Most memorable journeys
By Elisabeth Villiger Toufexis
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Description
Most Memorable Journeys” is a travel and life journey focused podcast hosted by Elisabeth Villiger Toufexis. Drawing on her extensive background—11 years as a tour guide and 15 years as a conference interpreter—the show brings guests from around the globe to share their most unforgettable travel experiences but also their life experience and wisdom.
Each episode dives into fascinating stories and personal reflections—from cultural heritage campaigns and aviation entrepreneurship to cosmic storytelling and life-changing journeys—aimed at entertaining, inspiring wanderlust, and reminding listeners that “life is too short to stay in the same place”
In short: it’s a weekly series of in-depth conversations with individuals whose travel experiences left a lasting impact, hosted by a multilingual globetrotter who’s visited over 100 countries and now lives in Cyprus.
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#241 - Stephanie Molina y Vedia - The Fearless Football Agent
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Apr 21, 2026 |
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#240 - Marcia Martin - She helped create the human potential movement
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Apr 14, 2026 |
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#239 - Jill Douka - Leading with Purpose, Power and Heart
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Apr 07, 2026 |
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#238 - Monica Marlatt - Puzzled about everything
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Mar 31, 2026 |
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#237 - Christiana Sykopetritis Kyriakides - A Most Memorable Journey Through Food and Travel
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Mar 17, 2026 |
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#236 - Carla Sridevi Cohen -Hollywood, Healing and Rising Without Apology
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Mar 10, 2026 |
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#235 - Oz Karahan - More Than Politics: A Journey Toward a United Cyprus
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Mar 03, 2026 |
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#234 - Dr Edward Tick - Sacred Travel and the Art of Healing
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Feb 24, 2026 |
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#233 - Dr Natalia Kardash - The Art of Business Networking
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Dec 23, 2025 |
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#232 - Kay Honig - Personalized, high quality excursions across Mexico
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Dec 09, 2025 |
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#231 - Joy Owens - Faith, Adventure & New Beginnings
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Dec 02, 2025 |
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#230 - Rand Timmerman - A Spiritual Passage - Journey Through War, Recovery & the Appalachian Trail
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Nov 25, 2025 |
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#229 - Despo Pavlou - My Kind of Normal - A Journey of Courage and Authenticity
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Nov 18, 2025 |
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#228 - Jo Katsaras - Wardrobe Alchemy, Transforming Fabric into Film Magic
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Nov 11, 2025 |
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#227 - Andrew Herr - Jet Lag Is Optional: Biohacking Your Travel Health
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Nov 04, 2025 |
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#226 - Barbara Caver - A little piece of Cuba - Journey into Identity and Heritage
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Oct 28, 2025 |
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#225 - Chad Scott - Dark Tourism - Finding Healing Through Grief, Travel & Transformation
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Oct 21, 2025 |
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#224 - Mikaela Messiou - Awaken the Goddess within
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Oct 14, 2025 |
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#223 - Phil Treagus-Evans - Authenticity Sells: The Human First Marketing Revolution
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Oct 07, 2025 |
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#222 - Ancius M. Murray - The Magical Journey of John and Adele
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Sep 30, 2025 |
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#221 - Helen Argyrou - Healing Through Rhythm: Sacred Sound, Drumming & Feminine Truth
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Sep 23, 2025 |
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Stavros Nicolaou - Health Security, Innovation & Impact
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Sep 16, 2025 |
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Demetris Skourides - Shaping Cyprus as a Global Innovation Powerhouse
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Sep 09, 2025 |
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Laura Stefania Efthimiou -From Numbers to Nature
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Sep 02, 2025 |
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Viola Edward - Breath, Grit, and Global Impact
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Aug 26, 2025 |
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Andreas Athinodorou -Finance, Freedom & the Sea
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Aug 19, 2025 |
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Andrew Coudounaris -Innovation, Identity & the Future of Media
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Aug 12, 2025 |
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Larisa Miller - Purposeful Disruption and Global Leadership
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Aug 05, 2025 |
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George Donikian - On Heritage, Headlines, and the Power of Identity
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Jul 29, 2025 |
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Tsvety Roo - Turning Loneliness into Empowerment: How Solo Travel can lead to Self-Growth
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Jul 22, 2025 |
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Lubomira Mlcuchova -From Behind the Iron Curtain to the Island of Love
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Jul 15, 2025 |
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Tonia Buxton - From My Cypriot Kitchen to the World - Tonia Unfiltered
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Jul 08, 2025 |
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Elly Symons - Gardians of Heritage - The fight for the Parthenon Marbles
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Jul 01, 2025 |
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Dr Vasilis Papavasiliou - Simply Cypriot but far travelled
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Jun 24, 2025 |
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Dr. John LaCasse PhD - From Yachtbroker to Cosmic Storyteller
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Jun 17, 2025 |
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Pat Labez - Embracing the Third Act
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Jun 10, 2025 |
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Andreas Christodoulides - From Childhood Dreamer to Aviation Entrepreneur
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Jun 03, 2025 |
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Angela Betancourt - Bold Decisions from around the World
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May 27, 2025 |
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Hélène Alexi Ioannides - Unlocking Authenticity and Empowerment
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May 20, 2025 |
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Paula Swepson Avery and Dayna Reggero - The Power of Community
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May 13, 2025 |
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Rosamaria Mancini - She accompanied the Pope to the Holy Land
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May 06, 2025 |
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200 Episodes later - The host becomes the guest, Elisabeth unplugged
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Apr 08, 2025 |
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East Africa captured my heart
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Apr 01, 2025 |
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Michalis Pantelides - Lady Gaga needs my scarf
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Mar 25, 2025 |
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Morgan Garrett - Wanderlust Inc.
