Dan the Global Nomad

In this very thought-provoking and entertaining podcast based on his speech for a community in New Jersey, Dan reviews the basic tenets of the major religions of the world and leads the listeners to the ultimate unity of science and religion. He finishes with a commentary on Einstein’s idea of a cosmic religion. This is a must-listen podcast for everyone with the slightest curiosity of human natur...

Novelist Henry Miller says “It takes a lifetime for someone to discover Greece, but it only takes an instant to fall in love with her”. I couldn’t agree more. The darling of travelers, Greece always fascinated me. But I also felt that there was something mystical about it. Isn’t that why we use the expression “Greek and Latin” for something incomprehensible? More than six hundred years before Chri...

St. Petersburg in my eyes is the most spectacular city on our planet. The Winter Palace, the Hermitage, Catherine Palace, and Peterhof in St. Petersburg define imperial affluence. If I were to see only one city in the entire world, it would be St. Petersburg. Venice of the North. With their magnificent museums and palaces, large and lush gardens, Paris, London, Rome, and Madrid have been the most...

The many achievements of the ancient Egyptians include designing and constructing massive pyramids, temples, and obelisks some 4,000 years ago. They knew then, advanced mathematics and medicine, irrigation systems, and agricultural production techniques. Egyptian art and architecture have been widely copied and carried to far corners of the world. Its monumental ruins have inspired the imagination...

This brief trailer provides a glimpse of the contents and style of the various episodes of the podcast based on the book Global Nomad.

This is a trailer providing a brief glimpse of the Marathi episodes of the Global Nomad podcast. It talks about how people’s behavior varies from culture to culture and also describes three distinct types of travelers. It is intensely humorous and will leave you wanting more. For that you must listen to the full episodes. Global Nomad are episodes are in Marathi and English. However, they are inde...

In this highly entertaining episode in Marathi, the Global Nomad talks about a few interesting events in his childhood in his trademark style with great humor and sensitivity. And then he adroitly describes a couple of most fascinating characters, Gangudada and Aaba who seem to have appeared straight from Pu La Deshpande’s famous Batatyachi Chaal. Gangudada reminds you of the India of the stalwart...

Bangkok - The City of Angels Celebrated American author Agnes Reppelier says: “The impulse to travel is one of the hopeful symptoms of life.” How True!! Hope is all I have. In this episode, we explore the beautiful city of Bangkok, Capital of Thailand and truly the ultimate playground of the world. So, Sawadee khap! That is a common Greeting in the Thai language. Bangkok was made famous by America...

In this highly entertaining episode in Marathi, the Global Nomad talks about a few interesting events in his childhood in his trademark style with great humor and sensitivity. His account of his early book writing will resonate with the amateur authors and so will the story of his puppy love in elementary school. And then he adroitly describes a couple of most fascinating characters, Pítale Dada a...

In this episode, the Global Nomad visits Phnom Penh and explores the history of Cambodia of the mid twentieth century. He describes the rise of the Khmer Rouge and the despotic rule of Pol Pot in graphic detail ending with the breathtaking story of Nrong Chan Phal, a child survivor of the brutal S-21 prison. Phnom Penh today is much like the Bangkok of forty years ago. The similarities are unmista...

French novelist Gustave Flaubert says: “Travel makes one modest. You see what a tiny place you occupy in the world.” The great pyramids of Giza and the temples of Luxor created that feeling in me. I experienced exactly that once again when I visited Angkor Wat in Cambodia. At 1.3 billion, India’s population is the second largest in the world and it is projected to become the largest in the near fu...

In this episode we explore the exciting paradise of Bali. Ah, Bali!! The Three Bees of Beautiful Bali!! Blissful Beaches, Buxom Beauties, Bountiful Beer! It is not surprising that Bali ranks high in every serious globetrotter’s bucket list. But for a culturally omnivorous person like me, there is a lot more to Bali beyond its beaches, beauties and beer. It is its amazing art! American Author Anais...

In this episode the Global Nomad takes you to Hampi to see the ruins of the Empire of Vijayanagar in South Central India. In its prime, About 600 years ago Hampi was considered the richest city in the world and represented a golden era of the Indian civilization. In historical significance, Hampi is to South India what the Taj Mahal is to North India. The ruins of Hampi - palaces, temples and baza...

This Marathi episode, Atulya Bharat, or Incomparable India, is a part of the Global Nomad podcast series. It takes a humorous but thought-provoking look at travel to India and the prevalent socio-political culture of the country. In particular, it highlights the public behavior of some Indians, the influence of Bollywood on Indian life and the antics of power-hungry politicians in a most entertain...

This is a particularly humorous, entertaining and informative episode prepared and presented especially for Marathi speaking audience. It is in response to popular demand after the success of the on-going series of English podcasts based on Dan Mayur’s new book Global Nomad - Travels and Travails. The episode is full of entertaining personal stories delivered eloquently in Dan Mayur’s trade-mark e...