Far Flung with Saleem Reshamwala

by TED

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Far Flung with Saleem Reshamwala is a journey across the globe in search of the world's most surprising and imaginative ideas. It's not a travel show, exactly. It's a deep dive into the ideas that shape a particular spot on the map, brought to you by local journalists and creators. Weave through the streets of Bangkok with a motorcycle midwife. Time-travel with dinosaurs behind a hardware store in New Jersey. Meet a guy who dresses up as a luchador to protect citizens from traffic in Mexico City. Drop in, listen up, dig deep.

(And yes, we used to be called Pindrop!)

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Feb 8, 2023 – 34:46
How free solo climber Alex Honnold faces fear | ReThinking w/Adam Grant
Oct 20, 2022 – 43:30
The Uyghur boxers of Istanbul
Aug 18, 2022 – 29:55
The artists re-framing Chicago
Aug 11, 2022 – 35:06
Journey into the Dreamworld
Aug 4, 2022 – 31:02
Barcelona: streetwear with a political twist
Jul 28, 2022 – 29:26
Anxious? Blame the winds!
Jul 21, 2022 – 29:02
How will Icelandic survive the digital age?
Jul 14, 2022 – 35:12
Puerto Rico is decolonizing - with food
Jul 7, 2022 – 33:15
The poetry of Nepal's bridges
Jun 30, 2022 – 28:10
The secret Somali mixtapes
Jun 23, 2022 – 28:49
Caracas’s magic bus
Jun 16, 2022 – 29:06
Far Flung is back!
Jun 1, 2022 – 2:12
Jon Batiste on the art of pushing your limits
May 19, 2022 – 29:42
Far Flung presents: More Than A Feeling
May 12, 2022 – 36:09
Should I move home? | Am I Normal? with Mona Chalabi
Nov 11, 2021 – 22:33
A Black Utopia In North Carolina
Dec 9, 2020 – 56:51
Virtual Worlds
Nov 11, 2020 – 39:05
Sky Science in the Painted Desert
Oct 28, 2020 – 56:23
An Indigenous Mixtape from Lima, Peru
Oct 21, 2020 – 46:18
Post-Pandemic Paradise in Rapa Nui
Oct 14, 2020 – 42:13
Oberammergau
Jul 1, 2020 – 47:30
Mexico City
Jun 24, 2020 – 25:47
Mantua Township
Jun 17, 2020 – 39:54
Nairobi
Jun 10, 2020 – 30:25
Bangkok
May 27, 2020 – 28:26

Recent Reviews

katie90**

Amazing

I love this podcast!! I hope you will make more episodes soon. I always send the ones I hear to friends and family. Please make more soon!!
Hexagong

Relevant & transporting

Travel podcast 2.0. This is such an amazing project. You really get to know a place through its history and people. I’ve learned so much about cultures, inequalities, environmental issues, and so much more. I definitely recommend this podcast if you love learning about places and people.
FloatingAwayOnAStar

Inspiring and Interesting

I really enjoyed all of these, especially Black Utopia and Science Sky. The idea both of spiritual utopia and building for the future was exciting, along with the precise measuring of the past and being able to interview indigenous cultures while they’re still here was illuminating. I really hope you come back with more episodes!
Rafiraw

Amazing Life Lessons -Black Utopia episode

I was so moved and heartening by this story of Soul City, but most of all the idea of “Active Hope”! It touched me deeply the founders soaring enthusiasm to hope and to work! The idea of being a part of something so big that you live in a spiritual utopia is Amazing! This is how I want to live!
Blazing_Trails

Awesome Content

I’m so happy to have discovered this podcast! It’s informative, educational, inspiring, and entertaining. Listening to the Lima episode was so enlightening. I’ve been to Peru five times and had no idea about the amazing music scene. Through the episode, I learned more about the history, society, and culture of a place I’ve been to many times. I’m excited to listen to more episodes and learn more about the world we live in and the people we share it with. Thank you for this enlightening and inspiring podcast!!
Battledore13

Fabulous

Please make more episodes!
Gutwallow

Fantastic

Thoughtful, insightful, and wonderful. Looking forward to more episodes.
Tylor Durden

A Nice Trip

Would love to hear more. My favorite was learning about Rapa Nui. Please do more that are TRULY "far flung".
hellobestfriend

More episodes

Please make more episodes. I love this podcast so much.
dead presidenrs ru

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️💥!

