Camino Talks Podcast
Sports & Recreation Podcasts
Camino Talks is a series of interviews and talks related to the Camino de Santiago brought to you by FollowtheCamino.com and OneFootAbroad.com | We chat with the people that make it so special and share their stories with you. The Camino de Santiago is a long-distance pilgrimage walk towards Santiago in the north-west of Spain and is a popular destination for people from a variety of backgrounds. There is a Camino out there for everyone, from family holidays to solo travelers, all of our holidays are custom made for you. Discover more https://followthecamino.com/en/ Buen Camino!
Location:
Ireland
Genres:
Sports & Recreation Podcasts
Description:
Camino Talks is a series of interviews and talks related to the Camino de Santiago brought to you by FollowtheCamino.com and OneFootAbroad.com | We chat with the people that make it so special and share their stories with you. The Camino de Santiago is a long-distance pilgrimage walk towards Santiago in the north-west of Spain and is a popular destination for people from a variety of backgrounds. There is a Camino out there for everyone, from family holidays to solo travelers, all of our holidays are custom made for you. Discover more https://followthecamino.com/en/ Buen Camino!
Twitter:
@followthecamino
Language:
English
Contact:
+353 1 687 2144
Website:
https://followthecamino.com/en/
Episodes
Food of the Camino Frances with Blanca Valencia | Follow the Camino
7/13/2021
Blanca Valencia is a cook and expert in Spanish gastronomy. In this episode of Camino Talks she walks us through the Camino Frances and the regions it passes through, discussing the unique and notable foods that you will find along the Way of Saint James. We discuss Navarra, La Rioja, Castile and Leon, and Galicia, with their diverse and delicious foods!
You can see the full French Way on the Camino here: https://followthecamino.com/en/camino-tours/camino-frances/.
Born in Spain, Blanca...
Duration:00:33:57
WE the Change Launching Big Ideas and Creating New Realities with Shannon Wallis | Follow the Camino
6/15/2021
Business coach Shannon Wallis joins us on this episode of Camino Talks to discuss her new book – WE the Change: Launching Big Ideas and Creating New Realities. This book is a combination of Camino memoir, life story, and a guide to making positive changes in your life.
Shannon Wallis’ ability to launch big ideas and create new realities comes from more than thirty years of professional study as well as a lifetime of personal vision, tenacity, and practice.
Her clients include leaders,...
Duration:00:46:30
Long-distance Thru-hiker and Author Keith Foskett | Follow the Camino
5/5/2021
There is something wonderful about taking on a pilgrimage!
Keith Foskett's love of long-distance hiking, also known as thru-hiking, all started with the Camino de Santiago.
He walked Le Puy Camino and Camino Frances combined - a distance of around 1000 miles (over 1500 kilometres) - and fell in love with long-distance hiking. Since then, he has taken on some of the world's best-known routes.
He has written four books about his adventures on the Camino, the Pacific Crest Trail, the...
Duration:00:34:14
Camino for Good with Kelly Gilfillan | Follow the Camino
3/4/2021
Five hikers started Camino for Good to both share their experiences along the Camino de Santiago and to raise money for Camino hostels struggling due to COVID-19 travel restrictions.
Kelly is one of those pilgrims and founders of Camino for Good - a virtual Camino platform that donates money to albergues (pilgrim hostels) along the Camino de Santiago.
COVID-19 has caused an almost total stop in travelers walking the Camino, which has had a massive impact on the livelihoods of those along...
Duration:00:33:10
Kenneth Strange - Former FBI Agent and Private Investigator | Follow the Camino
2/19/2021
You never know who you might end up walking with on the Camino de Santiago. Kenneth Strange is one of the many fascinating pilgrims that we have encountered on the Way. A former FBI agent with a history of investigating terrorism, Kenneth is now a Private Investigator. His specialty is missing person cases. Kenneth lived in Madrid for a year during University and first learned about the Camino.
In 2018, he and his wife Aurora walked the full Camino Frances from Saint-Jean-Pied-de-Port all...
