Travel Tales with Mike Siegel

Travel Tales with Mike Siegel

Comedian and TV host Mike Siegel sits down for a lighthearted chat with his friends: comedians, actors, writers producers, and travel professionals, about the joys and and nightmares of travel.

Episodes

August 21, 2025 62 mins

A year teaching English in South Korea inspired Eryn Gordon to create her own travel blog/guide, EarthToEditorial.com.

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Melissa Curtin returns to Travel Tales 12 years after her first appearance, to fill us in on what's happening with her longtime travel/lifestyle site LaLaScoop.com, along with her successful new side hustle as a travel agent!

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August 7, 2025 58 mins

Jordan Giberson is a Texan who fell in love with London at first sight and moved there in 2019. She now has a website and podcast encouraging others who are considering a move abroad.

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July 31, 2025 55 mins

After nine years, travel TV host and influencer Justin Walter returns as Your Bucket List Guide, inspiring people to not wait to see their dream travel destinations.

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July 24, 2025 63 mins

Toronto native Kate Fincham threw caution to the wind during Covid and bought a houseboat to live on all year-round. She documents her life on board on her popular Instagram page, @MyLittleHouseboat.

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July 17, 2025 62 mins

Englishman Tom McLauchlan is a classical guitarist who has performed around the world.

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July 10, 2025 68 mins

Canadian Kellie Paxian left her PR job in Vancouver to take a life-altering trip around the world for six months. She now lives in Cape Town, South Africa and runs her own travel company.

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In this special bonus episode we're headed to Oregon with the our friends the hosts of the Hidden Trails of Oregon Podcast.

“It’s part action movie, part rock show blurring into the superbowl. It feels modern, but bull riding itself goes back to the bronze age. And that’s true for rodeo contests in general: bull riding, barrel racing or wild cow milking, they’re all based on tradition, and in keeping those traditions alive.

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July 3, 2025 62 mins

Photographer Alex Bogaard was born and raised in Europe and has traveled the world shooting amazing photos along the way.

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June 26, 2025 67 mins

Travel writer Laura Kiniry returns after 11 years(!) to fill us in on where she's been. Hint- it's a lot of places!

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June 19, 2025 72 mins

TV host/producer Kinga Philipps became the first female host of her own show in 33 years of Discovery Network's Shark Week. She continues to travel the world, above and below the ocean surface.

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June 12, 2025 75 mins

Comedian Ron Placone tried for years to get Italian citizenship, only for the country to change the rules overnight.

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May 29, 2025 62 mins

Filmmaker/Author Matt Tory visited all 50 US states and every National Park. He shares his Tales in his new book, Go See America!

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May 22, 2025 61 mins

Realtor Mia Anne turned the heartbreaking loss of both parents in a 10-month span during Covid into motivation for an epic journey across America.

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May 15, 2025 67 mins

Donna Pleiman is a Kentucky-based doctor who spent 6 months with her family in New Zealand during Covid.

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May 8, 2025 75 mins

For as long as she can remember, LA-based yoga instructor Jenny Geyser had wanted to live in Italy. In 2024, she made it happen.

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May 1, 2025 66 mins

Successful travel blogger, award-winning photographer, and host of the popular Everything Everywhere Daily podcast, Gary Arndt.

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April 24, 2025 69 mins

Lori Mooney loves TV and movies: so much so that she works in the TV industry and has traveled around the US seeking out filming locations to take in her own piece of showbiz.

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April 17, 2025 78 mins

Travel advisor Jessica Parker, AKA The Trip Whisperer, joins us to share Tales about her journey through the travel industry, her time living in Lebanon, and so much more.

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April 10, 2025 54 mins

Nomadic Matt in the house! Longtime travel blogger and author Matt Kepnes stops by to talk travel and his new book, How To Travel the World on $75 A Day.

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