https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/tourist-information--4160537enSociety & CultureCopyright Tourist Informationhttps://d3wo5wojvuv7l.cloudfront.net/t_rss_itunes_square_1400/images.spreaker.com/original/c7884e75ec59d06332723939502dbb47.jpghttps://www.spreaker.com/podcast/tourist-information--4160537Thu, 03 Sep 2026 06:19:55 +0000Tourist InformationTourist Informationfeeds@spreaker.comInsiders looking out and outsiders looking in from the world of boxingfalsefce14b5d-5941-589e-9a98-89dae12d226cepisodichttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/episode109-chris-jones--74854222touristinformation.podbean.com/5ea46e1c-1b43-3f41-932c-e84072d43763Thu, 03 Sep 2026 05:42:25 +0000Tourist InformationChris Jones, a former writer-at-large for Esquire, has won two National Magazine Awards. His new memoir, Legs Hearts Minds: Loss and Its Remedies, was recently released through Random House. He has also written for The Atlantic, The New York Times...5675false111fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/episode-108-on-anthony-bourdain-s-70th-birthday--72682818Giving Up the Ghost: Life and Death By Misadventure written by Brin-Jonathan Butler and published by the Hazlitt   Anthony Bourdain was an American celebrity chef, author and travel documentarian. He starred in programs focusing on the exploration of international culture, cuisine, and the human condition.  In June 2018, Bourdain took his own life at Le Chambard hotel in Kaysersberg near Colmar. He was 61 years old.  ]]>touristinformation.podbean.com/cffe7c76-760b-3b67-ae1a-0419af6c19b4Thu, 25 Jun 2026 04:01:00 +0000Tourist InformationOn what would have been Bourdain's 70th birthday, we are doing something a little different. We are doing an audio read of a piece titled https://hazlitt.net/giving-up-the-ghost written by Brin-Jonathan Butler and published by the https://hazlitt.net/...Giving Up the Ghost: Life and Death By Misadventure written by Brin-Jonathan Butler and published by the Hazlitt   Anthony Bourdain was an American celebrity chef, author and travel documentarian. He starred in programs focusing on the exploration of international culture, cuisine, and the human condition.  In June 2018, Bourdain took his own life at Le Chambard hotel in Kaysersberg near Colmar. He was 61 years old.  ]]>9443false110fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/episode-107-tom-junod--71949888touristinformation.podbean.com/e8feffe1-8b80-30bd-966b-b1485f0c3719Sun, 10 May 2026 22:14:03 +0000Tourist InformationTom Junod is an American journalist who is currently a senior writer for ESPN.com. He is the recipient of two National Magazine Awards from the American Society of Magazine Editors.5448false109fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/episode-106-brendan-o-meara--68587226touristinformation.podbean.com/973943fb-328f-3ff4-89e6-d0934a8fe280Sun, 16 Nov 2025 03:32:22 +0000Tourist InformationBrendan O'Meara is the host and founder of The Creative Nonfiction Podcast, the show he started in 2013 to speak with people about the art and craft of telling true stories. He's the author of two books, Six Weeks in Saratoga: How Three-Year-Old Filly...6186false108fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/episode-105-rich-cohen--67832569touristinformation.podbean.com/8b1ee5a7-c102-3d5e-b950-00517ca2f92eSat, 20 Sep 2025 18:13:42 +0000Tourist InformationRich Cohen is an American non-fiction writer. He is a contributing editor at Vanity Fair and Rolling Stone. He is co-creator, with Martin Scorsese, Mick Jagger and Terence Winter, of the HBO series Vinyl.3820false107fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/episode-104-michael-lewis--67267115touristinformation.podbean.com/0c24fb09-8552-3514-b6ff-e632ccc58ca9Wed, 06 Aug 2025 06:21:27 +0000Tourist InformationMichael Lewis is an American author and financial journalist. He has also been a contributing editor to Vanity Fair since 2009, writing mostly on business, finance, and economics. He is known for his nonfiction work, particularly his coverage of...2989false106fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/episode-103-jim-shepard--66753678touristinformation.podbean.com/bb00f59e-239a-323e-9f55-88edf8336a34Thu, 26 Jun 2025 06:29:57 +0000Tourist InformationJim Shepard is an American novelist and short story writer who teaches creative writing and film at Williams College.6080false105fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/episode-102-cian-o-clery--65728975touristinformation.podbean.com/ee7b544f-ac20-3223-b6d7-32a6c6444da9Fri, 25 Apr 2025 20:02:51 +0000Tourist InformationCian O'Clery is a director and producer of unscripted television. He is the co-creator and series director/producer of 'Love On The Spectrum'. His series have won numerous awards both in Australia and internationally, including several Emmy Awards. 