Tokyo Food Halls, Magnolias, Carrot Cake, Seoul, and the Mole People | 120 Countries and Counting

Worcester and Manila: The Moth and the Mugwort | 120 Countries and Counting

Football World Cup, Deserted Streets, Bridge over the Severn River, Late Night Sunset, Creatures of the Dusk, Portals, and Mugwort. This episode of Letters to Kody was recorded in Worcestershire, England, close to the church where William Shakespeare wed Anne Hathaway. Several years ago, a young man’s car collided with a fire truck in Kentucky. His name was Kody. He dreamed of seeing the world beyond the beauty of Kentucky, but had barely glimpsed it when he lost his life on his way to work at Walmart, aged twenty-three. For years beforehand, Kody had keenly followed my travel dispatches from around the world, sharing questions and comments. Now, through Letters to Kody, I’m taking him with me around the world — on the road, in the present, and through anecdotes from past travels. Every episode dedicated to Kody honours his spirit of adventure and curiosity. I’m author D. J. Swales. As a child, I gripped my teenage mum’s hand on a stormy ferry to Liverpool, fleeing the violence of conflict-torn Belfast. I haven’t stopped travelling since. I’ve been drifting in the wake of my grandfather — an old Irish sea-dog who circled the world a dozen times before being knocked into the hold of a ship in Hamburg. Since fleeing the bullets and bombs of Belfast, I’ve called twelve countries and three US states home, explored 120 countries and forty-five US states, and I’m still counting. These are memoir-letters from my tumbleweed life. Winding, personal, and wide-ranging, they move between nature, folklore, history, humour, grief, wonder, and the extraordinary ordinary moments that make life on the road worth living — and worth sharing. By listening, you speak Kody’s name. You help carry his spirit somewhere new. Letters to Kody is dedicated to all those who have wandered, all those who wish to wander, and to the loved ones we’ve lost along the way. D. J. Swales [https://linktr.ee/djswaleswritesbooks] is the bestselling author of People of Bloomsbury [https://geni.us/1mUB4tC?utm_medium=social&utm_source=linktree&utm_campaign=click+here+for+charming+feel-good+ebook%21] and the Fitzmarbury Witches [https://geni.us/Part1ebook?utm_medium=social&utm_source=linktree&utm_campaign=click+here+for+horror+ebook%21] series, available on Kindle. Letters to Kody is a travel memoir podcast exploring memory, myth, history, and place through a series of episodic letters addressed to a lost friend. Each episode is part journey, part reflection, and part remembrance. If you enjoyed this episode, please follow, subscribe, and leave a review — it helps the journey continue. D. J. Swales [https://linktr.ee/djswaleswritesbooks] is the bestselling author of People of Bloomsbury [https://geni.us/1mUB4tC?utm_medium=social&utm_source=linktree&utm_campaign=click+here+for+charming+feel-good+ebook%21] and the Fitzmarbury Witches [https://geni.us/Part1ebook?utm_medium=social&utm_source=linktree&utm_campaign=click+here+for+horror+ebook%21] series, available on Kindle. ---------------------------------------- Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy [https://acast.com/privacy] for more information.

Belfast Fire Dragons, Lourdes Holy Water, Stolen Paintings, New York, Singing Cicadas, and a Fairy Wind in Seoul | 120 Countries and Counting

