Tales from the Departure Lounge
Tickets? Check. Passport? Check. Imodium? Check. Sit back, relax and enjoy the journey as Andy and Nick try to fly this plane. They'll be chatting to special guests about travel hacks, destinations of choice and the transformative power of working or studying overseas. Travel is back and there is always time to kill in an airport. You could spend it in a Burger King or you could listen to some inspirational tales from life's frequent flyers. Final call for this lo-fi, high-flying podcast odyssey.
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Tales from the Departure Lounge is a Type Nine production for The PIE www.thepienews.com
- Update frequency
- every 6 days
- Average duration
- 29 minutes
- Episodes
- 60
- Years Active
- 2023 - 2025
#31 Nick Golding (I Slept with Michael Jackson)
He has the charisma to be a lead singer in a band but instead he became a rockstar entrepreneur as one of the founding partners of CATS colleges and Cambridge Education Group. Nick Gold…
#30 Karin Fischer (The American Dream)
In this episode, award-winning reporter Karin Fischer from the Chronicle of Higher Education joins the TFTDL crew to discuss the BIG questions in geo-politics. Is the American dream sti…
#29 Tales from the Departure Lounge LIVE with Jon Stauff
The British are coming! Andy and Nick touched down in the beautiful city of Boston, USA to record an episode on stage at The PIE Live North America conference '23 with Jon Stauff, assis…
TFTDL Radio - No Status Blues
We've teamed up with the lovely people at Duolingo to create the perfect travel mix-tape playlist on Spotify! Inspired by the guests, stories and destinations from the Tales from the De…
#28 Marnie Watson (Just Add Water)
Are you chopping onions or have you just brought a tear gas canister into your 15th floor apartment? Aussie country-kid, Marnie Watson (Acumen / Sannam S4 Group) chooses to disregard he…
#27 Earl Blaney (Who Let The Dogs Out?)
The exploitation of international students for financial gain is an open secret in some parts of the world, and while many choose to look away, Earl Blaney has been calling out the dark…
#26 Leanne Linacre (A Brave New World)
Do you want to change the world? Or at least leave it a little bit better than how you found it? Well then you need to get your hands dirty.
Leanne Linacre (LILA* Liverpool, Lead5050) s…
#25 Tony Eyles (This Is Your Captain Speaking)
This is the REAL life pilot episode! Tony Eyles is a first officer flying for British Airways. He joins the TFTDL flight crew to answer all your questions about planes, pilots and passe…
TFTDL Radio - (Everybody's Free) To Listen To Tales From The Departure Lounge
We've teamed up with the lovely people at Duolingo to create the perfect travel mix-tape playlist on Spotify! Inspired by the guests, stories and destinations from the Tales from the De…
#24 Vanessa Varvas (Pura Vida)
Remember the 'Lonely Planet' days before the internet? All you needed was cash, a map and some resilience. Vanessa Varvas (UEL) tells the TFTDL flight crew how travel has made her a bet…
#23 Brendan McGerty (Gringo Touch Here)
*NEW JINGLE ALERT* the 'No Status Blues' in Brazil. Brendan McGerty (Griffith College) left a drunken voice message in the TFTDL inbox about his airline status, so we just had to follow…
#22 Ben McNally-Burn (The Nervous Traveller)
Do you ever get a little bit nervous and find yourself talking nonsense on a podcast? The TFTDL flight crew get chatty with Ben McNally-Burn (Education New Zealand) about everything fro…
#21 Rupert Daniels (Lost In Translation)
This is the money and power episode! Rupert Daniels has brokered some of the biggest commercial deals in the world, having worked for FIFA, Arsenal FC and his current role as director o…
#20 Tales from the Departure Lounge LIVE with Louis Clay
Could we do it live down under? With Amy Baker standing in as co-host for Andy, we somehow managed to record an episode on stage at The PIE Live Australia '23 with Louis Clay, associate…
#19 Joe Shaw (The Saracens Head)
Joe Shaw is the head coach at Saracens Rugby Club based in North London, and the current Premiership Rugby Champions. A former school mate of Andy's, this is a rare interview where Joe …
TFTDL Radio - What's the purpose of your visit?
We've teamed up with the lovely people at Duolingo to create the perfect travel mix-tape playlist on Spotify! Inspired by the guests, stories and destinations from the Tales from the De…
Frequent Flyers Club (Your Stories) June 2023
In this short interlude episode we get to know Stefan Loncar and Loncom Consulting who have been sponsoring the podcast. As well as making data sexy Stefan has some strong opinions on A…
#18 Bronte Neyland (Choose Your Own Adventure)
Life is just one big opportunity to explore. In this episode the TFTDL flight crew meet pro-vice chancellor for future students, Bronte Neyland (Swinburne University of Technology) fro…
#17 Jogvan Klein (Forever Young And Faroese)
You can take the boy out of the Faroe Islands but you can't take the Faroe Islands out of the man. This is dark, brooding, nordic noir from the North Atlantic. If you like your internat…
#16 Marko Remes (The Runaway Bride)
Run, Tina, Run! This episode features THE BEST STORY we've ever had on TFTDL so far. The fabulous Marko Remes (Edith Cowan University Australia) recounts an unbelievably crazy tale in T…