4906false104fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/episode-101-david-gessner--65372583touristinformation.podbean.com/1d1eeb42-e21f-34d7-ae6f-82b354c342d0Sat, 05 Apr 2025 17:06:44 +0000Tourist InformationDavid Gessner is the author of thirteen books that blend a love of nature, humor, memoir, and environmentalism, including the New York Times bestselling, All the Wild That Remains, Return of the Osprey, Sick of Nature and Leave It As It Is: A Journey...4655false103fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/episode-100-david-nasaw--64930836touristinformation.podbean.com/30240689-f233-3ad7-9e28-79a5ed11c19fMon, 17 Mar 2025 08:25:21 +0000Tourist InformationDavid Nasaw is an American author, biographer and historian who specializes in the cultural, social and business history of early 20th Century America. Nasaw is on the faculty of the Graduate Center of the City University of New York, where he is the...3764false102fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/episode-99-ada-ferrer--64052558touristinformation.podbean.com/ac2430ba-57ce-39e2-9613-4d5f21e3fe32Thu, 30 Jan 2025 20:07:55 +0000Tourist InformationAda Ferrer is a Cuban-American historian. She is a professor of history and Caribbean Studies at Princeton University. She won the 2015 Frederick Douglass Prize for her book Freedom's Mirror: Cuba and Haiti in the Age of Revolution. She was also...4847false101fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/episode-98-rodney-ascher--63554631touristinformation.podbean.com/995ccc55-c4bb-30fc-9400-c15846d28ce8Fri, 03 Jan 2025 06:56:32 +0000Tourist InformationRodney Ascher is an American film director, best known for Room 237 (2012), A Glitch in the Matrix (2021) and The Nightmare (2015).5590false100fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/episode-97-spencer-kornhaber--63386976touristinformation.podbean.com/b15b17ba-595b-39a3-9a0e-02f39dcf4109Thu, 19 Dec 2024 05:59:39 +0000Tourist InformationSpencer Kornhaber is a staff writer at The Atlantic. Before joining The Atlantic as an editor in 2011, he was a staff writer at OC Weekly, an editor at Patch, and a freelancer for Spin and The A.V. Club. In 2019, he won the Excellence in Column...4649false99fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/episode-96-a-l-kennedy--62903074touristinformation.podbean.com/a006698e-aede-30d2-afa9-18903712c73bWed, 20 Nov 2024 20:48:45 +0000Tourist InformationA. L. Kennedy is a Scots writer, academic and stand-up comedian. She writes novels, short stories and non-fiction, and is known for her dark tone and her blending of realism and fantasy. She contributes columns and reviews to European newspapers.     5173false98fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/episode-95-ben-johnson--60108968touristinformation.podbean.com/2c40fa2c-1fcc-3c3f-b7ee-9143aa3de4dfTue, 21 May 2024 05:57:00 +0000Tourist InformationBen Johnson is a Canadian former sprinter. During the 1987–88 season he held the title of the world's fastest man, breaking both the 100m and the 60m indoor World Records. He won the 100 metres at the 1987 World Championships in Athletics; and at the...2647false97fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/episode-94-michael-azerrad--58962134touristinformation.podbean.com/a473b0f5-054a-3be8-a7d5-f54a9b204719Thu, 07 Mar 2024 18:25:45 +0000Tourist InformationMichael Azerrad is an American author, music journalist, editor, and musician. A graduate of Columbia University, he has written for publications such as Spin, Rolling Stone, and The New York Times. Azerrad's 1993 biography Come as You Are: The Story...6421false96fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/episode-93-andrew-hammel--58860941touristinformation.podbean.com/acc9aadb-b322-34d6-9271-149ca716e7b4Wed, 28 Feb 2024 08:48:54 +0000Tourist InformationAndrew