PRIORITY BOARDING ONLY.
EXCESSIVE BAGGAGE.
Two mics, one marriage, a 26-year age gap, one body riddled with chronic pain, and the other with crepey skin — Bill + Lyndsay travel for those hidden gems around the world together. In a way most couples can't pull off with their kind of baggage.
the podcast
EPISODES
EP. 01
WHY WE STARTED THIS THING
Something that just started as a maybe it would be fun to do a show together, turned into...hell yes! Let's do a travel show together and discuss what it's like to travel with a man who gets lost and leaves his phone behind, and a gal who deals with disability issues and chronic pain. And STILL ROCK IT.
EP. 02
TO VAX OR NOT TO VAX
Bill will vaccinate for anything and everything and have ZERO affects of the vaccinations. Lyndsay, not so much. So what do you do when you have a body that is compromised and is royally affected by vaccinatations when you have to get them!?
EP. 03
FLYING WITH THE HANDELS
There are always issues when you travel. The main ones for Lyndsay are the WiFi not working and dealing with her wheelchair. For Bill, it's what kind of food are they serving and how much Ambien should he eat.
WHERE WE'VE BEEN + WHERE WE'RE GOING.
EVERY TRIP, IN PICTURES
Each trip gets its own gallery — first stamp in the podcast passport: Kenyan Safari, Bland Clothes, and Giraffe Kisses
MEET THESE TWO
BILL + LYNDSAY
Bill Handel
Host, The Bill Handel Show
35+ years behind the mic and he still can't pack it light. Bill brings the banter, the skepticism, and the terrible airport puns.
Lyndsay Soprano-Handel
Host, Giving Pain Purpose
The planner, the packer, the one with a spreadsheet for every itinerary. Lyndsay brings the heart — and the questions no one else thinks to ask.
SEPTEMBER 18, 2026
Everything to Declare.
People want to know why a woman who travels with a wheelchair and a man in his seventies decided to start a travel podcast.
Sometimes they ask politely. Sometimes they don’t ask at all; they just look at us in an airport and do the math on their face. Is that her dad?
And on social, I certainly get the hate mail.
SEPTEMBER 23, 2026
How We Planned a 10-Day Safari in 3 Weeks
The usual packing for a trip takes so much longer than packing for a safari. Why is that?
ON SUBSTACK
WRITING WE BELIEVE IN.
This Substack is where we will unpack it. The parts that don’t fit in an episode, and perhaps the parts that did.
