Parents Gap Year

Parents Gap Year - Season 1 Introduction

Welcome to our travel podcast series, which we recorded while travelling across the world and where we chatted to a diversity of very interesting people with great stories to tell!
Ann-Marie & Rod x

Ep1. Sunrise, Sunset, Sundowner - Sardinia, Sicily & unexpectedly Dublin!

Ann-Marie and Rod set off on a trip of a lifetime, having taken a year off work to travel. With their kids no longer at home and parents all doing okay, real life suddenly intervenes in Sicily in an unexpected way...in this warts and all podcast series.
Contributors: Fabrizio Militello, Ruth McCormack, Alison McCormack, Fr Mike O'Sullivan.
Singers: Mya Neiland, Ann-Marie McCormack
Music:  Serge Quadrado (latin-jazz-loop-2), Szegvari (rotpb-latin-lunches-_-minimal-house-latin)
Editor: Ann-Marie McCormack
Sound Mix: Gary McIntyre
Graphic: Rod Gray
Hosts: Ann-Marie McCormack, Rod Gray

Ep2. Thunder Clap & Elephant Crap - Singapore and Koh Samui, Thailand

Ann-Marie and Rod explore the wonders of Singapore’s diversity and chat to two musicians about growing up in Singapore’s cultural melting pot. In Koh Samui they feed elephants and get clear warnings about scooter accidents from an injured ex-pat.
Contributors: Sam McCormack Gray, Richie El, Norman Yeo, Svente, Susan Moore, Wayne Moore, Tim Grabow, Adrian Boulton
Music: Serge Quadrado (latin-jazz-loop-2), Szegvari (rotpb-latin-lunches-_-minimal-house-latin)
Editor: Ann-Marie McCormack
Sound Mix: Gary McIntyre
Graphic: Rod Gray
Hosts: Ann-Marie McCormack, Rod Gray

Ep3. Long Tail Boats & Temple Bling - Thailand 1 - Krabi, Chiangmai

Ann-Marie and Rod travel to Railay Beach on a long tail boat from Ao Nang. They head to Chiang Mai with sisters Izzy and Sophie from Bristol and visit so many temples that they get all blinged out!
Contributors:  Svente, Izzy Gibbs, Sophie De Payronnet, Pissimone
Music: Serge Quadrado (latin-jazz-loop-2), Szegvari (rotpb-latin-lunches-_-minimal-house-latin)
Editor: Ann-Marie McCormack
Sound Mix: Gary McIntyre
Graphic: Rod Gray
Hosts: Ann-Marie McCormack, Rod Gray

Ep4. Murder On The Mekong - Laos 1- Mekong slow boat, Luang Prebang

Ann-Marie and Rod get the shock of a lifetime, while travelling on a slow boat on the Mekong river. Luckily they have time to recover in the beautiful Luang Prebang!
Contributors:  Fabio Rosquete, Paula Postfeur, Fanny Luxembouger, Izzy Gibbs, Sophie De Payronnet.
Music: Serge Quadrado (latin-jazz-loop-2), Szegvari (rotpb-latin-lunches-_-minimal-house-latin)
Editor: Ann-Marie McCormack
Sound Mix: Gary McIntyre
Graphic: Rod Gray
Hosts: Ann-Marie McCormack, Rod Gray

Ep5. Sanctuary & The Shits - Laos 2 - Nam Ngum & toilet trouble in Vientiane

Following a trip to the Sanctuary on their worst road ever, Ann-Marie & Rod relax for Christmas with sell-it-all Austrians, before Rod gets royally knocked off his throne!
Contributors: Izzy Gibbs, Sophie De Payronnet, Carmen Hofer, Klaus Hofer.
Music: Serge Quadrado (latin-jazz-loop-2), Szegvari (rotpb-latin-lunches-_-minimal-house-latin)
Editor: Ann-Marie McCormack
Sound Mix: Gary McIntyre
Graphic: Rod Gray
Hosts: Ann-Marie McCormack, Rod Gray

Ep6. Pub Street Pandamonium & Comic Kiwis - Cambodia 1 - Angkor Wat & Siem Reap New Year

Contributors: Bre Kerr, Faith McConnell, Luca Casamassima, Laura Moioli, Kim Rom.
Music: Serge Quadrado (latin-jazz-loop-2), Szegvari (rotpb-latin-lunches-_-minimal-house-latin)
Editor: Ann-Marie McCormack
Sound Mix: Gary McIntyre
Graphic: Rod Gray
Hosts: Ann-Marie McCormack, Rod Gray

Ep7. You Can’t Go Wrong In Koh Rong - Cambodia 2 - Koh Rong, Phnom Penh

Off the most beautiful beach ever, Ann-Marie & Rod fish with very fit Italians, reunite with the Bristol sisters and are guided by a local landmine victim on the silk island.
Contributors: Izzy Gibbs, Sophie De Payronnet, Luca Casamassima, Laura Moioli, Jade Martin, Justin Marais, Vuthy Vuthy.
Music: Serge Quadrado (latin-jazz-loop-2), Szegvari (rotpb-latin-lunches-_-minimal-house-latin)
Editor: Ann-Marie McCormack
Sound Mix: Gary McIntyre
Graphic: Rod Gray
Hosts: Ann-Marie McCormack, Rod Gray