Hammel holds law degrees from the University of Houston and Harvard Law School and was admitted to the bar of the State of Texas in 1996. He is a former death-row defense lawyer and law professor. He is the author of Ending the Death Penalty:...6823false95fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/episode-92-ric-burns--58000879touristinformation.podbean.com/da84d793-4fbd-33f7-9394-da4becafdddfWed, 13 Dec 2023 21:03:17 +0000Tourist InformationRic Burns is an American documentary filmmaker and writer. He has written, directed and produced historical documentaries since the 1990s, beginning with his collaboration on the celebrated PBS series The Civil War (1990), which he produced with his...5055false94fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/episode-91-nich-mcdonell--57860657touristinformation.podbean.com/87d6f406-9e7a-3d57-87ef-6a28f4a04503Thu, 30 Nov 2023 08:23:46 +0000Tourist InformationRobert Nicholas McDonell is an American writer who has worked as a journalist, screenwriter, producer, novelist and researcher.6054false93fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/episode-90-kim-cross--57207145touristinformation.podbean.com/b1d828af-c2f0-382a-aa56-fad63347a09eThu, 12 Oct 2023 08:24:20 +0000Tourist InformationKim Cross is a New York Times best-selling author and journalist known for meticulously reported narrative nonfiction. A full-time freelance writer, she has bylines in the New York Times, Nieman Storyboard, Outside, Bicycling, Garden & Gun,...4892false92fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/episode-89-slavoj-zizek--56587117touristinformation.podbean.com/0983196b-7063-353c-9c06-40268b946320Fri, 25 Aug 2023 06:41:45 +0000Tourist InformationSlavoj Žižek is a Slovenian philosopher, cultural theorist and public intellectual. He is international director of the Birkbeck Institute for the Humanities at the University of London, visiting professor at New York University and a senior...3910false91fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/christopher-l-miller--52947769touristinformation.podbean.com/2ed1bd86-fd19-305c-97a6-08801b578074Fri, 09 Dec 2022 18:37:24 +0000Tourist InformationChristopher L. Miller is retired professor in the Department of French and the Department of African American Studies at Yale University. He is the author of Blank Darkness: Africanist Discourse in French, published by the University of Chicago Press....4301false90fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/episode-87-charles-leerhsen--52948509touristinformation.podbean.com/e808f244-c198-34ec-8b07-4e38225a236eMon, 28 Nov 2022 12:37:46 +0000Tourist InformationCharles Leerhsen is a former executive editor at Sports Illustrated. He has written for Rolling Stone, Esquire, and The New York Times. His books include Ty Cobb: A Terrible Beauty; Crazy Good: The Story of Dan Patch, the Most Famous Horse in America;...4203false89fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/episode-86-lori-grinker--52948304touristinformation.podbean.com/ba599108-6679-3333-8386-773855bb98ddMon, 17 Oct 2022 03:58:34 +0000Tourist InformationLori Grinker is an American documentary art photographer and filmmaker from New York City. She is best known for her self-directed, long-term documentary projects, and has conducted these projects through photography, video and multimedia.3823false88fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/episode-85-rachel-monroe--52947561touristinformation.podbean.com/2e7fce87-caaf-3242-aa6c-960f60be35e8Tue, 23 Aug 2022 05:43:05 +0000Tourist InformationRachel Monroe is a contributing writer at The New Yorker, where she covers Texas and the Southwest.5037false87fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/episode-84-gary-smith--52948172touristinformation.podbean.com/1179e8a2-abbe-3146-9247-8cd08137c6b9Mon, 15 Aug 2022 17:39:33 +0000Tourist InformationGary Smith is an American sportswriter. He is best known for his lengthy human interest stories in Sports Illustrated, where he worked from 1983 to 2013. 