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Trying to understand the world by talking to those living in it. Politics, history, culture and life stuff. Hosted by Kevin Maley.
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The official Low Season Traveller podcast where each week we learn more about what the tourism experience is like during each destination's low season. And who better to learn from than the very people who live locally in each destination who can advise us of the "hidden gems" we shouldn't miss. The podcast was created by Ged Brown, Founder of Low Season Traveller, the world's first travel website, podcast, magazine and media entirely dedicated to inspiring travellers to visit the worldwide ...
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All About Germany with James Hawes
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The Federal Republic of Germany is a country with a long and rich history. It’s a country that is best known in the West as central to the dominant geopolitical struggles of the 20th century – namely the two World Wars and the Cold War. Today, it is one of the largest economies in the world and the economic powerhouse of Europe – having risen from …
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Tim Walz and the state of Presidential Politics with Michael Baharaeen
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Yesterday Minnesota governor Tim Walz was announced as Kamala Harris’s running mate for the Democratic ticket in the 2024 presidential election. To discuss that pick, and the state of the race, I’m joined today by Michael Baharaeen, chief political analyst at The Liberal Patriot Substack as well as writer of the Checks and Balances Substack. Michae…
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Presidential Debate Special with Sean Dempsey
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Donald Trump vs. Joe Biden. Who will win? Sean Dempsey is dedicated libertarian stalwart and party member from the great state of New Hampshire. As a stalwart leftist (me) and dedicated libertarian (Sean) we breakdown the first 2024 presidential debate. God help us all. Show Info ----- Twitter @KevinAMaley ----- Email ZipcodeZeroPodcast@gmail.com -…
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Low Season Local's Guide to Vietnam
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Low Season Vietnam - Insider Insights and Adventures in Vietnam Discover the hidden gems of Vietnam with exclusive insights from Chum Pham, the sales and partnerships manager of ITS Vietnam. From the tranquil beauty of Hanoi to the vibrant culture of Saigon, explore the diverse landscapes, people, and cuisine of this captivating country. Uncover th…
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The New York Times' W.J. Hennigan on the Risk of Nuclear War
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“Today, every inhabitant of this planet must contemplate the day when this planet may no longa be habitable. Every man, woman and child lives under a nuclear sword of Damocles, hanging by the slenderest of threads, capable of being cut at any moment by accident or miscalculation or by madness. " - John F. Kennedy, 1961 For over half a century, from…
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Ryan Grim on "The Squad: AOC and the Hope of a Political Revolution"
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Today’s guest is Ryan Grim, author of the new book “The Squad – AOC and the Hope of a Political Revolution”. Ryan Grim is the Intercept’s Washington bureau chief and cohost of the show Counter Points. He was previously the DC bureau chief for HuffPost, where we led a team that won a Pulitzer Prize. Grim has been a staff reporter for Politico and th…
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On Israel and Palestine with Historian Zach Foster
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We’re now in two months of the Israel-Gaza War and after a brief ceasefire, the fighting has erupted again. I think its hard to understand this current conflict without understanding the history of Israel and Palestine, and how it led to where we are today To help with that understanding, today’s guest is Dr Zachary Foster Zach is a historian of Pa…
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U.S. Foreign Policy with Matt Duss
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Foreign policy is all over the news these days as wars rage from The Middle East to Eastern Europe. To help get a better sense of those issues, as well as what a better, more values based U.S. Foreign Policy could look like, I am joined today by Matt Duess. Matt is the Executive Vice President at the Center for International Foreign Policy. In the …
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The Underrated Beauty of Low Season Paris: An Insider's Guide with Ged Brown and Jay Swanson In this episode of Low Season Traveller Insider Guides, host Ged Brown is joined by Jay Swanson, the creator of Paris In My Pocket, to discuss the overlooked allure of low season tourism in Paris. Jay provides unique insights into Paris, revealing the charm…
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On Politics and America with Congressman Mike Capuano
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Today’s guest is former Congressman Mike Capuano, who represented Massachuetts’s 7th Congressional District from 1999 to 2019. I pick Mike’s brain on a wide range of issues, including, of course, Israel and Gaza, Ukraine, what he thinks of Matt Gaetz’s demands, whether or not we should abolish the Senate and what he thinks of an old proposal to com…