Coal Smoke, Dragons, West Belfast, Monsters, Seoul, Holy Water, Lourdes, Long Island City, Fairy Wind, Chanel No. 5, Fallen Angel, Druids, Han River, and the Korean War. This episode of Letters to Kody was recorded in Times Square, New York City. Several years ago, a young man’s car collided with a fire truck in Kentucky. His name was Kody. He dreamed of seeing the world beyond the beauty of Kentucky, but had barely glimpsed it when he lost his life on his way to work at Walmart, aged twenty-three. For years beforehand, Kody had keenly followed my travel dispatches from around the world, sharing questions and comments. Now, through Letters to Kody, I’m taking him with me around the world — on the road, in the present, and through anecdotes from past travels. Every episode dedicated to Kody honours his spirit of adventure and curiosity. I’m author D. J. Swales. As a child, I gripped my teenage mum’s hand on a stormy ferry to Liverpool, fleeing the violence of conflict-torn Belfast. I haven’t stopped travelling since. I’ve been drifting in the wake of my grandfather — an old Irish sea-dog who circled the world a dozen times before being knocked into the hold of a ship in Hamburg. Since fleeing the bullets and bombs of Belfast, I’ve called twelve countries and three US states home, explored 120 countries and forty-five US states, and I’m still counting. These are memoir-letters from my tumbleweed life. Winding, personal, and wide-ranging, they move between nature, folklore, history, humour, grief, wonder, and the extraordinary ordinary moments that make life on the road worth living — and worth sharing. By listening, you speak Kody’s name. You help carry his spirit somewhere new. Letters to Kody is dedicated to all those who have wandered, all those who wish to wander, and to the loved ones we’ve lost along the way. D. J. Swales [https://linktr.ee/djswaleswritesbooks] is the bestselling author of People of Bloomsbury [https://geni.us/1mUB4tC?utm_medium=social&utm_source=linktree&utm_campaign=click+here+for+charming+feel-good+ebook%21] and the Fitzmarbury Witches [https://geni.us/Part1ebook?utm_medium=social&utm_source=linktree&utm_campaign=click+here+for+horror+ebook%21] series, available on Kindle. Letters to Kody is a travel memoir podcast exploring memory, myth, history, and place through a series of episodic letters addressed to a lost friend. Each episode is part journey, part reflection, and part remembrance. If you enjoyed this episode, please follow, subscribe, and leave a review — it helps the journey continue. D. J. Swales [https://linktr.ee/djswaleswritesbooks] is the bestselling author of People of Bloomsbury [https://geni.us/1mUB4tC?utm_medium=social&utm_source=linktree&utm_campaign=click+here+for+charming+feel-good+ebook%21] and the Fitzmarbury Witches [https://geni.us/Part1ebook?utm_medium=social&utm_source=linktree&utm_campaign=click+here+for+horror+ebook%21] series, available on Kindle. ---------------------------------------- Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy [https://acast.com/privacy] for more information.

Mistbound Realm, Shamanic Trance, British Museum, Brontë Sisters, Buried Treasure, and Ancient Celts | 120 Countries and Counting

Mistbound Realm, Germany, Ancient Headdress, Shamanic Trance, British Museum, Bloomsbury, Yorkshire, Brontë Sisters, Buried Treasure, and Ancient Celts. This episode of Letters to Kody was recorded in Times Square, New York City. Several years ago, a young man’s car collided with a fire truck in Kentucky. His name was Kody. He dreamed of seeing the world beyond the beauty of Kentucky, but had barely glimpsed it when he lost his life on his way to work at Walmart, aged twenty-three. For years beforehand, Kody had keenly followed my travel dispatches from around the world, sharing questions and comments. Now, through Letters to Kody, I’m taking him with me around the world — on the road, in the present, and through anecdotes from past travels. Every episode dedicated to Kody honours his spirit of adventure and curiosity. I’m author D. J. Swales. As a child, I gripped my teenage mum’s hand on a stormy ferry to Liverpool, fleeing the violence of conflict-torn Belfast. I haven’t stopped travelling since. I’ve been drifting in the wake of my grandfather — an old Irish sea-dog who circled the world a dozen times before being knocked into the hold of a ship in Hamburg. Since fleeing the bullets and bombs of Belfast, I’ve called twelve countries and three US states home, explored 120 countries and forty-five US states, and I’m still counting. These are memoir-letters from my tumbleweed life. Winding, personal, and wide-ranging, they move between nature, folklore, history, humour, grief, wonder, and the extraordinary ordinary moments that make life on the road worth living — and worth sharing. By listening, you speak Kody’s name. You help carry his spirit somewhere new. Letters to Kody is dedicated to all those who have wandered, all those who wish to wander, and to the loved ones we’ve lost along the way. D. J. Swales [https://linktr.ee/djswaleswritesbooks] is the bestselling author of People of Bloomsbury [https://geni.us/1mUB4tC?utm_medium=social&utm_source=linktree&utm_campaign=click+here+for+charming+feel-good+ebook%21] and the Fitzmarbury Witches [https://geni.us/Part1ebook?utm_medium=social&utm_source=linktree&utm_campaign=click+here+for+horror+ebook%21] series, available on Kindle. Letters to Kody is a travel memoir podcast exploring memory, myth, history, and place through a series of episodic letters addressed to a lost friend. Each episode is part journey, part reflection, and part remembrance. If you enjoyed this episode, please follow, subscribe, and leave a review — it helps the journey continue. D. J. Swales [https://linktr.ee/djswaleswritesbooks] is the bestselling author of People of Bloomsbury [https://geni.us/1mUB4tC?utm_medium=social&utm_source=linktree&utm_campaign=click+here+for+charming+feel-good+ebook%21] and the Fitzmarbury Witches [https://geni.us/Part1ebook?utm_medium=social&utm_source=linktree&utm_campaign=click+here+for+horror+ebook%21] series, available on Kindle. ---------------------------------------- Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy [https://acast.com/privacy] for more information.

