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Simon Calder's Independent Travel Podcast

Simon Calder's Independent Travel Podcast

Simon Calder is the Independent’s travel correspondent, the UK’s leading travel journalist. From news updates to discussions with experts, Simon Calder and the Independent Travel Podcast will bring you all you need to know from the world of travel.

The Independent

1,346 episodesEN

Show overview

Simon Calder's Independent Travel Podcast has been publishing since 2021, and across the 5 years since has built a catalogue of 1,346 episodes, alongside 3 trailers or bonus episodes. That works out to roughly 160 hours of audio in total. Releases follow a near-daily cadence.

Episodes typically run under ten minutes — most land between 6 min and 8 min — and the run-time is fairly consistent across the catalogue. None of the episodes are flagged explicit by the publisher. It is catalogued as a EN-language Society & Culture show.

The show is actively publishing — the most recent episode landed yesterday, with 95 episodes already out so far this year. Published by The Independent.

Episodes
1,346
Running
2021–2026 · 5y
Median length
7 min
Cadence
Near-daily

From the publisher

Simon Calder is the Independent’s travel correspondent, the UK’s leading travel journalist. From news updates to discussions with experts, Simon Calder's Independent Travel Podcast will bring you all you need to know from the world of travel. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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May 13, 20268 min

Over from Dover: how is the EU entry-exit system working at the UK's main ferry port?

May 12, 20266 min

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May 11, 20265 min

How to cope with long-haul flights

May 8, 20268 min

Holidays are very important to people from a psychological and welfare point of view

May 7, 20267 min

Who would ever want to work in the travel industry in these difficult days?

May 6, 20266 min

En suite bathrooms in First Class – bunk beds in Economy?

May 5, 20267 min

Hantavirus, flight cancellations, EU entry-exit system and Venezuela

May 4, 20266 min

Demand is displaced, not depleted – people still want to travel

May 1, 20267 min

Wizz Air UK sees a bright summer despite the dark clouds

Apr 30, 20266 min

Come to my home town – Gdansk

Apr 29, 20265 min

Poland: So much more than a cut-price city break destination

Apr 28, 20268 min

British Airways Club kerfuffle over elite status

Apr 27, 20269 min

Brittany Ferries says no cancellations nor surcharges due to fuel shortages

Apr 24, 20265 min

Hoping to put travel anxieties to rest

Apr 23, 20267 min

Meets the boss of Hawaiian Airlines

Apr 22, 20267 min

Where the Earth Meets the Sky

Apr 21, 20266 min

British Airways back to Guernsey in the Channel Islands

Apr 20, 20267 min

Is this the most extreme "holiday" in the world?

Apr 17, 20267 min

The view from the frontline of the UK travel industry

Apr 16, 20266 min
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