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Show Archive 2003
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December 26, 2003 Safari by Ben Adair African Music Festivals Things to Do Besides Safari Sound Travels: African Fauna Staying Healthy in Africa Getting to Africa

December 19, 2003 Traveling into Middle Earth by Dmae Roberts Wacky New Zealand: an interview with Gregg Anderson Anniversary of Flight by Jad Abumrod Taking the Silent Retreat by Rachel Dornhelm Music with Bob Duskis: Last-minute Gifts Sound Travels: Sound Travels Maori Singers, New Zealand Deal of the Week: Get Away to Middle Earth

December 12, 2003 Not the Ozarks by Jim Bogan Mendoza Wine by Joe Zefran Capoeira Tourism by Sylvia Maria Gross 100 Years of Flight by Hal Humphreys An interview with flying legend Red Cary The World Mustache and Beard Championship by Rico Gagliano Sex in the City Tour by Cash Peters Sound Travels: Annapurna region, Nepal Deal of the Week: Ski and See Montreal!

December 5, 2003 Winter Sports Round Up How to Guarantee Your Snow by Jeff Tyler Tips to Get Cool Deals on Winter Sports Travel Oaxaca Cultural Exchange by Jonathan Mitchell Music with Bob Duskis: Egypt and Vienna Sound Travels: One Man Banda in Paris Metro Traveler's Aid: The Lowdown on Low-Cost Air Carriers Deal of the Week: Caribbean Escape!

November 28, 2003 Family Trips to the Great Basin by Steven Trimble Guide to Four Corners: interview with travel writer Julian Smith Utah Luau by Jeff Rice A chat with Jan Morris, the "Finest Travel Writer in World." Hong Kong's World Cup of Shopping by Judith Ritter Travel Behind the Scenes: Airport Limo Driver Sound Travels: Tibetan work crews Fix My Trip: Lost Luggage Deal of the Week: Extraordinary Egypt, Extraordinary Price

November 21, 2003 Exhibit: "America on the Move" - Host Diana Nyad interviews Smithsonian Curator ?????????? On the Prowl in DC: Black America's First Cultural Capital by Rudy Maxa Music of the World: interview with Anne Marie Ruff Postcard: Heaven in Tanzania by Jesse Kalisher Music with Bob Duskis: Ojos de Brujo & Martyn Bennett Sound Travels: Tuk Telpek Freshon An ancient covered bazaar in Bukara - a desert, oasis city in today's Uzbekistan Traveling to Cuba: interview with Camilla Ruiz, Washington Director for the Cuban American National Foundation Deal of the Week: Off-Peak Fun at Our National Parks

November 14, 2003 Waltzing onto a Dance Floor in Vienna Looking Past the Rain to the Warmth in Amsterdam by Rico Gagliano Adventure-Travel Destinations in Winter: a chat with Arlene Burns Europe Winter Deals A Personal Tour of Budapest with Hungarian actress Erika Marozsan Braving Volcán Concepción: by Sioux-z Jessup Bad Taste Tour: Barbed Wire Museum Sound Travels: Notre Dame de Paris, France Deal of the Week: Think Warm in Hawaii

November 7, 2003 Tango Tourism by Amy Radil 1,000 Places to See Music: Interview with authro Patricia Schultz Fado Laundry by Rolando Arrieta Freestylers & Foreigners: Fear and Locomotiving on the Southwest Chief by Hank Rosenfeld Amtrak Update: Interview with Ross Capone Music with Bob Duskis: Eastern Europe, Milwaukee Sound Travels: "Novice Monks", Darjiling, India Traveler's Aide: Travel Update with Joe Sharkey Deal of the Week: Bangkok on a Budget

October 31, 2003 Vietnam in Alabama by Steve Featherstone KSP in the USA by Rachel Dornhelm A Guide to the Best Places to Eat in the USA: A chat with food critic Jonathan Gold Travel to the bottom of the Earth: The Falkland Islands with Todd Jarrell Eric Clapton of the Oud: Anouar Brahem The Knee Defender, interview with inventor Ira Goldman Sound Travels: The Carillons of Holland and Belgium Fix My Trip: Costly Call from Costa Rica Deal of the Week: Toronto, Anyone? How About Istanbul? Or, Business Class, Cheap?

