{"podcast":{"title":"Travel with Amateur Traveler Podcast","slug":"travel-with-amateur-traveler-podcast-449580","podcast_index_feed_id":449580,"rss_url":"https://feeds.megaphone.fm/GLSS1857986358","website_url":"http://AmateurTraveler.com/","image_url":"https://megaphone.imgix.net/podcasts/7aec6fda-da97-11ee-8ddb-67fe0ad92531/image/0effc71c5dc33e44016354f0f3fda8f5.jpg?ixlib=rails-4.3.1&max-w=3000&max-h=3000&fit=crop&auto=format,compress","author":"Chris Christensen","episode_count":1030,"summary":"Since 2005, Amateur Traveler has been talking about different destinations every week. It covers destinations all over the world with an emphasis on culturally rich travel. Learn more about your world. Amateur Traveler won its creator, Chris Christensen, a Travel+Leisure award as the \"best independent travel journalist\" and entry into the \"Podcast Hall of Fame.\"","last_synced_at":"2026-07-19T10:19:00.665977+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/travel-with-amateur-traveler-podcast-449580"},"episode":{"title":"AT#1000 - Travel to Uzbekistan and Turkmenistan","slug":"at-1000-travel-to-uzbekistan-and-turkmenistan","published_at":"2026-06-13T14:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/travel-with-amateur-traveler-podcast-449580/at-1000-travel-to-uzbekistan-and-turkmenistan","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/travel-with-amateur-traveler-podcast-449580","url":"https://amateurtraveler.com/travel-to-uzbekistan-and-turkmenistan/","audio_url":"https://pdst.fm/e/tracking.swap.fm/track/6bpBPtHL977KJxLX2zPs/pscrb.fm/rss/p/mgln.ai/e/485/traffic.megaphone.fm/GLSS8211639685.mp3?updated=1733860621","summary":"Hear about travel to Uzbekistan and Turkmenistan and the annual Amateur Traveler trip as host Chris Christensen and guest Bill Abbott talk about a tour to 2 of the 5 'Stans in Central Asia. This week's show is supported by the new Smart Travel Podcast. Travel smarter — and spend less — with help from NerdWallet. Check out Smart Travel ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠here⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠. Why should you go to Uzbekistan and Turkmenistan? Chris says, \"In this area, you can stand in these beautiful cities that date back over two thousand years. This is a trip through some of the great crossroads of world history: Persian empires, Silk Road merchants, Turkic tribes, Mongol armies, Timurid architects, Russian generals, Soviet planners, and two very different modern countries. This is not the edge of the map as we tend to view it, but historically, it's the middle of the map.\" In this episode of Amateur Traveler, we celebrate episode 1,000 with a trip through Central Asia to Uzbekistan and Turkmenistan. The episode follows a G Adventures trip, Best of Uzbekistan and Turkmenistan, with a small group of Amateur Traveler listeners. ... https://amateurtraveler.com/travel-to-uzbekistan-and-turkmenistan/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices","meta_description":"Hear about travel to Uzbekistan and Turkmenistan and the annual Amateur Traveler trip as host Chris Christensen and guest Bill Abbott talk about a tour to…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":4520,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/travel-with-amateur-traveler-podcast-449580/episodes/at-1000-travel-to-uzbekistan-and-turkmenistan/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/travel-with-amateur-traveler-podcast-449580/at-1000-travel-to-uzbekistan-and-turkmenistan.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}