Welcome to the Travelman Podcast, my name is Ben and I host this cool travel podcast. If you’re joining me for the first time then I say thank you for listening. On today’s awesome episode, I’ll be chatting to Paul Papadimitriou who co-host’s the very popular aviation podcast Layovers, which also features my mate Alex Hunter who’s the other co-host. Paul is a Keynote Speaker, futurist, business man and loves aviation. So, sit back and listen to Part 1. of Paul and I chat about his love of aviati...
Jan 12, 2020•1 hr 17 min
Welcome to the Travelman Podcast, my name is Ben and I usually host the podcast you’re listening to, generally, I talk to people about travel, they tell me funny stories, blah blah blah. But today is a special day, today I’m not the host, the tables have been flipped and my brother Patrick is sitting down in the hosts chair and interviewing me on how I got into travel and creating my podcast. If you want to find out more about me then sit back and enjoy the episode. Timestamps: Intro to the show...
Dec 29, 2019•54 min
This week on I’m Inspired Now . I'm starving myself for months. I've decided that I need to eat better , I'm also contemplating life in the 40's . And I'm excited about sitting in cold water and getting drunk in a national park! Enjoy the episode. Timestamps: No Need. But if you want follow me. Below. Follow Travelman Podcast: iTunes: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/travelman-podcast/id1281446908 Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/2bfulkX1dTkOb50MaCm0NN Libsyn: https://travelmanpodcast.l...
Dec 09, 2019•17 min
Welcome to the Travelman Podcast, my name is Ben and I host this cool little podcast. If you’re joining me for the first time then I say thank you for listening. On today’s awesome episode, I’ll be talking to Joe McPherson, who created ZenKimchi Korean Food Journal, he’s the Editor, tour guide and main guy behind the popular website/blog and he’s based in Seoul, South Korea. We’ll be talking Seoul, Korea, tours, things to do, foods to eat places to see you name it! So sit back and enjoy the podc...
Dec 08, 2019•1 hr 38 min
Welcome to the Travelman Podcast, my name is Ben and I host this cool travel podcast. If you’re joining me for the first time then thanks a heap for listening. On today’s episode, I’ll be chatting with Rob a Washington DC tour guide who hosts the YouTube travel channel, Trip Hacks DC on YouTube. He also has a podcast called Trip Hacks DC Podcast! Rob reached out to me on an email to do a podcast episode together. So, sit back and enjoy the conversation I had with Rob. Timestamps: Intro to the sh...
Nov 17, 2019•1 hr 4 min
Welcome to the Travelman Podcast, my name is Ben and I host this cool travel podcast. If you’re joining me for the first time then thanks a bunch for listening. On today’s episode, I’ll be chatting to my mate Marco, who hails from Melbourne also. We’ve been good friends for a while now. Marco has travelled to different parts of the world with his family and he has some cool stories to share. Sit back and enjoy the conversation I had with him. Timestamps: Intro to the show 2:12 – The Mulia, Nusa ...
Oct 27, 2019•57 min
Welcome to the Travelman Podcast, my name is Ben and I host this cool little podcast. I’ll be your Sherpa on this episode, actually I’ll be your second Sherpa. If you’re joining me for the first time then thanks a bunch for listening. On today’s episode, I’ll be chatting with Alex Hunter who hosts the awesome travel channel Attaché on YouTube. Amassing over 140,000 subscribers Alex brings a unique take on travelling with his well-crafted videos reminiscent of Anthony Bourdain, who we both loved....
Oct 06, 2019•1 hr 14 min
Welcome to the Travelman Podcast, my name is Ben and I host this cool little podcast. If you’re joining me for the first time then thanks a heap for listening. On today’s episode, I’ll be chatting with Mark Wolters who hosts the very popular travel channel, Wolters World on YouTube. Amassing over 600,000 subscribers Mark brings people travel advice, travel guides and his enjoyable take on his love and hate about a place. From listening to Wolters World for a long time I’ve realised Mark is a rea...
Sep 15, 2019•1 hr 26 min
Welcome to the Travelman Podcast, my name is Ben and I host this cool little travel podcast. On today’s episode, I’ll be talking to Steve who’s originally one of the three co-hosts of Thinking Sideways podcast. I still remember an episode I heard featuring a grisly murder in Italy while my wife Mandy and I were driving from Miami’s South Beach all the way down to Key West, in Florida, 3.5 hours later. I was saddened when Thinking Sideways crew had decided to finish making podcasts because it wou...
Aug 25, 2019•1 hr 26 min
Welcome to the Travelman Podcast my name is Ben and I’m your travel buddy, this is part 2 of The Guy That Left Hawaii Till Last! In this episode, Joel, who’s travelled to every state of the US discusses why he left Hawaii till last, it’s more touching than what I thought it would be. There’s a language warning on this episode and if you haven’t listened to part 1 of this podcast then listen to that first then and come back to this one. Enjoy the podcast. Timestamps Part 2: Intro to the show 0:50...
