The Rough Guide to Everywhere

In this week's episode, poet comedian Tim Key tells us about his gap year in Kiev, Ukraine. He also shares stories from southeast Asia and India, where he penned a wonderful poem that he performs for us at the end of the episode. We also hear from Rough Guides' travel editor, Freya Godfrey. Freya speaks of her first impressions of India, and shares a story of an abandoned village.

In this week's episode, we travel to Latin America to hear from two of the world's most ambitious and outspoken eco-pioneers. Kris Tompkins, the ex-CEO of Patagonia clothing, explains why she moved to South America in the early 1990s to embark on one of the biggest conservation projects of all time with her husband, Doug. Her story is one of unbridled ambition and untimely tragedy. First, our own Rough Guides author Shafik Meghji travels to the Rara Avis Reserve in Costa Rica. Here, he meets the visionary Amos Bien, one of the founding fathers of "ecotourism" as we know it today.

In this third episode of The Rough Guide to Everywhere we catch up with the one and only Ruby Wax. Ruby shares previously untold travel stories, from the time she was locked up in a jail cell in Berkeley to taking selfies with the Dalai Lama, and tips us off on where to find "that real thing".

In this second episode of The Rough Guide to Everywhere, we hunker down and talk about "hygge" with Meik Wiking, CEO of the Happiness Research Institute. Meik speaks about his travels around the world "collecting smiles" – from South Korea to Mexico – and explains why people from Copenhagen are so happy. And we catch up with our very own Senior Editor, Neil McQuillian. He travelled to South Dakota to witness the annual buffalo roundup and meet the wranglers, who find contentment in a completely different way.

In this first episode of The Rough Guide to Everywhere, we talk to two people who have cycled huge lengths of the planet, fifty years apart. Legendary travel writer Dervla Murphy shares stories from her 1963 solo cycle from Ireland to India, disclosing how she accidentally became an arms trader in Afghanistan. And twenty-something adventurer Charlie Walker tells of the scrapes and psychological shifts that he experienced during a four-year cycle around the world.

Trailer for series one of The Rough Guide to Everywhere. Featuring quotes from guests, including comedian Ruby Wax and legendary travel writer Dervla Murphy. And introducing our host, Rough Guides travel editor Greg Dickinson. Episode one launches January 30th. Subscribe in iTunes or your favourite podcasts app. New episodes fortnightly.