The Shining - King’s and Kubrick’s - each changed Horror forever. But that single nightmare’s influence touches more than just books and film. Passport heads back to The Stanley to see just how sprawling the legacy of one terrifying story can be.   See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Stephen King only spent one night in The Stanley Hotel in Estes Park, Colorado. The nightmare that tore him from sleep would inspire The Shining. But The Stanley has a remarkable story of its own. Passport heads to Room 217 to investigate. (part 1 of 2)   See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Passport heads to the heart of Mexico, Oaxaca, for a walk through the dark side - spirits, witches, deities, and one of the country’s biggest festivals - Dia de los Muertos.   See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Passport travels back in time to tumultuous 1970s Vienna to uncover how acid trips, Timothy Leary, renegade filmmaking, unorthodox diplomacy, and a political miracle transformed the city.   See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Boca Chica, Texas is a small town that’s about as far from the noise of the modern world as you can get. Or it was. Until Elon Musk and SpaceX moved to town to build the launch pad to Mars.   See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Dubai, the Middle East’s plastic fantastic paradise, is home to ‘The World’ - 300 islands in the shape of a world map. Their rise, fall, and rise again is a story of money, corruption and a level of luxury you won’t believe.   See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Are aliens really visiting us? And if so, why have they chosen Peru? Darren and Andres head there to meet the real Fox Mulder. Can he help them figure out how Peru’s obsession with the skies has made it the Extra Terrestrial Capital of the world?   See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

This week we’re walking the line between the fictional spy world and gritty realities of a true agent. We’re in London, one of the most surveilled cities in the world, to uncover what a spy really is and crack the walls of Her Majesty's Secret Services.   See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

In Amsterdam, Van Gogh’s paintings are under threat from art thieves. Meet the people stealing them, and the detective trying to get them back.   See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

How counterculture, burning men, and fighting robots created modern Silicon Valley, a place where you can live forever in cyberspace.   See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Get ready to have your misconceptions blown away - This week Passport heads to Russia for the truth about Caviar, the Russian Mafia… and the incredibly complex rituals of Vodka and Russian baths.   See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

A special bonus episode! Neil and Andrés swing by Writer/Comedian Rebecca Delgao-Smith’s “The Alarmist” to figure out who’s to blame for the death of Che Guevara.   See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

With a map given to them by Israel’s biggest hip-hop star, Sha'anan Street, Neil and Andrés cross the Green Line to meet the artists and entrepreneurs remaking Jerusalem and redefining the city’s culture in the face of danger, violence, and division.   See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Jerusalem is one of the most complicated cities in the world, but we had a world class guide: Israeli hip-hop star, Sha’anan Streett. In a place not known for fun Neil and Andrés find there is actually an abundance of it. If you know where to look…   See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Get ready to have your misconceptions blown away - Passport learns some shocking things about the most misunderstood nation in the world.   See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

We’re off to Taipei to explore one of the world’s premier food cities and uncover what their thriving vegan culinary scene has to do with the bizarre story of a cult leader called Supreme Master.   See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Our first “Tale of Two Cities” episode in PARIS! Neil and Andres have a problem to solve for one listener: how to plan the perfect engagement moment in the most romantic city on earth.   See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

This week we’re pulling from the vault. Some of the greatest moments that didn’t make the show, including some wild Charles Manson theories, more terrifying monsters from Greenland, and an extended interview with Koki from EXP Edition. First, Duke Haney takes us back to the Manson murders in LA to deliver a couple of theories about what Charles Manson did after the Sharon Tate and Cielo Drive murders, including leaving a very important pair of eyeglasses.  Then, Maria Kreutzmann gives us...

This week, Passport is off to Greenland - a country whose awe-inspiring natural wonder is only matched by its terror-inducing monsters, ghosts, and spirits!   See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

La Cosa Nostra - the oldest Organized Crime Network in the world - began in Sicily. But so did cannolis, caponata and arancini. Now, Sicilians are using this amazing food to take down the Mafia, one incredible meal at a time.   See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

It’s an all new MisInfoNation! We’re headed to Iceland with Björg Valgeirsdóttir, a real live Icelander, to find out if what the world thinks about Iceland is mostly true, or allt rangt.   See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Finland, the happiest nation on Earth, has a secret weapon below the streets of it’s beautiful capital city, Helsinki. But it’s not what you might be expecting… This week we look at a very prepared country and the city spearheading a new frontier in urban planning... but what does it say about the Finnish people?   See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

In this, our first MisInfoNation, we head to Scotland with filmmaker and Scotsman, John English, to ask him about bagpipes, haggis, heroin, all things deep fried, Donald Trump, kilts, the wonders of Irn-Bru, and of course, the Loch Ness Monster. In the end, we’ll find out just how much we all get wrong about his beautiful country.   See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Fans of K-pop will tell you it’s more than music - it’s a movement. What can this energetic, cotton-candy colored, pop-culture craze tell us about the city where it was born?   See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

How Covid-19 has brought people together, instead of keeping them apart.   See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.