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Simon Calder's Independent Travel Podcast
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Simon Calder's Independent Travel Podcast

by The Independent

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Insights from recent episode analysis

Audience Interest

Estimated Reach: 391K to 1.3M
Listeners across platforms

Podcast Focus

Categories: society · culture
+3 more

Publishing Consistency

Frequency: Daily
1,000+ episodes since 2022

Platform Reach

Insights are generated by CastFox AI using publicly available data, episode content, and proprietary models.

Most discussed topics

travel
11
eu entry-exit system
5
travel industry
4
airlines
4
travel news
4
poland
3

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High Confidence

Total monthly reach

391K to 1.3M

Estimated from 12 chart positions in 12 markets.

By chart position

  • 🇬🇧
    GB · Places & Travel
    #10
    300K to 1M
  • 🇦🇺
    AU · Places & Travel
    #118
    5K to 30K
  • 🇪🇸
    ES · Places & Travel
    #43
    30K to 100K
  • 🇵🇹
    PT · Places & Travel
    #14
    30K to 100K
  • 🇬🇷
    GR · Places & Travel
    #49
    10K to 30K
  • Per-Episode Audience

    Est. listeners per new episode within ~30 days

    117K to 395K
    🎙 Daily cadence·1,000 episodes·Last published 4w ago
  • Monthly Reach

    Unique listeners across all episodes (30 days)

    391K to 1.3M
    🇬🇧76%🇪🇸8%🇵🇹8%+9 more
  • Active Followers

    Loyal subscribers who consistently listen

    156K to 526K

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* Data sourced directly from platform APIs and aggregated hourly across all major podcast directories.

On the show

From 28 eps

Host

SC
Simon Calder
28 eps

Recent guests

20 across last 28 eps
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Annabel Grossman
4 eps
NW
Natalie Wilson
2 eps
RB
Rob Burgess
1 ep
CM
Christophe Mathieu
1 ep
TW
Ted Wake
1 ep
DB
Diana Birkett Rakow
1 ep
DL
Dr Louise Blight
1 ep
ZG
Zoe Gosling
1 ep
PG
Paul Goldstein
1 ep
RS
Richard Slater
1 ep
SQ
Suzi Quatro
1 ep
YM
Yvonne Moynihan
1 ep
LL
Laura Lindsay
1 ep
DB
Douglas Bolton
1 ep
MT
Mark Tanzer
1 ep
JL
Julia Lo Bue-Said
1 ep
IF
Ido Fluk
1 ep
DN
Dr Nick Brown
1 ep
SW
Simon Woodroffe
1 ep
MS
Mark Smith
1 ep

Recent episodes

Time travel to 1970s Germany in a new film: Koln 75

May 29, 2026

8m 45s

What is happening with the EU entry-exit system and the Etias permit?

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11m 52s

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May 27, 2026

8m 03s

Travel Desk Tuesday: Taxi prices in Tuscany and the EU entry-exit system

May 26, 2026

5m 53s

What is the future for international rail travel in Europe?

May 25, 2026

6m 55s

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Chart Positions

12 placements across 12 markets.