Postcards

Ade Adepitan grew up in East London, wearing callipers on his legs as a result of childhood polio - and feeling like adventures were things that happened to other people. But then a chance encounter with a wheelchair basketball team turned all of that upside down.The Paralympic medallist and broadcaster talks Greg Dickinson through a handful of his most vivid travel memories - including a hair-raising expedition up the side of a live volcano in Central America, a meeting with a one-eyed boxing champion in Kinshasa, and a plot to kidnap him that didn’t quite go to plan.&nbsp;To see Ade's photographs:&nbsp;https://www.telegraph.co.uk/postcards&nbsp;|For 30 days’ free access to The Telegraph:&nbsp;https://telegraph.co.uk/audio |See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Ade Adepitan: Spain, Nicaragua, Congo

Over a career spanning five decades, photographer Steve McCurry has documented everything from war zones to wildernesses, and received many of his profession’s highest awards.&nbsp;In this episode he takes Greg Dickinson behind the scenes, revealing the secret histories of three of his favourite photographs - from a quietly haunting image taken in the back of a taxi in Mumbai, to a moment of fleeting perfection in Kashmir.To see Steve's photographs:&nbsp;https://www.telegraph.co.uk/postcards&nbsp;|For 30 days’ free access to The Telegraph:&nbsp;https://telegraph.co.uk/audio |See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Steve McCurry: Thailand, Mumbai, Kashmir

Comedian-turned-travel presenter, Griff Rhys Jones is picky about his adventures. If you've been there, chances are he'd rather not.Greg Dickinson spoke to Griff from his house in Suffolk, where he took us behind the scenes of three of his most poignant travel memories, from a near-death experience at sea, to a moment of stillness amongst the frozen volcanic ash of Iceland.To see Griff's photographs:&nbsp;https://www.telegraph.co.uk/postcards |For 30 days' free access to the Telegraph:&nbsp;https://www.telegraph.co.uk/audio&nbsp;|Read more from Griff Rhys Jones:&nbsp;https://www.telegraph.co.uk/authors/g/griff-rhys-jones/ |See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Griff Rhys Jones: Iceland, Mediterranean, Namibia

TV naturalist Kate Humble developed wanderlust when she was young, and has been saying yes to adventures ever since.Greg Dickinson spoke to her from her home on a farm in the Wye Valley - where she told us the stories of three of the most memorable trips she’s taken, from joining a camel train across the Sahara in her early thirties, to coming face to face with a family of gorillas in the remote Congo a few years ago.To see Kate’s photographs:&nbsp;https://www.telegraph.co.uk/travel/postcards/episode-one-kate-humble-travel-podcast/ |For 30 days' free access to the Telegraph:&nbsp;www.telegraph.co.uk/audio |Read more from Kate Humble:&nbsp;https://www.telegraph.co.uk/authors/kate-humble/ |See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.