80 Days: An Exploration Podcast

Episodes

1. 75

   Minisode: The Jingle Bells Story (Christmas 2025)

   Full shownotes at www.80dayspodcast.com/jinglebells | Support: www.patreon.com/80dayspodcast In this episode of 80 Days: An Exploration Podcast, we're exploring the story behind the writer of the most well-known secular Christmas song: Jingle Bells, and some of its surprising backstory. We also...

   Dec 21, 2025
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   Ceuta (S6.10)

   Full shownotes at www.80dayspodcast.com/ceuta | Support: www.patreon.com/80dayspodcast n this episode of 80 Days: An Exploration Podcast we’ll be talking about the autonomous city of Ceuta -- Spanish exclave, military post, and free port on the coast of Morocco, at the Mediterranean entrance to…

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   May 23, 2025
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   Shetland (S6.09)

   Full shownotes at www.80dayspodcast.com/shetland | Support: www.patreon.com/80dayspodcast In this episode of 80 Days: An Exploration Podcast we’ll be talking about Shetland, a group of about 100 islands, fewer than 20 of them inhabited, in Scotland, 210 km (130 miles) north of the Scottish...

   Feb 28, 2025
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   Minisode: Christmas Quizzes 2024

   Full shownotes at www.80dayspodcast.com/christmas2024 | Support: www.patreon.com/80dayspodcast In this episode of 80 Days: An Exploration Podcast, we have some trivia about winter celebrations around the world and also conduct our now-traditional Christmas quiz. We'll see you in 2025 with the…

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   Dec 23, 2024
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   Socotra (S6.08)

   Full shownotes at www.80dayspodcast.com/socotra | Support: www.patreon.com/80dayspodcast In this episode of 80 Days: An Exploration Podcast we’ll be talking about the Central American country Socotra, an island in the Indian Ocean, lying between the Gulf of Aden and the Arabian Sea. It lies 380...

   Dec 6, 2024
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   Belize (S6.07)

   Full shownotes at www.80dayspodcast.com/belize | Support: www.patreon.com/80dayspodcast In this episode of 80 Days: An Exploration Podcast we’ll be talking about the Central American country Belize, formerly known as British Honduras. This small country on the Yucatan Peninsula. It is bordered by...

   Oct 3, 2024
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   Wellington, New Zealand (S6.06)

   LISTENER SURVEY: https://forms.gle/E4DYKT3fZKAVpQeH6 Full shownotes at www.80dayspodcast.com/wellington | Support: www.patreon.com/80dayspodcast In this episode of 80 Days: An Exploration Podcast we’ll be talking about Wellington, New Zealand. Located at the south end of the country’s North…

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   Jul 4, 2024
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   Montserrat, Spain (S6.05)

   LISTENER SURVEY: https://forms.gle/E4DYKT3fZKAVpQeH6 Full shownotes at www.80dayspodcast.com/montserrat | Support: www.patreon.com/80dayspodcast In this episode of 80 Days: An Exploration Podcast, In this episode of 80 Days: An Exploration Podcast we’ll be talking about Montserrat in Catalonia,...

   May 10, 2024
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   Aaland (S6.04)

   Full shownotes at www.80dayspodcast.com/aland | Support: www.patreon.com/80dayspodcast In this episode of 80 Days: An Exploration Podcast, we’ll be talking about Åland, an autonomous and demilitarized archipelago of Finland, which lies between Finland and Sweden, although it is closer to the…

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   Mar 4, 2024
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    Burkina Faso (S6.03)

    Full shownotes at www.80dayspodcast.com/burkina-faso | Support: www.patreon.com/80dayspodcast In this episode of 80 Days: An Exploration Podcast, we’ll be talking about Burkina Faso (formerly the French Upper Volta), a landlocked country in West Africa bordered by Mali to the northwest, Niger to...

    Feb 6, 2024
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    Minisode: Christmas Markets and Treats

    Full shownotes at www.80dayspodcast.com/christmas23 | Support: www.patreon.com/80dayspodcast In this episode of 80 Days: An Exploration Podcast, we’ll be talking about Ho ho ho! In this Christmas minisode, we’ll be talking about Christmas Markets and a few delicious festive treats, as well as…

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    Dec 21, 2023
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    Tsushima (S6.02)

    Full shownotes at www.80dayspodcast.com/salem | Support: www.patreon.com/80dayspodcast In this episode of 80 Days: An Exploration Podcast, we’ll be talking about In this episode of 80 Days: An Exploration Podcast, we’ll be talking about Tsushima, an island in Nagasaki Prefecture, Japan, which…

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    Nov 30, 2023
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    Salem (S6.01)

    Full shownotes at www.80dayspodcast.com/salem | Support: www.patreon.com/80dayspodcast In this episode of 80 Days: An Exploration Podcast, we’ll be talking about Salem, Massachusetts, which has a strong historical connection to the famous witch trials that took place there in the 1690s. Salem…

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    Oct 27, 2023
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    Minisode: Christmas & The North Pole

    Full shownotes at www.80dayspodcast.com/northpole | Support: www.patreon.com/80dayspodcast In this episode of 80 Days: An Exploration Podcast, we're (sort of) exploring the history of the North Pole, and in particular, it's significance to the Christmas season. We also conduct our now-traditional...