Duration:00:36:33
Camino Talks with Pilgrim Lost - Kari Gale and Tony Kriz | Follow the Camino
1/7/2021
On this Camino Talks episode, we are joined by the wonderful hosts of Pilgrim Lost, Kari Gale, and Tony Kriz!
Individually they are both wonderful people with a passion for the Camino, journeys, pilgrimage, and storytelling. Together, they host the Pilgrim Lost podcast which they describe as "an exploration of life in hopeful motion". The topics of the podcast are wonderfully wide-ranging, from creativity and art to faith and spirituality, and interviews with pilgrims.
The CEO of Follow...
Duration:00:39:38
From Camino Pilgrim to Albergue Owner with Sue Swain of Casa Susi | Follow the Camino
12/22/2020
When Susi Swain first read a book about the Camino she couldn't imagine herself walking the pilgrimage herself. A few years later her life led her to bite the bullet and walk the Camino Frances and everything changed from there. Susi fell in love with the Camino de Santiago and Spain so deeply that she decided to make it her home.
After plenty of searching, she found the Albergue of her dreams and restored it. Susi has been running the hostel Casa Susi since then and has absolutely loved...
Duration:00:52:07
The Santiago de Compostela Cathedral's Secret Selfie with Dr Jenny Alexander | Follow the Camino
12/3/2020
Discover the secrets of the Santiago de Compostela Cathedral in our latest #CaminoTalks webinar with Dr. Jenny Alexander from the University of Warwick's History of Art department. We interviewed Jenny about her work uncovering the secrets of the cathedral walls.
While studying the stones that make up the magnificent cathedral in Santiago, Dr. Alexander and the team of archaeologists, historians, and other researchers learned a huge amount about the masons who carved them. One of their...
Duration:00:31:48
Camino Gin - Spirit of the Way with Tom Cartwright | Follow the Camino
11/30/2020
In this Camino Talk, we chat to Tom Cartwright, the founder of Camino Gin - a company that makes gin in the UK that is flavoured with a special combination of botanicals found along the Camino Frances.
Tom's journey to the Camino began when he realised that the courses he was doing at university weren't for him. He was struggling to figure out what to do next when a friend recommended that he walk the Camino de Santiago. After watching The Way and doing a bit of reading, Tom started...
Duration:00:26:06
Camino Talks with Bradley Chermside - Author and Pilgrims' Podcast Host | Follow the Camino
10/27/2020
Bradley Chermside is the internationally bestselling author of The Only Way is West - his light-hearted, entertaining Camino de Santiago memoir.
Brad is also the host of The Camino de Santiago Pilgrims' Podcast, a fun and informative podcast about Camino. The podcast features a range of guests, including our own CEO, Umberto, and is a great way to learn about the Camino. There is plenty of practical advice, mixed in with wonderful stories.
He's currently working on a sequel to The Only Way...
Duration:00:35:41
A Plastic Free Camino with Sandra Pascoletti from | Follow the Camino
8/18/2020
Plastic is everywhere in our lives, but some plastics are more harmful than others. The Camino de Santiago is one of the best-known pilgrimages in the world, with thousands of walkers every year. This means it has its fair share of plastic litter.
In 2019, Sandra and Carla from Plastic Free Camino decided to walk the Camino from Estella to Burgos – a total of 172 km - and pick up all the plastic they saw along the way. The idea came about while the pair were walking in the Dublin mountains...
Duration:00:30:21
Nature on Modern Day Pilgrimages with John Brierley -| Follow the Camino
7/15/2020
Author John Brierley talks to us about the relationship of nature on modern-day pilgrimages in this Camino Talks episode. John Brierley started his Camino journey in 1989 when he gave up his day job to travel, and walked the Camino de Santiago. He has walked the famous pilgrimage to Santiago de Compostela on foot many times and has since written several best selling guide books about the different Camino de Santiago routes.
These guides focus on the French Way, The Portuguese Way, The...
Duration:00:19:56
Travel, Writing, and COVID-19 with Portia Jones & Rupert Parker | Follow the Camino
6/24/2020
To many of us, travel writing sounds like the absolute dream job. You get to go to exotic and interesting places, sit on beaches, try the local food, and on top of that you get paid to be there!
