Speaking of Travel
Each week, Speaking of Travel host Marilyn Ball shares her guests’ unique travel experiences that are inspiring, uplifting, enriching and informative. Sit back and be carried away to places from around the world and right here in our own backyard.
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September 12, 2020 • 48 min
Dayna Reggero of the Climate Listening Project discusses why sustainable travel is so important as we move into the future and provides solutions for how we can leave a minimum negative impact on the places we visit and leave a positive impact on society.
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September 6, 2020 • 47 min
A charming conversation with Annette Joseph, author of the book “Italy Is My Boyfriend.” Her Italian countryside home, La Fortezza, is a creative space for visionaries from around the world. Let’s go to Italy!
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August 30, 2020 • 52 min
Victoria Bond is a major force in 21st century concert music and leads a dual career as a composer and conductor. Imagination, fantasy and travel are all part of her creative life and her work is transformative.
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August 22, 2020 • 50 min
Annie Sullivan is the author of the young adult novels A Touch of Gold, Tiger Queen, and A Curse of Gold. She bases some of the scenery and characters on things she has seen and done when traveling and exploring new cultures. Enjoy an enchanting conversation.
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August 15, 2020 • 51 min
Jason Holland, International Living’s Roving Latin America Editor, lives with his family in San Miguel de Allende, Mexico. Jason shares why living internationally can be a reality if you truly want it to be.
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August 9, 2020 • 51 min
Linda Ballou has traveled around the world and shares her adventure journeys with memorable stories and explains how to use your downtime to create new platforms for your own travel storytelling.
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August 1, 2020 • 54 min
Mag Dimond, the award-winning author of “BOWING TO ELEPHANTS, Tales of a Travel Junkie,” explores strategies to achieve peace of mind when facing tough times. Mag shares stories and personal discoveries from her life traveling around the globe to describe how mindfulness of our own inner peace helps protect our core emotions.
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July 25, 2020 • 51 min
Winton Churchill, author of “The New Retirement: The Rise Of The Gig Economy and How You Can Profit From It,” has helped people turn what they know and enjoy into income they can earn from anywhere. Winton makes a powerful case for people retiring in a new way that allows you to create income and gain more control. Find out how positive it is to freelance in retirement and work wherever you want.
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July 18, 2020 • 48 min
Asheville-based singer/songwriter Jane Kramer and her husband Jason Sandford, founder of the popular blog Ashvegas, are adjusting to a new reality and create solutions to support each other during these trying times. They share how the art community finds creative ways to reach people virtually during a time that prevents us from experiencing music, art and culture with others in person.
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July 11, 2020 • 45 min
Dayna Reggero of The Climate Listening Project helps us get a grip on what we can do to take action, manage our emotions and protect our mental wellbeing when we are not able to travel. Dayna explains how to stay balanced and cope with stress in a healthy way to help make you, the people you care about, and your community stronger.
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Tonya Fitzpatrick, the co-founder of World Footprints, a socially conscious travel media platform that includes the award-winning World Footprints podcast, brings us up-to-date on current travel challenges and industry trends. Tonya explores the future of travel globally and domestically and how she continues her connection to people around the world.
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July 4, 2020 • 45 min
Kingston Lim was born and raised in San Francisco. He is currently on a global odyssey figuring out how to make the biggest splash in the shortest amount of time. His plans never included a pandemic, but that has not stopped him and he keeps on traveling. Find out from an insider what it is like on planes, trains and automobiles around the world today.
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June 27, 2020 • 45 min
Learn more about flexible, work-anywhere ways you can pay for your life in retirement. Jeff Opdyke, editor of the Savvy Retiree, explains how most people want a sense of purpose in retirement, an opportunity to keep growing and to keep their mind and body active. This is the focus at The Savvy Retiree and Jeff is a retirement reformer with a simple message: Live richer, not wealthier.
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June 22, 2020 • 6 min
Matt Henson- DEFUND the police painted in front of the police department in massive letters...counter protesters splash more paint marking out the D and the E so it now says FUND the POLICE...and who is on the hook for paying ofr the clean up? Is anyone going to be charged for the vandalism?
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June 21, 2020 • 5 min
Fox News Radio's Jay Ratliff- Second Wave Worries: Beijing cancels 70% of flights, Why no mask guidelines from the FAA?, Southwest: No middle seats thru September, American Airlines Bans Passenger
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June 21, 2020 • 5 min
Rania Mankarious-Crime Prevention Expert- Shootings surge in NYC amid disbanding of NYPD's plainclothes anti-crime unit
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June 20, 2020 • 49 min
Apple Cider is making a tremendous comeback across the US and there are many reasons to love it. Katie Moore with Barn Door Ciderworks and Dave Bowman from Black Mountain Cider and Mead explain what is happening now with cider, such as the revival of traditional heritage cider and the more modern versions. Learn the history of cider in England and Spain and how Katie and Dave’s travels inspired them to bring the art and craft of ci...
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Mark Stevens is finding success writing mystery novels about western Colorado. Mark explains how he found inspiration for his Allison Coil character and the challenge of featuring a female lead character as a male writer. He also discusses the importance of writing networks, writing groups and writing communities.
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June 6, 2020 • 45 min
Brothers and Sisters Like These is a veteran’s writing group, featuring members who share stories and poems with each other and the public around our state as a part of their healing. The group is part of the NC Veteran’s Writing Alliance Foundation. Each of these groups has the goal of supporting veterans as they heal from their war experiences.
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May 30, 2020 • 48 min
Reptile expert Bruce Shwedick of the Crocodilian Conservation Center of Florida is member of the IUCN- Species Survival Commission Crocodile Specialist Group, the world’s largest organization focused on the conservation and management of the world’s crocodilian species. Bruce shares his travel experiences in Sri Lanka when he attended the 22nd World Crocodile Conference and explains how biodiversity conservation and ecosystem healt...
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