Storytime For Travellers

Evangeline Modell explores the unlikely link between Mars, Antarctica and a World War Two bunker in South London, where they use similar methods to grow crops without soil and sunlight as NASA uses onboard the International Space Station.

As we have very sadly come to the end of series one of the podcast, I have a special extra episode for you. If you're one of our lovely regular listeners, you will know that in each episode, I always ask our guests to share a 'pinch me moment'. So this episode is a compilation of all of our incredible guests from series one sharing their 'pinch me moment' stories. So if you don't quite understand what a 'pinch me moment' is yet, let me explain it to you. These are the tiny moments that happen all the time while travelling where you just look around and this 'wow, I can't believe I'm here and I can't believe I'm seeing this.' They are the moments that take your breath away, change your perspective or simply just when you pause, look around and appreciate how far you've come. We've had a great first series of this podcast and I'm so grateful for all of you who have joined us on this journey as listeners and our incredible guests. For me, at least, sharing these stories is really what travelling is all about. Series two will be coming soon with even more inspiring adventurers sharing their epic travel stories. If you think you would be a great guest on the podcast or you know if someone who might, please get in touch. From August, I will be based in Sydney, Australia for in-person conversations or we can do them over Skype. I would love to hear from you. I hope you enjoy this little compilation of series ones guests sharing their 'pinch me moments'... Our Instagram: @StorytimeForTravellers Do you love to travel? Want to hear inspiring adventurers share their travel stories? Then this is the podcast for you. Subscribe to stay up to date with our weekly episodes.

As this is the last episode of Series One, I have an extra special guest for you guys. It's my dad, Chris Modell. The reason that I wanted to feature my dad on the last episode of this series is because he is kind of the reason that Storytime For Travellers came to be. When I was a child, instead of bedtime stories, I would always beg my dad to tell me stories of his adventures over and over again and I really believe that this is the reason that I love travelling so much. My dad first started travelling when he was 21 and got a job as a photographer on cruise ships. He did that around the Caribbean for 7 years until he decided to buy a boat with his friend and set sail on the adventure of a lifetime. Having never sailed before they embarked on a one year journey from Mexico across the Pacific Ocean to New Zealand, stopping off on islands along the way. Once he arrived in New Zealand, he worked as a kayak instructor and met my mum who was backpacking - their story is actually pretty romantic. She was meant to fly to the US the next day but two hours before her flight she turned back and decided to stay in New Zealand with the man she had met only one day before. They then continued travelling together before coming back to the UK and have done lots of travelling since. My dad has now swapped boats for two wheels and has done motorbike adventures to places like Mexico, Vietnam, Iceland, India and more, writing articles for a magazine called Upshift Online. In our conversation, we chat: being invited to a local feast on a tiny island in the Pacific, motorbiking the most dangerous road in the world in India and having dolphins lead his boat to land as he reached his first Pacific island - plus loads more... Chris's Instagram: @swaggrandad Chris's documentary: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WT-mV1_ao5c Our Instagram: @StorytimeForTravellers Do you love to travel? Want to hear inspiring adventurers share their travel stories? Then this is the podcast for you. Subscribe to stay up to date with our weekly episodes.

Nick and Amy are the hosts of my absolute favourite travel podcast - What The Pho. They are currently on an incredible, year long adventure, collecting loads of amazing stories. Hear some of the best ones in this episode of Storytime For Travellers. They started their podcast 4 years ago and it's been such an inspiration to me so it was great to have them on mine. In our conversation we chat: having a disco in a traditional bedouin tent in Jordan, seeing hundreds of hot air balloons in Cappadocia and driving around Cairo with their couch surfer host listening to electronic dance music - plus loads more... Nick & Amy's Instagram: @what_the_pho_podcast Nick & Amy's website: https://www.whatthephotravelpodcast.com What The Pho patreon: https://www.patreon.com/whatthepho What The Pho youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCK0a_w6QdE9m8L97vpKtweA Our Instagram: @StorytimeForTravellers Do you love to travel? Want to hear inspiring adventurers share their travel stories? Then this is the podcast for you. Subscribe to stay up to date with our weekly episodes.

