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
#15 Amy Rutherford (The Spy Who Loved New Zealand)
Come fly with me, my dad... and a plane full of hobbits. In this episode Amy Rutherford recounts her extraordinary upbringing on the South Island of her native New Zealand where her par…
TFTDL Radio - Anything to Declare?
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) May 2023
Saph Williams, head of business development at Enroly joins us to review last month's episodes and our social media campaign where we asked our listeners where their final boarding call…
#14 Chris Price (My Heart Skipped A Beat)
Have you ever had to face your own mortality? Sobering and funny, this episode features Chris Price (Adventus) who told us about the factor-5 blood clot that nearly killed him after fly…
#13 Claire Belkadi (C'est La Vie)
Mangez bien, riez souvent, aimez beaucoup. The TFTDL crew meet the tour-de-force that is Claire Belkadi, head of study abroad at the University of Birmingham to talk about love, life an…
#12 Chris Davis (Honey, I Lost The Kids)
Have you ever thought about taking a career break and travelling around the world on a family adventure? That's exactly what Chris Davis (Edified) did with his wife and two sons, aged f…
#11 Shivani Bhalla (Kitne Aadmi The?)
Shivani Bhalla is the head of international student recruitment at Brunel University London. Originally from India, she is a self-proclaimed South Delhi brat who came to study in the UK…
#10 Alex Kelly (The Sand Gets Everywhere)
The Marathon des Sables is the world's toughest foot race spanning 250km through the Sahara desert. In this episode the TFTDL flight crew catch up with Unifrog co-founder Alex Kelly abo…
TFTDL Radio - Slightly Upset (about TUI & Russell Kane)
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) April 2023
Under the threat of a new, rival podcast, Andy hits back with some lyrical firepower. For those who aren't aware, including Andy it would seem, the primary aim of a 'diss track' is to v…
#9 Alex Beard (Natural Born Learners)
How does education differ around the world? BBC Radio 4 presenter and author of Natural Born Learners - Alex Beard joins the TFTDL flight crew to talk about his adventures as an educati…
#8 Jeff Wilson (To The Ends Of The Earth)
Jeff is an award-winning wildlife film producer who has worked on titles such as the BBC's Planet Earth and Frozen Planet, Disney's Penguin and Netflix's Our Planet - and unbelievably h…
#7 Rachel MacSween (Grab Bag And Go)
In this episode our flight crew talk to Rachel MacSween, director of client partnerships at IDP Education about naked men knocking on her hotel door at night, going on holiday with her …
#6 Buzz Townsend (What Is Luxury?)
TFTDL is back again and in this episode we speak to Buzz Townsend, former PR manager for the Ritz and luxury hotel mystery shopper. Find out about the job you never knew existed and jo…
TFTDL Radio - Any Laptops, Liquids or Sharp Objects?
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) March '23
We take a break from regular episodes to hear from the Frequent Flyers Club - stories sent in from #TFTDL listener community. This episode features anecdotes from Simon Terrington (Edco…
#5 Justin Wood (Cuban Mid-Life Crisis)
Justin Wood is the Director of Partner Relations for ApplyBoard, the $1.4B valued edtech recruitment platform from Canada. During his career he has travelled to over 70 different countr…
#4 Andy Mandebura (The Danger Man)
Do you want to hear about the air raid in Sri Lanka, the armed robbery in Nigeria or Chemical Ali's hotel? Welcome to the nine lives of Andy Mandebura, Director of International Recruit…
#3 Amy Baker (Everyone Has A Story)
Who's interviewing who? Amy Baker, CEO of media group The PIE (Professionals in International Education) is a natural journalist and entrepreneur. Her endless curiosity is underpinned …
#2 Selma Toohey (Chapsticks & Checkpoints)
Selma Toohey is the Director for UK and Europe at QS Quacquarelli Symonds and ex-NTU and Shorelight. With an Icelandic mother, Irish father and educated in the US and UK, Selma is a tru…