    Dec 20, 2022
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    Kalmykia (S5.10)

    Full shownotes at www.80dayspodcast.com/kalmykia | Support: www.patreon.com/80dayspodcast In this episode of 80 Days: An Exploration Podcast, thanks to our backers on Patreon, we’ll be talking about Kalmykia, a republic and country of Russia located directly north of the North Caucasus in Eastern...

    Aug 11, 2022
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    Hawaii (S5.09)

    Full shownotes at www.80dayspodcast.com/hawaii | Support: www.patreon.com/80dayspodcast In this episode of 80 Days: An Exploration Podcast, Hawaii, and specifically the Big Island of Hawaii. Which is also called Hawaii. Hawaii is the southeasternmost of the Hawaiian Islands, which make up the US...

    Jun 7, 2022
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    Jersey (S5.08)

    Full shownotes at www.80dayspodcast.com/jersey | Support: www.patreon.com/80dayspodcast In this episode of 80 Days: An Exploration Podcast,we’ll be talking about the Bailiwick of Jersey, the largest of the Channel Islands lying just off the coast of Northern France. Jersey is a Crown Dependency…

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    May 4, 2022
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    Quebec City (S5.07)

    Full shownotes at www.80dayspodcast.com/quebec | Support: www.patreon.com/80dayspodcast Merch store: https://www.teepublic.com/stores/eightydayspodcast?ref_id=25321 In this episode of 80 Days: An Exploration Podcast, we’ll be talking about the only walled city north of Mexico on the American...

    Mar 15, 2022
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    Bougainville (S5.06)

    Full shownotes at www.80dayspodcast.com/bougainville | Support: www.patreon.com/80dayspodcast Merch store: https://www.teepublic.com/stores/eightydayspodcast?ref_id=25321 In this episode of 80 Days: An Exploration Podcast, we’ll be talking about Bougainville, the main island of the Autonomous...

    Feb 3, 2022
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    Minisode: Christmas Traditions Around the World

    Full shownotes at www.80dayspodcast.com/christmas-traditions | Support: www.patreon.com/80dayspodcast Merch store: https://www.teepublic.com/stores/eightydayspodcast?ref_id=25321 In this festive episode of 80 Days: An Exploration Podcast, we'll be taking a look at some Christmas traditions from...

    Dec 21, 2021
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    Ulaanbataar (S5.05)

    Full shownotes at www.80dayspodcast.com/ulaanbataar | Support: www.patreon.com/80dayspodcast Merch store: https://www.teepublic.com/stores/eightydayspodcast?ref_id=25321 In this episode of 80 Days: An Exploration Podcast, we’ll be talking about Ulaanbaatar, meaning Red Hero, was originally…

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    Nov 26, 2021
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    Paris Catacombs (S5.04)

    Full shownotes at www.80dayspodcast.com/paris | Support: www.patreon.com/80dayspodcast In this episode of 80 Days: An Exploration Podcast, we’ll be talking about Paris, or rather, what lies underneath it -- The Paris Catacombs. What began as a network of mines beneath the city which spanned...

    Oct 18, 2021
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    Gabon (S5.03)

    Full shownotes at www.80dayspodcast.com/gabon | Support: www.patreon.com/80dayspodcast officially the Gabonese Republic, an equatorial country on the west coast of Africa. Originally inhabited by Bantu tribes, the area we now know as Gabon was first explored by Europeans in the 15th Century.…

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    Sep 13, 2021
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    Paraguay (S5.02)

    Full shownotes at www.80dayspodcast.com/paraguay | Support: www.patreon.com/80dayspodcast In this episode of 80 Days: An Exploration Podcast, we’ll be talking about Paraguay, a small South American nation sometimes referred to as the “heart of South America”, bordered by Argentina to the south…

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    Aug 9, 2021
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    Kaliningrad-Koenigsberg (S5.01)

    Full shownotes at www.80dayspodcast.com/kaliningrad | Support: www.patreon.com/80dayspodcast In this episode of 80 Days: An Exploration Podcast, we’ll be talking about Kaliningrad, formerly Koenigsberg, a city on the Pregolya River, at the head of the Vistula Lagoon on the Baltic Sea. Your hosts,...