October 24, 2003 A Tour of Haunted Savannah by Heather McElhatton The Red Balloon by Jesse Kalisher Looking for Rübezahl of the Woods by Naomi Lewin An excerpt from "Scratching the Surface," by Jeff Greenwald "Native State: A Memoir," A chat with author Tony Cohan Travel Behind the Scenes: Ground operations coordinator, Jet Blue Airlines, JFK Sound Travels: Puyallup Fair, Tacoma, Washington Traveler's Aide: Helpful Tools for Last-Minute Travel Deal of the Week: Unbeatable Barge Bargain in France

October 17, 2003 The Microbrew as a Lifestyle by David Welch Ashland, for Theater Buffs by Alisa Roth The Ultimate Guide to Oregon's Great Outdoors: A chat with Portland author and TV personality Grant McOmie Batumi Blues by Larry Massett A Look at the Dollar Abroad: Host Diana Nyad in coversation with Marketplace's David Brown Music With Bob Duskis: Bob Brozman & Dabashish Bhattacharya and "Festival in the Desert" (various artists) Sound Travels: The Bells of Dubrovnik Traveler's Aid: Finding Cool World Markets Deal of the Week: Fall Resort Getaway

October 10, 2003 An educated look at Vegas: Interview with UNLV professor Hal Rothman Las Vegas returns to its roots by Flo Rogers Vegas Free Ride: Savvy Tipster Rudy Maxa Explains Casino Comps Fez Festival of Sacred World Music by Anastasia Tsioulcas Bad Taste Tour: Visiting the Museum of Bad Art with Cash Peters Sound Travels: Sound Showers, Oslo, Norway Traveler's Aide: Airport Confiscations Deal of the Week: Ski Switzerland! Or, Just Tour Around and Eat Chocolate!

October 3, 2003 A quick flight to Cedar Keys by Hal Humphreys Splendid China...without leaving America by Judith Ritter Offbeat Keys: a Disney-free chat with Chris Elliott Interview with Florida Maven Chris Elliot Rediscovering Family Roots by Naomi Lewin "Be the Creature!" An Interview with the Chris and Martin Kratt Sound Travels San Antonio Vocal Arts Ensamble Traveler's Aid Travel update with Joe Sharkey Deal of the Week Chinese New Year in Hong Kong / "Ritzy" bargain in Malaysia

September 26, 2003 Interview with Surf Pro Suzy Stewart Learning to hang ten on the North Shore by Scott Carrier Interlaken's Theme Park to the Stars by Paul French "The Art of Travel": An Interview with author Alain de Botton Travel Behind the Scenes: The Housekeepers' point of view Sound Travels: The sounds of work in Timbuktu Fix My Trip: Stupid Traveler Mistakes Deal of the Week: Icelandic Air to Europe

September 19, 2003 Honeymoon, Interrupted, in Spain by Steve Featherstone "Blues Highway": Interview with Author Richard Knight Romantic Rhine Train by Naomi Lewin The Sounds of the Yanomami by Stephen Vitiello & Michael Raphael Weather Delays: Interview with Sam Halpern, Executive VP of WorldTravelCenter.com Music with Bob Duskis: Verve Remixed 2 and Arabian Travels 2 Sound Travels: St. Lazarus Day, Bahia, Brazil Traveler's Aid: Interview with Nuala O'Connor Kelly, Chief Privacy Officer at the Office of Homeland Security Deal of the Week: Europe in the Fall

September 12, 2003 Alice Springs by Martin Stott Interview with Malcolm Griffiths of the Australian Tourist Commission Crossing Over with Ruben Martinez The Beauty of Glen Canyon, Revealed - Stephen Trimble San Antonio Winery by Cash Peters Sound Travels: Speaker's Corner, Sydney, Australia Traveler's Aid: Airline Ticket Futures Deal of the Week: Czech on the Czeap

September 5, 2003 Fishy Bass Tourney? by Steve Featherstone A Look Back at Horatio's Big Drive, Interview with Ken Burns The Jonesboro Story festival by Jill Jordan Sieder Interveiw with Global Grover Music with Bob Duskis: Natacha Atlas and Bembeya Jazz Sound Travels: Indian Wedding Fix My Trip E-Tickets Aren't That E-asy Most recent deal of the Week: Athens in the Off-Season

August 29, 2003 Gaugain Remembered by Judith Fein Experiencing Nine Night in Belize by Hal Humphreys 22 Hours in Iran by Anne Marie Ruff Holiday from Hell by Martin Stott Rustic Summer Camp Memories by Louise Rafkin Speaking in Clicks by Larry Massett Making Travel Resolutions You Can't Keep: A Reading by Author Mary-Lou Weisman "James Dean Died Here:" Interview with Author Chris Epting Sound Travels: Singing Frogs of the Pantanal, Brazil Deal of the Week: Athens in the Off-Season

