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My Camino - the podcast
by Dan Mullins
A weekly podcast featuring interviews with pilgrims from around the world who have walked the many paths to the remains of Christ's Apostle St James in Santiago de Compostela in northern Spain. Hosted by Sydney broadcaster and producer Dan Mullins, My Camino - the Podcast explores pilgrims' motivation for undertaking their Camino, what they carried, where they stayed, how far they walked each day and many other questions. Dan and his guests also explore the mystical nature of the Camino ~ and what makes it so special to so many pilgrims from around the globe. If you're a pilgrim or are thinking of walking the Camino de Santiago, this podcast is for you. Sponsor Dan via patreon.com/danmullins or danmullinsmusic.com
Episodes
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Mercedes Diane Griffin Forbes | A journey of light!
You are going to love this interview!!! My guest this week is writer, global educator, and avid pilgrim Mercedes Diane Griffin Forbes. A year ago, at age 49, Mercedes walked 500 miles across Spain on the Camino Francés—a journey that transformed her perspective on aging, resilience, and personal...
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Geoff Crawford | A pilgrim's journey of discovery
Australian pilgrim Geoff Crawford walked the Camino and his pilgrimage became about so much more than simply getting from one place to another. Geoff set out with a purpose, raising money for the Black Dog Institute, but along the way he discovered that the Camino has a remarkable way of...
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Kirsten McHugh | Sinners, Seekers and Me
In 2017, Kirsten McHugh and her husband Jack walked 800 kilometres from the French Pyrenees to Santiago de Compostela. For Kirsten, the Camino came after years of shared adventures, some crazy schemes, business ventures and, most significantly, Jack’s battle with cancer. The walk became an...
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El Camino | A Way to Forgiveness
What happens when you set off to walk the Camino de Santiago carrying a broken heart, a camera and a question that may be harder to answer than any physical challenge on the trail: How do you forgive someone who has hurt you deeply? In 2015, American filmmaker and screenwriter Erin R. Dooley…
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Justin and Geoff | Magical Camino music
Justin Follin and Geoff Gates met on the Camino and discovered a love of music, songwriting and celebrating the joy of music, together. They wrote songs together, shared moments of joy, hardships and found in each other a passion for storytelling through song. This episode is about friendship…
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Beebe Bahrami | A revised Camino guide book to cherish
Beebe Bahrami has revised her fabulous Camino guidebook. It's full of amazing insights, stories, inspiration, light and love. It's all about sacred sites, historic villages and savouring the local food and wine - what's not to love about that. This is a wonderful episode, full of fun and the…
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Bill Artz | The poetry of pilgrimage
My friend Bill Artz is an American pilgrim who has developed a love for the Camino and finds later in life that he has a talent for poetry. What a wonderful gift to discover and YOU will discover some of Bill’s poems in this week’s episode. We also talk about Bill’s role in the American Pilgrims…
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Camino 101 | A panel discussion
The Australian Friends of the Camino does a wonderful job brining pilgrims together, not just in Australia, but all around the world. Its members volunteer in albergues, it provides advice and support for pilgrims and the board and members epitomise what pilgrimage is all about - love and light.…
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Dave Newlin | One Diagnosis. One Extraordinary Journey
Dave Newlin was diagnosed with Parkinson's Disease, but he decided his condition was not going to stop him walking the Camino. This is a wonderful story about resilience, believing you can, support from those you love, and believing that the best is yet to come. I loved this interview, and I know...
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Meriam & Odin | A most unexpected Camino guide
Deb and Justin Hansen have written Meriam & Oden's Guide to Walking The Camino. It's written from the perspective of their underwear! It's a light-hearted and fun look at what can make or break your Camino - and a playful and insightful take on the ancient pilgrimage. Much has been written about...
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Lisa Sweeney | Ireland's National Famine Way
Australian Lisa Sweeney is a two-time Camino pilgrim who never really felt like she belonged. Of Irish decent, Lisa and her husband decided to walk the National Famine Way in Ireland and it changed her life forever, she'd found where she belongs. The National Famine Way is a 165km pilgrimage...