Zoey Poulsen is a Canadian travel and wellness YouTuber who you might know by the name Zoey Arielle. After studying her post-graduate degree in Toronto, she fell in love with travelling and ended up moving to Rome in Italy where she has lived for 3 years. She has recently moved back to Canada. Zoey is the author of 4 books and she is totally inspiring. In her youtube videos, she often talks about the power of positivity, spirituality and self-worth which I just love. In our conversation we chat: life in Rome, getting lost, and being in the middle of the desert in Jordan. Zoey's Instagram: @zoeyarielle Zoey's books: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Zoey-Arielle-Poulsen/e/B071L1P59D Our Instagram: @StorytimeForTravellers Do you love to travel? Want to hear inspiring adventurers share their travel stories? Then this is the podcast for you. Subscribe to stay up to date with our weekly episodes.

Tim Burke is a photographer who is travelling the world on his motorbike. So far, he has hit 56 countries across 4 continents. He's spent 26 months on the road, got through 17 tires and travelled 72,000 miles. His story is pretty epic. In April 2017, Tim quit his job, sold his things, packed up his motorbike and headed to Europe where he began his adventure. He hasn't looked back since and he is currently on a 6/7 month journey from Cape Town to Scotland with the support of Rentamotorcycle - which, strangely, is kind of how I know Tim. In 2017, Tim went on a motorbike trip through Scotland with my dad for an article they were writing for Upshift Online and they became great friends. Tim stayed in contact with the team at Rentamotorcycle in Edinburgh who have now helped him to build a motorbike for his journey through Africa. I was lucky enough to catch Tim before he set off on his trip and record some of his incredible stories from his adventures. Trust me, you want to hear this. In our conversation we chat taking his motorbike up an erupting volcano to get the photograph of a lifetime, riding through Honduras on the brink of civil war and doing donuts in a Lamborghini in front of the parliament building in Bulgaria - plus loads more. Tim's Instagram: @Timburkephoto Tim's documentary: https://youtu.be/gsqw6pEB_XA Our Instagram: @StorytimeForTravellers Do you love to travel? Want to hear inspiring adventurers share their travel stories? Then this is the podcast for you. Subscribe to stay up to date with our weekly episodes.

Gialdo Muller is a backpacker who has travelled to 37 countries around the world as well as living in lots of different places including Warsaw, The Netherlands, London and Montreal. He has been in some pretty crazy situations and collected some amazing stories along the way. Hear all about his adventures in this weeks episode of Storytime For Travellers. In our conversation we chat running out of cash at a border crossing, the best coffee he's ever tried, and how long hikes can sometimes change your perspective - plus loads more. Enjoy. Gialdo's Instagram: @mullerminator Our Instagram: @StorytimeForTravellers Do you love to travel? Want to hear inspiring adventurers share their travel stories? Then this is the podcast for you. Subscribe to stay up to date with our weekly episodes. Music by @tbyalx

Katy Johnson is a model, actress, travel journalist and the founder of her non-profit organisation, One Model Mission. She is visiting every country in the world - that's 196 countries - interviewing women of all cultures and redefining the perception of true beauty. Her aim is to highlight the misconceptions of beauty around the world and create a documentary series highlighting the struggles of being a woman in different societies. She is currently on country number 72 and has already interviewed 57 incredible women. Katy struggled with depression and anorexia in her teenage years and body image, particularly in the entertainment industry in Hollywood, is still something she battles with. But these challenges have been the fuel to her fire for her strive for women's empowerment and equality. Through her project, One Model Mission, she hopes to combine her passion for travel with her purpose to find true beauty in women around the world and, trust me, she has collected some brilliant stories along the way. In our conversation we chat getting locked in a mosque in Bosnia, being rescued after her car broke down by a family in Tbilisi and getting picked up while hitchhiking by the winner of The Voice in Kazakhstan - plus loads more. Katy's Instagram: @iamkatyjohnson and @onemodelmission Katy's website: https://www.onemodelmission.com Our Instagram: @StorytimeForTravellers Do you love to travel? Want to hear inspiring adventurers share their travel stories? Then this is the podcast for you. Subscribe to stay up to date with our weekly episodes. Music by @tbyalx

Elliot Simpson is a full-time, travel and adventure photographer from the UK. He first picked up a camera as a hobby when he finished university but soon fell in love with capturing beautiful landscapes around the world and he is now signed to an agency and has shot for companies like Ford. From camping on the top of mountains to waking up in the middle of the night to shoot the Milky Way, Elliot's passion for photography has definitely led him into some interesting situations. In our conversation we chat photographing the northern lights, seeing a cloud inversion at the top of Mt Snowdon and running down a mountain in the middle of a lighting storm - plus loads more. Hear some of the stories behind Elliot's fantastic photography in Episode 5 of Storytime For Travellers. Elliot's Instagram: @elliotjsimpson Elliot's website: http://www.elliotjsimpson.com Our Instagram: @StorytimeForTravellers Do you love to travel? Want to hear inspiring adventurers share their travel stories? Then this is the podcast for you. Subscribe to stay up to date with our weekly episodes. Music by @tbyalx