August 22, 2003 Welcome to Craters of the Moon by Cathy Duchamp Monarch Madness by Sue Halpern Tracking Monarch Migration: Interview with Elizabeth Howard, Founder and Project Director for Journey North The Impressive, The Perverse and The Strange at Burning Man by Rico Travel Behind the Scenes: A Hitchhiker's Tale Sound Travels: Climax Golden Twins Fix My Trip: Avoiding a Car Rental Fiasco Deal of the Week: European Low-Fare Airlines

August 15, 2003 Italian Lessons by Martin Stott Snap Out of It by Susan Van Allen Shanghai-ed in Portland by Dmae Roberts How Will Power Grid Failure Affect Your Travel: Checking in with Rudy Maxa and Bob Mann Music with Bob Duskis: Afro-Celt Sound System and Solomon & Socalled Sound Travels: The Palio, Siena, Italy Traveler's Aid: Security Update Deal of the Week: Airfare Deals for Fall Travel

August 8, 2003 Kansas City Jazz by Laura Ziegler Modern-Day Tramp: An interview with author and hobo Eddie Joe Cotton The Picnic by Benjamin Adair Cash goes to Barbra Streisand's House(s) Sound Travels: Mongolian Throat Singing Traveler's Aid: End-of-Summer Travel Deal of the Week: Surfing for hot hotel bargains

August 1, 2003 The Real Pike Place Market by Anne Marie Ruff The World's Best Pancakes by Jesse Kalisher Interview with Geoff Dryer, Author of "Yoga for People Who Can't Be Bothered to Do It" Biking the Tulip Fields with Jeff Lunden Remembering Bob Hope: Interview with A.C. Lyles Music with Bob Duskis: Trüby Trio & Karsh Kale Sound Travels: Summer in NYC Traveler's Aid: Traveling While Pregnant Deal of the Week: Girls Just Want to Have Fun Getaway

July 25, 2003 Oregon Coast Treasure Hunt by David Welch Revealing Oregon: Interview with Mark Morris, Author of "Oregon Coast" "Funny in Farsi" Interview with author Firoozeh Dumas Revisiting the Somme by Martin Stott In Search of My Inner McCabe by Susan Vall Allen Travel Behind the Scenes: Grand Central Shoe Shine Sound Travels: Summer in Los Angeles Traveler's Aid: Seat Pitch 101 Deal of the Week: Summer airfare bargains to Europe!

July 18, 2003 Postcard of Piazza San Marcos by Dmae Roberts The Moses Project by Megan Williams Fly Fishing, an epic journey with author James Prosek Travels with Mom by Larry Massett Music with Bob Duskis, Susheela Raman & The Detroit Experiment Sound Travels: Summer in Seattle Traveler's Aid: Vulture Tourism Deal of the Week: Escape to Tuscany

July 11, 2003 Bali, After the Bombing by Kelly McEvers Travling the Louisiana Backcountry with Mike Tidwell Ukulele Dreaming, A Bad Taste Tour with Cash Peters Rembrandts at the Airport by Jeff Lunden Chris Elliott - Bumping 101 Sound Travels: Summer in Chicago Traveler's Aid: Classes Abroad Deal of the Week: Ireland on the Cheap

July 4, 2003 Tennessee's Real Music Highway by Hal Humphreys Musical Tour of Seldom-Seen Ethiopia with Anne Marie Ruff "Gullible's Travels," an interview with Cash Peters Checking in on the Cross-Country Road Trip Bus Coaches Get Popular, an interview with Steve Klika from the International Motorcoach Group Music with Bob Duskis: Taraf de Haidouks, Cibelle Sound Travels: Summer in San Francisco Traveler's Aid Insight on the Summer Travel Season Deal of the Week Rocky Mountain Summer Getaway

June 27, 2003 Interview: Advice from Alaskan Wilderness Guide Michael McBride Interview Storytelling with "Homer native" Tom Bodett Interview and performance: Songs from the Land of the Midnight Sun, with Bunny Swan Touring Around Halibut Cove Sound Travels: Guess the Sounds of Homer Traveler's Aid: Tools to find a great hotel rate Deal of the Week: Three Amazing Deals to Get You to Asia

June 20, 2003 Fishy Bass Tourney? by Steve Featherstone A Look Back at Horatio's Big Drive, Interview with Ken Burns The Jonesboro Story festival by Jill Jordan Sieder Interveiw with Global Grover Music with Bob Duskis: Natacha Atlas and Bembeya Jazz Sound Travels: Indian Wedding Fix My Trip E-Tickets Aren't That E-asy Deal of the Week: Fall in Love Again (in France!)