4660false86fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/episode-83-alexander-wolff--52947995touristinformation.podbean.com/4b6d8361-bf6c-3c31-a1dd-d1d321d44a48Fri, 11 Mar 2022 05:33:28 +0000Tourist InformationAlexander Wolff spent thirty-six years on staff at Sports Illustrated. He is author or editor of nine books, including the New York Times bestseller Raw Recruits and Big Game, Small World, which was named a New York Times Notable Book. A former Ferris...2909false85fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/episode-82-dan-reed--52948338touristinformation.podbean.com/f837bad2-3d89-3584-a623-42fe8e615406Fri, 11 Feb 2022 06:35:21 +0000Tourist InformationDan Reed is a British documentary director and producer, known for Leaving Neverland (2019), The Valley (2000) and Terror in Mumbai (2009).3900false84fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/episode-81-paul-cantor--52948018touristinformation.podbean.com/36e82f61-baef-3c82-9195-26f131a6efd1Mon, 17 Jan 2022 23:32:00 +0000Tourist InformationPaul Cantor is a writer whose work has appeared in the New York Times, New YorkMagazine, Rolling Stone, XXL, Esquire, Billboard, MTV News, Vice, FADER, Complex, and elsewhere. Born and raised in New York City, he began his career as a music producer...4727false83fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/episode-80-joanna-rakoff--52948295touristinformation.podbean.com/c127b64c-2b20-3444-a518-96df88a56cdbMon, 10 Jan 2022 04:26:43 +0000Tourist InformationJoanna Rakoff is the author of the international bestselling memoir My Salinger Year and the novel A Fortunate Age, winner of the Goldberg Prize for Fiction, the Elle Readers’ Prize, and a San Francisco Chronicle Bestseller. 3822false82fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/episode-79-ron-sexsmith--52947560touristinformation.podbean.com/5065be4a-10bb-3344-9b3c-725f80374237Fri, 07 Jan 2022 05:02:32 +0000Tourist InformationRon Sexsmith is a Canadian singer-songwriter from St. Catharines, Ontario. He was the songwriter of the year at the 2005 Juno Awards. He began releasing recordings of his own material in 1985 at age 21, and has since recorded fifteen albums.2222false81fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/episode-78-mark-blyth--52948252touristinformation.podbean.com/aec6a2e2-5028-3a85-9410-4d22eea16c40Sat, 18 Dec 2021 08:39:40 +0000Tourist InformationMark Blyth is a Scottish-American political scientist. He is currently the William R. Rhodes Professor of International Economics and Professor of International and Public Affairs at Brown University. He is the author of several books, including Great...3284false80fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/episode-77-michael-lewis--52947950touristinformation.podbean.com/ce5153f5-1191-34b1-8546-67881935d7f6Thu, 16 Dec 2021 08:18:29 +0000Tourist InformationMichael Lewis is an American author and financial journalist. He has also been a contributing editor to Vanity Fair since 2009, writing mostly on business, finance, and economics. He is the best-selling author of The Undoing Project, Liar's Poker,...3977false79fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/episode-76-laurie-woolever--52947562touristinformation.podbean.com/03ec2f6c-a397-31fa-b424-3578a24ccf02Fri, 26 Nov 2021 20:07:33 +0000Tourist InformationLaurie Woolever is a writer and editor, and spent nearly a decade assisting Anthony Bourdain, with whom she coauthored the cookbook Appetites in 2016. Her most recent book is 'Bourdain: The Definitive Oral Biography' 4158false78fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/episode-75-jenny-valentish--52948073touristinformation.podbean.com/29a96732-fa13-3db9-9733-45b0d91aedaeSun, 21 Nov 2021 18:08:01 +0000Tourist InformationJenny Valentish is a journalist and author. Her latest books include 'Woman of Substances' and 'Everything Harder Than Everyone Else' 3967false77fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/episode-74-tim-hayward--52948602touristinformation.podbean.com/d6ae0e3a-3ac1-3baa-8e31-91f3bc6d604dSat, 13 Nov 2021 05:23:03 +0000Tourist InformationTim Hayward is a writer, broadcaster, restaurateur and unrepentant food geek. He writes a column and criticises restaurants for the Financial Times and his features have appeared in the FT, Guardian, Observer Food Monthly, Delicious, Olive, Waitrose...7647false76fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/episode-73-maria-bustillos--52948008touristinformation.podbean.com/24f6a33d-a69e-3edb-b677-3c02c018729bSat, 06 Nov 2021 03:43:28 +0000Tourist InformationMaria Bustillos is the founding editor of Popula, an alternative news and culture