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Mar 18, 2025 |
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Andrew Serra - FDNY Fire Fighter during 9/11
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Mar 11, 2025 |
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Yaren Fadiloglulari - An Island Girl who writes about all things travel
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Mar 04, 2025 |
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Teri M Brown - Great Double-Butted Adventure
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Feb 25, 2025 |
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Jorge Salas Guevara - Expedition Addicted for life
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Feb 18, 2025 |
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Pamdiana Jones - When in ROAM
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Feb 11, 2025 |
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Maddi Bourgerie - Off the beaten path with an RV rental
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Feb 04, 2025 |
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Adam Stuart - Quit the job, sell everything and travel around the world with a family of 6 for a year
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Jan 28, 2025 |
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Aisha Makara - From an Orphan in Mongolia to an International Trailblazer
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Jan 21, 2025 |
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Sarah Casewit - Multilingual Luxury Travel Curator
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Jan 14, 2025 |
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Bert terHart - Circling the globe on a boat and known as 'the safest person on the planet' during the coronavirus crisis
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Jan 07, 2025 |
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Miles Spencer - He mentors two Kids and several Founders
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Nov 26, 2024 |
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Valentinos Fillipou - About the bees and what happens to the drones
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Nov 05, 2024 |
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Thales Panagides - Brazil, Cyprus and a Hill
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Oct 22, 2024 |
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Rick Sharpe - Air Traffic Controller and Storyteller
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Oct 15, 2024 |
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Solomon Schmidt - History Bites from a Dedicated Truth Seeker
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Oct 08, 2024 |
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Cole Sjoholm - A Year of Solo Travel Across Seven Continents
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Oct 01, 2024 |
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Costa Constanti - Savouring every moment between Cyprus and Australia
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Sep 24, 2024 |
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Becky Lukovic - Tracking Gorillas Down the Mountain in Uganda
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Sep 17, 2024 |
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Neil Laird - Multiple Emmy Nominated Producer/Director of historical films
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Sep 10, 2024 |
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Elisa Card - All over the world, bringing up 5 boys on her own
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Sep 03, 2024 |
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Anna- Maria Athanasiou - 7 books later not writing in secret anymore
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Aug 27, 2024 |
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Stefan Eiselin - Founder and Publisher of aeroTELEGRAPH
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Aug 20, 2024 |
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Susan Treadgold - The High Performing Woman
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Aug 13, 2024 |
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Tracy Loubser - When life becomes "Unlocked"
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Aug 06, 2024 |
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Agni Scott - How she nearly didn’t get the part in Find me Falling
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Jul 30, 2024 |
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Rania AA Elkhalil - A Journey of adaptability and continues Learning
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Jul 23, 2024 |
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Kelly Groehler - The WTAF Show and much more
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Jul 16, 2024 |
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Petros Kkolas - Passion for Highways Engineering and Travelling
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Jul 09, 2024 |
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Stelana Kliris - The producer of the first ever Cypriot feature film to screen worldwide on Netflix
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Jul 02, 2024 |
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Andrea Charalambous - When you are exploring the world with Emirates Airlines and your passenger is Brad Pitt
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Jun 25, 2024 |
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Kirsten Rudberg - The Meaning of "Third Culture Kids"
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Jun 18, 2024 |
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Nitsa Anastasiades - Hiker, Traveller, and Lover of all things 'united'.