June 13, 2003 The Upper Crust In Newport, R.I. by Borzou Daragahi The Next Better Place, an interview with author Michael Keith Eyes of Sibiu by Larry Masset and Andre Codrescu Travel Behind the Scenes Lost and Found Department, Disneyland, Anaheim, California Fishing Laws in Alaska, an interview with Doug Vincent Lang of the Alaska Department of Fish and Game Sound Travels The Call Of The Wild Orcas Traveler's Aid: Open Skies in Europe Deal of the Week: Amazing Singapore Airlines Bargains!

June 6, 2003 Queens in the Kingdom Interview with Eddie Shapiro and Jeffrey Epstein Hike to Rock Creek Park by Katie Davis Storm at the Summit by Hal Humphreys Tea with Nana by Hank Rosenfeld Music with Bob Duskis: The Intercontinentals and India goes Electronic Summer Books: Interview with Nikki Whittaker, buyer for Left Bank Books in St. Louis, Missouri Sound Travels: One Man Banda, Paris Metro Traveler's Aid: The Concorde, A Primer Deal of the Week: Travel Packages to Asia

May 30, 2003 Lower East Side Deli Tour by Naomi Lewin and Jeff Lunden A Lesser Known London: Interview with Peter Ackroyd Stalking the Amish by Michelle Kholos Beautiful Badlands: Postcard by Dave Karlotski The Sound of Music: Pilgramage to Saltzberg with Cash Peters Sound Travels: Lava Flow, Hawaii's Big Island Traveler's Aid: The Perfect Camping Vacation Deal of the Week: Asian Airlines to Europe

May 23, 2003 'Round the Cape by Todd Jarrell Trekking Across the Sahara, Interview with Michael Palin South African Township Tour by Amy Costello A Sherpa's Journey, Interview with Jambling Tenzing Norgay Travel Behind the Scenes Adolphus Onyiante, ground operations coordinator, Jet Blue Airlines, JFK Sound Travels: Cicadas, dogs and frogs, Southeast Asia Fix My Trip: The Case of the Swampy Hotel Room Deal of the Week: Europe on the Cheap

May 16, 2003 Amtrak Express by Hank Rosenfeld The Sound of Alaska: Tagging Along with Kathy Turco Punk Rock B & B by David Welch Beach Report: Walter McLeod, President, Clean Beaches Council Online Hotel Booking: Interview with Bill McGee, consultant to Consumer WebWatch and former editor of Consumer Reports Travel Letter Music with Bob Duskis: Spanish Harlem; Jazz meets the Malian Kora Camel Races in Mali, Africa SARS Update Traveler's Aid: Six Ways to Travel on the Cheap in Europe Deal of the Week: See America on the Cheap with a Package Deal!

May 9, 2003 Conversation with Supercamper Tom Stienstra Mother's Day Gift by Jonathan Menjivar My Buddhist Son by Carole Zimmer The Dirtiest Story You've Ever Heard by Cash Peters SARS Update Sound Travels: Santeria Ceremony, Satiago, Cuba Traveler's Aid: Bargaining 101 Deal of the Week: Airfare Wars

May 2, 2003 Desert Beauty, Border Danger The New Face of Berlin Postcard: East Berlin Spa Tour: Bliss Spa, New York; Mandarin Oriental Miami, Florida Heidi Mitchell, Spa Editor for Travel & Leisure Magazine SARS Update: Checking in with Christy Van Camp Exploring Music with Bob Duskis: New York and Montreal Sound Travels: Bells of Arcosanti Traveler's Aid: Air Travel Update Deal of the Week: Fly to Toronto on the Cheap/Free Caribbean Vacations for Troops!

