Vatican City

Vatican City

Author: A Travel Podcast March 11, 2025 Duration: 1:15:17

On this episode of Out Of Office: A Travel Podcast, the boys Catholic out hard. In celebration of Lent, "Conclave," and a Catholic Jubilee Year, Kiernan talks us through the top sites to see in Vatican City. Rome is expecting 32M visitors this year, and now each and every one can listen to Out of Office!

Things We Talked About on Today's Episode:

Jubilee 2025

https://www.usccb.org/jubilee2025 

Holy Doors

https://www.ewtnvatican.com/articles/5-holy-doors-what-every-catholic-should-know-ahead-of-jubilee-2025-4075 

Saint Peter's

https://www.basilicasanpietro.va/en/ 

Pope John XXIII

https://www.seattletimes.com/nation-world/martyrs-miracles-and-the-stuff-of-making-saints/ 

Vatican II

https://www.vaticannews.va/en/vatican-city/news/2022-10/vatican-ii-council-60th-anniversary-video-history-background.html 

Papal Altar and Canopy

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St._Peter%27s_Baldachin 

Chair of Saint Peter

https://www.ncregister.com/cna/historic-chair-of-st-peter-on-public-display-in-vatican-basilica-for-first-time-in-150-years 

Tomb of Saint Peter

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saint_Peter%27s_tomb 

Saint Peter Statue

https://stpetersbasilica.info/Statues/StPeter/StPeter.htm 

La Pieta

https://fa-inkwell.org/1039/arts/artists-review-la-pieta-one-of-michelangelos-earliest-works/ 

Vatican Museums

https://www.museivaticani.va/content/museivaticani/en.html 

Laocoon and his Sons

https://www.museivaticani.va/content/museivaticani/en/collezioni/musei/museo-pio-clementino/Cortile-Ottagono/laocoonte.html 

Gallery of the Candelabra

https://www.museivaticani.va/content/museivaticani/en/collezioni/musei/museo-pio-clementino/Galleria-dei-Candelabri/galleria-dei-candelabri.html 

"School of Athens"

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_School_of_Athens 

Sistine Chapel "In Our Time" episode

https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m0015vh8 

Sistine Chapel pre-reading

https://www.througheternity.com/en/blog/art/michelangelo-last-judgment-sistine-chapel-vatican.html 

Omio

https://www.omio.com/ 

Jenny Nicholson on the Star Wars Hotel

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T0CpOYZZZW4 


Out Of Office: A Travel Podcast is hosted by Ryan Davis and Kiernan Schmitt, two people who caught the travel bug early and never looked back. Their conversations stretch the idea of what a journey can be, finding adventure just down the road as readily as on a distant continent. Each episode focuses on a single theme, weaving together personal stories, practical tips, and broader reflections that can shift from deeply thoughtful to genuinely humorous without warning. You’ll hear discussions that might cover the nuances of packing light, the ethics of tourism, the joy of getting lost in a familiar city, or the sheer logistics of planning an epic trek. The tone is less about presenting a perfect itinerary and more about sharing a mindset-one that finds curiosity and discovery in both the grand and the mundane aspects of moving through the world. This podcast operates on the belief that an exploratory spirit can be applied anywhere, and that the stories we collect along the way are what truly shape us. It’s a show for anyone who feels that pull to see what’s around the corner, offering grounded advice and genuine camaraderie for all kinds of trips. Listening feels like getting travel advice from well-traveled friends who are just as passionate about a clever day-trip hack as they are about a life-changing overseas odyssey.
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