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Lonely Planet: Maureen & Tony Wheeler

Lonely Planet: Maureen & Tony Wheeler

FromHow I Built This with Guy Raz


Lonely Planet: Maureen & Tony Wheeler

FromHow I Built This with Guy Raz

ratings:
Length:
40 minutes
Released:
May 8, 2017
Format:
Podcast episode

Description

In 1972, Maureen and Tony Wheeler bought a beat-up car and drove from London "as far east as we could go." They wound up in Australia, by way of Afghanistan, India and Thailand. Their notes on how to travel on a shoestring became a book, which grew into Lonely Planet — the largest travel guide publisher in the world. PLUS in our postscript "How You Built That," how 15-year-old Michael Mendicino, with help from his mom, took a teenage trend and turned it into a board game called Bottle Flip.
Released:
May 8, 2017
Format:
Podcast episode

Titles in the series (100)

Guy Raz dives into the stories behind some of the world's best known companies. How I Built This weaves a narrative journey about innovators, entrepreneurs and idealists—and the movements they built.