    Jul 5, 2021
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    Minisode: Christmas Stories

    Full shownotes at www.80dayspodcast.com/christmas-stories | Support: www.patreon.com/80dayspodcast In this episode of 80 Days: An Exploration Podcast, we’re inviting you all to join us for a little festive celebration, after what’s been a very hard year for many of you out there. Your hosts, as...

    Dec 21, 2020
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    Svalbard (S4.10)

    Full shownotes at www.80dayspodcast.com/faroes | Support: www.patreon.com/80dayspodcast | Vote for us at www.podcastawards.com Education category | In this episode of 80 Days: an exploration podcast, we’ll be talking about Svalbard (also known as Spitsbergen), a small polar archipelago off the...

    Sep 14, 2020
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    Tierra Del Fuego (S4.09)

    Full shownotes at www.80dayspodcast.com/tierra-del-fuego | Support: www.patreon.com/80dayspodcast | In this episode of 80 Days: An Exploration Podcast, we’ll be talking about Tierra Del Fuego, an archipelago off the southernmost tip of the South American mainland, across the Strait of Magellan....

    Jul 22, 2020
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    Nepal (S4.08)

    Full shownotes at www.80dayspodcast.com/nepal | Support: www.patreon.com/80dayspodcast | In this episode of 80 Days: An Exploration Podcast, we’ll be talking about Nepal, a small, landlocked country in South Asia. Nepal borders China in the north, India in the south, east and west, and Bhutan is...

    Jun 11, 2020
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    Vanuatu (S4.07)

    Full shownotes at www.80dayspodcast.com/vanuatu | Support: www.patreon.com/80dayspodcast | In this episode of 80 Days: An Exploration Podcast, we’ll be talking about The Republic of Vanuatu, a Pacific island country located in the South Pacific Ocean, around 1,700 kilometres (or 1,000 miles) east...

    Apr 27, 2020
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    Utah (S4.06)

    Full shownotes at www.80dayspodcast.com/utah | Support: www.patreon.com/80dayspodcast | In this episode of 80 Days: an exploration podcast, we’ll be talking about Utah, the Beehive State. Named for the Ute people, a Native American tribe that has occupied for area for hundreds of years, Utah…

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    Feb 20, 2020
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    Houston, 1968 – Apollo 8

    Full shownotes: www.80dayspodcast.com/apollo-8 | Support: www.patreon.com/80dayspodcast | In this minisode, Mark takes us further than we've ever been before, in a story that's out of this world! From Houston, Texas, in 1968, we tell the story of the USA's space programme and how Christmas came…

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    Dec 24, 2019
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    Trinidad and Tobago (S4.05)

    Full shownotes at www.80dayspodcast.com/trinidad-and-tobago | Support: www.patreon.com/80dayspodcast | In this episode of 80 Days: an exploration podcast, we’ll be talking about Trinidad & Tobago, a twin island nation, located just off the northern coast of the South American mainland, around 11...

    Nov 10, 2019
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    Luxembourg (S4.04)

    Full shownotes at www.80dayspodcast.com/luxembourg | Support: www.patreon.com/80dayspodcast | In this episode of 80 Days: An Exploration Podcast, we’ll be talking about Luxembourg, a small, landlocked European country at one of the central crossroads of Europe, bordered by Belgium, France and...

    Oct 14, 2019
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    Djibouti (S4.03)

    Full shownotes at www.80dayspodcast.com/djibouti | Support: www.patreon.com/80dayspodcast | In this episode of 80 Days: an exploration podcast, we’ll be talking about Djibouti, a small nation located on the Northeast Coast of the Horn of Africa. Bordered by Eritrea to the North, Ethiopia to the...

    Sep 9, 2019
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    Pitcairn Island (S4.02)

    Full shownotes at www.80dayspodcast.com/pitcairn | Support: www.patreon.com/80dayspodcast | In this episode of 80 Days: an exploration podcast, we’ll be talking about Pitcairn Island, a tiny volcanic island in the South Pacific, most famous for its mutineer inhabitants, who fled there after the...

    Aug 12, 2019
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    Faroe Islands (S4.01)

    Full shownotes at www.80dayspodcast.com/faroes | Support: www.patreon.com/80dayspodcast | Vote for us at www.podcastawards.com Education category | In this episode of 80 Days: an exploration podcast, we’ll be talking about Faroe Islands, an autonomous group of islands in the North East Atlantic....