My new listen.
1latte4me

Seriously great

In a time when everyone has a podcast, this one stands out. Part travel, part culture, part human story, it’s well-constructed and compelling.
NickRuszk

Completely eye opening!

Another outstanding project by TED. Makes me feel more in touch with the global community. Learning new perspectives from around the world makes me more grateful and inspired to engage with my own life. Saleem is a fantastic guide who asks the right questions and learns along aside us.
steimke24

Recent Favorite!

This podcast is everything I’ve needed right now and more! It’s provocative, original and captures the essence of some of my favorite shows like Parts Unknown.
Travelblggr

Expected Better From TED

Love the idea and concept of this show. And the host has a friendly voice. But the guy he interviewed about Bangkok just said so many things that were inaccurate. If you’re going to explain things about another culture, get your facts right.
D. Murphetsky

Simply magnificent

This podcast is truly incredible. At a time when the global pandemic has made international travel off limits, this show manages to bring the world’s cultures, histories and landscapes alive in a way that feels as though you are there yourself. It is well produced, engaging and easy to listen to. Saleem Reshamwala is an excellent narrator and story teller. The show is meticulously researched with details that are frequently mind blowing. It is reminiscent of Anthony Bourdain’s work but with the food porn replaced by deep dives into the loves of the people and places Saleem explores.
Rich Aesthetic Reviews

What kind of parents let’s their kids kill people?

Most messed up show I’ve listened to! Those kids need to be saved from their sick parents allowing them to learn to kill and loot.
Celia trip

Perfect addition to Geography class

I stumbled on this podcast and I am so happy we listened. Our first episode was Rapa Nui...great listen that lead us down a few rabbit holes.
iliketopoditpodit

So good!!!

A real fun, informative, and well produced podcast. The host doesn’t just read a script but it’s also not just endless banter, a really great balance. What a great way to “travel” during the pandemic.
Jfrye57395

Love the first episode

John is a great host ;)
MiamiBambie

Coincidence? I think not! Lol

So today, 11/8/20, this podcast came up in a “you may be interested” type situation and I clicked on it right away. Imagine my surprise when I clicked on the Oct 27 episode, it was detailing the people and places I had just seen on my recent travels out West! You actually answered a few questions I had along that journey so thank you for this piece! Crazy thing is, I actually returned home on the day this episode aired😳😂🙌🏼🔮🌞🌚
paRtyThyME666

The new 99PI

In my opinion this is one of the best podcasts out there. Incredibly informative, amazing production quality. It reminds me of 99% Invisible from a year or so ago when they were at their peak. This podcast could become my #1 recommendation to people who want to “try podcasts.”
KDiddy2020

PINDROP’ped The Mic!

Absolutely love Pindrop! I look forward to this each week. It’s so refreshing to have an outlet in today’s environment that is educational, immersive in different cultures, and upbeat with energy and positivity. This podcast embodies “hope” for planet earth!
TheCorkScrew

Love this podcast

It’s so well done ! Not too long, not too short, segments are engaging. Really good
Handbeianh

I miss traveling, but this helps

As an avid traveler in times of COVID this podcast is so fulfilling. The Nairobi episode brought me back to my time living in Eastern Africa and made my heart ache in such a good way! Highly recommend
Dr. Whosewhatsits

Solid!

Well researched. Well written. Sound design and production quality make each visit a visceral one. Each episode speaks to the heart.
Aroura603

Loved the mantua story

Really enjoyed this podcast in particular the mantua story. All the other ones were also well told. The google stuff was a bit awkward. But understand the need to pay for the podcast.
wanderingWB

Excellent subjects with straightforward delivery!

