Travel Grit
with Bernie Harberts
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Travel Grit is long-form conversations with ramblers, roamers and free spirits — adventurers who have crossed continents on horseback, sailed solo around the world, and traveled thousands of miles by mule. Hosted by Bernie Harberts. For bonus episodes, Q&A sessions, and more from the world of Travel Grit, check out the companion show Gritty Bits.
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Thies Matzen: Southern Ocean by the Stars on Wanderer III
Thies Matzen and his wife Kicki Ericson have sailed Wanderer III — the same 30-foot wooden sloop that legendary cruising sailors Eric and Susan Hiscock wrote about — more than 150,000 bluewater…
Sven Yrvind: Jail to Sail - Birth of a Sailing Legend
Sven Yrvind was beaten by his teachers, locked up for desertion and learned the value of books from a psychopath. Then he built a boat in his mother's basement and sailed into legend. In this Travel…
Sea G Rhydr: 5,000 Miles on a $1 Horse
Sea G Rhydr bought her horse for a dollar. Then she rode him 5,000 miles across America.Sea started her voyage in Northern California in the fall of 2011 with two imperfect horses, a diamond hitch…
Hugo Vihlen: Crossing the Atlantic in a 5' 4" Sailboat
At 62 years old, Hugo Vihlen sailed across the Atlantic Ocean in Father's Day—a boat just 5 feet 4 inches long. He hand-steered through hurricanes, ate quarter rations, and lost a kidney somewhere…
Gin Szagola: Riding a Horse Across Australia
Long Rider Gin Szagola and her wild Snowy Mountain Brumby, Fable, became the first person and horse to cross Australia coast to coast with no support vehicle or chase crew—4,400 kilometers over eight…
Tom Sites: Finding Peace in the Great American Horse Race of 1976
This is the only audio interview available on the internet with anyone who rode in the 1976 Great American Horse Race—the longest horse race in history. As the 50th anniversary approaches, this…
Reza Baluchi: Running Across Oceans
Reza Baluchi is attempting the impossible: running 21,000 miles across the world's oceans in a human-powered vessel called a hydropod — a 12-foot wheel he powers by running inside like a hamster…
Webb Chiles: Six-time Circumnavigator
Webb Chiles has sailed around the world six times and is the first American to sail alone around Cape Horn — one of the most dangerous stretches of water on earth. He's also completed one of the…
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Travel Grit has published 8 episodes since December 2025, covering topics in Documentary, Places & Travel.
Travel Grit is currently highly active with new episodes monthly. Average episode length is 1h 30m.
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