magazine. Her work has appeared in the New York Times, The New Yorker, Harper’s, and The Guardian.3954false75fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/episode-72-leon-gast--52948384When We Were Kings depicts the iconic heavyweight boxing match: The Rumble in the Jungle between Muhammad Ali and George Foreman. This film would go on to win the 1996 Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature and the Independent Spirit Award. ]]>touristinformation.podbean.com/6f998dd7-f05f-3f7e-b114-008c6aaa31e3Mon, 18 Oct 2021 21:00:53 +0000Tourist InformationLeon Gast was an American documentary film director, producer, cinematographer, and editor. His documentary, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/When_We_Were_Kings depicts the iconic heavyweight boxing...When We Were Kings depicts the iconic heavyweight boxing match: The Rumble in the Jungle between Muhammad Ali and George Foreman. This film would go on to win the 1996 Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature and the Independent Spirit Award. ]]>2973false74fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/episode-71-tom-vitale--52948390touristinformation.podbean.com/eff0b02d-dab8-3499-bb5b-ce1ef20e26f1Thu, 30 Sep 2021 21:42:04 +0000Tourist InformationTom Vitale is a producer and director, known for Anthony Bourdain: Parts Unknown, Gourmet's Diary of a Foodie and Anthony Bourdain: No Reservations 4524false73fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/episode-70-kevin-draper--52947564touristinformation.podbean.com/49520cc0-1f0b-3f17-b8d1-37f5ad00f66fWed, 22 Sep 2021 00:35:40 +0000Tourist InformationKevin Draper is a sports business reporter for The New York Times, covering the leagues, federations, owners, unions, stadiums and media companies behind the games.2741false72fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/episode-69-randy-roberts--52947563touristinformation.podbean.com/ac5a1737-38f5-3b15-b923-b195419eaa2cWed, 08 Sep 2021 19:24:17 +0000Tourist InformationRandy Roberts is the distinguished professor of history at Purdue University and an award-winning author. He has written thirteen books on sports history, the most recent of which is Blood Brothers: The Fatal Friendship between Muhammad Ali and Malcolm X 3615false71fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/episode-64-nick-broomfield--46371907touristinformation.podbean.com/ce39cec7-1072-37f3-8a75-a24b7ed8e5caTue, 06 Jul 2021 23:06:26 +0000Tourist InformationNick Broomfield is an English documentary film director. His self-reflective style has been regarded as influential to many later filmmakers.4247falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/episode-53-jerry-izenberg--43800041touristinformation.podbean.com/eae8fbbe-1811-3a08-899e-56987b9b3d9bMon, 08 Mar 2021 23:23:34 +0000Tourist InformationJerry Izenberg is a sports journalist with The Newark Star-Ledger in Newark, New Jersey. Izenberg has covered many memorable sporting events and figures of the late twentieth century, including Sonny Werblin's ownership of the New York Jets, the...4075falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/episode-52-dan-roberts--43539265touristinformation.podbean.com/7753a3c1-2ecf-36ef-b2cc-68dfe493c7d8Mon, 15 Feb 2021 19:00:30 +0000Tourist InformationDan Roberts is an attorney and has written about boxing, law, violence against women and - occasionally - good champagne for Deadspin (RIP), Splinter, and others.3711falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/episode-50-gay-talese--43280157touristinformation.podbean.com/9e5cf2ed-7784-30f4-93d3-267934c45db1Mon, 25 Jan 2021 19:49:48 +0000Tourist InformationGay Talese is an American writer. As a journalist for The New York Times and Esquire magazine during the 1960s, Talese helped to define contemporary literary journalism. Talese's most famous articles are about Joe DiMaggio and Frank Sinatra.4557falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/episode-49-alex-vadukul--43022595touristinformation.podbean.com/4566970d-2fe6-3461-b252-c5b1caabd321Fri, 15 Jan 2021 06:00:00 +0000Tourist InformationAlex Vadukul is a city correspondent for The New York Times. He writes for Metropolitan and is a two-time winner of the New York Press Club award for city writing and a winner of the Society of Silurians medallion for profile writing.3847falsefull