Welcome to
OUR LOONEY PLANET
with Ian & Justine
Globe Trekker, the iconic 90s travel series, which also aired as Lonely Planet, reached a global audience of 300 million throughout its groundbreaking, 20-year run. Viewers tuned in to see the hosts travel around the world, in an era before devices, relying on human to human connections.
Now the original hosts, Ian & Justine, are back with a new travel series that explores our shared home, one conversation at a time.
A new travel series from old hosts
Our Looney Planet with Ian & Justine interweaves conversations with footage from Globe Trekker episodes, documentaries and other media. Expect surprise guests, the occasional gaffe, and laughs, as Ian & Justine explore everything from unfamiliar customs to breathtaking landscapes.
Today, most people can’t imagine traveling without a device to tell them when, where, why, and how. But during Globe Trekker our interactions were simply aided by a phrase book, paper tickets, and a foldout map.
Our Looney Planet carries on a legacy that began in the late 1970s with the publication of the Lonely Planet guidebooks which revolutionized travel by giving low-budget travelers the guidance needed to travel off-the-beaten track and experience the cultural and historical context of their surroundings.
So pack your bags, dust off that backpack, and together let’s rediscover all that we can learn from one another. Whether you're a seasoned trekker or an armchair traveler, Our Looney Planet promises a delightful and informative escape to the far reaches of our shared home.
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Our Current Episode
Episode 6: Part 2: Life After Globe Trekker
March 19, 2026
In Episode 6, Part 1, Ian and Justine pulled back the curtain on what it was really like to have "The Best Job in the World." Now, in Part 2, Ian & Justine are back to tell us what they've been up to since hosting Globe Trekker.
Ian, never one to stay still for long, went on to host a string of raucous, irreverent travel shows that felt tailor-made for his infectious energy. Between adventures he retreated to his studio in Norfolk, England, where a lifelong devotion to drawing, painting, sewing, and making has remained his quiet constant — a creative anchor through decades of wandering.
Justine embraced motherhood, raising her son while channeling her curiosity about the world into documentary filmmaking. Her films include Promises — an intimate portrait of Palestinian and Jewish children navigating life in Israel and the West Bank — earned an Academy Award nomination and won two Emmy Awards and continues to be the most widely used documentary film in classrooms and think tanks on the subject of the Palestinian-Israeli conflict.
And then, as life tends to do, the years filled up with everything in between — the extraordinary and the mundane, adventures and misadventures, setbacks, joy and the quieter weight of loss and change. In 2025 Ian and Justine reunited to launch Our Looney Planet. Yes, there is life after Globe Trekker . A lot of it.
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