Appalachia, Mummified Monkeys, Changelings, Wild Dogs, Roman Legions, Yokai, Fairy Forts, Abandoned Airport, Egyptian Princess, and the Bridge of Spies | 120 Countries and Counting

Appalachia, Mummified Monkeys, Changelings, Wild Dogs, Roman Legions, Fairy Forts, Abandoned Airport, Egyptian Princess, Yokai, Rochester, Berlin Wall, Bridge of Spies, Belfast, Camera Obscura, and Cyprus. This episode of Letters to Kody was recorded in Worcestershire on 3 April 2026, a few miles from the childhood home of Bosie, Oscar Wilde’s lover. Several years ago, a young man’s car collided with a fire truck in Kentucky. His name was Kody. He dreamed of seeing the world beyond the beauty of Kentucky, but had barely glimpsed it when he lost his life on his way to work at Walmart, aged twenty-three. For years beforehand, Kody had keenly followed my travel dispatches from around the world, sharing questions and comments. Now, through Letters to Kody, I’m taking him with me around the world — on the road, in the present, and through anecdotes from past travels. Every episode dedicated to Kody honours his spirit of adventure and curiosity. I’m author D. J. Swales. As a child, I gripped my teenage mum’s hand on a stormy ferry to Liverpool, fleeing the violence of conflict-torn Belfast. I haven’t stopped travelling since. I’ve been drifting in the wake of my grandfather — an old Irish sea-dog who circled the world a dozen times before being knocked into the hold of a ship in Hamburg. Since fleeing the bullets and bombs of Belfast, I’ve called twelve countries and three US states home, explored 120 countries and forty-five US states, and I’m still counting. These are memoir-letters from my tumbleweed life. Winding, personal, and wide-ranging, they move between nature, folklore, history, humour, grief, wonder, and the extraordinary ordinary moments that make life on the road worth living — and worth sharing. By listening, you speak Kody’s name. You help carry his spirit somewhere new. Letters to Kody is dedicated to all those who have wandered, all those who wish to wander, and to the loved ones we’ve lost along the way. D. J. Swales [https://linktr.ee/djswaleswritesbooks] is the bestselling author of People of Bloomsbury [https://geni.us/1mUB4tC?utm_medium=social&utm_source=linktree&utm_campaign=click+here+for+charming+feel-good+ebook%21] and the Fitzmarbury Witches [https://geni.us/Part1ebook?utm_medium=social&utm_source=linktree&utm_campaign=click+here+for+horror+ebook%21] series, available on Kindle. Letters to Kody is a travel memoir podcast exploring memory, myth, history, and place through a series of episodic letters addressed to a lost friend. Each episode is part journey, part reflection, and part remembrance. If you enjoyed this episode, please follow, subscribe, and leave a review — it helps the journey continue. D. J. Swales [https://linktr.ee/djswaleswritesbooks] is the bestselling author of People of Bloomsbury [https://geni.us/1mUB4tC?utm_medium=social&utm_source=linktree&utm_campaign=click+here+for+charming+feel-good+ebook%21] and the Fitzmarbury Witches [https://geni.us/Part1ebook?utm_medium=social&utm_source=linktree&utm_campaign=click+here+for+horror+ebook%21] series, available on Kindle. ---------------------------------------- Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy [https://acast.com/privacy] for more information.

