Amateur Traveler Travel Podcast
Hosted by Chris Christensen and Amateur Traveler and Chris · Chris Christensen
4.5from 1,441 ratings
- 1,075
- Episodes
- 135
- Transcribed
- 1,441
- Ratings
- Daily
- Cadence
- 2005
- First episode
- 448K
- YouTube views
About Amateur Traveler Travel Podcast
Since 2005, Amateur Traveler has been talking about different destinations every week. It covers destinations all over the world with an emphasis on culturally rich travel. Learn more about your world. Amateur Traveler won its creator, Chris Christensen, a Travel+Leisure award as the "best independent travel journalist" and entry into the "Podcast Hall of Fame."
- Publisher
- Chris Christensen
- Category
- history · society & culture
- Language
- en
- Explicit
- No
- First episode
- 24 Dec 2005
- Latest episode
- 3 Oct 2026
Latest episodes
135 of 1,075 episodes have a transcript.
3 Oct 2026TRANSCRIPT
AT#1016 - Travel to Mongolia
26 Sept 2026TRANSCRIPT
AT#1015 - Travel to Lancaster County, Pennsylvania
19 Sept 2026TRANSCRIPT
AT#1014 - Travel to El Salvador
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AT#1016 - Travel to Mongolia
Published 3 Oct 2026 · Transcript excerpt
[…] I guess they pronounce it Cenghis, the Cenghis Khan Museum. It's pretty new. It opened in 2019, so it's only six or seven years old. It's a very modern seven-story museum with all kinds of exhibits and cultural artifacts and kind of history of the whole Mongolian Empire and art. In many ways, if I had to visit one museum in Umbetari, it would be this museum as opposed to the Natural History Museum, which was also nice, but this was just a nicer update. And on the top floor of this, the Genghis Khan Museum, is a very large gold-plated statue of Genghis Khan himself. And that's very impressive. It's in the form, I didn't say the word ger yet, but a ger is kind of the nomadic transportable hut that the herders use. […]
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- Randy Rohrer
- Chris Barley
- Jayne Dear
- Nathan Brennan
- Cassandra Sugarman
Reach and audience
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- YouTube views
- 448,376
- Score snapshot 15 Sept 2025
- Apple Podcasts (US)
- 4.4 / 5
- 1,080 ratings
- Spotify
- 4.7 / 5
- 361 ratings
Podcast Authority Score: 84 / 100
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- Quality
- 95
- Social presence
- 0
- YouTube
- 86
- Engagement
- 98
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Who hosts Amateur Traveler Travel Podcast?
Chris Christensen and Amateur Traveler and Chris host the show. Published by Chris Christensen.
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Does Amateur Traveler Travel Podcast take guests?
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