The Joy of Cruising Podcast
The Joy of Cruising Podcast is a conversation with one of the dozens of amazing cruisers with fascinating stories that have been featured in The Joy of Cruising Trilogy—The Joy of Cruising, Cruising Interrupted, and new, The Joy of Cruising Again. In addition there will be conversations with global cruise personalities and cruisers I encounter with fascinating stories the cruise community would enjoy hearing. Order here: The Joy of Cruising; Cruising Interrupted; bit.ly/TheJoyOfCruisingAgain; Contact Me
Episodes
130 episodes since 2023
Amawaterways Soulful Epicurean French River Cruise On Amakristina
As an author of cruising books and continuing that same premise in the form of a podcast, I have learned of a large variety of vessels, destinations and experiences that I barely knew existed before I started capturing these stories. Accordingl...
September 16, 2024
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Episode 130
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36:48
Cruise Ship Diaries
Hello, passionate cruisers! This is Paul. I am delighted to welcome back this week on The Joy of Cruising Podcast, Neil Gregory, a seven-year former videographer on several ships for Princess Cruises. During those years, Neil ke...
September 12, 2024
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Episode 128
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1:11:12
Niamh McAnally, The Writer on the Water
Hello, passionate cruisers! This is Paul. I am delighted to welcome this week on The Joy of Cruising Podcast, Niamh McAnally, a multifaceted cruise personality, that quite frankly would have made a fine guest just to talk about one aspect of he...
September 05, 2024
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Episode 127
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56:41
Todd Truax, The Ultimate World Cruise
I am delighted to welcome this week on The Joy of Cruising Podcast, a special guest straight from somewhere in the world, Todd Truax, a passenger on Royal Caribbean’s Ultimate World Cruise on Serenade of the Seas
August 29, 2024
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Episode 126
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40:00
Bob and Holly, Innocents Abroad
Hello, passionate cruisers! This is Paul and this week on The Joy of Cruising Podcast, I am delighted to welcome San Diego’s Bob and Holly, creators in 2020 of Innocents Abroad, YouTube channel, Facebook group and page,...
August 26, 2024
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Episode 125
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1:05:27
John the Wanderer
Hello, passionate cruisers! I am delighted to welcome this week on The Joy of Cruising Podcast, John Perri, creator of the John the Wanderer blog, Facebook Page and Instagram. John is a consummate cruise aficionado. He ...
August 22, 2024
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Episode 124
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1:13:57
Jones Getaways, Soulful Epicurean French River Cruise on AmaKristina
Hello, passionate cruisers! I am delighted to welcome this week on The Joy of Cruising Podcast, Nikki and Tommie Jones. As regular listeners and readers of any of The Joy of Cruising books know, among passionate ...
August 19, 2024
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Episode 123
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1:15:10
Cruise Cotterill
Hello, passionate cruisers! This is Paul and this week on The Joy of Cruising Podcast, I am delighted to welcome UK’s Harry Cotterill, cruise blogger and artist from Cruise Cotterill. The Cruise Cotterill brand...
August 15, 2024
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Episode 122
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1:09:37
Cruise Buoys
This week on The Joy of Cruising Podcast, I am delighted to welcome Tristan Roebuck-Trull, Justin Roebuck-Trull, and their son young Josh, a couple from UK and creators of Cruise Buoys, rapidly growing YouTube channel, ...
August 08, 2024
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Episode 121
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1:24:08
Carol McQuaid, The Illustrated Vagabond
This week on The Joy of Cruising Podcast, I am delighted to welcome Carol McQuaid, artist, writer, blogger, world traveler and creator of The Illustrated Vagabond. I am so excited to bring Carol to the listeners of <...
August 05, 2024
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Episode 120
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1:07:16
Venus, Melanin at Sea, Grand Alaskan Group Cruise on Celebrity Edge
This week on The Joy of Cruising Podcast, I am delighted to welcome Venus Anderson who attended Melanin at Sea’s recent group cruise to Alaska on Celebrity Edge and will share her reflections with the ...
August 01, 2024
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Episode 119
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1:07:36
Gary Bembridge, Tips for Travellers
This week on The Joy of Cruising Podcast, I am delighted to welcome back Gary Bembridge, the embodiment of the successful Tips For Travellers blog, podcast, and most notably, YouTube channel. I have to be careful introd...
July 25, 2024
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Episode 118
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1:10:13
The Five Foot Traveler
This is Paul and this week on The Joy of Cruising Podcast, I am delighted to welcome Sarah Gallo AKA The Five Foot Traveler. I had the pleasure of interviewing Sarah for a feature in my second cruising book Cruis...
July 18, 2024
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47:21
Sail With Gail and Mike, Sailing Cunard's Queen Anne
This week on The Joy of Cruising Podcast, I am delighted to welcome Gail and Mike, a couple from UK and creators of the Sail With Gail and Mike YouTube channel, Instagram platform, and Facebook group. They are ...
July 15, 2024
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1:18:50
Brandee Lake, The Ultimate World Cruise
I am delighted to welcome this week on The Joy of Cruising Podcast, a special guest straight from somewhere in the world, Brandee Lake, the creator of Tik Tok’s 179k followers iambrandeelake, and same ...
July 11, 2024
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Episode 115
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1:09:44
Alex The Cruiser
This is Paul and this week on The Joy of Cruising Podcast, I am delighted to welcome Alex Roberson, creator of Alex the Cruiser, internet persona and major cruise Facebook and Instagram cruise personality. Alex has been...
July 08, 2024
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53:25
Jazz Cruises: The Jazz Cruise, The Smooth Jazz Cruise, & Chris Botti at Sea
This week on The Joy of Cruising Podcast, I am delighted to welcome Michael Lazaroff, Executive Director and Owner, Jazz Cruises, the world’s leader in full-ship charter jazz music cruises, having produced over 90 full-...
July 04, 2024
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Episode 113
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46:35
Cruising Canucks
This week on The Joy of Cruising Podcast, I am delighted to welcome Jill and Jerry, creators of Cruising Canucks the Canada-based blog, YouTube channel, Facebook Group and Instagram platform. I always enjoy mee...
July 01, 2024
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Episode 112
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54:17
Team Reese Travels
This week on The Joy of Cruising Podcast, I am delighted to welcome Raimele (Rai) and ShaKeia (Keke) Reese, creators of the fast-growing Team Reese Travels YouTube channel, Instagram platform, and Facebook Grou...
June 27, 2024
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Episode 111
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1:13:52
Eat Sleep Cruise, Mega Ship Riches!
I am delighted to welcome back this week on The Joy of Cruising Podcast, Don Buculo, one half—along with his wife Heidi, of the influential Eat Sleep Cruise blog, YouTube channel, and Instagram platform. When it comes t...
June 20, 2024
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1:15:42
A Girl In Every Port
I am delighted to welcome this week on The Joy of Cruising Podcast, Kate Smith aka A Girl in Every Port. Kate Smith is a writer and nurse who has lived and worked all over the world, both on land and at sea. When she’s ...
June 17, 2024
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53:43
Ships and Champagne
This week on The Joy of Cruising Podcast, I am delighted to welcome Flavia Gray, creator of Ships and Champagne, A Luxury Cruise and Lifestyle Blog. I wrote about Flavia’s story in my first cruising book, The Joy...
June 13, 2024
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57:32
Sometimes Sailing, River Cruises, AmaWaterways AmaKristina Reflections
I am delighted to welcome back to The Joy of Cruising Podcast Mikkel & Dan, creators of the Sometimes Sailing cruise website and Instagram. I got to know Mikkel and Dan when I wrote about Sometimes Sail...
June 06, 2024
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1:16:50