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Jun 11, 2024 |
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Kevin Brown - All around Africa and beyond
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Jun 04, 2024 |
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Sophia Paraskeva - Authentic and at ease in many different countries and cultures
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May 28, 2024 |
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A.B. from Balanced Travel - A good visitor and a good host make the perfect travel experience
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May 21, 2024 |
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Paola Savva - She inspires and creates connections
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May 14, 2024 |
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Peter Kypri - Cypriot Smurf - alter ego Souvlakis - Stand up Comedian
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May 07, 2024 |
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Sarit Shavit Qwabe - Author of Surrendering - Learning letting go between Israel, South Africa and Cyprus
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Apr 30, 2024 |
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Emilia Papadopoulos - Senior Broadcast Journalist at the BBC - After some globetrotting, the babies came...
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Apr 23, 2024 |
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Sarah Fenwick - Multitalented and Multi-cultured
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Apr 16, 2024 |
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Pauline Sawaya - A resilient Lebanese Lady
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Apr 09, 2024 |
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Panikos Panayiotou - Telling stories and producing film to celebrate migration and save history
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Apr 02, 2024 |
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Natasha Waldron - From travelling around the world with the Royal Ballet to the Catwalk
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Mar 26, 2024 |
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Catherine Galea - About Peru, the Camino and Chakra Dancing
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Mar 19, 2024 |
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Noémie Frischknecht - From Lawyer to Flight Attendant - Aviation and Layover Stories
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Mar 12, 2024 |
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Sebastian Arenas Schmid - So much more than just the voice in the Swiss TV news
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Mar 05, 2024 |
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Dr. Marie Cosgrove - She didn't give up—she became greater
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Feb 27, 2024 |
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Marcos Zambartas - About making Wine in Cyprus
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Feb 20, 2024 |
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Julia Castelli - The Queen of Diamonds
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Feb 13, 2024 |
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Les Brown - You have Greatness within You
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Feb 06, 2024 |
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Dr. Fab Mancini - What is the key to happiness?
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Jan 30, 2024 |
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Pien Perree - Spanish blood, French surname, Jewish ancestors, Dutch parents and living in Cyprus
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Jan 23, 2024 |
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Gregory Schaad-Jackson - A multicultural chef who started off as a management consultant
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Jan 16, 2024 |
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Dick Wybrow - Thriller and humor author, depending on how many cups of coffee he's had
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Jan 09, 2024 |
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Samantha Wood - Foodiva, the Restaurant Whisperer of Dubai and beyond
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Jan 02, 2024 |
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Evelina Ezkenazi - Founder of Saffron Kitchen Project, an organisation aiming to aid vulnerable communities in Athens
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Dec 26, 2023 |
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Fernando Diez - About Galapagos and Patagonia
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Dec 19, 2023 |
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Hebba Bakri - About Egypt, Lufthansa and the Longchamps Hotel in Cairo
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Dec 12, 2023 |
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Linda Attram - Grenada, Ghana and a 2nd Dan Black Belt in Taekwondo
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Dec 05, 2023 |
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Dr. Igor Cetojevic - About Biofeedback, Energetic Medicine and Djokovic
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Nov 28, 2023 |
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Niaz Hekmat - Born in Iran, living in Dubai, in love with Turkey
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Nov 21, 2023 |
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Bilal Kola - From an Albanian communist concentration camp to international, motivational speaker and coach
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Nov 14, 2023 |
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Rebecca Thomas - When it's summer all year around
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Nov 07, 2023 |
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Mohamed Hadid - About being born in Nazareth and his Palestinian Heritage
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Oct 31, 2023 |
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Yelena Kalendareva - The fascinating journey of Yelena and Aneley Cosmetics
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Oct 24, 2023 |
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Barbara Schertenleib - From Switzerland to Thailand by bicycle
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Oct 17, 2023 |
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Francesca Pinoni - Helping to increase the amount of happiness in the world
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Oct 10, 2023 |
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Toolika Rani - Ex Indian Air Force Officer and Mountaineer
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Oct 03, 2023 |
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Sandra Da Silva - Not an easy journey but definitely worth it
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Sep 19, 2023 |
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Saskia Constantinou - SaskiaUnreserved on CBC Radio 4
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Sep 05, 2023 |
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Chris Droussiotis - About Japanese culture, the American dream and Cypriot jokes
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Aug 22, 2023 |
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Marios Michael - Cleared for takeoff - A Captain's most memorable journeys
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Aug 08, 2023 |
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Grete Brokiene - Mrs Lithuania, The nutrition Coach
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Jul 25, 2023 |
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Alexander Toufexis - Off to China for a year
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Jul 11, 2023 |
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Lisa Morris - A real Travel Guru
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Jun 27, 2023 |
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Sahara Rose de Vore - Hey You, Just Go!: 80 Countries by Age 30!
