Voyages

About Voyages

Wherever you go in the world, the landscapes, seascapes, and cityscapes you encounter all have stories to tell. Those stories might be about how that place was formed, how its wildlife has evolved, how we understand the processes that shaped it, or how it has inspired artists, writers, and musicians. No matter what the story is, knowing how to read it and understand it makes any trip more worthwhile, whether it's to the park down the street or a city on the other side of the globe. The purpose of Voyages is to help tell these stories, to enrich travel to the places that tell them, and build understanding of the world around us.

Publisher

John Orcutt

Category

arts · science · society & culture

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

11 Jan 2021

Latest episode

21 Sept 2025

Latest episodes

26 episodes in the feed.

1. 

   21 Sept 2025

   Driftless Voyage

   Join me for my first new episode in years as we travel to the Driftless Area at the border of Wisconsin, Minnesota, Iowa, and Illinois where a great architect was inspired by an unexpected landscape shaped not by ice like much of the Midwest, but by the movement of liquid water.

2. 

   31 Jan 2025

   Voyage Down the Haunted Waters - Repeat

   The host revisits a prior series on the Missoula Floods, aiming to reignite listener interest in anticipation of a new episode exploring a related theme.

3. 

   20 Oct 2022

   Voyage With the Current - Part IV

   This episode explores the profound impact of the California Current on human history along the coasts of Santa Barbara, Morro Bay, and Big Sur, while also examining humanity's reciprocal effects on these marine environments.

Reach and audience

Public platform figures. Ratings count people who left a rating, not total listeners.

Apple Podcasts (US)

5.0 / 5

7 ratings

Podcast Authority Score: 35 / 100

A composite of feed quality, social presence, YouTube performance and engagement. Read the methodology.

Quality

58

Social presence

0

YouTube

0

Engagement

32

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