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Albert Podell

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Albert Podell was an American magazine editor and writer, advertising executive, trial attorney, and documentary film producer and director. Podell served as a good-government lobbyist and as a theatrical investor and producer.
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3 books; 1 reviewed on LuvemBooks. Dates and covers from Amazon.

  1. Around the World in 50 Years cover
    2015
    Around the World in 50 Years
    Our review →
  2. The Survival Guide for the Adventurous International Traveler cover
    2015
    The Survival Guide for the Adventurous International Traveler
    Amazon ↗
  3. Muddling Through the Sexual Revolution cover
    2022
    Muddling Through the Sexual Revolution
    Amazon ↗
Cover of Around the World in 50 Years: My Adventure to Every Country on Earth
Around the World in 50 Years: My Adventure to Every Country on Earth

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Albert Podell's Around the World in 50 Years is a nonfiction travelogue published by Thomas Dunne Books in March 2015, chronicling the Brooklyn-born former magazine editor's decades-long mission to set foot in every country on Earth — a goal that began with a record-breaking 581-day Trans-World Record Expedition in 1965–1966 and concluded, country by stubborn country, over a decade of sporadic travel starting in 2000. Publishers Weekly calls Podell a "worthy raconteur," and Kirkus Reviews confirms there is "never a dull moment" — though both outlets also note the book's occasional cultural blind spots and some stretches of list-driven content that slow the momentum.

Reviewed May 8, 2026

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Pamdiana Jones

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Kate Harris's Lands of Lost Borders chronicles grueling, border-obsessed expedition travel, sharing Podell's fixation on reaching remote places others don't bother with.
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Bill Bryson

Memoir
History
Travel & Adventure
Bill Bryson's Notes from a Small Island shares Albert Podell's raconteur energy, delivering humor and candid observations through a comic travel voice on a different scale.
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Annie S. Peck

Memoir
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Kevin Fedarko

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Kevin Fedarko's A Walk in the Park brings the same self-deprecating humor, physical danger, and quest-driven structure found in Podell's work to a punishing canyon journey.
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