The Trip
Join Roads & Kingdoms and host Nathan Thornburgh for this evolving travel podcast, currently on hiatus in 2023. Archives include long boozy global interviews and Anthony Bourdain-led deep dives. Always, though, beats have been by Dan the Automator, artwork by Daisy Dee, show art by Edel Rodriguez. All advertising proceeds go to NYC's Let Us Breathe Fund for which this show has raised thousands, even in hiatus. So thank you for listening.
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Episode 37: Growing Up in the Camps
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Episode 36: California+Kris = Night+Market
Night+Market’s Kris Yenbamroong on defining LA food
67 min
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Episode 35: Carolina Miranda in her East LA Eden
51 min
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We'll Meet You There
A word about some exciting changes at The Trip.
2 min
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Episode 34: Dr. Howard Conyers is Reclaiming B...
Rocket scientist and barbecue pitmaster Dr. Howard Conyers talks aeroelastic engineering, whole-hog roasting, and how black pitmasters have been written out of the history of barbecue.
45 min
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Episode 33: Pepper Bowen is Laying Down the Foo...
Food and environmental lawyer Shawn “Pepper” Bowen downs a What the Fuck? daiquiri and talks about the regulation of what Americans eat, working with small businesses, and African American land ownership.
44 min
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Episode 32: L. Kasimu Harris Imagines an Upris...
Visual artist and writer L. Kasimu Harris breaks out the Maker’s Mark in the Ninth Ward and talks about photographing the revolution, missed opportunities after Katrina, and how fighting with your girlfriend can lead to creative breakthroughs.
45 min
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Episode 31: Francis Lam is on a Bleisure Trip t...
Business plus leisure, plus indigenous coffee and some sick Nam Prik: acclaimed food writer, editor and radio host Francis Lam talks about it all with Nathan in Chiang Mai.
42 min
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Episode 30: Naomi Duguid on the Charms of Chian...
Legendary cookbook author Naomi Duguid talks fermented sticky rice wine, raucous Thai market culture, and the immeasurable value of unscheduled time.
26 min
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Episode 29: Creating Thai Cinema with Tom Waller
Thai filmmaker Tom Waller talks Thai iced tea, government censors, and his upcoming movie about the dramatic 2018 Tham Luang cave rescue.
21 min
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Episode 28: Tokyo Fixing with Shinji Nohara
Legendary Tokyo food journalist and fixer Shinji Nohara locates the perfect 7 a.m. breakfast at Haneda Airport: stellar ramen and cold beer. The conversation with Nathan Thornburgh covers Anthony Bourdain’s first show, the scourge of the gastronaut, and what makes Tokyo such a deeply good eating city.
40 min
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Episode 27: Japanese Love Hotels with Toko Seki...
Host Nathan Thornburgh finds himself, yet again, in a Japanese love hotel watching porn and knocking back shochu with his old friend, the Tokyo journalist Toko Sekiguchi.
45 min
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Episode 26: Yasmin Khan Cooks Her Way through P...
Writer Yasmin Khan, author of the new cookbook Zaitoun, whips up an Old Monk hot toddy and talks about the joys of Palestinian cooking.
57 min
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Episode 25: What Jason Rezaian Learned as a Pri...
Journalist Jason Rezaian, author of the new book Prisoner, talks about his 544 days of imprisonment in Iran, what he thinks of his captors, and his stubborn hopes for Iranian society.
40 min
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Episode 24: Edel Rodriguez is Stress-Testing De...
Illustrator Edel Rodriguez talks with Nathan Thornburgh about how his childhood in Cuba makes him uniquely equipped to illustrate our troubling political climate.
62 min
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Episode 23: A Life in the Commune with Tanja Fox
Christiania, the world's oldest squatter’s commune, is under threat from both the narcotics trade and mass tourism. Tanja Fox grew up here, and isn't about to give in.
48 min
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Episode 22: Jennifer Ching is Dismantling the S...
How do you start to tackle poverty in a city like New York City? Jennifer Ching of the North Star Fund has some ideas.
32 min
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Episode 21: Beyond War with Yuri Kozyrev
Coffee and conversation in Moscow with one of the great conflict photographers of our time
39 min
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Episode 20: Matt Orlando's Restaurant of the Fu...
Drinking regrettable instant coffee and eating revelatory kale "seaweed" with a rising star of the culinary world.
29 min
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Episode 19: Punking the Paiche with Michael Snyder
A hulking, invasive Bolivian fish with a terrible personality is the subject of this conversation with journalist Michael Snyder
36 min
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Episode 18: Japanese Energy Drinks with W. Kama...
W. Kamau Bell, host of CNN's United Shades of America, talks about making television and handling fame, while getting super amped on speed-laced Japanese beverages
61 min
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Episode 17: Tacos in Viking Country with Rosio ...
Rosio Sanchez's Mexican flavors have made her an international culinary star, from her base in... Denmark
33 min
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Episode 16: San Francisco Happy Hour with Dan t...
Legendary hiphop producer Dan "the Automator" Nakamura talks about his unlikely path to hiphop immortality and why he's owning his Asian-American identity now more than ever.
33 min
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Episode 15: Hammered Vegans with Shannon Martinez
One of Australia's great chefs of vegan cuisine is an avowed meat-eater.
47 min
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Episode 14: Dreams of Pickled Heron in Galway
One of Ireland's greatest chefs, JP McMahon, talks about Food on the Edge and reimagining Irish cuisine
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