Yakushima Island, Studio Ghibli, The Faraway Tree, West Berlin, Queen Nefertiti, and Christopher Isherwood | 120 Countries and Counting

Yakushima Island, Studio Ghibli, Princess Mononoke, The Faraway Tree, Enid Blyton, Germany, Giant Trees, The Amazon, West Berlin, Loggerhead Turtles, Queen Nefertiti, and Christopher Isherwood. This episode was recorded in Worcestershire, in the same building that preserves the marriage licence of William Shakespeare and Anne Hathaway. Several years ago, a young man’s car collided with a fire truck in Kentucky. His name was Kody. He dreamed of seeing the world beyond the beauty of Kentucky, but had barely glimpsed it when he lost his life on his way to work at Walmart, aged twenty-three. For years beforehand, Kody had keenly followed my travel dispatches from around the world, sharing questions and comments. Now, through Letters to Kody, I’m taking him with me around the world — on the road, in the present, and through anecdotes from past travels. Every episode dedicated to Kody honours his spirit of adventure and curiosity. I’m author D. J. Swales. As a child, I gripped my teenage mum’s hand on a stormy ferry to Liverpool, fleeing the violence of conflict-torn Belfast. I haven’t stopped travelling since. I’ve been drifting in the wake of my grandfather — an old Irish sea-dog who circled the world a dozen times before being knocked into the hold of a ship in Hamburg. Since fleeing the bullets and bombs of Belfast, I’ve called twelve countries and three US states home, explored 120 countries and forty-five US states, and I’m still counting. These are memoir-letters from my tumbleweed life. Winding, personal, and wide-ranging, they move between nature, folklore, history, humour, grief, wonder, and the extraordinary ordinary moments that make life on the road worth living — and worth sharing. By listening, you speak Kody’s name. You help carry his spirit somewhere new. Letters to Kody is dedicated to all those who have wandered, all those who wish to wander, and to the loved ones we’ve lost along the way. D. J. Swales [https://linktr.ee/djswaleswritesbooks] is the bestselling author of People of Bloomsbury [https://geni.us/1mUB4tC?utm_medium=social&utm_source=linktree&utm_campaign=click+here+for+charming+feel-good+ebook%21] and the Fitzmarbury Witches [https://geni.us/Part1ebook?utm_medium=social&utm_source=linktree&utm_campaign=click+here+for+horror+ebook%21] series, available on Kindle. Letters to Kody is a travel memoir podcast exploring memory, myth, history, and place through a series of episodic letters addressed to a lost friend. Each episode is part journey, part reflection, and part remembrance. If you enjoyed this episode, please follow, subscribe, and leave a review — it helps the journey continue. D. J. Swales [https://linktr.ee/djswaleswritesbooks] is the bestselling author of People of Bloomsbury [https://geni.us/1mUB4tC?utm_medium=social&utm_source=linktree&utm_campaign=click+here+for+charming+feel-good+ebook%21] and the Fitzmarbury Witches [https://geni.us/Part1ebook?utm_medium=social&utm_source=linktree&utm_campaign=click+here+for+horror+ebook%21] series, available on Kindle. ---------------------------------------- Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy [https://acast.com/privacy] for more information.