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Stacey Wittig | Sacred places not to miss on the Camino
Stacey Wittig is an American pilgrim, writer, and spiritual traveller - her new book A Spiritual Guide to the Camino Francés: Sacred Places Christian Pilgrims Don't Want to Miss, is not just another Camino guide, it's an opportunity to learn more about what we walk past on the Camino. Every year,...
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Michael Rucker | Finding hope on the Camino
Michael Rucker was a highly acclaimed music industry executive - and he knew his life was broken. He decided to start to walk, and walking led him to the Camino and a slow repair that has brought him untold joy. This is a wonderful conversation about finding hope on the Camino, learning to trust...
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Rocco Rossi | Rocco's new book "Finding Grace" is out today
Canadian pilgrim Rocco Rossi has walked 23 Caminos. Today, he launched his first novel, a book set on the Camino called "Finding Grace". I loved it and you will too. In this episode of My Camino - the Podcast, Rocco and I talk about how and why we're drawn to the Camino, the process of writing…
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Theresa & Amanda | The magic of a musical Camino
This week we launched our musical Camino for 2027. We're walking from Leon to Santiago de Compostela and it will be a trip of a lifetime. All the details are at my website. To launch I spoke with the American pilgrim Theresa Okamoto and my younger sister Amanda Mullins about their experiences.…
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Gen & Tara | Walking together is its own kind of pilgrimage
Genevieve Quigley is Editor of Sunday Life, the magazine in the Sydney Morning Herald newspaper. Gen wrote a few weeks back about walking the Camino with some friends. I knew I had to interview her. We were joined by her friend Tara Trehy, who was the group's organiser and spreadsheet pilgrim.…
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Alder Allensworth | The power of feminine healing
Ever wondered about the divine feminine on the Camino? In this episode, Dan interviews Alder Allensworth about her transformative journey on the Camino de Santiago, her personal battles with loved ones and Alzheimer's and Alder's own battle with a rare cancer, and her inspiring writing retreat....
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Colin Campbell | Embarking on a pilgrimage of music
Colin Campbell wowed the audience at the American Pilgrims on the Camino Gathering in Texas last month. I knew I had to interview him. As it turned out, he kinda interviewed ME!! This is a great conversation about inspiration, finding answers on the Camino and learning to trust your instincts…
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REWIND | American filmmaker Annie O'Neill
For tickets for Dan's upcoming tour of Canada here I've been dying to interview Annie O'Neill ever since hearing about Phil's Camino. This is a cracking yarn. Annie and I talk about how and why the Camino calls us; her amazing story with Phil; and her plans for the future. I loved this interview...
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Dr Sarah Pye | Previewing the Australian Friends of the Camino Conference
The Australian Friends of the Camino will be hosting its third bi-annual conference this July. I'll be there, and you should be there too! In this episode, I'm joined by Dr Sarah Pye who's coordinating this year's event. It will be a wonderful celebration of everything Camino - and I can't wait....
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Fr Kevin Wittmayer | 40 Days and Nights on the Camino
Father Kevin Wittmayer's new book is 40 Days and Nights on the Camino de Santiago - A Pilgrimage for finding Clarity, Renewal and Healing. A forty-day spiritual journey of healing, faith, and transformation grounded in one pilgrim's journey on the Camino de Santiago. This is a wonderful…
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Pauline Wald | A new Camino movie 'Paths of Life'
Pauline Wald is a French pilgrim who was living what she thought was her dream life - great job, great life. And then Pauline started to question if that was her REAL life. Soon after, pilgrimage and the Camino beckoned. I really enjoyed Pauline's film 'Paths of Life' and her journey is a message...
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Amanda Michelle Torralba | A Camino of inspired insight
Amanda Michelle Torralba is a pilgrim from the United States, who dreamed of walking the famed pilgrimage for over 15 years. When she finally got her chance, she grabbed it with gusto. This is a wonderful story of the impact the Camino can have on us all...it brings us together, brings us hope,...
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Mylinh Lee | Returns to the Camino to find clarity
Mylinh Lee is a return guest, who has just returned from walking the Camino Portuguese and Camino Finisterre. Mylinh talks about the call of the Camino, how it warms her dedication and guides her heart to what's important in life. A child Vietnam refugee, Mylinh is working on telling the story of...
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A brief history of el Camino de Santiago
This week we talk all things as a brief history of the Camino and re-visit one of the most inspiring stories of the last nine years. Czarina Deldio's father travelled to Spain with her to travel in taxis and buses each day while Czarina walked with her mother to celebrate overcoming cancer, but...
