The Escape Pod

10 Apr 2016

Jodie Willmer: Guest Ready

Places & Travel, Society & Culture

Mark welcomes return guest Jodie Willmer to the Escape Pod.Jodie is the co-founder of Guest Ready, a company that provides host services to the Airbnb community.

Jodie’s company has been instrumental in bringing Melbourne’s Airbnb host community together. As such, Guest Ready has been invited to participate in both the 1st and 2nd Airbnb Host Conferences.

The 2nd Conference was held in Paris and unfortunately coincided with the Paris Attacks. Jodie shares her experiences of both the conference and the untimely reality of experiencing a city under lock down following the terrorist attacks.

Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 42:14 — 19.3MB)

25 Nov 2016

Special Guest – Ron Allum – Australian Geographic’s Lifetime of Adventure 2016 Recipient

LGBTQ, Places & Travel, Society & Culture, Travel

André interviews this extraordinary and humble man who started out as an ABC radio engineer.  Ron helped to design and ...

18 Nov 2016

Special Guest: Vinod Prasana – Award Winning Bansuri (Flute) Virtuoso

Bansuri, Flute, India, Places & Travel, Society & Culture, Travel, virtuoso

André is joined by fellow Taste of Radio graduate, Dean and together they talk to the enigmatic Vinod Prassana about ...

31 Oct 2016

Special Guest: Vet Dr Melanie Hill – To travel or not to travel with your pet(s)?

LGBTQ, Pets, Places & Travel, Travel

[caption id="attachment_772" align="alignnone" width="300"] "Are we there yet, Tango?", asks Alice![/caption] Jo calls in from Vietnam and together with Mark and ...