Travel Tales with Mike Siegel

Podcast/game show host extraordinaire J. Keith van Straaten just returned from whirlwind honeymoon to Europe and Africa and has plenty of Tales to tell.

Rael Zieve is a native of Zimbabwe now making his home in England. He is the founder of the Keep Travelling Africa website and podcast.

Happy Holidays! Mike here. As the year ends, thought I'd take an episode to recount a crazy year of highs and lows. Let's all look ahead to a better 2026 shall we?

Comedian Johnny Cardinale spends the bulk of the year on the road, and his jokes have brought him to nearly every corner of the world.

Comedian and Navy veteran Steve Mazan just returned from two weeks in Poland entertaining the troops.

Mark Phipps left his native England at 19 and never looked back. After stints living in Australia, New Zealand, and the US, he now makes his home in Koh Phangan, Thailand. He is the founder of Lost In Paradise Travel, which makes trackable hardware covers for passports.

Azdean Elmoustaquim emigrated from Morocco to Houston 30 years ago, but has since turned his passion and expertise for his homeland into his travel business, Destinations Morocco.

This week is an encore repeat from 2021, with Scott Neeson, former Hollywood exec who left it all to help starving children in Cambodia. Truly inspiring.

Cathy Ladman is a longtime comedian who recently returned from a whirlwind trip to Europe.

Krishna Shivdasani is an entrepreneur who co-created a new travel app, Now You Know.

Mike welcomes back his old high school friend Mark Parton, who recently returned from his first ever trip to Japan.

Craig D. Forrest is a 40-year veteran filmmaker and TV producer who has visited 161 countries and covered war zones, famines, religious cults, and everything in between.

Toronto native Melissa Rodway took a 4-month trip through Southeast Asia back in 2010, writing lengthy, detailed emails along the way. She's compiled those emails for her new travel memoir, The People You Meet.

Jennifer Johnson is one half of Jenn N Scott Adventures, a site following the exploits of an American couple living full-time around the world.

Kenny Dunn is a Philly native and founder of Eating Europe, which provides food tours and recommendations in the Continent's top cities.

George Jerjian had a cancer scare in his early 50's that forced him into retirement. He soon earned he needed more than just golf to keep him fulfilled, and travel filled a great hole and gave him perspective.

Freelance writer Carrie Dow created the blog, "What's Pawsitive", showcasing animal welfare experiences around the world.

Quebec native Evlyn Mondo had a dream to retire to a warm tropical island. She made it come true when she and her husband purchased a luxury villa in Barbados.

English adventurer Oli France shares Tales of his treks to go from the lowest to highest points on each continent by human power alone.