The Stanley Hotel – Part 1: The Shining, King, and Kubrick

Neil, Dré, and the Passport team are hard at work creating new episodes of MisInfoNation. In the meantime, they’re excited to share a new show they love, Don't Drink the Milk, which explores the curious backstories of familiar items. This episode dives into the history of one of Passport’s favorite foods: the bagel. The journey[...]

While gearing up for new episodes of Passport and MisInfoNation, we wanted to share another fantastic podcast that we think you’ll love: Greetings from Somewhere. Hosted by Zack Mack, Greetings from Somewhere is a beautifully produced show that captures the heart of travel, storytelling, and adventure. From Burning Man to Mount Rushmore, Zack explores the[...]

Neil and Andrés make a very special announcement. Or is it just a thinly veiled apology for not having season two ready yet? In this short episode, they introduce CERCA, an exciting new project from Frequency Machine. CERCA is the world’s best audio travel guide, designed to give listeners the inside scoop on destinations from[...]

For every Celestial Emu, there’s a planet-killing asteroid on an inevitable collision course with Earth. In this thrilling season 1 finale of Passport, producers Jennifer Carr and Andrés Bartos return to Australia to explore the cosmic forces shaping the land and its people. From asteroids to Aboriginal myths, this episode dives deep into the stories[...]

Clowns: freaky, funny, or downright mystifying? In this week’s episode of Passport, we explore Paris’s long-standing relationship with performance artistry, particularly clowning. Paris has been a hub for the circus and theatrical arts since the 1800s, but modern clowning has taken a different turn—demanding, grueling, and for some, a dying art. We visit some of[...]

Portugal’s Douro Valley is one of the toughest places on Earth to grow wine. With its steep, terraced hills, treacherous river rapids, and blistering hot summers, it’s a sharp contrast to the gentler landscapes of Spain’s Rioja or Tuscany. Yet, the Douro is the oldest demarcated wine region in the world. Despite a vine plague[...]

The 2020 US presidential election is considered one of the most important in a century. Everything is at stake, from the health of the world’s most powerful nation to the very nature of truth in the modern world. It's been a frantic race, leaving many despairing at the divisiveness in US politics. But elections don't[...]

Forty-five years later, the impact of The Shining on pop culture is undeniable. From writers and musicians to filmmakers and comedians, the story has been praised, parodied, and even sequeled. In this concluding episode of our two-part Halloween special at the Overlook Hotel, we explore just how far The Shining has reached. The frontmen of[...]

In 2006, Passport host Neil Innes found himself outside the house of Stephen King in Bangor, Maine. Though he didn’t meet King that day, it didn’t change his admiration for King’s work. As a lifelong fan of both King and Kubrick, The Shining has always held a special place in Neil’s heart. This Halloween, Passport[...]

In this episode of Passport, we travel to Oaxaca, the heart of Mexico, to explore the real essence of the Day of the Dead. We dive deep into its history, its present, and its future. We’ll sit down at the dinner table with spirits and dive into the folklore, fables, and rituals that have kept[...]

Vienna is a city known for its Old World baroque charm, famous cafés, and waltzes. It consistently ranks as one of the best places to live globally. Vienna is the city of Mozart, Freud, Klimt, and Strauss. However, this story is less Blue Danube and more Orange Sunshine. In this episode, Andrés and guest producer[...]

What will SpaceX risk destroying on Earth in the quest to take humanity to Mars?

Podcast Episode E Sept 2020 57 min 24 sec Episode Description Super Skyscrapers, Lamborghini police cars, streets where it rains 24/7 in the middle of desert… Welcome to Dubai, the UAE’s most populous city and one of the richest and most absurdly ostentatious places in the world. Those stories of diamond encrusted Hummers? They’re all[...]

With the whole world on lockdown and the entire team working hard to launch a new show - this show - we all began to look for stories which made us happy, during a scary time. Stories that helped us feel connected, while we were isolated under quarantine. What resulted was an episode filled with[...]

This week Passport takes on a theory of the Charles Manson murders in Los Angeles with some help from a few amazing people, including Hollywood legend Guinevere Turner. How did Charlie forever change the music in the City of Angels? We discovered something that isn’t often discussed about why he was in LA in the[...]