Parhaat Eric Trules Podcastit (2024)

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Grazing With Camels - Episode 1 16:02

10M ago16:02

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Trules travels across the Israeli-Egyptian border in 1999 to the Sinai Desert, where he takes a 3-day overnight "camel safari" with Bedouin guides into the Biblical past. No connection to the modern technological world. He highly recommends it for "Peace in the Middle East"!!Kirjoittanut Eric Trules

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ET043 - Bonus: Interview with Outlier, Matt Dartnell 53:58

6y ago53:58

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http://erictrules.com/episode43

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ET042 - Bonus Episode -Trules Guests on Podcast Junkies 1:33:46

6y ago1:33:46

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Today’s Bonus interview on “Podcast Junkies” is called: “Rebelling Against Conformity and Finding Freedom Through the Arts”, and in it, Harry Duran and I cover my journey from pre-med college student to professional clown and recent podcaster. Along the way, Harry calls my work the “predecessor of flash mobs”. I’m not exactly sure that’s true, but …

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ET041 - Behind the Scenes with Travel Writer, Linda Ballou 46:07

6y ago46:07

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My guest, Linda Ballou, is an accomplished travel and adventure writer - about whom world-wide explorer, Jim Dorsey, says: "Ballou takes the reader out of their armchair into the vast world as few travel writers can. Her eye for detail, combined with intimate knowledge of her surroundings, sets Ms. Ballou heads above most of the travel writing pack…

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ET040 - The Ghosts of Edinburgh, Scotland 23:48

6y ago23:48

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Today we’ll be time traveling again - a long ways back… to 1988, when I ventured to Edinburgh, Scotland to perform for the first time in the Edinburgh Fringe, the largest arts festival, if not on the planet, then at least in the Western world. I was 41 years old, living in Santa Monica, and I was invited to perform my one man show as part of a thea…

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ET039 - Behind the Scenes with Travel Wisdom Podcast Host, Ladan Jiracek 43:04

6y ago43:04

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Ladan Jiracek, host of the Travel Wisdom Podcast, is my Behind the Scenes guest today because… I just love the question that his podcast poses: “Can travel be more than just a fun thing to do? Can it also provide a learning experiences for later in life?” Ladan believes it can be, and that’s why he’s traveled to over 100 countries... hoping to plan…

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ET038 - The Seedy & Glamorous Hotel Woodward, NYC Back in the Day 27:38

6+ y ago27:38

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New York City — 1977 — “back in the day” — when Studio 54 was all the rage and the new TKTS half-price tickets booth on 47th Street and Broadway was still bright-eyed and bushy tailed. When my rent at the infamous and sometimes dangerous, Hotel Woodward was $55 a week, and I had to figure out a way to pay it. As you’ll hear, I was ingenious, and pe…

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ET037 - Behind the Scenes with Travel Hacker, Jen Ruiz 46:39

6+ y ago46:39

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Jen Ruiz is the author of “The Affordable Flight Guide”, has been featured in the Washington Post and on ABC news, and she documents her travel-hacking adventures on her website, jenonajetplane.com. She believes that too many people put off seeing the world until they retire, save up a small fortune, or find the perfect travel partner. She thinks t…

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ET036 - Susan, Tim, and Me - Hollywood Comes to Bali 17:43

6+ y ago17:43

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Today I find myself at a cremation ceremony in Ubud, Indonesia, the cultural capital of the magical island of Bali. Thousands of locals and tourists are watching a Hindu-Bali ceremony… where the bones of Balinese men, women, and children, who have never received a proper burial, have been dug up, placed in giant coffin-boxes topped with carved wood…

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ET035 - Behind the Scenes with Reggae Aficionado, Roger Steffens 58:05

6+ y ago58:05

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Roger Steffens is a reggae expert and collector extraordinaire. Also a poet, photographer, raconteur, and personal friend of Bob Marley. Which means… Roger’s been to Jamaica many times, mon. If you know anything about reggae, you probably know that Roger co-hosted “The Reggae Beat” on KCRW radio beginning in 1979, the first and only reggae show in …

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ET034 - Moon Over Chefchaouen Part 2 21:58

6+ y ago21:58

21:58

If you remember, I last left you at the end of Part 1 getting off a hot, crowded bus which took me from Tetouen, Morocco to… Chechaouen, Morocco. It turns out that not all “ouens” are the same. I’m getting off the bus when I see a seated Islamic man dressed in all white, staring intently at me. He has a computer in his lap, and it’s not too long af…

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ET033 - Behind the Scenes with Ethno-Musicologist, Chuck Jonkey 49:16

