Your Place Or Mine
- Radio factual
- BBC Radio 4
- 2023 - 2024
- 38 episodes (3 series)
A travel podcast that does not travel, presented by Shaun Keaveny. Also features Iszi Lawrence.
Series menu
Series 1
1. Rob Delaney: Eastern Massachusetts, USA
Saturday 1st April 2023
Rob Delaney opens with a spirited attempt to get Shaun to visit his birthplace in Eastern Massachusetts, USA, selling it on the basis that as New England is quite like England anyway, it'll be no bother for Shaun...
2. Thomasina Miers: Oaxaca, Mexico
Saturday 8th April 2023
Thomasina Miers tries to tempt Shaun with the culinary delights and traditional dress of her favourite Mexican state, Oaxaca.
3. Fatiha El-Ghorri: Larache, Morocco
Saturday 15th April 2023
Fatiha El-Ghorri paints a evocative picture of her family's home town, the fishing port of Larache in Morocco. But will she persuade Shaun to brave the hungry mosquitoes?
4. Vick Hope: Buenos Aires, Argentina
Saturday 22nd April 2023
Vick Hope on a wildly exciting year she spent in Buenos Aires, which even leaves Shaun contemplating a visit, despite the very real risk of his being carried off by a harpy eagle.
5. Ahir Shah: Ahmedabad, India
Saturday 29th April 2023
Ahir Shah tells Shaun Keaveny all about the wonders of Ahmedabad, the largest city in Gujarat, India: Gandhi's ashram, a mammoth cricket stadium, dangerously sweet tea, malevolent cows and more.
6. Jameela Jamil: Los Angeles, USA
Saturday 13th May 2023
Jameela Jamil sells Shaun Keaveny on the delights of her new hometown, LA: constant summer, sourdough pizza and earthquakes that make the giant inflatable flamingo rock in the pool.
7. Krishnan Guru-Murthy: The Mornington Peninsula, Australia
Saturday 20th May 2023
Krishnan shares his love of Australia's Cornwall. But actual Cornwall is so much nearer and doesn't have huge spiders that jump up out of the grass at you. Which will Shaun go for? Resident geographer, historian and comedian Iszi Lawrence is on shark patrol.
8. Adrian Chiles: Murter, Croatia
Saturday 27th May 2023
Adrian Chiles tempts Shaun to the laid-back Croatian island of Murter with potent fig brandy and his mum's homemade biscuits.
9. Michelle de Swarte: Alaska, USA
Saturday 3rd June 2023
Michelle de Swarte attempts to convince Shaun of the wonders of Alaska, a magnificent wilderness full of moose, wolves and bearded men in shackets. In a bold move, Shaun tries salmon for the first time in 35 years. What could possibly go wrong?
10. Craig Parkinson: Penang, Malaysia
Saturday 10th June 2023
Actor Craig Parkinson tempts Shaun with incredible food and culture, but what about the Snake Temple? As Craig admits, sometimes snakes do fall on you out of trees.
11. Ria Lina: Noordwijk, The Netherlands
Saturday 17th June 2023
Ria Lina presents Shaun with flat white beaches, tulip fields and untouchable cycling seagulls. And you get there on the train. Shaun is happy (relatively speaking).
12. Nicki Chapman: Sydney, Australia
Saturday 24th June 2023
Nicki sells her own favourite country to Shaun. Sydney is gorgeous, and Shaun too could lie on the beach drinking cheap fizzy cooler in the sunshine.
13. Jon Ronson: Pacific Coast Highway, USA
Saturday 1st July 2023
Jon takes Shaun on a road with incredible views and equally incredible drops off the cliff. Jon's had some strange and amazing experiences along this highway and Shaun is tempted.