are not his own. His episodes are more negative too - in the Pyramid of Djoser episode, why even mention the tour guide you didn’t like? Just skip to the interview. And he made a big deal out of being taught that the Greeks founded civilization and African contributions were erased…where did you go to school that didn’t teach about the Egyptian achievements and that Egypt was part of Africa? There are many things to criticize about our education in America re other cultures, but this is not it. Leave this to the experts and editorialize less. His guest did not feel the need to compare the Egyptians to other cultures to show their success.

I do really love many of the lesser featured hosts - I wish the podcast had a bit more of an even distribution between all the regular hosts - some of them are great.

All the host are wonderful, they bring there own perspective to the table and that is what makes the show so interesting. Thank you for doing the leg work. Love hearing and then visiting the wondrous places this world can offer.❤️

What a great way to dive into random and interesting topics that make you go hmmm…and I love the length. The show gets right to the topic without a ton of fluff!