6+ y ago49:16

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Chuck Jonkey is an adventurer, composer, and musician who transforms his off the beaten track travel experiences into sound, music and film. Chuck’s exotic adventures have taken him to the furthest reaches of the planet where he seeks out some of the world’s most isolated tribal groups, embeds himself in their cultures, and records their music. His…

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ET032 - Moon Over Chefchaouen 19:33

6+ y ago19:33

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This adventure — is about my trip to Morocco, after I finish my travels in Andalucia. I take a boat from the southeastern tip of Spain’s port, Algeciras, across the Strait of Gibralta, to the northern-most tip of Africa, Ceuta, still Spanish territory… until I cross the Spanish-Moroccan border – by foot – and end up in Tetouan…. Morocco… at the bas…

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ET031-Behind the Scenes with Adventurer Jim Dorsey 45:52

6+ y ago45:52

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Greetings from the Outback, Maties! Today I’ll be talking with James Michael Dorsey, explorer, photographer, lecturer, and award-winning author, who has traveled to over 47 countries in the last 15 years. “Jim” has been called a “combination of swashbuckling adventurer and spiritual seeker” because he visits and documents disappearing indigenous tr…

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ET030 - Me-hee-co 30:18

6+ y ago30:18

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It was a crazy idea. Loco. No, a good one. Bueno. Driving thousands of miles in my white Toyota Celica, which stood out like an automotive sore thumb… all the way from LA to… Ciudad Juarez… to Chihuahua… to Real de Catorce, an old silver mining town in the sacred hills of the Huichol Indians. Along the way, Miguel and I discovered many things… the …

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ET029 - Behind the Scenes with Kate Erickson from EoFire 36:02

6+ y ago36:02

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Kate Erickson emanates all the sunshine and positivity of Southern California. She is passionate about helping entrepreneurs create freedom in their businesses and in their lives – through developing systems and processes that can help their business scale and grow. I wasn’t exactly sure what that meant, but Kate explains it all in this episode…. a…

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ET028 - Welcome Back to Deadwood, Part 2 20:35

6+ y ago20:35

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We’re back in Deadwood, South Dakota…. where you last left me in Episode 26…. in jail. It’s September, 1970 and I’ve been arrested for reckless driving,,,, by Sheriff Deadwood Dick McGraff. I’m in Wild Bill Hickok’s jail cell, on the day after Jimi Hendrix died of a drug overdose. I have long Jewfro hair just like Jimi, and my jail mates have taken…

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ET027 - Behind the Scenes with Mike Siegel from the Travel Tales Podcast 51:20

6+ y ago51:20

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Mike Siegel is a professional stand-up comedian, fellow travel podcaster, and TV host based in Los Angeles, California. Plus… he’s an overall good guy. Mike created the Travel Tales Podcast in 2011 – which he sees as a lighthearted conversation highlighting the best, and worst, experiences that travel has to offer. I think Mike and I are both tryin…

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ET026 - The Wild West of Deadwood, South Dakota 21:05

6+ y ago21:05

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I was doing one of the most patriotic things I’ve ever done in my life – going to Mt. Rushmore - to see George, Tom, Abe, and Teddy… whose Presidential images were all cracked and decayed… just like our country. I end up making a little detour – to the old cowboy and mining town of Deadwood, South Dakota… long before David Milch, Al Swearingen, and…

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ET025 - Behind the Scenes with Shannon Moore Martin from Podbean 24:32

7y ago24:32

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“I’ve always wanted to be an ‘ex-pat’, an American living outside of the United States. Never more so than in this tenuous time of Trump!” So at Podcast Movement 17 in Anaheim, I do a live interview with Shannon Moore Martin of Podbean, who lives in Shanghai. We talk of many things – like living internationally, and working for one of the biggest p…

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ET024 - Welcome Season 2 with A Cock Tale From Borneo 16:36

7y ago16:36

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This season, I’d like to start thinking about travel in a new way.Time and place, Maties. Because I think there’s something profound and universal about a good travel story, connecting us more deeply to a unique place at a specific time, to ourselves, and to the other people we meet along the way. At the end of this episode, I'll recall a tribal ta…

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ET023 - Bonus - Trules Guests on the Creative Studio Podcast 33:27

7y ago33:27

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Ho! Ho! Ho! And Happy New Year! Having just passed the 1 YEAR ANNIVERSAY of my podcast, I am announcing GOOD NEWS — the release of “e-travels with e. trules” on SPOTIFY! To celebrate, I’m releasing the 4th and final BONUS EPISODE – between Season 1 and Season 2. It’s my interview from this past Fall with Joshua Rivers, also known as “The Podcast Gu…

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ET022 - Bonus Episode, Trules Guests on Podcasts We Listen To 1:13:39

