The Thinking Traveller

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Episodes: 54

Description

A series that draws on the passions, expertise and interests of Academy Travel's academic tour leaders, to bring a wealth of additional knowledge to your travels, one topic at a time. Our tour leaders talk on a range of topics and interests related to travel, covering history, culture, archaeology, architecture, the visual arts and the performing arts.

Episode Date
The Story of Theatre - History, Customs & Experiences
Apr 27, 2024
Archaeology of Chile's Atacama Desert
Mar 30, 2024
House of Tudor - Monarchs & Dynasty
Feb 24, 2024
The Lombards in Northern Italy
Jan 20, 2024
Ramses II - Egypt's Golden Empire
Nov 11, 2023
STAGES | Broadway Spotlight EP8 - Actor Singer Kaye Tuckerman with Peter Eyers
Oct 14, 2023
STAGES | Broadway Spotlight EP7 - Leading Lady Caroline O'Connor with Peter Eyers
Oct 14, 2023
STAGES | Broadway Spotlight EP6 - Song & Dance Man Michaeljon Slinger with Peter Eyers
Oct 14, 2023
STAGES | Broadway Spotlight EP5 - Actor Singer Amelia Cormack with Peter Eyers
Oct 14, 2023
STAGES | Broadway Spotlight EP4 - Leading Man Hayden Tee with Peter Eyers
Sep 16, 2023
STAGES | Broadway Spotlight EP3 - Actor Singer Maree Johnson with Peter Eyers
Sep 16, 2023
STAGES | Broadway Spotlight EP2 - Actor Tony Sheldon with Peter Eyers
Sep 16, 2023
STAGES | Broadway Spotlight EP1 - Music Maker Carmel Dean with Peter Eyers
Sep 16, 2023
Cuba - Then and Now
Aug 05, 2023
Pompeii - New Excavations & The Latest Finds
Jul 01, 2023
Israel's Masada Myth
May 20, 2023
Sacrifice & Service - The Unexpected Stories of Australian Military History
Apr 22, 2023
Broadway - The Great White Way
Mar 18, 2023
Alexander the Great - King of Macedonia
Feb 25, 2023
Vienna - The Wiener Moderne
Jan 28, 2023
Uzbekistan - Silk Road Cities
Dec 17, 2022
Morocco's Four Imperial Cities
Nov 19, 2022
Politics of Fashion - The Evolution of The First Lady
Oct 15, 2022
The History and Culture of Portugal
Sep 17, 2022
Roman Women
Aug 06, 2022
The Conflict in Ukraine
Mar 05, 2022
Canberra International Music Festival - composer Katy Abbott
May 02, 2021
ANZAC POW's - The Real Story
Apr 21, 2021
Botticelli to Van Gogh - Academy Travel's review
Apr 20, 2021
The idea of Vienna - composer Brian Howard
Mar 19, 2021
Art for the Medici - money, myth & mystery
Dec 03, 2020
Overpriced!? What some people pay for art
Nov 12, 2020
Bhutan - a modern Shangri-La
Oct 29, 2020
Andrea Palladio - Architect of the Renaissance
Oct 16, 2020
The Mayflower - 400th Anniversary
Sep 24, 2020
Puccini, Callas & Two Italian Music Festivals
Sep 11, 2020
The 2020 US Presidential Election - Biden vs Trump
Aug 27, 2020
Bilbao & The Guggenheim Effect
Aug 13, 2020
A New Black Identity - The Harlem Renaissance
Jul 30, 2020
Mawson’s Huts - Antarctic Archaeology
Jul 16, 2020
Lake Mungo - the land frozen in time
Jul 01, 2020
Italian women artists of the 16th & 17th-century
Jun 18, 2020
Tenzing Sherpa – Tiger of the Snows
Jun 04, 2020
Frank Lloyd Wright - a journey through modern America
May 21, 2020
Jeffrey Smart - from Adelaide to Italy
May 07, 2020
Japanese gardens - history of an art form
Apr 23, 2020
Rehabilitation of the Romanovs - Russia's last tsar
Apr 09, 2020
The Norman Kingdom of Sicily – splendour in the sun
Mar 26, 2020
Pompeii - uncovering the truth
Mar 11, 2020
The life of Caravaggio - as provocative as his paintings?
Feb 25, 2020
Venice – how to avoid the crowds
Feb 18, 2020
American Vogue – history of a fashion bible
Feb 18, 2020
Beethoven – 250 years of Ludwig van Beethoven
Feb 18, 2020
Siberia & The Russian Far East - the world’s last travel frontier
Feb 18, 2020