Simon Calder's Independent Travel Podcast

I’m on a train adventure in the Czech Republic with Steven Ollive of the Railway Correspondence and Travel Society. Listen as we explore the region's rail network and discuss the state of UK railways in comparison to those in Europe.This podcast is free, much like our weekly travel newsletter. Subscribe here to get it delivered every Friday to your inbox.

I'm in Prague, having flown in last night with a lot of Scotland football fans who were finding a roundabout route to reach Munich for the opening match in the Euro 2024 tournament tonight. Want to experience the atmosphere? Wait till the knock-out stages. Meanwhile, travel and accommodation for the Paris 2024 Olympics are wide open.If like football, you'd like our weekly travel newsletter to come home with you, subscribe here.

I'm at a very busy Manchester airport, studying the latest flight delay stats: on average each Wizz Air flight from a UK airport left 32 minutes late. Even the best British carrier, Virgin Atlantic, had an average delay of 14 minutes. And of course many delays are much longer. Here are your rights when it all goes wrong.This podcast is free, much like our weekly travel newsletter. Subscribe here to get it delivered every Friday to your inbox.

Today's travel podcast comes to you from the garden of the Freud Museum in Hampstead, London. I'm talking to the director, Dr Giuseppe Albano, about this wonderful museum – days ahead of the release of a new film, Freud's Last Session, starring Sir Anthony Hopkins.This podcast is free, much like our weekly travel newsletter. Subscribe here to get it delivered every Friday to your inbox.

I'm beneath the flightpath at London City airport in the Docklands area of the capital. And trying to make sense of the bizarre series of announcements on airport security.This podcast is free, much like our weekly travel newsletter. Subscribe here to get it delivered every Friday to your inbox.

A manifesto at last! Not from Labour or the Conservatives, but from the Railway Industry Association. As many passengers see a rail network in chaos and decline, what does this trade association want from the next government? I've been talking to the RIA's chief executive, Darren Caplan – who doesn't hold back with his anger about the ditching of most of HS2 – and policy director, Rob Cook.This podcast is free, much like our weekly travel newsletter. Subscribe here to get it delivered every Friday to your inbox.

I'm with Dillip Rajakarier, CEO of Minor Hotels and The Wolseley Hospitality Group. He's one of the top people globally in hospitality – with brands such as Anantara, NH Hotels and Tivoli – and has ambitious plans for the future.This podcast is free, as is my weekly newsletter. Subscribe to The Independent's newsletters here.

It’s the centenary of one of the most celebrated mysteries in the history of mountaineering: did George Mallory and Andrew ‘Sandy’ Irvine reach the summit of Everest on 6 June 1924 – nearly three decades before the first documented climb to the top of the world?Mallory’s body was found in 1999 on a research expedition organised by today’s guest, Graham Hoyland – who himself has reached the summit of Everest, and is the author of Last Hours on Everest: The Gripping Story of Mallory & Irvine’s Fatal Ascent.Graham will be speaking at the annual Sir Edmund Hillary Memorial event takes place at the Royal Geographical Society in London on Saturday 8th June – tickets are still available from HimalayanTrust.co.ukThis podcast is free, as is my weekly newsletter. Subscribe to The Independent's newsletters here.

Today's podcast looks at aviation security, with Birmingham airport coming up with its own variant on rules for liquids, aerosols and gels (LAGs).This podcast is free, as is my weekly newsletter. Subscribe to The Independent's newsletters here.