Aug 04, 2019•48 min
Welcome to the Travelman Podcast, my name is Ben and I’ll be your travel buddy, I hope you’re doing fine and have a trip on the horizon, if you’re new, well hello and thanks for joining me!!! Today I have a great podcast lined up for you. It features a really cool and interesting guy I met in DTLA last year by the name of Joel. He’s a Theatre Critic for the OC Weekly. We met while eating some delicious food at Grand Central Market, I think the place was called Prawn Coastal, he was drinking a be...
Jul 14, 2019•52 min
Welcome to the Travelman Podcast, my name is Ben and I’ll be your travel buddy, on today’s episode my wife Mandy and I reminisce about the fantastic time we had in Seoul. We went on a ghost tour, we ate great food, drank too much Soju, scaled some great heights and enjoyed the Autumnal colours that Seoul welcomed us with. Enjoy the podcast! FYI: Bukchon Hanok Village dates back to the 14th century, within this area are beautiful narrow streets lined with wonderfully restored traditional homes. M...
Jun 23, 2019•1 hr 3 min
This week on I’m Inspired Now . I give you my secrets to how I look young at 39, supposedly, I’ll chat a bit about how I’m going to take the month of July off from booze , and how I’m excited about having some well-known travel personalities on my podcast and last but not least, I’m so proud of myself because I got my short story published, and I’ll be reading the little story I wrote at the end of the podcast. Enjoy the episode. Timestamps: Intro to the show 1:36 – How I Look Young 5:35 - Takin...
Jun 19, 2019•18 min
Welcome to the Travelman Podcast, my name is Ben and I’m your travel buddy, and on today’s episode I’ll be looking at the Skytrax World Airport Awards for 2019 and I’ll be letting you know what I did in Bali this year. So sit back, drink your bourbon and cola and let's find out who made the top 10. TOP TEN WORLD’S BEST AIRPORTS 2019 10. Zurich, Switzerland 9. Tokyo Narita, Japan 8. London Heathrow, England 7. Munich, Germany 6. Centrair Nagoya, Japan 5. Hong Kong, Hong Kong 4. Doha Hamad, Qatar ...
Jun 02, 2019•29 min
Welcome to the Travelman Podcast, I’m your travel buddy host Ben and on today’s episode I’ll be looking at the top 10 observation decks/viewing platforms, 80% are buildings. There’s so many observation decks and viewing platforms that I haven’t visited yet. Whenever I’m at the top looking down I get scared, this is half the fun as I do enjoy the amazing vista’s cos that’s it’s all about. Come with me as I share my memories of journeying to the top of the tallest towers and the highest points on ...
May 12, 2019•43 min
Welcome to the Travelman Podcast, my name is Ben and I host this cool little podcast. Today, Mandy my wife and I will be your travel guide. We talk about five places to travel to in May. I hope you find this guide useful and enjoyable. So here it is. This is my opinion from my own experience, I’ve also compiled this list through research using the interwebs. Enjoy the podcast. In no particular order. Timestamps: Intro to the show 1:35 – Bali, Indonesia 10:00 – Los Angeles, USA 25:42 – Cairns, Au...
Apr 21, 2019•1 hr
Welcome to the Travelman Podcast, I’m your travel buddy host Ben and on today’s episode I’ll be talking to my pal Shawn about Dark Tourism a topic I really want to delve further into, we'll also talk about a ghost tour in Seoul and also his creepy comic book that he's Kickstarted and fully funded! I did a podcast on Dark Tourism recently and really enjoyed the small amount of information I found out about it. Shawn’s here to expand my knowledge on the subject and to give you a better understandi...
Mar 31, 2019•1 hr 4 min
Welcome back to I'm Inspired Now, this is episode 2. My name is Ben, and I’ll be talking about a short story I wrote, some board games I’ve just bought, a guy called Shawn, some 737’s and a massacre in Christchurch! Shawn’s my mate who’ll be coming on the podcast to talk about Dark Tourism and his Kickstarter project. Look it up on www.kickstarter.com/ When you're in the Kickstarter page just look up The Weird Tales from Korean Lore. It's a comic book that celebrates the strange and eerie tales ...
Mar 21, 2019•17 min
Welcome to the Travelman Podcast, I’m your host Ben thank you for coming aboard again and if you’re new to the podcast plane and you’re joining me for the first time, well then hello and thank you for listening. You’ll be in seat 57A for your imaginary flight today. On today’s podcast, I was live on YouTube with Chris Raney my San Diegan mate from Yellow Productions. We did this livestream around two weeks ago on 12 more reasons to travel to Australia. This is our second live stream on our Austr...
Mar 09, 2019•1 hr 9 min
Welcome to the Travelman Podcast, today I have my Indonesian friend Mona on the podcast, Mona is joining me to chat about Bali, she’s a local who knows the ins and outs of this beautiful tropical island paradise that many Aussies venture to each and every year! She’ll give us a locals view on Bali as well as some insider information and what to do and see and eat in Bali. Mona was so lovely on the podcast. She was very knowledgable and just a great girl! What a great episode! Enjoy the podcast… ...