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Jun 20, 2023 |
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Yasmine Saad - Beirut - Paris - New York - Marbella - A very worldly clinical psychologist
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Jun 13, 2023 |
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Sora Vernikoff - A New Yorker's Point of View
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Jun 06, 2023 |
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Trish Mangold - Chased by birds in Australia
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May 30, 2023 |
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Joy Rika Miyatake - Free diver and Yoga Therapist - It's all about the breath
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May 23, 2023 |
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George Michaelides - A Cyprus tourism pioneer and yes ABBA began many years ago in Famagusta
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May 16, 2023 |
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Nicos Chrysostomou - Travel is still the most intense form of learning
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May 09, 2023 |
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Robert Simic - Not your ordinary trainer, more like a life changer
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May 02, 2023 |
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Panos Almyrantis - General Manager at Grand Hyatt Athens
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Apr 25, 2023 |
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Scott Gurian - 18,000 miles from the UK to Mongolia and back
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Apr 18, 2023 |
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Deborah Ives - Over 50, traveling solo and loving it
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Apr 11, 2023 |
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Matt Fiddes - Fitness and Martial Arts Expert and Michael Jackson's friend and bodyguard
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Apr 04, 2023 |
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Melody Garcia - deeply involved to help transform lives and serve others
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Mar 28, 2023 |
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Manuela Nicolosi - Football Referee, part of the first all female team to officiate a Men's European Final
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Mar 21, 2023 |
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Mary Ann Thompson Frenk - Humanitarian, Author, Sculptor, Public Speaker
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Mar 14, 2023 |
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Yuliya Yelistratova - The professional triathlete, Olympian and my quarantine neighbour
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Mar 07, 2023 |
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Heather Markel - Ditch your desk - discover your destiny
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Feb 28, 2023 |
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Palle Bo - The Radio Vagabond and digital Nomad
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Feb 21, 2023 |
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Dayna Reggero - Award Winning Documentarian, Filmmaker and Founder of the Climate Listening Project
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Feb 14, 2023 |
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Simon Belmont - FlymanSimonA350 - Pilot, Author and Fear of flying Coach
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Feb 07, 2023 |
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Celebrating myself - The 10 best episodes and where do we go from here
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Jan 31, 2023 |
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Hector Toufexis - My travel partner on this journey called life
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Jan 24, 2023 |
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Becky Mullins - PR is all about networking
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Jan 17, 2023 |
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Kate MacGregor - Anyone can learn to have the lifestyle they dream of
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Jan 10, 2023 |
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The Pageturners - A group of fun women and a pile of books
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Jan 03, 2023 |
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Micaela Passeri - Transmuting your fear into courage is a journey
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Dec 27, 2022 |
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Harry Mitsidis - one of the world's biggest travellers
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Dec 20, 2022 |
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Klaus Derendorf - Founder of the INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT LOUNGE - a traveller's happy place during he pandemic
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Dec 13, 2022 |
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Noémie Frischknecht - From Lawyer to Flight Attendant because the comfort zone is where our dreams go to die
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Dec 06, 2022 |
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Leanne and Lyle McCabe - Beach Travel Wine
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Nov 29, 2022 |
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Dr. Olivier Seiler - The Life of an Air Ambulance Doctor
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Nov 22, 2022 |
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Jeannette Macchi Meier - About the wild years and finding the meaning of life through God
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Nov 15, 2022 |
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Dr. Rachel Dodds - What is sustainable tourism and "Are we there yet"
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Nov 08, 2022 |
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Leila Atbi - From Algeria to Abu Dhabi - a self-discovery journey from conviction to freedom.
