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Listen as host Toi Burdick interviews her guests about their travel adventures, sharing laugh-out-loud stories that will ignite your curiosity. Each episode provides unique perspectives of destinations through tales of red-eye flights, high-speed rail journeys, cross-country road trips, and more. Plus, get insights on "must do" or "skip that" activities, highly recommended local food + beverage establishments, and helpful tips to make domestic and international travel easier. All lovers of t ...
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San Jose, Costa Rica with Natalie McSwain: There are schedules to be maintained, even in Costa Rica.
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True Crime? This is as close as it gets on our podcast. Natalie McSwain, a high school Spanish teacher, shares her frightening experience while on a study abroad program in Costa Rica. Her night out with friends takes a wrong turn when they realize they are not on the bus they thought they were. Listen in to hear how this tale unfolds…spoiler: it’s…
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Puerto Rico with Tracy Butcher: Livin' La Vida Loca
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Today’s episode takes us to the beautiful island of Puerto Rico. My friend and colleague, Tracy Butcher, who recently returned to Ohio where is is continuing to teach high school, had the good fortune of participating in the Exchange Student Program while attending the University of Akron. Her choice of locale resulted in huge personal growth and e…
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“See Paris for its bones.” Laurie Johnson, a retired 39-year veteran teacher, joins the podcast to share her love of Paris and all things travel. France is near and dear to her heart as it truly runs in her blood. Years of teaching high school French has given her the benefit of being fluent, which is an asset when traveling abroad. But even she wa…
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Mexico City and Beyond with Kelly Rogers: She works hard for the money...or does she?
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Kelly Rogers returns to the podcast with more tales from her 7 and 1/2 week road trip adventure with her mom, granny, sisters and cousins. She shares some of the highlights from the two weeks spent in Mexico, including cliff divers, bull fights, and pyramid climbing. But, most importantly, she reveals a deep, dark secret about the trip and how she …
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Captiva Island, Florida with Audra Diaz: Going, Quite Literally, Off the Grid
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Parents usually have the best intentions at heart, yet sometimes that can be a huge burden, especially when travelling. Audra Diaz, a high school history teacher, shares her first vacation experience with her infant daughter and how her overzealous packing efforts caused undue stress for her husband shortly after hitting the road. Fortunately, the …
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Wales, UK with Diane Mikolon: Finding Her Roots
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It’s not often that people get the opportunity to travel to the country where their family originated, but Diane Mikolon was fortunate enough to do just that. Thanks to her father’s exhaustive research on the family ancestry, she and her parents, brother, and grandmother toured all of Wales for two weeks, leaving what felt like no castle unturned. …
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New York City and Broadway with Greg Burdick: In a New York State of Mind
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The New York City of 1988 was quite a different experience than it is today. Greg Burdick is a Theatre Arts teacher and playwright, with 30 years of experience as an educator. He also happens to be my husband. In this episode, Greg shares the story of his first trip to The Big Apple and the nerve-wracking incident he and his friends experienced whi…
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Disneyland Tokyo with Morgan Stark, host of Just Some Magic podcast: Disney fans unite!!
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Morgan Stark, host of Just Some Magic podcast, joins me for a collaboration and dishes all things Disney. She shares how, as a former Disney College Program Cast Member, living her best life, frequently visiting Disneyland, and being an early Disney IG influencer, led to a chance meeting with the host of a popular Disney-themed podcast, The Dis Unp…
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Knoxville, TN and the 1982 World's Fair with Cat & Martha McDonald: Calling all Gen-Xers!
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Come along for a trip back in time to the 1982 World’s Fair – the International Energy Expo – showcased all things tech. Cat and Susan McDonald are sisters who recount their tale of the family road trip to Knoxville, TN and the surrounding Great Smoky Mountain area. Cade’s Cove, Clingman’s Dome and the Nahantahela River are just a few of the highli…
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Istanbul and Antalya, Turkey with Susan Infield: Don't Leave Home Without It!
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"Travel while you're young" is great advice, although it's age and experience that give us the wisdom we need for a smooth trip. Susan Infield has worked in the aviation industry for most of her career and has had the good fortune to visit every continent, except Antartica. She shares her hysterical tale of traveling with a friend to Istanbul and A…
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Northern Germany with Lily Beery: All Aboard for Adventure!
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Kids love trains, so a two-hour trip should have been a fun and easy first adventure. Lily Beery, a graphic designer and former Walt Disney World Cast Member, shares her story of traveling through northern Germany by train as a young child via several other countries. Listen as she describes the valiant attempt by Lily's mother to give her and her …
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New York City with Daphne Harris: To Airbnb or Not to Airbnb, that is the question.
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Vacation rentals have so much to offer over a standard hotel room, but be sure to read the reviews before booking. Dr. Daphne Harris, and Literacy Coach and colleague of mine, shares what happens when her attempt at giving her daughters a feel for "real New York" by staying in a residential neighborhood, instead of a touristy hotel, goes wrong. She…
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Venice, Italy with Sarah Lenhart: Lurkers, Lusters, and Luggage
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Solo travel can be treacherous, in more ways than one, especially when you don't speak the language. Sarah Lenhart, a choir teacher, free-lance musician, and friend of mine, regales us with her hilarious, and sometimes scary, tale of traveling solo to Venice, Italy. She proves that women can travel alone with confidence and that, when incidents do …
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Chattanooga, TN with Cassidy Wade: A romantic mountain retreat or cabin of terror?
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A quick getaway to a quaint mountain retreat quickly turns frightening, even before they've unpacked. Cassidy Wade, a former student and now colleague of mine, weaves a nail-biting tale of a romantic rendezvous in the Tennessee mountains gone wrong. She shares what she enjoyed about the trip and what she learned about herself as a result of this ex…
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Welcome to We Can Laugh About It Now with Toi Burdick
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I love to travel. And I'm inspired when I hear other people share their travel stories. At work, I have a giant map of the United States on my wall, with pushpins in all the destinations I’ve visited around the country, and pictures of me and my family in each of these locations. The map is always a conversation starter when people stop by my offic…
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Monterrey, Mexico with Kelly Rogers: Gravity's the Enemy
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"The bus rolled down the mountain today," read her sister's postcard to their father back home. In the summer of 1974, my dear friend, Kelly Rogers and her all-female traveling companions, encountered some gravitational challenges in the mountains of Mexico. Never fear; however, as Granny secured a boulder behind the tire to keep it from rolling ba…
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