7y ago1:13:39

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It's the 1 Year Anniversary of the Podcast, so today to celebrate and to tickle your travel podcast fancy, I'm releasing a BONUS episode, my guest interview with Jeremy Collins, host of "Podcasts We Listen To". Jeremy contacted me from Capser, Wyoming, where is a UPS driver, as well as the creator of "Podcasts We Listen To", a popular podcast and t…

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ET021 - Bonus Episode, Trules Guests on the "Travel Tales Podcast" 1:04:38

7y ago1:04:38

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Mike Siegel, Comedian and Host of the Travel Tales Podcast: “What do you think travel has taught you about yourself, people in general, and about America?” Trules: “How much time do you have?” http://erictrules.com/episode21Kirjoittanut Eric Trules

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ET020 – Bonus Episode – Trules on the “Travel Stories Podcast” 51:41

7y ago51:41

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In between Seasons 1 & 2, the podcast offers a BONUS EPISODE of Trules' guest interview on the "Travel Stories Podcast", with host, Hayden Lee. http://erictrules.com/episode20Kirjoittanut Eric Trules

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ET019 - End of Season 1 - with a "Tear" 19:56

7y ago19:56

19:56

Here it is... one of kind.... a travel story not about... me! Along with excerpts from Season 1, and final travelogue. "Tear" is about a 15 year old Chicano boy named Alejandro Chavez, my "mentee", and the bus trip he took across the US-Tijuana border in 1995. Alex, as he like to be called, told me this story, and I've tried to capture it here. I t…

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ET018 - Behind the Scenes with Debra Ehrhardt from Jamaica 54:33

7y ago54:33

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These words from my guest in this Episode, Debra Ehrhardt, solo performer and native of Jamaica: "Your saying 'no' to me is just a way of my saying, ok, how can I get 'yes'?" "In America, there is no class system; they see you as you are." "When a man is involved in a child's life, it makes such a difference." "People who travel are so much more in…

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ET017 - The Mighty Mekong 17:05

7+ y ago17:05

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This episode finds Trules chugging up the Mighty Mekong River, on a flat-top, tin-roof, diesel-puffing dinosaur, from northern Thailand to southern Laos, metaphorically and musically searching for mad Mr. Kurtz, from Joseph Conrad's "Heart of Darkness", and of course, more recently adapted by Francis Ford Coppola into his film, "Apocalypse Now", wh…

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ET016 - Behind the Scenes with Actor-Musician, Morlan Higgins 52:15

7+ y ago52:15

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Trules speaks with one of Los Angeles' true musical and theatrical treasures, Morlan Higgins. Be serenaded with Morlan's mandolin, learn about his acting with Pulitzer-Pfrize winning playwright, Athol Fugard, and hear about "the river of life" http://erictrules.com/episode16Kirjoittanut Eric Trules

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ET015 - Amsterdam, the "Perfect City" 14:53

7+ y ago14:53

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Amsterdam, Christmas 2013 As ex-heavyweight champ, Sonny Liston, always said, "Life... a funny thang". It comes and goes -- in cycles. When we're in an "up" cycle... feeling good about ourselves and our lives, it seems nothing can go wrong. We're invincible. When we're in a "down" cycle... of loss, transition, fear, it seems that nothing can go rig…

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ET014 - Behind the Scenes with Liz Femi from Nigeria 47:39

7+ y ago47:39

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In this lively episode, Trules talks with Liz Femi, a fellow solo performer and storyteller, who was born in the United Kingdom and grew up in Nigeria, a country not many tourists - or travelers - know much about. Liz is a small, smart, beautiful, and feisty young woman who her Mom describes as: "a really bendy, bouncy branch... connected to a stro…

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ET013 - The Gentrification of Mi Barrio, Echo Park 25:53

7+ y ago25:53

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Echo Park, the one time immigrant-socialist-artist neighborhood of Los Angeles, has undergone the sad and inevitable process of "gentrification". Trules, a long-time Echo park resident, goes to the annual Cubano musical festival and is confronted head on with "unneighborhly" gentrification. Complete with original Cuban music composed by Amanda Yama…

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ET012 - Behind The Scenes with Israeli Diplomat, Raphael Morav 40:44

7+ y ago40:44

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Trules speaks with long-time friend and Israeli diplomat, Raphael Morav, who he has visited in Rome, Jerusalem, Helsinki, and Paris. Hear them chat about politics, Israel, diplomacy, kibuttzes, travel, SERVAS, the United Nations, and more. http://erictrules.com/episode12Kirjoittanut Eric Trules

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ET011 - The Iron Horse and the Borneo Bucket Brigade 13:35

7+ y ago13:35

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In December, 2001, just months after 9/11, Trules arrives in Kota Kinabalu on the island of Borneo in East Malaysia. Teaching at an all-Islamic university on a Fulbright grant, he is confronted with images of Osama Bin Laden - on the screensavers of his university colleagues - and on t-shirts in every shopping mall. Talk about culture shock, he lea…

