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Amateur Traveler Podcast

The award-winning travel podcast “Amateur Traveler” talks about a different destination every week. Why should you go there and what should you do.

The Amateur Traveler started in 2005 and comes out pretty much every Saturday morning California time, so we have covered a lot of destinations. Each episode of Amateur Traveler focuses on a different travel destination. As a rule, we focus a one-week itinerary. What should you see? What should you do? What should you eat?

A typical episode is an interview of someone who has visited a destination, lives at a destination, or wrote the book on it.

If you think you have what it would take to be on the Amateur Traveler, then listen to an episode first and then checkout our guide to pitch an episode.

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Each episode includes pictures and links that illustrate the episode. These photos can be seen in any podcast player that supports “mp3 chapters”. These chapters can be found in episodes newer than 30 days old or in the archive for Patrons of the show.



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Travel to Hikone and Gifu, Japan – Episode 858
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Travel to Okinawa – Episode 823
Travel to the Yamaguchi Prefecture, Japan – Episode 743
Travel to the Yamaguchi Prefecture, Japan – Episode 743
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Travel to the Tohoku Region of Japan – Episode 741
Travel to Nagoya, Japan – Episode 677
Travel to Nagoya, Japan – Episode 677
Kumano Kodo Trail in Japan – Episode 672
Kumano Kodo Trail in Japan – Episode 672
Travel to Tokyo, Japan – Episode 550
Travel to Tokyo, Japan – Episode 550
Travel to Kyoto and the Kansai Region of Japan – Episode 540
Travel to Kyoto and the Kansai Region of Japan – Episode 540
Hike Japan’s Nakasendo Trail – Episode 479
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Travel to the Island of Shikoku, Japan – Episode 388
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Travel to the Island of Kyushu, Japan – Episode 331
Travel to the Island of Kyushu, Japan – Episode 331