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On Liberals and Liberalism Robert Kuttner
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In an economy with steady growth, low unemployment and core inflation down to 3.2%, why do so many Americans say that the Biden Administration has left them worse off economically? How is Trump winning or tied with voters under 30? And why are the Democrats, once the party of the common man, continuing to lose the support the working class, not jus…
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How Elites Ate the Social Justice Movement with Freddie deBoer
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Over the last decade we’ve seen the rise of a wide range of social justice movements, from Occupy Wall Street to Me Too to Black Lives Matter. Where are those movements now and what impact have they had? In his new book “How the Elites Ate the Social Justice Movement” Freddie DeBoer explores these questions. Freddie argues that in the digital age, …
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Today I’m delighted to be joined by Claire French who’s the Chief Copywriter of our very own Low Season Traveller Magazine. In this episode I caught up with Claire on a beautiful Autumn day to find out a little more about life in travel and in particular the background to her wonderful article in this months magazine edition where she endured or en…
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A View from the West Bank with Dalia Hatuqa
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On October 7, Israel suffered a brutal attack as Hamas militants from Gaza rampaged across the south, massacring up to 1,500 Jews and taking 200 more captive. Israel’s response has been to unleash a massive bombing campaign on the Gaza strip, home to 2.2 million people who have nowhere to go to escape the carnage. As of this recording, the bombardm…
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Ryan Maley: Cambodia, Ethiopia, Madrid, Barbados and Sifnos
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In this episode, we catch up with Ryan Maley, Editor in Chief of Low Season Traveller Magazine to find out a little more about the stories and features which readers can enjoy in this latest edition as we gain a little insight into how the stories and features came about. We are talking about Madrid, Ethiopia, Cambodia, Barbados, Sifnos, fascinatin…
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The State of Republican Politics with Taylor Svehlak
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While all eyes were on Congress this week, the Republican presidential primary continued to unfold across the country. I’ve found that primary a little bizarre and a little boring – especially the last debate. With Trump ahead by 40 or 50 points it seems like the race is already over. But I’ve been wrong before. To bring in some outside perspective…
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Covering U.S. Foreign Policy with Liam Cosgrove
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Liam Cosgrove is a DC-based correspondent for The Grayzone, an independent news website dedicated to original investigative journalism and analysis on politics and empire. With much of the mainstream media being pretty aggressively pro-war in its coverage of Ukraine, Liam has stood out for pressing both the Administration as well as Members of Cong…
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Labor, Class and Politics with Michael Valdes
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Michael Valdes is an IBEW Journey Level Inside Wireman. He joins the show to talk about the UAW strike, class issues in America, how politicians of both sides view the working class generally and labor unions in particular, and what gives him hope for moving forward. ----- Twitter @michael_valdes @kevinamaley ----- Email ZipcodeZeroPodcast@gmail.co…
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Purpose and Pain with Jasmine Pettross
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In her book "Faith Defeated My Pain" , Jasmine Pettross describes her journey from being diagnosed with cancer at a young age, to struggling to find meaning in her suffering, to finding purpose in her pain and a path forward in life. As she says in her book "No matter the hardships that are faced in life, the time it takes to heal and face situatio…
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Understanding UAPs with Robert Powell
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Robert Powell is a co-founder of the Scientific Coalition for UAP Studies, a non-profit, in September 2017. The purpose of the organization is the scientific study of Unidentified Aerial Phenomena. Affiliation with the organization is open to all individuals with a background in science, the military, or law enforcement. Powell has a BS degree in C…
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The Unraveling Covid Consensus with Dr. Justin Kinney and Dr. Yanna Lambrinidou
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Justin B. Kinney is an Associate Professor in the Simons Center for Quantitative Biology at Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory. He received a Ph.D. in Physics from Princeton University in 2008, is a co-author on >40 journal articles, and serves as project leader on two National Institutes of Health research grants. His lab has developed widely-used rese…
