Through conversations with inspiring guests from around the world, I highlight stories of adventure, creativity, and courage. Each episode offers a chance to reflect, find gentle inspiration and more reasons to feel optimistic about the world.
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Alex Bescoby: What Makes a Journey Actually Worth It
In a world where bigger, faster, and more extreme often get the most attention, this short conversation offers a different perspective.
Alex Bescoby reflects on why meaningful journeys are not defined by scale or records, but by whether they move you. Whether it’s crossing continents or simply paying closer attention to something in your own life, the value lies in the experience itself. And in sharing it. Because the stories that resonate most are often not the biggest ones, but the ones that are felt most deeply.
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Instagram: @alex_bescoby (https://www.instagram.com/alex_bescoby/) @thelastoverland (https://www.instagram.com/thelastoverland/) @grammarproductions (https://www.instagram.com/grammarproductions/)
Website: alexbescoby.co.uk (http://alexbescoby.co.uk)
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26 Mar 2026
Driving Through History: Alex Bescoby’s Overlanding Journey Across the World and the Stories That Shape Us
What does it really mean to see and experience the world?
I sit down with filmmaker and historian Alex Bescoby (https://www.instagram.com/alex_bescoby/) to explore the story behind The Last Overland (https://www.lastoverland.com/the-book) — a 13,000-mile or 20,000km journey retracing a 1950s expedition from Singapore to London in the original Land Rover Series 1. What began as an ambitious road trip quickly becomes something deeper. A reflection on timing, purpose, and the pull of adventure that exists at different moments in life.
Alex shares how history shapes the way we experience places, why travel without context can feel empty, and what he learned from spending a decade in Myanmar. Together, we explore bigger questions about freedom, curiosity, and why the most meaningful journeys are not defined by distance, but by how they change the way we see the world.
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Instagram: @alex_bescoby (https://www.instagram.com/alex_bescoby/) @thelastoverland (https://www.instagram.com/thelastoverland/) @grammarproductions (https://www.instagram.com/grammarproductions/)
Website: alexbescoby.co.uk (http://alexbescoby.co.uk)
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5 Mar 2026
Refilling the Creative Well: Why Alison Cochrun Walked the Camino Across Spain and Portugal
In this short segment, author Alison Cochrun (https://www.instagram.com/alisoncochrun/) shares the impulsive decision to walk the Camino de Santiago during a period of depression and creative burnout. She describes the physical reality of the Portuguese coastal route, from the unexpected pain of a 22-mile first day to the simple, ritualistic beauty of just putting one foot in front of the other.
It is an honest look at why a standard vacation may not be enough to fix a creative slump. Alison explains how the physical effort of the trail helped her regain mental strength and why having time completely to herself was the most transformative part of the journey.
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Instagram: @alisoncochrun (https://www.instagram.com/alisoncochrun/)
Website: alisoncochrun.com (http://alisoncochrun.com)
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Who has been a guest on Paths
Names identified in recent episode analyses. Showing up to five guests.
Eveline Haugaard
Tim Voors
Patrick
Peter Gostelow
Ann Da Silva Johansson
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YouTube views
249,773
Score snapshot 15 Sept 2025
Apple Podcasts (US)
4.9 / 5
10 ratings
Spotify
5.0 / 5
9 ratings
Podcast Authority Score: 54 / 100
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55
Social presence
0
YouTube
82
Engagement
51
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