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," an update
with Melanie Colón, a frustrated renter who created an easier way to
communicate with noisy neighbors, called Apt App. (Original broadcast date:
May 8, 2017)
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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," an update
with Melanie Colón, a frustrated renter who created an easier way to
communicate with noisy neighbors, called Apt App. (Original broadcast date:
May 8, 2017)
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