{"version":1,"type":"rich","provider_name":"Libsyn","provider_url":"https:\/\/www.libsyn.com","height":90,"width":600,"title":"Tom Miller: From Underground Journalist to Bestselling Travel Writer","description":"  Meet Tom Miller: From An Underground Journalist to Revered &amp; Bestselling Travel Writer Along The Way, He Encounters Spies, CIA, KGB, Soldiers of Fortune, and More!  Travel Writer Tom Miller (photo by Jay Rochlin). In this episode of the Journeys With WorldRider Podcast, Allan Karl WorldRider interviews&amp;nbsp;Tom Miller, the legendary, best-selling travel writer and author of \u201cThe Panama Hat Trail,\u201d which National Geographic calls \u201camong the best travel books ever written.\u201d Enjoy this casual conversation where we discuss his latest book, a memoir titled \u201cWhere Am I?\u201d where he reflects on a life of travel and writing. In addition, we talk about his bout with Parkinson\u2019s disease, his travels, spies, borders, gun-toting priests, and so much more. Tom Miller started his writing and journalist career from the \u201cunderground\u201d in the late 1960\u2019s writing for the anti-war press. Eventually, he moved above ground, writing for sea-level publications such as Smithsonian, Rolling Stone, Esquire, The Chicago Quarterly Review, The New Yorker, LIFE, and many others. His books include \u201cThe Panama Hat Trail,\u201d about South America; \u201cOn the Border,\u201d an account of his travels along the U.S.-Mexico frontier; \u201cRevenge of the Saguaro,\u201d about the American Southwest; and about Cuba, \u201cTrading with the Enemy.\u201d Tom has been a member of the Thornton Wilder Society and the Cervantes Society of America and served as a Fellow of the Gilder Lehrman Institute for American History. The Ecuadorian capital City of Quito designated Miller \u201cUn Hu\u00e9sped Illustre,\u201d and he was honored by the Castilla-La Mancha Regional Consejer\u00eda de Cultura, Turismo y Artesan\u00eda in Spain. In 2017 he was honored with a Festschrift. Since 1990 he has served as an Adjunct Research Associate of the Center for Latin American Studies at the University of Arizona. &amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;  Mentioned In The Podcast  Tom Miller's Website: www.tommillerbooks.com &quot;Where Was I? A Travel Writer's Memoir&quot; on Amazon https:\/\/amzn.to\/3xuQETY The Panama Hat Trail on Amazon: https:\/\/amzn.to\/3MAqSSH  ","author_name":"WorldRider Journeys Around The World On A Motorcycle","author_url":"http:\/\/worldrider.libsyn.com\/podcast","html":"<iframe title=\"Libsyn Player\" style=\"border: none\" src=\"\/\/html5-player.libsyn.com\/embed\/episode\/id\/23371232\/height\/90\/theme\/custom\/thumbnail\/yes\/direction\/forward\/render-playlist\/no\/custom-color\/88AA3C\/\" height=\"90\" width=\"600\" scrolling=\"no\"  allowfullscreen webkitallowfullscreen mozallowfullscreen oallowfullscreen msallowfullscreen><\/iframe>","thumbnail_url":"https:\/\/assets.libsyn.com\/secure\/content\/129517874"}