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When Daily Telegraph correspondent Tim Butcher was sent to cover Africa in 2000, he quickly became obsessed with the idea of recreating H. M. Stanley's famous expedition - and travelling alone. Despite warnings that his plan was suicidal, Butcher set out for the Congo's eastern border with just a rucksack and a few thousand dollars hidden in his boots.

Patrick Dixon spent years working as a doctor at University College Hospital, while his wife, Sheila, was a magistrate - high-pressure careers that demanded long hours away from their home, family and passion for sailing. It is a frustrating story many occasional sailors can relate to, but unlike most, Patrick and Sheila realised early enough that they could only bend so far before something snapped; they could only take on so much before they drowned.

A true crime podcast wrapped in a love letter to my adopted home of Austin, Texas.A place I’ve been blessed to call home for a quarter century. I’ve always been open to new adventures in a city affectionately nicknamed “The World’s Largest Night Club,” as evidenced by my collection of laugh lines, heartbreaks, broken bones, and questionable credit reports.I’ve tried many times to write a memoir detailing my love affair with this place. I’d get a few interesting anecdotes on the page, but would lack the connective tissue, the coherent plot line that ties things together and keeps ...

Blood and Oil is the New Orleans history podcast that starts after the tourist booklets end. Join hosts Lauren Whitley-Haney & Kenny Haney as they detail the story of industry & violence in 1900s South Louisiana plantation country.