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  • Kosher Paradise in Panama
    2025/05/19
    Beyond its canal, jungle and rainforests, Panama is manna from heaven for travelers who keep kosher. There are some 50 top-notch kosher eateries to try, the vast majority of them in the capital, Panama City. There's Japanese, steakhouses, fancy bakeries plus one of the largest kosher supermarkets outside of Israel. Mark and David also take you on an unforgettable journey beyond the fine dining and into the 15,000-strong Jewish community to meet its leaders and members. This time:
    • Dutch robots versus humans
    • Soft landing into the Adama (earth)
    • Now that's a pleasant Aroma (not what you are thinking!)
    • Audio perfection in the synagogue
    • One impressive study hall
    • Why Panama? Why Jewish?
    • How to get there? Where to stay? And all the other FAQs
    • Our man in Panama
    • All about the rabbi
    • A different kind of Aria
    • The wonderful Ceci
    • Spice up your life - Japanese style
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    1 時間 12 分
  • A funny thing happened on the way to...Tales from airports and airplanes
    2025/05/06
    We've all got some great travel stories to tell. This time Mark and David asked listeners, friends and one or two famous travelers for their funniest, most loveable anecdotes...

    This time:
    • The Amateur Traveler on what to do between flights
    • The Two Flying Boys have a haircut
    • Suhair and the adventures of a giant teddy bear
    • Everything melts in Karen's presence
    • Warren flies a TransAtlantic classic
    • Colin's penchant for Beethoven causes trouble
    • Is Dinesh dying in Melbourne?
    • Stanley takes his tefillin everywhere
    • From panic to singing highs with Irena
    • Mark and David add their own tales of bombs, rabbis and you-know-what at 36,000
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    41 分
  • Holy Miles: The journeys of traveling Rabbis
    2025/04/21
    Most of us meet rabbis in synagogues, wedding halls, or cemeteries. But in this episode, we hit the road with two rabbis who have taken their faith far beyond the pulpit. First, we meet Rabbi Moshe Silberhaft, affectionately known as "The Traveling Rabbi," who has spent decades serving far-flung Jewish communities across Africa. Then, we head to London Heathrow Airport with Rabbi Hershi Vogel, one of the world’s few Jewish airport chaplains, to learn what it means to offer spiritual support in one of the busiest transit hubs on Earth.
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    31 分
  • Cruising Special IV - China, Celebrity and Crew Life
    2025/04/01
    Our latest episode takes you around the world in luxury, unless of course you'd prefer to work below decks.

    This time we get the VIP treatment with Celebrity Cruises, we meet an old friend in a new Far East location with Royal Caribbean International before we go behind the scenes and learn what it's like to work on a cruise ship with Jobs on a Ship.
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    44 分
  • A spiritual excursion from the deep blue sea to the desert in Abu Dhabi
    2025/03/17
    Abu Dhabi, the capital of the United Arab Emirates, is very different from glitzy Dubai, up the road. Podcast hosts Mark and David discover the beauty of the Middle East's largest mosque and unity in the Abrahamic faiths before heading into the Empty Quarter for some desert fun with Costa excursions. This time:
    • Is it a mosque or a shopping mall?
    • The marble, the mausoleum, the majesty
    • World-record breakers
    • How to get there, where to stay and kosher options
    • *Where Muslims, Christians and Jews come together
    • It's not just a yeshiva thing!
    • What can I do in Abu Dhabi?
    • 4x4 off-roading through the desert
    • David gets a little too close to his camel friends
    • He's so dizzy, his head is spinning like a whirlpool
    • Belly dancing time - surely Mark and David aren't about to...?
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    44 分
  • Around the Jewish World in 45 minutes
    2025/03/03
    In four years of podcasting, we've visited a lot of Jewish communities, some of them in places you'd perhaps least expect to find a minyan! In this tour de force, we take you to 10 Jewish locations around the world through chat and music - among them: Salt Spring Island, Canada; Baku, Azerbaijan; Mallorca; Spain; and the very appropriately-named Bridgetown, Barbados.

    Listen. Enjoy. Share!
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    44 分
  • Sailing the Middle East with Costa Cruises
    2025/02/17
    The theme is definitely Italian as Mark and David head for the high seas aboard the Costa Smerelda. This time:
    • Boarding in Abu Dhabi
    • First impressions of a Costa Cruises ship
    • Safety first
    • The fabulous food offering
    • What to do on board
    • A show in the Colossuem (No lions)
    • Dancing the night away
    • The morning after the night before
    • Getting to know the Costa ethos
    • What a 360°-view off Dubai
    • A design museum on a ship!
    • From Chianti with love - wine tasting on board
    • Acrobatics in a colosseum (Still no lions)
    • Reflections
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    58 分
  • The Travel Podcast 's 100 Glorious Episodes
    2025/02/03
    Despite all the predictions from experts, friends, families and social-media critics, we've made it to episode 100! In typical Mark and David celebratory style, we bring you the highs and lows of four years of podcasting including looks back at hazzanut in Uzbekistan, kosher gumbo, Chinese street performers and hot-air ballooning in Lithuania.

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    1 時間 1 分