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Rewind | Malaysian pilgrim Xin Yan Gee
A re-visit of my chat with Malaysian pilgrim Xin Yan Gee. Xin Yan Gee is a Malaysian national who had just finished a double degree. She's living in Sydney - far from her family back in Malaysia. Her mother decided the family ought to walk the Camino....and it's a great lesson about having the...
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Alyson Davies | The pure joy of an artistic Camino
Canadian pilgrim Alyson Davies is a visual artist and self-proclaimed Camino addict. We talk about her transformative experiences on the Camino de Santiago and explore the historical significance of the Camino, Alison's personal journey of healing and self-discovery, and how her artistic practice...
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Hope DeLuca | A songwriter's lessons on a quiet Camino
Hope DeLuca is a 23-year-old American pilgrim who recently completed the Portuguese Camino. Hope shares what drew her to a winter Camino, seeking solitude, reflection, and meaning, and describes how the experience resonated with her spiritually despite not being religious. Hope also tells us…
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Matthew Williams | Winter walking through grief
British pilgrim Matthew Williams shares his profound experiences of walking two Caminos. Matthew recounts his first journey in 2015 which was marked by personal loss and the challenges of winter walking. He reflects on how the Camino serves as a metaphor for life's uncertainties emphasising that...
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Kevin Riley | The hiking golfer
Kevin Riley walked his first Camino in 2019, carrying a golf club as his walking stick. He's now known as 'the hiking golfer'. In this episode of My Camino - the Podcast, Kevin talks about his journey of discovery through meeting people and sharing a common purpose of pilgrimage. AND how he now…
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Daniel D Six | How the Camino helps us deal with trauma
Canada-based British writer Daniel D Six has written a new book 'Gracias Jacobus - Miracles, madness and a donkey with better timing than God'. It tells the story of Malcolm Hargreaves who has spent his life in the shadow of extreme trauma. The story is based on Daniel's life, his journey on the...
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Marie Sonnois | An epic Camino on horseback
French pilgrim Marie Sonnois rode her beloved horse Zambomba, from her home to Santiago de Compostela and then onto Porto and back, covering over 2,200 miles in 521 days. Marie discusses her motivations for embarking on this adventure, the challenges she faced along the way, and the profound...
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Picking daisies | A life well lived
My mother died last week. It was an amazing life. She once wrote about picking daisies.
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Dan Mullins | A pilgrim's journey
With a family tragedy on the immediate horizon, Dan reflects on what the Camino means to him - and how it bring solace to those in need. We have a brand new Patreon offering for subscribers and sponsors. For all the details go to patreon.com/danmullins
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Jo Penn | An author finds light in her darkness on the Camino
Jo Penn is an award-winning, NY Times & USA Today Bestselling Author. Jo writes thrillers, dark fantasy, horror and crime titles, and is also a Podcaster. Her book, 'Pilgrimage: Lessons Learned from Solo Walking Three Ancient Ways', is about preparing, learning and getting the most out of your...
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Nick Sassan | Walking the Camino in Birkenstocks!
Nick Sassan is a young pilgrim from the United States with one of the most unusual Camino stories you’ll hear. While most walkers arrive armed with sturdy hiking boots and meticulously tested shoes, Nick set out on the ancient pilgrimage in… Birkenstock sandals. And yes — he walked all 800...
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Ken Huang | Instinct, insight, and running the Camino
Ken Huang RUNS the Camino!! In this episode of My Camino - the Podcast, Ken reflects on her life of long-distance running, her experiences during her adventures, including the Camino and the contrast between the anticipation of enlightenment and the reality of a blank mind. Ken discusses the...
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Arlene Laskey | Quest for the Enlightened Pilgrim
Arlene Laskey is a Canadian author. Her debut novel is 'Quest for the Enlightened Pilgrim: Walking the Camino'. The book is inspired by Arlene's real-life experiences on the Camino de Santiago and her study of the Master Key System, a fascinating look at how our thoughts empower our future.…
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Dan's Portuguese Camino + an inspiring story
I've just returned from the Camino Portuguese and loved every moment. I have a brief summary of our trip PLUS a very inspiring story of an Australian man who is walking the Camino to raise awareness of depression and suicide across the world. Here's a link to Geoff's campaign
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Jean-Claude Benazet | The man who wrote 'Ultreia'
Jean-Claude Benazet wrote the Camino hymn 'Ultreia'. I was delighted to get the chance to interview Jean-Claude, to talk about the history of the song, what it means to him and what it means for the hundreds of thousands of pilgrims who walk the Camino each year. This episode is a snapshot of...
