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Bit of a vulnerable one this week explaining my entire journey with therapy, what I've learnt along the way and where I'm at now. Intro ends at 19:57 Watch of the week: Good Will Hunting, The Hunger Games prequel Rec of the week: The Sostrene Grene store (irl) Learn more abou ... Show More

I'm sure you've already read it by now, or at least heard of Chante Joseph's 'Is Having A Boyfriend Embarrassing Now?' article for British Vogue. I've seen a lot of discourse since the article blew up with people trying to defend their relationships (which is a whole other issue ... Show More

Hear about travel to northern Vietnam as the Amateur Traveler talks to Paul B. Kennedy from VietnamTravelWithUs.com about the country he has adopted as home. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices 

<p>A little bit about my experience living in Vietnam for over a year.</p> 

John Stryker Meyer is a decorated Green Beret who served two tours in Vietnam (1968-1969 and 1969-1970) with the Military Assistance Command, Vietnam – Studies and Observations Group(MACV-SOG). Enlisting in 1966, he earned his Special Forces tab in 1967 and joined Spike Team Idah ... Show More

The battle for Vietnam waged between the communist-ruled North of the country, and the US-backed south, lasted almost 20 years, from 1955. It spilled over into neighbouring countries, and resulted in the deaths of an estimated 3.8 million people - half of them civilians. It was a ... Show More

In the chaos of the helicopter evacuation from Saigon in April 1975, Doan Hoàng Curtis' sister was somehow left behind. It would haunt her family for years. Doan was just three years old when her family made it onto one of the last helicopters to leave Saigon as troops from the c ... Show More

<p>If nothing goes wrong, were you even travelling?</p> <p>Episode 226 of The Thoughtful Travel Podcast centres on my firm belief that many of the best travel memories derive from when things go wrong on our trips.</p> <p>First I chat with Travis King, and he introduces a concept ... Show More

Viet Thanh Nguyen's novel The Sympathizer won the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction. Its follow-up takes the lead character to Parisian salons and an underworld of drug dealing so Free Thinking tracks the French connection through film, history and philosophy as Matthew Sweet is joined ... Show More

Considering an overland travel adventure or have another dream you want to achieve, whether in work or travel? Eric Highland, his wife Brittany, and son Caspian are driving around the world in a Jeep. They have been traveling full-time since 2014, and their son, born in 2016, has ... Show More

Podcast episode about the Vietnam war with Noam Chomsky, and Mrs Van, a member of the Vietnamese Women's Union. We look at the geopolitics of the conflict and its human cost. Support this podcast and get early access to episodes and other benefits here on patreon: https://patreon ... Show More