Sean from Follow the Camino interviewed two travel writers, Rupert Parker and Portia Jones, who have plenty of experience in the industry. They discuss the realities of the job, the good and the bad, and all the hard work. They also talk about what things have been like over the past few months....
Duration:00:33:55
Strength & Stability Training for the Camino de Santiago with Daniel Quinn from ReBalance Physiotherapy | Follow the Camino
6/23/2020
The Camino really is achievable for everyone, with the right planning and support. What makes a big difference is getting yourself ready in the best possible way. That is where strength and stability training for the Camino comes in. We talked to professional physiotherapist Daniel Quinn at ReBalance Physiotherapy in Dublin about the best way to train for the Camino de Santiago.
Daniel put together a comprehensive Camino training plan for us, this easy plan will help anyone to get ready for...
Duration:00:09:57
Getting your body ready for the Camino with Daniel Quinn from ReBalance Physiotherapy | Follow the Camino
6/23/2020
The Camino de Santiago is an amazing journey and a wonderful physical challenge. We talked to Daniel Quinn from ReBalance Physiotherapy in Dublin about how to get ready for the Camino and set yourself up for success. He gave us a number of awesome tips about things to look out for when you are walking, and how to keep yourself healthy while on the Camino.
He has helped us redesign our Camino Training Plan to get you ready for the Camino de Santiago. Being as prepared as you can be will set...
Duration:00:26:36
Camino Talks with Flavia Ramil Managing Director of Santiago de Compostela Tourism | Follow the Camino
6/19/2020
In this Camino Talks episode, we interview Flavia Ramil, Managing Director of Santiago de Compostela Tourism. Flavia tells us how the city of Santiago de Compostela is preparing for the reopening of Spain, what the new normality in hotels and restaurants will look like, and how the preparations for the Holy Year 2021 are going.
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Duration:00:18:36
The Camino de Santiago with Kids with Jorge Jesus - interview in Spanish | Follow the Camino
6/17/2020
(Spanish Interview) More and more families with children are choosing the Way of Saint James as their holiday destination. They are looking to spend quality time and reconnect with their loved ones in a natural environment, full of history and culture. In this episode of our Camino Talks series, Wanda interviewed Jorge Jesus who has been on the Camino de Santiago more than 4 times and on one of those occasions with his children.
Check out our blog post on this webinar with English...
Duration:00:22:20
Camino Talks with Jean Louis Aspirot from the Saint Jean Pied de Port Pilgrim's Office in French | Follow the Camino
6/5/2020
(French Interview) We had the pleasure of interviewing Jean-Louis Aspirot, who is in charge of the Saint Jean Pied De Port pilgrims' office and general secretary of the Pilgrims' Association of the Pyrénées-Atlantiques, the region around Biarritz.
In this podcast, Umberto di Venosa, CEO of Follow The Camino talked with Jean-Louis about the Pilgrimage office, how it is organized, general questions about the Camino, and of course how Covid-19 is affecting things. The Pilgrim Office in St Jean...
Duration:00:19:48
Why We Need to Slow Down with John Brierley | Follow the Camino
5/27/2020
Author John Brierley discusses why we need to take time to slow down and how the Camino can help us to do that. Listen to his insights from his own journeys on the Camino and what he has learned about giving yourself time to take a break and think.
John Brierley started his Camino journey in 1989 when he gave up his day job to travel, and walked the Camino de Santiago. He has walked the famous pilgrimage to Santiago de Compostela on foot many times and has since written several best...
Duration:00:25:53
Camino Talks with Terry Wilson from Camino Skies and Author of "God's Cocaine" | Follow the Camino
5/7/2020
Author and star of Camino Skies, Terry Wilson, discusses his personal journey on the Camino de Santiago. Terry has walked the Camino three times, to deal with depression, faith, loss, and life changes.
The first time Terry walked the Camino it was a personal journey. He walked the Camino Frances to process the loss of his granddaughter, Maddy, who had passed away from Cystic Fibrosis. He raised funds through his walk for the cause.
The second Camino was as part of the film “Camino Skies”....
Duration:00:28:59