Travel That Made Me

Episodi

• Aziz Abu-Sarah (Palestinian Peace Activist): Making Peace with Travel 04.07.2026 55min

  He grew up without citizenship, without a passport, and with a burning rage after his brother died after being tortured in a military cell. Then, at eighteen, Aziz Abu-Sarah did something almost nobody in his position would do: he walked twenty minutes to the other side of Jerusalem and started learning Hebrew. His world opened up.That one decision, to embrace what he had been taught to fear, runs through everything Aziz has done since. He guided tourists through the Old City at nine years old with no English. He’s been hospitalised for panic attacks after his experiences in war zones. His way of looking at the world brought him a reception with two popes and a commendation for the Nobel Peace Prize.On Travel That Made Me, Aziz tells Rajan Datar how he turned some of his darkest places into a way of seeing the world, one where curiosity beats fear, and crossing uncrossable borders is a practice, not a leap. It’s a lesson in how peace gets built: one step at a time, starting from the moment you leave home. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit travelthatmademe.substack.com
• Paul Simonon (The Clash): Have Bass, Will Travel 27.06.2026 45min

  Some people are just made differently. Paul Simonon certainly is. From smashing his bass on stage, which would become the most famous album cover in punk to cooking spaghetti for inmates in a Greenland jail - Paul Simonon has lived many lives.For fifty years he has roamed the planet, from a Brixton boyhood to “cowboy land” in 1960s Italy, touring the world with Joe Strummer to busking unrecognised in a Mallorcan fishing village.So why, when Rajan Datar asks what he loves most about travel, does this restless wanderer answer with a single word: coming back?A punk legend, a secret home bird, and stories you will not see coming. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit travelthatmademe.substack.com
• From a Missed Flight to the Front Line - with Lyse Doucet 19.06.2026 57min

  What's it like to be a high-profile journalist, travelling around the world, seeing international events and wars from a first-hand perspective? This conversation is with Lyse Doucet, the BBC's Chief International Correspondent. Lyse has been a journalist for over 40 years, and has reported from almost everywhere - from Afghanistan to Côte d'Ivoire. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit travelthatmademe.substack.com
• Introducing... Travel That Made Me 11.06.2026 1min

  How has travel shaped your life? Travel That Made Me is a weekly podcast about how travel made some of the world’s most fascinating and incredible people who they are. From musicians to Nobel Prize winners, explorers to war correspondents, Travel That Made Me delves into all of life’s stories, all through the lens of travel. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit travelthatmademe.substack.com