April 25, 2003 West Coast Road Trip Travel Update - Egypt Another Kind of Desert Warmth War and Travel Travel Behind the Scenes Closing of Cypress Gardens: Interview with Esther Williams SARS Update Sound Travels: Music called "Yungas", Coroico, Bolivia Case of the Bogus Ticket-Delivery Fee Spring / Summer Airfare Sale

April 18, 2003 Vansterdam Travel by Design: Zaha Hadid In Search of the Authentic Paris Subway Stories SARS Update Exploring Music with Bob Duskis Sound Travels: Timbuktu, Mali Traveler's Aid: Travel of the Cheap Deal of the Week: Travel by Doing Good

April 11, 2003 Americans Abroad Tea with Nana Book: Work to Live Alaska Whistle Stop Inflight Security Update Aerogramme from Paris Sound Travels: Music from the 2nd Temple, Israel long ago Bankruptcies, Frequent Flyer Miles A Weekend Getaway with Lemon-Fresh Scent

April 4, 2003 Eco-Hotel Harlem Gospel Tour Music with Bob Duskis Travel Updates from NYC & Las Vegas SARS Update Sound Travels: Istanbul, Turkey Traveler's Aid: Business Travelers Now Deal of the Week: Sweetheart Escapes in St. Augustine

March 28, 2003 State of the Tourist Industry Online Bulletin Boards Travel Agents in Your Corner Tourist updates from Paris, London and Rome Fix My Trip Edmund White's Paris Mass Tourism Sound Travels: Naxi Orchestra Deal of the Week: Stowe Weekend of Hope

March 21, 2003 Tips for Traveling in Troubled Times Interview with Salman Rushdie Comfort Food on the Lower East Side De Gullah Roots Tour Postcard: Labrador Sound Travels: Tibetan Nuns Deal of the Week: Car Rental for $9.99 / Day

March 14, 2003 World Pulse Metal Slug Fix My Trip Beach Break Gonzo Cash Challenge with Mark Fearnow Sound Travels: London Tube Traveler's Aid: Should I stay or should I go? Deal of the Week: Late Winter Deals in Mexico

March 7, 2003 Watching the Penguin Watchers Growing Up a Drifter War Worries Vasaloppet Mardi Gras Dole Maze Sound Travels: Rio, Brazil Traveler's Aid: What's Your Threat Level? Deal of the Week: Cruise Blowout

February 28, 2003 Mendoza Wine Blues Cruise Heliskiing Ski Report Interview with Steve Trimble Sound Travels: Tibetan New Year - Kathmandu, Nepal Traveler's Aid: Tips for Booking Hotels Online Deal of the Week: Amreica West's Vegas Vacation

February 21, 2003 Alcan 5000 Yoga for People Who Can't Be Bothered to Do It Fix My Trip: Hotel Hell Music With Bob Duskis Sound Travels: Kathmandu, Nepal Traveler's Aid: Storm Strategies for Travelers Deal of the Week: Leasing a Car in Europe

February 14, 2003 Safari by Ben Adair African Music Festivals Things to Do Besides Safari Sound Travels: African Fauna Staying Healthy in Africa Getting to Africa

February 07, 2003 Verse from the Range Sports and Travel GeoQuiz Whiz Sound Travels: Bells of Burma Traveler's Aid: Iraqnophobia: Travel in the Shadow of War Deal of the Week: Ski Salt Lake

January 31, 2003 Visiting My Stuff Interview with Robert Young Pelton Travel by Design: Thom Mayne Interview with Bill Holm Sound Travels: Chinatown Music with Bob Duskis Traveler's Aid: Flying with Pets Deal of the Week: Jetting to New Zealand on the Cheap

January 24, 2003 Punk Rock B&B Interview with Stelios Hadjioannou Musical Travels: From India To Arabia Travel Safety with Doug Lansky Slithering Sepetorium Sound Travels: Brugge, Belgium Traveler's Aid: Airline Fee Frenzy Deal of the Week: Romantic Getaways

January 17, 2003 Stories from Abe Lincoln High Music with Bob Duskis Travels to Genoa, Italy Interview with Ann Bancroft Sound Travels: Okavango River Delta Geo-Whiz Nicholas Burkhart Traveler's Aid: Rudy's Amazing Airfare-Hunting Tips Deal of the Week: Jet to Honk Kong, Cheap!

January 10, 2003 Truth about De-icing Cathedrals of Flesh Cuba Musicians Documenting Your Journey Postcard: Beautiful Badlands Sound Travels: Tuk Telpek Freshon Traveler's Aid: United Chapter 11 Update Deal of the Week: Ireland in the Spring

January 3, 2003 Bus Trip Talk about Guidebooks La Befana Music with Bob Duskis 6 Gs over South Africa Sound Travels: Lhasa, Tibet Traveler's Aid: New Year, New Baggage Rules Deal of the Week: Easy Ways to Earn Elite Status

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