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Elle Halliwell | A pilgrimage of self love on the Via Francigena
Elle Halliwell is a Sydney-based journalist, author and motivational speaker. Her incredible story was the subject of her book A Mother's Choice where she details her journey of cancer and motherhood. Now Elle's a pilgrim having just returned from walking part of the Via Francigena to Rome. This…
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REWIND | an incredible discussion with Camino legend Rebekah Scott
I've just finished walking the Camino Portuguese. Please enjoy this rewind episode of my chat with Rebekah Scott. I first spoke to Rebekah three years ago. Her new book 'A Furnace Full of God' is simply magic. It's not your usual Camino book. This is a spiritual diary; a journal of a pilgrimage…
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The Alabama Ladies | Seven pilgrims share their combined story
In this episode of My Camino, host Dan Mullins engages with a group of friends from Alabama who share their experiences walking the Camino de Santiago. They discuss the significance of friendship, the balance between companionship and solitude, and the spiritual aspects of the pilgrimage. The...
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Marion Roach Smith | How to write your Camino story
In this conversation, Dan Mullins interviews Marion Roach Smith about the art of memoir writing, particularly in the context of personal journeys like the Camino de Santiago. They discuss the importance of writing what you know, the distinction between memoir and autobiography, and the…
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Sean Dietrich | The pure magic of the Camino
In this episode of My Camino, host Dan Mullins interviews Sean Dietrich, known as Sean of the South, who shares his transformative experience walking the Camino de Santiago. Sean discusses the deep connections he made with fellow pilgrims, the spiritual awakening he experienced, and the lessons…
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Veronica Soebarto | Walking the Camino with God
In this heartfelt conversation, Veronica Soebarto shares her transformative journey along the Camino Primitivo, exploring themes of surrender, companionship, and spiritual awakening. From her initial motivations to the profound realisations she encountered along the way, Veronica reflects on the...
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Rocco Rossi | Explore the lesser-known Caminos
This week I'm joined by my wonderful friend Rocco Rossi. Rocco has walked 21 Caminos - most of them off the beaten path. In this episode, we discuss the lesser-walked Caminos - the Invierno, Aragones, Madrid, Baztan, Mozarabe, Lebaniego and Vasco. Rocco's amazing insight will help you prepare…
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George Greenia | The Camino's rebellious hope
I'm joined by George Greenia, a scholar of pilgrimage studies at the College of William and Mary in the United States. We chat about the profound themes of hope and community found in the Camino de Santiago. We explore the motivations behind pilgrimage, the evolution of the Camino experience, and...
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Bill Wrobleski | The most incredible story of discovery
Imagine you get to your sixties and realise you're not who you thought you were. How would you react? Would you want to know the details and key players? That's exactly what happened to the American pilgrim Bill Wrobleski. This is an incredible journey of discovery and the Camino played a major...
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Gavin Smith | An American teenager takes on the Camino
American teenage pilgrim Gavin Smith finished high school this year and decided to walk the Camino to honour his grandpa. This is a wonderful story of dedication to family and taking risks to learn who you are and who you need to be. This is a wonderful episode, like Gavin, full of hope and dreams.
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A weekly podcast featuring interviews with pilgrims from around the world who have walked the many paths to the remains of Christ's Apostle St James in Santiago de Compostela in northern Spain. Hosted by Sydney broadcaster and producer Dan Mullins, My Camino - the Podcast explores pilgrims' motivation for undertaking their Camino, what they carried, where they stayed, how far they walked each day and many other questions. Dan and his guests also explore the mystical nature of the Camino ~ and what makes it so special to so many pilgrims from around the globe. If you're a pilgrim or are thinking of walking the Camino de Santiago, this podcast is for you. Sponsor Dan via patreon.com/danmullins or danmullinsmusic.com
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