Love the details without a lot of banter to clutter up the subject with attempts at “charm”.
Flying Ryo

Need this during corona

Much needed podcast during the time when we can’t travel on our own. I can casually listen but feel I have learned so much after finishing it. Looking forward to season two.
jayrickard

When is the next season???

Super excited for this show, I didn’t realize I would have to wait for a season 2 😭😭😭 so good
teateapot

Take me away

In all your stories, I am traveling and learning about another world I will never get to see. But in my minds eye with the expertise of your knowledge, and knowledge of your guests, I am in all those places you introduce to us. Thank you so much. Love ❤️
tr laww

Crispity Crunchity!

These stories are so amazing!!! I love the twists that happen, always unexpected! Beautifully done! Not only is the information dope, but the sound and music is so crispity crunchity, and flows perfectly with the story!!! GREAT WORK Y’ALL!!!
Thomas Szabo

Ear Candy

Come for the incredible stories, stay for the voice. Veritable ear candy.
Danielle Nocon

Double Goodness

Every episode is like two in one. Not only am I enjoying learning about these fascinating places around the globe. I am also loving the stories shared through the “commercials” about Google’s Women Will initiative. Thank you!
hazelbnr

Travel with awareness

Glad to find this podcast. Sort of unhappy to hear Target and other corporate chain stores being praised on the Mantua, NJ episode. That is my only caveat. Excellent podcast!
Sdb716

Awesome Podcast!

I am a new listener to this podcast and it quickly has become one of my favorites! I have a passion for traveling and love learning more about places is awesome!
Sausbsjiabshsbs

Great to listen to!

The only thing is that the Mantua township one kind of threw me off
Itunes6025

Informative and enjoyable

Very interesting content to gain cultural insight and visit new places. More, please.
Cooees

This is fantastic

Only listen to one podcast so far and I am hooked told all my friends and coworkers about this one. Who would of thought!!
mrmccown

Great show!

I love the episode about AfroBubbleGum! It makes me want to visit Nairobi!!
YG**

Pindrop

So fresh, entertaining, and just the perspectives we need right now. Thirsting for the next episodes!
Shagufta

Who Needs TV, Anyway?

Stories are an important tool in learning about cultures and communities. Pindrop melds oral storytelling with historical context. Looking forward to future episodes.
Katie K. RS

My thanks!

Always nice to listen to something uplifting, informative, and joyful! Well done!
kimunc03

Such a great journey!

Best.commercials.ever. Every podcast should be this integrative with their financial supporters. I’m ready for another episode after those first two! Pindrop is taking us all on a journey while we remain safe at home during the pandemic.
Dave H Idaho

Loved it!

Great podcast on the various amazing element of Bangkok. Loved the advertisement too. I thought it was just parting the story. Can’t wait to the next episode!
Galumpagump

PinDrop—Bangkok

I was looking forward to hearing this podcast, as I had a brother who lived in Bangkok for 3 years and loved it. To my utter dismay and frustration, I quit listening after 17 minutes. Nowadays, there is way too much: “and then I was like, and then he was like, and then we all were like.” Like, I was like—bored and distracted trying to make sense of it or to even take it seriously. I know it’s hard to buck “cool” cultural trends, but...just sayin’.
Pho'Life

Beautifully well written and expertly hosted!!

The host, Saleem Reshamwala, is a great story teller and guide! Right off the bat, you can hear his smile and his curiosity for the places and people featured in the show. Perfect length. Great pacing. Seriously impressed by this pilot episode and can’t wait to for the next ones!!
Tally9158

Must listen

Fun, modern & educational. I love the host.
f.azlerabby

Amazing

Amazing
jkhjkhkjhkhj

Great info

My top podcast right now.
Joshua Platt

Love it

I love this poscast. I want to more episode.