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Nov 01, 2022 |
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Tatiana Stupak - The mountain climbing pianist soon to be in the Guinness Book of Records
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Oct 25, 2022 |
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Gil Antolin - Luxury World Traveler - The Mortgage Crash was a blessing in disguise
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Oct 18, 2022 |
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Dick Atkins - What happens when you end up in jail in a foreign country
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Oct 11, 2022 |
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Monica Glenn de Zea - The compassionate language teacher who survived a plane crash
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Oct 04, 2022 |
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Andre Perez Gomez - I'd rather have a passport full of stamps than a house full of stuff
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Sep 27, 2022 |
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Irene Rosmarie Heim - Love for travel, nature and baking
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Sep 20, 2022 |
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James Hammond - when you live to travel
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Sep 13, 2022 |
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Martina Kwan - the race car driver who dares to be different
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Sep 06, 2022 |
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Veronica Tan - Co Founder of Success Resources
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Aug 30, 2022 |
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Jennifer K. Hill - Count your awe, serendipity and miracle moments every day
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Aug 23, 2022 |
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Caroline Evans - the Herbalist from Heaven on Earth
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Aug 16, 2022 |
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Paul Lambis - Award winning Screenwriter, Author and Director
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Aug 09, 2022 |
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Demetris Pierides - Patron of the Arts, multitalented Cosmopolitan and defender of Cyprus' archeological treasures
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Aug 02, 2022 |
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Tatiana Shukouroglou - Founder of "Take Care of Your Thoughts"
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Jul 26, 2022 |
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Sami Zeidan - Al Jazeera News Anchor, Reporter, Media Trainer and Podcaster
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Jul 19, 2022 |
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Ajay Goyal - Inspiring global Entrepreneur and Founder of Zening Resorts
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Jul 12, 2022 |
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Jay Noland - About The Science of Getting rich
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Jul 05, 2022 |
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Savvas Perdios, Deputy Minister of Tourism of Cyprus
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Jun 28, 2022 |
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Doug Gordon - Global Man of the Year
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Jun 21, 2022 |
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Angelos Loizou - Past Chairman of the Cyprus Tourism Organisation and lots more
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Jun 14, 2022 |
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Rita Jammet - The Champagne Queen and Chief Bubble Officer at La Caravelle wines/champagne
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Jun 07, 2022 |
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Why I was honoured with an award for travelling with the police for 17 years
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May 31, 2022 |
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Edna Schur - about fertility treatment and trips to create babies
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May 24, 2022 |
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Giselle Rufer - The watch lady, founder of Delance watches
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May 17, 2022 |
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Farah Shammas - Managing Director at St Raphael Resort and Marina and so much more
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May 10, 2022 |
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Zoran Todorovic - The visionary who lives with the misfits in Ibiza
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May 03, 2022 |
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Amel Derragui - Turn your challenges into opportunities with Tandem Nomads
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Apr 26, 2022 |
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Constantinos Yiorkadjis - Mayor of Nicosia, the last divided capital in the world
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Apr 19, 2022 |
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Christina Covotsou Patroclou - Dedicated Rotarian and fun travel companion
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Apr 12, 2022 |
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Declaration of love to my island in the sun - 40 years in Cyprus in a nutshell
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Apr 05, 2022 |
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Dr Tracy Kemble - Owner of Mrs. Globe and writer, human potentialist & an uncompromising optimist
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Mar 29, 2022 |
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Jemima Cooper - Classical Ballerina turned multi-passionate "life-go-getter"
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Mar 22, 2022 |
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Amanda Rachel Moss - The PR Badass who can make you famous
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Mar 15, 2022 |
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Kicki Pallin - Working for TWA when we dressed well to fly
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Mar 08, 2022 |
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Eden Dema - Talking about Bhutan - her beautiful country in the Himalayas
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Mar 01, 2022 |
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Miranda Tringis - The beautiful Herbalist who loves tea and butterflies
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Feb 22, 2022 |
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Nesting on my island in the sun and getting ready for babies
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Feb 15, 2022 |
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Anna Grichting - Architect, urbanist and Jazz Singer who loves swimming with the dolphins
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Feb 08, 2022 |
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Vakis Papanastassiou - an accomplished neurosurgeon and a multifaceted, compassionate human
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Feb 01, 2022 |
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Adamos Marneros - The last landing at Nicosia Airport and working for the Sultan of Brunei
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Jan 25, 2022 |
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Markus Blum - With Horses in the Canadian Wilderness and Camels through the Australian Outback
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Jan 18, 2022 |
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We drove a green Range Rover from England to Cyprus and lived happily ever after
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Jan 11, 2022 |
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Dominick Domasky - That which does not kill us only makes us stronger
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Jan 04, 2022 |
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End of year review, my dreams and my wishes to you
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Dec 28, 2021 |
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Tamara Loehr - Ethical entrepreneur and creative powerhouse from Australia
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Dec 21, 2021 |
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Mirela Sula - empowers woman locally and connects them globally
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Dec 14, 2021 |