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Sonal Uberoi - Wellness & Low Season Travel
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Today I’m delighted to be joined by a #1 Best Selling Author and leading Spa and Wellness expert, Sonal Uberoi, to learn more about Spa and Wellness breaks. I don’t know about you but I’ve always thought of Spa and Wellness as being a luxurious and extravagant pursuit of the relatively wealthy. In this episode I wanted to learn more about the conce…
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Where Things Stand in Ukraine with George Beebe
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George Beebe spent more than two decades in government as an intelligence analyst, diplomat, and policy advisor, including as director of the CIA’s Russia analysis, director of the CIA’s Open Source Center, and as a staff advisor on Russia matters to Vice President Cheney. His book, The Russia Trap: How Our Shadow War with Russia Could Spiral into …
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Safarious - Meaningful Safari Experiences
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Today we’re heading over to Cape Town to join our good friend and legendary safari guide, Warren Pearson, to learn more about a new venture which Warren and his friends have created called Safarious. Designing and guiding meticulously crafted journeys to wilderness areas across Africa and beyond and creating extraordinary experiences in extraordina…
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Low Season Safari, Tsavo, Kenya and a Baboon Close Call!
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Today we head over to Kenya where I recently provided the keynote talk at the Sustainable Africa Tourism Summit. After a week of meetings I took the opportunity to visit Tsavo National Park which is the largest national park in Kenya and also happens to be in its lowe season right now. Located just a 2 hour drive from Mombasa, Tsavo in the low seas…
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Experience The Exotic in Dubai
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Today we’re heading over to Dubai which has it’s low season from May through September. I was in Dubai for the Arabian Travel Market, a gathering of the travel industry’s leaders from all across the Middle East and beyond and I was keen to experience one of the newest properties on The Palm, The Taj Exotica Resort and Spa. Taj have been superb advo…
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Taj Mahal - Your Oasis In Delhi
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Today we head back over to India where I spent some time recently learning more about what the low season experience is like in the heat of the North Indian summer. Last week we featured the fabulous Rambagh Palace in Jaipur and this week we are in arguably one of the finest hotels in Delhi, The Taj Mahal. I’ve had the pleasure of staying in this p…
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Taj Rambagh Palace - India's Finest Hotel?
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Today we’re heading over to India where we’ve spent some time recently in Delhi, Jaipur, Udaipur, Jodhpur and Ranthambore to learn more about what the low season experience is like in the heat of the North Indian summer. India has some incredible palatial hotels and perhaps one of the most iconic of these is the stunning Taj Rambagh Palace in Jaipu…
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Welcome to the Gun Show with Taylor Svehlak
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A fierce proponent of the right to keep and bear arms, Taylor Svehlak is a longtime gun-rights advocate, and briefly served as Director of Communications for a three-letter pro-gun advocacy group (not that one). In his spare time he is also an amateur firearms collector and gunsmith. In the past, he has worked on campaigns for a variety of conserva…
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Adventures in Travel with Wandering Earl
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Derek Earl Baron aka "Wandering Earl" left home in 1999 for what was supposed to be a three month post-graduation trip to Southeast Asia and has essentially been traveling the world non-stop ever since. He has been to over 130 countries on six continents living a life of adventure that many people dream of. He’s learned Spanish in Mexico, been kick…
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Today we’re heading back over to Southeast Asia to join our roving reporter Nikki as she travels the world during the low seasons. What does it mean to be an eco-friendly hotel? Sadly the tourism business is flooded with green-washing. On major booking sites, many hotels and resorts simply compile a tick list without necessarily giving any proof of…
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Revealing the Ripper with John Schad
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Critically acclaimed author John Schad joins the podcast to speak on his forthcoming book "Jack the Ripper: Revealed". Schad grew up fascinated by stories of Jack the Ripper and his murder streak across Victorian London. After spending nearly a decade immersed in research, he has published his findings on the true identity of the world's most notor…
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Local Guides and Orangutans