    Jul 10, 2019
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    Exclaves in Switzerland (Minisode)

    Full shownotes: www.80dayspodcast.com/exclaves | Support: www.patreon.com/80dayspodcast | In this minisode, Joe explores, literally, the idea of an exclave after wandering into one a couple of years ago. Although we've covered a couple of enclaves in the past (including San Marino and The…

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    Jun 21, 2019
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    Western Sahara (S3.10)

    Full shownotes https://80dayspodcast.com/Western-Sahara | Support http://patreon.com/80dayspodcast | In this episode of 80 Days: an exploration podcast, we’ll be talking about Western Sahara, a disputed territory in North-West Africa. Home to roughly 550,000 people and bordered by Morocco to the...

    Apr 1, 2019
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    Turkmenistan (S3.09)

    Full shownotes https://80dayspodcast.com/Turkmenistan | Support http://patreon.com/80dayspodcast | In this episode of 80 Days: an exploration podcast, we’ll be talking about Turkmenistan, formerly known as Turkmenia, an independent nation in Central Asia. Bordered by Kazakhstan to the northwest,...

    Mar 4, 2019
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    Lesotho (S3.08)

    Full shownotes: https://80dayspodcast.com/lesotho | Support us on http://patreon.com/80dayspodcast | In this episode of 80 Days: An Exploration Podcast, we’ll be talking about the Kingdom of Lesotho, previously the British Crown Colony of Basutoland. This small African country is entirely...

    Feb 4, 2019
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    Natal, 1497 (Christmas Special)

    Please take our quick survey about how you feel about Season 3 of the podcast: https://80dayspodcast.com/listener-survey/ | Please go to http://www.80dayspodcast.com/natal to see full shownotes, including sources for music and sound effects used in this episode. | If you're feeling generous this...

    Dec 21, 2018
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    Suriname (S3.07)

    Full shownotes: https://80dayspodcast.com/suriname | Support us on http://patreon.com/80dayspodcast | This episode of 80 Days: an exploration podcast is about the Republic of Suriname, previously known as Dutch Guiana. Located on the northern coast of South America, this roughly square shaped...

    Dec 3, 2018
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    Kuril Islands (S3.06)

    Full shownotes: http://80dayspocast.com/kuril | Support: http://patreon.com/80dayspodcast | In this episode of "80 Days: an exploration podcast" we’ll be talking about the Kuril Islands. This island chain is located in the Northern Pacific, and stretches between northern Japan and Kamchatka,...

    Nov 5, 2018
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    New Caledonia (S3.05)

    Full shownotes at http://.80dayspodcast.com/new-caledonia | Support: http://patreon.com/80dayspodcast | In this episode we’ll be talking about the New Caledonia, a French unique collectivity in the southwestern Pacific Ocean, about 900 miles (1,500 km) east of Australia. It includes the island of...

    Sep 30, 2018
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    Saint Helena (S3.04)

    Full shownotes: http://.80dayspodcast.com/saint-helena | Support: www.patreon.com/80dayspodcast | Saint Helena - S3.04 In this episode of season 3 of 80 Days: an exploration podcast, we’ll be talking about Saint Helena, a volcanic tropical island in the South Atlantic Ocean, and one of the most...

    Sep 2, 2018
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    Wyoming (S3.03)

    Full show notes, like totes... https://80dayspodcast.com/wyoming/ | Support us at www.patreon.com/80dayspodcast | In this episode we’ll be talking about the US state of Wyoming, also known as “the equality state” and “the cowboy state.” Admitted to the US as the 44th state in 1890, Wyoming has...

    Aug 5, 2018
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    San Marino (S3.02)

    Full shownotes: http://80dayspocast.com/san-marino | Support: http://patreon.com/80dayspodcast | In this episode we’ll be talking about the Most Serene Republic of San Marino, the world’s oldest constitutional republic, and a country that is, in itself, a historical oddity. Similarly to other...

    Jul 1, 2018
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    Tasmania (S3.01)

    Full shownotes at www.80daypodcast.com/tasmania | Support us at www.patreon.com/80dayspodcast | In the first episode of season 3 of 80 Days: an exploration podcast, we’ll be talking about Tasmania, the island state of Australia, known to early European explorers as Van Dieman's Land. This verdant...

    Jun 10, 2018
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    Introducing Season 3 (S3.00)

    After a long wait, it's time for an update on Season 3 of 80 Days: an exploration podcast! There are a few announcements about the future release schedule, some teasers of things to come and all the details about our new Patreon page, where you can sign up to support this podcast if you like what...

    Jun 4, 2018