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Ryan Murdock talks with the world’s most original writers, publishers and travelers to get the story behind great books about place. www.personallandscapespodcast.com
Ryan Murdock hosts Personal Landscapes, a arts show with 76 episodes published.
When Tom Feiling lived in Tokyo in the early 1990s, Japan was a vision of the future. A place where science fiction existed next to centuries old Shinto shrines. He returned to the country nearly twenty-five years later
The little town of Weimar was the crucible of German high culture, democracy, and dictatorship. It was home to Goethe and Schiller, Nietzsche and Liszt. It gave its name to the Weimar Republic. And it was an early strong
Landscapes contain hidden histories that shaped the development of the world we live in. How we moved through those landscapes also tells us something about ourselves. The Paths More Traveled explores the web that has st
The foreign affairs and travel writer Robert Kaplan sees today’s world as a larger version of Germany’s Weimar Republic, “connected enough for one part to mortally influence the other parts, yet not connected enough to b
In a small medieval palace on Kathmandu’s Durbar Square, a young girl chosen from a caste of Buddhist goldsmiths watches over this broad valley and protects the country and its people. She’s the embodiment of Devi, the u
Every book I read about Easter Island said roughly the same thing: a small, isolated group of people living on the world’s most remote inhabited island couldn’t have sculpted, moved and erected the enormous statues that
Moonlighting posed as a detective show, but it was actually an old-fashioned 1940s screwball-comedy. Mysteries were just a framework for the romantic tension between the two main characters, played by Bruce Willis and Cy
I first encountered Constantine Cavafy in Lawrence Durrell’s Alexandria Quartet, where ‘the old poet’ represented the ghostly voice of the city. I was immediately attracted to the dreamlike quality of his poems, and the
Peter Matthiessen is a towering figure of twentieth-century American letters, and the only writer to win the National Book Award in both fiction and nonfiction. He’s also a difficult man to pin down because he accomplish
This drive to discover is deeply human, and as today’s guest will tell you, it might even be encoded in our genes. Alex Hutchinson is the author of The Explorer's Gene. He draws on the latest insights from neuroscience a
Film noir is is my favourite silver screen genre. I’ve seen every A-list film noir multiple times, and most of the B-movies, too. I’ve wanted to do a podcast conversation about it since I started Personal Landscapes. The
When his doctor told him to walk or die, Peter Carpenter transformed a health crisis into a feat of urban archaeology. In wandering the streets where David Bowie honed his craft, Carpenter uncovered hidden dimensions and
The Atlantic slave trade began in the 15th century and was abolished in the United States in 1865, but slavery was practiced in the Muslim world for much longer. It dates back to the 7th century, and endured openly until
Europe By Rail is a beautifully-published guidebook that covers 50 key rail routes across Europe, blending practical advice with narrative storytelling, and a focus on slow travel by local trains. This wonderful resource
In his mid-twenties, city-bound and restless, Louis D. Hall decided to make an uncharted journey on horseback. He found his horse, Sasha, in Italy’s Apennine Mountains and headed west for ‘the end of the land’. In Green
If you grew up in the 80s like I did, you know Andrew McCarthy from Pretty in Pink and St. Elmo’s Fire. But Andrew is more than an actor and director. He’s also an award-winning travel writer. His writing is introspectiv
Germany’s post-war recovery was an economic miracle. The country was on the rise in a good way. And then it all started going wrong. The signs of trouble were visible long before the covid pandemic pushed us over the bri
Digital platforms promised us personalization but their algorithms homogenized culture to a bland lowest common denominator instead. They don’t just influence what we consume, they also determine what is produced as arti
In 1879 a forgotten Irish adventurer called Frederick Carter marched four tamed Asian elephants from the coast of East Africa to the edge of the Congo. He was sent to establish a training school for African elephants so
Josef Koudelka was born in Czechoslovakia the year Germany annexed the Sudetenland. His childhood was overshadowed by Nazi occupation. He lived under the postwar communist regime, and watched Soviet tanks rolled into Pra
Katja Hoyer
Visiting Research Fellow · Kings College London
1 appearance on this show
Robert Kaplan
best selling author and globally prominent geopolitical analyst · Harvard University
1 appearance on this show
Isabella Tree
award-winning journalist and author · Knepp Estate
1 appearance on this show
Alex Hutchinson
author of The Explorer's Gene
1 appearance on this show
Andrew McCarthy
Psychic Medium
1 appearance on this show
Melissa Harris
Professor of Psychology and Happiness Facilitator · The American Association of Service Coordinators
1 appearance on this show
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