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Today we’re heading over to Borneo to join Nikki as she travels the world during the low seasons. Orangutans are one of the three species of great ape and - along with gorillas and chimpanzees - our closest cousins. Their plight is such that the Orangutan Foundation International estimates that at current rates they will be extinct in 50 years; pre…
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Just Nok! Bangkok Cycle Tours
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For this week’s episode we’re heading back over to Southeast Asia as we catch up with Nikki in Bangkok, Thailand where she meets an incredible woman called Nok. Nok is a rarity, a Thai woman who started her own tourism business and made a great success of it. She comes from humble beginnings, a rural farming community in Isaan where she jokes she n…
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Low Season Dublin - Literary Culture
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Welcome to this week’s episode of Low Season Traveller Insider Guides brought to you in partnership with our good friends at Tourism Ireland Today we head back over to Dublin one last time, where I spent a wonderful 3 days in the low season of January earlier this year. With clear blue skies, low crowds and plenty of things to experience and do, Du…
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Welcome to this week’s episode of Low Season Traveller Insider Guides brought to you in partnership with our good friends at Tourism Ireland Today we return to Dublin where I spent a wonderful 3 days in the low season of January earlier this year. With clear blue skies, low crowds and plenty of things to experience and do, Dublin rarely disappoints…
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Low Season Dublin - Food Culture
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Welcome to this week’s episode of Low Season Traveller Insider Guides brought to you in partnership with our good friends at Tourism Ireland For this episode we head over to Dublin where I spent a wonderful 3 days in the low season month of January. With clear blue skies, low crowds and plenty of things to experience and do, Dublin rarely disappoin…
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The Art of True Hospitality at Shinta Mani Hotels
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Today we’re joined by Anthony Lark who is the Executive Director of Shinta Mani Hotels in Asia. I met Anthony just before Christmas when I interviewed him for the Climate Friendly Travel Podcast as Shinta Mani perfectly encapsulates the principles of responsible travel, tourism and hospitality practices. At the end of a fascinating podcast which yo…
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First Class Low Season Canada
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Today we’re joined by Paula Martin from First Class Holidays who are our new strategic partners for Canada. Some of our regular followers will have noticed that at the end of last year, we launched our very first guides to Canada when we released our low season guides to Vancouver, Quebec and Toronto. Well we were able to do that because we are del…
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Meet The Tahitians: Meet Heimata
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This past month we were invited over to the Islands of Tahiti by our good friends at Tahiti Tourisme so that we could learn exactly what the experience is like for visitors during the low season period. The islands of Tahiti are arguably among the most stunningly beautiful in the world. Formed from the demise of 3 volcanoes, these islands not only …
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This past month we were invited over to the Islands of Tahiti by our good friends at Tahiti Tourisme so that we could learn exactly what the experience is like for visitors during the low season period. The islands of Tahiti are arguably among the most stunningly beautiful in the world. Formed from the demise of 3 volcanoes, these islands not only …
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Meet The Tahitians: Meet Peva
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Meet The Tahitians: Meet Aimata & Hitinui
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Meet The Tahitians: Meet Cindy
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Meet The Tahitians: Meet Matehau
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This past month we were invited over to the Islands of Tahiti by our good friends at Tahiti Tourisme so that we could learn exactly what the experience is like for visitors during the low season period. The islands of Tahiti are arguably among the most stunningly beautiful in the world. Formed from the demise of 3 volcanoes, these islands not only …
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This past month we were invited over to the Islands of Tahiti by our good friends at Tahiti Tourisme so that we could learn exactly what the experience is like for visitors during the low season period. The islands of Tahiti are arguably among the most stunningly beautiful in the world. Formed from the demise of 3 volcanoes, these islands not only …
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Meet The Tahitians: Meet Mareva
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Meet The Tahitians: Meet Matahi
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Meet The Tahitians: Meet Mateata
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Meet The Tahitians: Meet Teuai
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