Far From Home
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Award-winning radio journalist Scott Gurian documents unexpected adventures and chance encounters with interesting people around the world.

How did I end up here?

When you travel, it’s inevitable that you’ll occasionally have weird or random experiences, where you might have certain expectations before you arriv...
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Revisiting the Mongol Rally

July 17th, 2021 marked the fifth anniversary of the day my brother Drew and I — along with our friends Jane and Rosi — set out from southern England o...
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Out of Your Comfort Zone

When you travel – especially if you’re in a distant and unfamiliar place – it’s inevitable that sooner or later, things will happen that are beyond yo...
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Tuning in the World

COVID-19 has closed borders and made travel difficult if not impossible for many of us over the past year-and-a-half. But radio signals don't need pas...
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COVID Stories Part 3

On this episode of Far From Home, I continue my series where I’m checking in with friends and colleagues around the world to get a sense of the many w...
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Revisiting Chernobyl

April 26, 2021 marks the 35th anniversary of the 1986 disaster at the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant in the former USSR — which remains the worst nucle...
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Oklahoma City

Each year on April 19th, residents of Oklahoma City commemorate the anniversary of the 1995 bombing in their city, which prior to September 11th bore ...
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Revisiting Belfast

Over the past week, violence has once again broken out in Northern Ireland. During one skirmish in Belfast last Wednesday, rioters threw Molotov cockt...
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