Eric Larsen is a polar explorer who has completed more North and South Pole expeditions than any American in history. With over 20 years of experience navigating some of the world's most dangerous, hostile and isolated environments on our planet, his stories are truly astonishing. In 2006 he completed the first ever summer expedition to the North Pole and in 2010 he earned a Guinness World Record for doing expeditions to the North Pole, South Pole and summiting Mt Everest all in only one year. In his book On Thin Ice: An Epic Final Quest into the Melting Arctic, Eric documents his experience with fellow explorer Ryan Waters on a two month, completely unsupported expedition from land to the geographic North Pole. That trip in 2014, is most likely the last ever expedition of its kind that an explorer could feasibly make because of global warming. In our conversation we chat climate change, dealing with intense cold both physically and mentally and coming face-to-face with polar bears - plus loads more. Eric's Instagram: @elexplore Eric's documentary: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rEmrlfZ0zFA Eric's book: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Thin-Ice-Final-Melting-Arctic/dp/1493022962 Our Instagram: @StorytimeForTravellers Do you love to travel? Want to hear inspiring adventurers share their travel stories? Then this is the podcast for you. Subscribe to stay up to date with our weekly episodes. Music by @tbyalx

Henry Crew has just been crowned the youngest person to circumnavigate the world on a motorcycle. At only 23 years old, he has travelled 55,000 miles in 363 days on his Ducati Scrambler at get his Guinness World Record and raise money for the men’s mental health charity Movember. So far, he has managed to raise over £10,000 and counting. You can find links to donate on his website. As you can imagine, Henry collected some crazy stories on his journey. Hear them now in the 3rd episode of Storytime For Travellers. In our conversation we chat going blind for two hours in the Himalayas, riding away from police in Honduras and staying in a prison in Pakistan – plus loads more. Henry’s Instagram: @Henrycrew Henry’s website: https://35000miles.com Our Instagram: @StorytimeForTravellers Do you love to travel? Want to hear inspiring adventurers share their travel stories? Then this is the podcast for you. Subscribe to stay up to date with our weekly episodes. Music by @tbyalx

Margarita Samsonova is a sustainability activist, animal conservationist and travel influencer. She has visited over 60 countries and uses her following on Instagram to promote sustainable travel and encourages her audience to respect the environment while they’re on the road. Marga was born in Latvia and didn’t actually leave her country until she turned 17. The experience that really gave her the travel bug was when she started working on a cruise ship in Alaska and since then she hasn’t stopped. Hear some of her amazing stories now in the 2nd episode of Storytime For Travellers. In our conversation we chat volunteering abroad, sustainable travel and her encounter with an angry sloth – plus loads more. Marga’s Instagram: S_Marga Our Instagram: @StorytimeForTravellers Do you love to travel? Want to hear inspiring adventurers share their travel stories? Then this is the podcast for you. Subscribe to stay up to date with our weekly episodes. Music by @tbyalx

James Asquith holds the Guinness World Record for being the youngest person to travel to every country in the world. By the age of just 24, he had visited all 196 countries and has continued to travel ever since. So, it's no surprise that he has collected some crazy stories along the way. Hear them now in the very first episode of Storytime For Travellers. In our conversation we chat near death experiences, being in North Korea and sleeping on a runway - plus loads more. Now at age 29, James is on a mission to make travel cheaper for everyone with his business Holiday Swap. James' Instagram: @Jamesasquithtravel @HolidaySwap Our Instagram: @StorytimeForTravellers Do you love to travel? Want to hear inspiring adventurers share their travel stories? Then this is the podcast for you. Subscribe to stay up to date with our weekly episodes. Music by @tbyalx

Do you love to travel? Want to hear inspiring adventurers share their travel stories? Then this is the place for you. Welcome to the brand new, weekly podcast, Storytime For Travellers. Launching 13/05. We chat to a different adventurer each episode and hear some of the craziest, weirdest and most interesting things that have happened to them while travelling. When I am on a trip my absolute favourite thing is always the people that I meet and the stories that they tell me. Not the big things like where they've been or where they're going, but the tiny moment, the unexpected experiences that make for great adventures. So really, this podcast is just a place for us to share those stories. We have some amazing guests coming up and I can't wait for you to hear the first 3 episodes on the 13th of May. Speak then... Instagram: @StorytimeForTravellers