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ET010 - Behind the Scenes with Chris Christensen, the Amateur Traveler 50:26

7+ y ago50:26

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Trules talks with long-time travel blogger and podcaster, Chris Christensen, "The Amateur Traveler"... whose cool rules of the road include: 1- "Never lose your sense of wonder and adventure when you're traveling." 2- "Never complain that you don't do things that way at home; that's part of the point of traveling." 3- "Never whne, because in the gr…

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ET009 - Nine Lives & Balinese Good Karma 27:34

7+ y ago27:34

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Trules arrives at the international airport in Denpasar on the magical island of Bali - to meet his Indonesian wife - but she is not there. She is, instead, in the local Kasi Ibue hospital with... dengue fever... one of the most feared, mosquito-born illnesses in the world. After waiting a week with Surya on intravenous drip, they go to the "Good K…

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ET008 - Behind the Scenes with Jonathan Munoz-Proulx 27:55

7+ y ago27:55

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My guest this week is Jonathan Munoz-Proulx, otherwise know as “JMP”, my former student and now independent theater artist, who first gave me the idea of doing a travel podcast. After seeing me do many readings and performance of my stories on stage, and then reading them on my travel blog, he said: “Your stories are SO MUCH BETTER when we hear you…

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ET007 - Why Travel? 17:18

7+ y ago17:18

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Beijing, China, 2007 It's a year before the Beijing Olympics and there are crowds and pollution everywhere. I've been invited to teach the LDTX Bejing Modern Dance Company, the Joffrey Ballet of China. I'm 60 years old and I haven't danced in over 30 years. What am I going to do? "Figure it out," says that jackal trickster, Travel. "Improvise! Isn'…

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EET006 - Behind the Scenes with Hayden Lee of the "Travel Stories Podcast" 36:02

7+ y ago36:02

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My guest this episode is Hayden Lee, the self-professed son of a hippie and a biker, and the host of the popular, Travel Stories Podcast. Born in rural Shropshire, England, Hayden is a musician and an intrepid world traveler who can't help but navigate every conversation into a story. In fact, Hayden, like me, believes that memorable stories are wh…

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ET005 - Love and the Devil's Nose 19:40

7+ y ago19:40

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Alausi, Ecuador. 2003. I married for the first time at age 55. Also in 2003. I married an Indonesian girl from Sumatra who I met in Bali, who was 31 years younger than I was and who spoke almost no English. Go figure, huh? But in the summer of 2003, a few months after we tied the knot in LA, we took our first extended trip together, to Machu Picchu…

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ET004 - Behind the Scenes with the Production Team 25:28

8y ago25:28

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My guests this time are my 2 trusty and talented production colleagues, Alysha Bermudez, our imaginative and immersive sound designer, and Amanda Yamate, our composer who creates music tapestries from all over the world. Both are college students well on their way to professional careers. Alysha is in the Sound Design program at USC and Amanda is i…

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ET003 - E-Ticket to Thekkady 15:51

8y ago15:51

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June, 2006. Trules has arrived in Mumbai on the day that 5 bombs have exploded in 5 different train stations in the financial hub, but still beggared, megalopolis of the sub-continent. He heads southeast, up into the mountainous tea plantations of Munnar, high in the Western Ghats of the province of green, green Kerala. There he takes a terrifying …

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ET002 - Behind the Scenes with Harry Duran 24:52

8y ago24:52

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Welcome to the first "Behind the Scenes" episode of "e-travels with e. trules", a twice a month feature of the podcast, where I will be speaking to friends, colleagues, fellow podcasters and travelers around the world.... in between my monthly scripted shows. The first guest is my producer, Harry Duran, host of "Podcast Junkies". Harry has been my …

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ET001 - Grazing With Camels 16:02

8y ago16:02

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Israel, 1999. Trules ventures south from Jerusalem, crossing the Israeli-Egyptian border at Eilot. He makes camp at "Ras Es Satan", Head of the Devil, sleeping in a primitive "chousha", just feet from the Red Sea. He swims with the neon-lit fishes and organizes a 2 day camel safari, overnight into the Sinai Desert, home of Moses, Joshua, and the fi…

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ET000 - Welcome to "e-travels with e. trules" 15:41

8y ago15:41

15:41

Like to travel? Like to listen to travel tales from well off the beaten path? Well then, you've come to the right podcast. "e-travels with e.trules" is a personal and literary podcast created by Eric Trules, a longtime Huffington Post blogger and theater Professor at USC in Los Angeles, Trules has traveled our beautiful and problematic planet for d…

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