Far From Home
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<p>An immersive travel and culture documentary podcast where Peabody award-winning public radio journalist Scott Gurian reports fascinating stories from faraway places and makes you feel like you’re really there! On past episodes, he’s road tripped 18,000 mi. (29,000 km) from the UK to Mongolia and back, visited Iran as an American tourist, wandered through abandoned buildings in Chernobyl, and participated in a hallucinogenic healing ceremony in Peru. Learn more and view bonus content at <a href="https://farfromhomepodcast.org"><strong>farfromhomepodcast.org</strong></a></p>
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3/10/2016
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Recent Episodes
September 2, 2025
On the Ground in Ukraine with Terrell Jermaine Starr (with Making Peace Visible)
While I'm taking a break from releasing new episodes, I wanted to share an episode of another great podcast I heard recently and that I thought all of you might enjoy. The show is called <a href="https://www.Makingpeacevisible.org">Making Peace Visible</a>, and it features conversations with journalists, peace-builders, activists, and scholars on the front lines of peace and conflict. Making Peace Visible also aims to analyze how the media cover conflict as well as to amplify stories of resolution and reconciliation that are often under-reported or even ignored. Their guest on this particular episode is <a href="https://terrellstarr.com/">Terrell Jermaine Starr</a>, an independent journalist based in Ukraine whose reporting has appeared in Foreign Policy magazine, The Washington Post, and MSNBC. His work focuses on how Ukrainian politics and society relate to the rest of the world, especially the United States, Europe, and Africa. In the early days of Russia's full-scale invasion, Terrell gained international attention for his up-close-and-personal reporting style, and for helping vulnerable Ukrainians flee the country. Also for being a rare Black American reporter on the ground. On Terrell's own podcast, <a href="https://www.youtube.com/@terrelljstarrofficial">“Black Diplomats,”</a> and his <a href="https://terrellstarr.substack.com/">Substack blog</a>, he provides reporting and analysis on politics in Ukraine, the United States, and beyond, paying special attention to equity and discrimination, and drawing parallels between Putinism and the MAGA movement in the United States. And he also has an ongoing project documenting the lives of Ukrainians of African descent. If you want to keep up with Terrell's reporting, you can <a href="https://www.instagram.com/terrelljstarr/">follow him on Instagram</a>. If you enjoyed this conversation, you should also subscribe to Making Peace Visible and listen to more episodes from their archives <a href="https://pod.link/1605799735">wherever you listen to podcasts</a>. On Far From Home, award-winning public radio journalist Scott Gurian reports fascinating stories from faraway places like Iran, Chernobyl, and Mongolia. For more info, visit <a href="https://farfromhomepodcast.org/">farfromhomepodcast.org</a>
June 14, 2025
Human Library
Host Scott Gurian explores Copenhagen's Human Library, where individuals volunteer as "books" to share their life experiences and challenge societal stigmas in intimate conversations; this is an interview with Ronni Abergel.
May 14, 2025
Balloon Hats (repeat)
When he was growing up in Southern California, Addi Somekh wasn't quite sure what to do with his life. But he knew from a young age that he wanted to "spread warmth" and make other people happy. On this week’s episode, the unusual story of how Addi’s quest to do just that set him off on a worldwide mission to make people laugh. Addi and his friend Charlie hatch a plan to travel around the globe making balloon hats for people, but what at first sounds like a fun and quirky adventure turns out to be far more meaningful than they ever could have imagined! <a href="https://farfromhomepodcast.org/news/0208">Visit my website </a>to see some of Charlie’s amazing photos of people around the world wearing Addi’s balloon hats, and for links to his balloon art, his balloon bass music, his reality TV show, and the documentary that was made about his travels. On Far From Home, award-winning public radio journalist Scott Gurian reports fascinating stories from faraway places like Iran, Chernobyl, and Mongolia. For more info, visit <a href="https://farfromhomepodcast.org/">farfromhomepodcast.org</a>
101 total episodes available with 5 transcripts
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- What is Far From Home?
<p>An immersive travel and culture documentary podcast where Peabody award-winning public radio journalist Scott Gurian reports fascinating stories from faraway places and makes you feel like you’re really there! On past episodes, he’s road tripped 18,000 mi. (29,000 km) from the UK to Mongolia and back, visited Iran as an American tourist, wandered through abandoned buildings in Chernobyl, and participated in a hallucinogenic healing ceremony in Peru. Learn more and view bonus content at <a href="https://farfromhomepodcast.org"><strong>farfromhomepodcast.org</strong></a></p> - How often does this podcast release new episodes?
This podcast updates bi-weekly.
- Where can I listen to this podcast?
This podcast is available on 10 platforms including Apple Podcasts, Spotify, and more. You can also use the RSS feed directly.
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Yes, this podcast regularly features guests.
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