Keep Going: An Unexpected Travel Podcast • 3rd March 2026

The Copper Canyon train: 11 days on Mexico’s Chepe Express route

Northwest Mexico’s Chepe train route is one of the wildest, most ruggedly-beautiful railway journeys in the world

The World from PRX • 24th February 2026

Volunteers fill the gap after Berlin drops pigeon control plan

Berlin city’s animal welfare budget was cut by 96 percent, with volunteers now stepping up to fill some of the bird welfare gap. Reporter Jamie Fullerton joined a pigeon activist to throw some grain around the German capital

Keep Going: An Unexpected Travel Podcast • 17th February 2026

The Tequila Express: Mexico’s famous tipple train is back

The Tequila Express runs from the city of Guadalajara to the town of Tequila in Mexico’s Jalisco state, and is loaded with bars and booze. The train spent nine years off the tracks, but recently returned

The World from PRX • 16th February 2026

The Americas' last prison island has become a tourist bioreserve

Islas Marías was known as “Mexico’s Alcatraz” and was the Americas’ last island prison until the penal colony closed in 2019. Now, Mexico’s navy, which runs the island, is allowing tourists to visit on restricted weekend tours

The World from PRX • 9th February 2026

Albania embarks on a controversial film restoration project

A new project in Albania aims to restore and digitise decades-old films. Some view it as preserving history, while others argue that projects like these could help legitimise the country’s authoritarian past

Keep Going: An Unexpected Travel Podcast • 3rd February 2026

Hell Becoming Paradise: Visiting Islas Marías, Mexico’s prison island

Islas Marías' penal colony was home to some of Mexico’s most feared criminals, but was shuttered in 2019 following reports of terrible conditions. In 2022 Mexico’s navy began allowing tourists to visit the archipelago

Keep Going: An Unexpected Travel Podcast • 20th January 2026

Climbing Fire: Hiking Guatemala's Fuego Volcano

Fuego Volcano in Guatemala is one of the most active volcanos in Central America, and hiking it has become popular with adventurous tourists. Locals have signed up serve them as volcano guides, risking their lives for better income. I joined an overnight hike on Fuego

Keep Going: An Unexpected Travel Podcast • 6th January 2026

The Dance Of The Little Devils: Boruca's Mask Rituals

Every new year in Boruca, a remote Costa Rican village, Indigenous villagers wear garish masks and bull costumes for rituals commemorating a battle against Spanish colonisers. I travelled to Boruca to witness Danza de los Diablitos: the Dance of the Little Devils

Keep Going: An Unexpected Travel Podcast • 3rd December 2025

Keep Going: An Unexpected Travel Podcast

A new on-the-ground, around-the-world podcast, for which British travel writer Jamie Fullerton goes on travel experiences that are in some way… unexpected. Launching January 6, 2026

The Guardian - Today in Focus • 24th February 2025

The murder and legacy of the world’s first openly gay imam

How did Imam Muhsin Hendricks change the lives of queer Muslims? Jamie Fullerton reports

The World from PRX • 20th February 2025

North Korea opens for Western tourists

On Thursday, North Korea let Western tourists visit for the first time since 2020. Reporter Jamie Fullerton looks at the ethical issues around taking a vacation in the autocratic nation

The World from PRX • 18th February 2025

Gay imam murdered over the weekend in South Africa

Muhsin Hendricks, known as one of the world’s only out gay imams and the only one in Africa, was shot dead over the weekend in what looks like a targeted hit. Hendricks was both loved and reviled for his work promoting tolerance in South Africa and around the world

The World from PRX • 12th February 2025

The Guatemalan health workers funded by Abba's 'Chiquitita'

Fifty years ago, the pop superstars ABBA donated all proceeds from the song “Chiquitita” to UNICEF. The song is still making money, and that money is now being spent in Guatemala where it’s funding medical workers in rural areas

The World from PRX • 10th February 2025

Bridges save Costa Rican sloths from road deaths - The World from PRX

There are millions of sloths in Costa Rica. But with high levels of deforestation over the past few decades and increasing contact with humans, the population is taking a hit.

The World from PRX • 7th January 2025

A Costa Rican dance against colonialism becomes a paradoxical tourist attraction

Every year, in the Costa Rican village of Boruca, men dress in garish masks and costumes to reenact their ancestors’ battle against colonizers 500 years ago.

The World from PRX • 2nd January 2025

Bullfighting in Costa Rica is more like bull 'dodging'

Unlike the Spanish form, Costa Rican bullfighting does not aim to kill the bull, but only to dodge it. Jamie Fullerton takes us to this Costa Rican Christmas tradition.

The World from PRX • 10th December 2024

In Costa Rica, there's a new voice of Nicaraguan resistance

In 2018, singer-guitarist Olguita Acuña left Nicaragua, following death threats. Acuña made it to Costa Rica and, like many others forced to flee Nicaragua, applied for refugee status. Now, she’s carrying on her activism

The World from PRX • 29th October 2024

Sheds playing greater role for men in the UK

Sheds are important to British culture, or at least to many men of a certain age in the country. But now, sheds are playing a far greater role in the UK, bringing older men together.

The World from PRX • 19th October 2024

Cornish hatchery helps lobster sustainability levels

In Cornwall, in the UK, a 25-year-old hatchery seems to have proven itself a success.

The World from PRX • 25th September 2024

In Poland, a group helping Ukrainian refugees has begun building drones

An NGO established in Warsaw, Poland, to help refugees from the war in Ukraine provides up to 500 people a day with food and clothing. It’s recently added another bit of aid to its portfolio: supplying frontline Ukrainian troops with kamikaze drones.