Feb 17, 2019•56 min
Welcome to the Travelman Podcast, today, I thought because I’ve just recently booked eight nights at Courtyard by Marriott Bali Seminyak Resort, for an upcoming family holiday in May, I thought what a great idea to do a podcast episode on the eight best resort and hotel pools that I’ve ever swum at. I reckon that Courtyard by Marriott will sneak in to my top eight one day. I’ve broken these pools into three categories: 1st category: Pool Characteristics, how large or small the pool is, what’s th...
Jan 27, 2019•37 min
Welcome to the Travelman Podcast, today is a special podcast, as it features my Californian mate Chris Raney from Yellow Productions, we were live on Chris's YouTube channel Yellow Productions. We chat about the seven reasons to travel to Australia, it was supposed to be 19 reasons, but we didn’t get up to that part!!!! Look out for next live stream with Chris and I, when we discuss 10 more reasons to travel to Australia! On this live chat, we talk about Kangaroos, Australian weather, some of Au...
Jan 06, 2019•1 hr 7 min
Welcome to the Travelman Podcast, my name is Ben and I host a pretty cool travel podcast. I’ve travelled to many parts in the world and I share my experiences with others. Today on the podcast I want to talk about a few people I met in Seoul and Taipei when I was there just a few weeks ago, and some exciting travel orientated stuff for next year and a very interesting topic called Dark Tourism. I have some audio recorded from Dan’s phone. Dan was our Korean food guide, he has a successful blog c...
Dec 09, 2018•31 min
Welcome to the Travelman Podcast, if you’re joining me for the first time, my name is Ben and I host a podcast on travel. I’m based in Melbourne, Australia and on today’s podcast I’ll be talking briefly about Miami and concentrating more on our drive from Miami to Key West. The podcast is recorded in the car so the audio at times can be a little bit distracting although the drive is very interesting so I'm sure you'll enjoy us banter as we take to US Highway 1 from Miami's South Beach and go all...
Nov 18, 2018•37 min
Welcome to the Travelman Podcast! My name is Ben and if you’re listening to me for the first time I host a travel related podcast. Today’s podcast is going to be a bit spooky because we’ll be talking about the Mexican tradition of celebrating the dead. I hope you enjoy today’s podcast. If you don’t know what the Day of the Dead is, then continue listening and I’ll discuss everything that goes on with this Mexican holiday. Thanks for listening and remember to subscribe on iTunes and give a five s...
Oct 27, 2018•35 min
Welcome to the Travelman Podcast, on today’s podcast I’ll be chatting about some pretty unbelievable food experiences that I’ve had while travelling abroad and around Australia. I've got ten experiences that I want to highlight today. Luckily, I have my lovely wife Mandy on the podcast to reminisce with me on my favourite food experiences. She’ll also talk about some experiences that she’s had also. We could’ve probably listed more than 10 experiences. If I can think of more I’ll do a follow up ...
Oct 07, 2018•55 min
Welcome to the Travelman Podcast, my name is Ben and in this episode of My American Adventure Series Mandy, my wife and I are in beautiful New York City, enjoying everything that New York offers. New York is a fantastic place. We loved it so much! So, come and listen to us rome around New York City. Enjoy the podcast. You may even be able to hear the sounds of New York as we recorded 5 floors up, and we were very close to one of the main avenues. Timestamps: Intro to the show 6:30 - Boarding Ala...
Sep 16, 2018•49 min
Welcome to the Travelman Podcast! I hope everyone is feeling great today and if you’re like me and you’re from Southern Hemisphere then all you probably want is to see winter done and dusted. So, join me for a very appropriate podcast as I’m bringing spring a few weeks forward and I’ll be discussing cherry blossoms in Japan with my brother Patrick. He’s a guy that knows a lot about Japan, and maybe not so much about blossoms although he always loves seeing all the flowering trees, he’s not much ...
Aug 24, 2018•35 min
I bring to you a new podcast. This is meant to be a bit of tongue and cheek. I am being ridiculous and silly. I came up with this idea when I was talking to one of my best mates Marco and my cousin James about different podcasts I was intending to make. I'm Inspired Now is intended to make you jealous. I am a married man with zero kids. I go to sleep when I want to. I buy stuff when I want to. I go on holidays all the time. I whinge about stuff constantly. I’m intending to release this podcast a...
Aug 18, 2018•16 min
Listen to the podcast here via Player FM. Welcome to the Travelman Podcast and welcome back to My American Adventure Series: With Chris Raney. Chris is the darling of travel videos. His YouTube channel is Yellow Productions and currently has over 55,000 die hard subscribers that never miss his videos. Chris, was happy to drive us around parts of San Diego and Orange County and show us the beating heart of Southern California. He was terribly gracious and I appreciate everything he did for Mandy ...
Aug 05, 2018•45 min
