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Patrick Smith has appeared on over 300 radio and television outlets, including CNN, PBS, the BBC and National Public Radio. He is regularly cited in print publications worldwide, and was voted one of the “25 Best Bloggers” by TIME magazine. His op-eds and articles have been published in The New York Times, the Boston Globe, and several other newspapers.
Patrick is available to speak on a wide-range of topics, including:
— airfares, airline culture, and airline service issues
— air safety, accident analysis, and fear-of-flying
— terrorism and airport security
— pilot training, culture and lifestyle
— airports and airport design
— international travel
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RECENT MEDIA APPEARANCES
February 2026: Peter Greenberg Worldwide
October 2025: FOX 26, Houston
July 2025: Times Radio, London
July 2025: NDTV India
March 2025: MSNBC
February 2025: KNX radio, Los Angeles
January 2025: Peter Greenberg Worldwide
December 2024: Times Radio, London
December 2024: FOX Weather Channel
November 2024: FOX Weather Channel
June 2024: Peter Greenberg Worldwide
January 2024: Peter Greenberg Worldwide
January 2024: WBZ-TV CBS News, Boston
November 2023: Fox Weather Channel
August 2023: KCBS radio, San Francisco
July 2023: WBZ-TV CBS News, Boston
July 2023: Peter Greenberg Worldwide
March 2023: Washington Post
March 2023: WGBH-TV Boston’s Greater Boston
March 2023: Boston Globe
March 2023: WBZ-TV CBS News, Boston
December 2022: Washington Post
December 2022: KCBS radio, San Francisco
July 2022: Peter Greenberg Worldwide
June 2022: Kathryn for Real, podcast interview
January 2022: KCBS Radio, San Francisco
January 2022: CNN.com
January 2022: The Moncrieff Show, Ireland
January 2022: Times Radio, London
October 2021: Peter Greenberg Worldwide
October 2021: WBZ-TV, Boston
August 2021: Interview with Associated Press
June 2021: The Jim Bohannon Show
April 2021: Peter Greenberg Worldwide
March 2020: CHQR Radio 770, Calgary
March 2020: The Informed Traveler radio show, Calgary
January 2020: Public Radio International’s The World
January 2020: Peter Greenberg Worldwide
January 2020: Global News Radio 640, Toronto
October 2019: Public Radio International’s The World
September 2019: Peter Greenberg Worldwide
March 2019: WGN radio, Chicago
March 2019: CBC-TV, Canada
March 2019: The Jim Bohannon Show
March 2019: FOX News
March 2019: MSNBC
March 2019: KCBS radio, San Francisco
March 2019: USA Today
March 2019: KCOM radio, Saskatchewan
March 2019: CFRB Newstalk 1010, Toronto
February 2019: KCBS radio, San Francisco
February 2019: Peter Greenberg Worldwide
January 2019: KCBS radio, San Francisco
December 2018: CFRB Newstalk 1010, Toronto
December 2018: KPCC Southern California Public Radio
August 2018: WGBH radio, Boston
August 2018: WNYC, New York Public Radio
August 2018: News Talk 650 CKOM & 980 CJME, Regina
August 2018: WBUR, Boston Public Radio
August 2018: CHED 630 radio, Edmonton
August 2018: CHQR News Talk 770, Calgary
July 2018: The Good Life Show with Mike Wreyford
June 2018: KCBS radio, San Francisco
June 2018: RMWorldTravel with Robert & Mary Carey
June 2018: WGBH radio, Boston
June 2018: The Roy Green Show
June 2018: Peter Greenberg Worldwide
June 2018: CKWX News 1130 radio, Vancouver
June 2018: CJAD radio, Montreal
June 2018: CFRB Newstalk 1010 radio, Toronto
May 2018: CBC radio, Canada (multiple affiliate stations)
April 2018: Peter Greenberg Worldwide
April 2018: 77WABC New York, Mind Your Business radio program
April 2018: RMWorldTravel with Robert & Mary Carey and Rudy Maxa
April 2018: WCVB-TV Boston’s “Chronicle” program
February 2018: The Good Life Show with Mike Wreyford.
February 2018: Peter Greenberg Worldwide
January 2018: The Jim Bohannon Show
January 2018: RMWorldTravel with Robert & Mary Carey
December 2017: WCCO radio, Minneapolis
December 2017: Peter Greenberg Worldwide
November 2017: KCBS 106.9 radio, San Francisco
October 2017: KITS Live105 radio, San Francisco
September 2017: KCBS radio, San Francisco
September 2017: Peter Greenberg Worldwide
August 2017: Newstalk 1010 radio, Toronto
July 2017: Rudy Maxa’s World syndicated radio show
June 2017: The Michael Smerconish Program, SiriusXM
June 2017: KCBS radio, San Francisco
June 2017: WCCO radio, Minneapolis
June 2017: CBC radio, Canada
June 2017: KCRW radio, Los Angeles
June 2017: WJR radio, Detroit
June 2017: KGO radio San Francisco, The Ronn Owens Show
May 2017: BBC radio’s The World
April 2017: The Michael Smerconish Program, SiriusXM Radio
April 2017: WJR radio, Detroit
April 2017: WBZ radio, Boston
April 2017: The Moncrieff Show, Newstalk 106-108, Ireland
March 2017: CBS Morning News
December 2016: KGO radio, San Francisco
September 2016: 2SER Radio 107.3, Sydney
September 2016: Peter Greenberg Worldwide
July 2016: National Public Radio, WHYY Philadelphia’s The Pulse
July 2016: National Public Radio, WBUR Boston’s Here & Now
July 2016: Peter Greenberg Worldwide
June 2016: The Ross Kaminsky Show, KHOW Denver
June 2016: WNYC Freakonomics radio podcast
June 2016: Rudy Maxa’s World syndicated radio show
May 2016: KNX Newsradio Los Angeles
May 2016: Al Jazeera English
May 2016: WTOP radio, Washington, D.C.
May 2016: WBEN radio, Buffalo
May 2016: WJR radio, Detroit
May 2016: WBZ radio, Boston
March 2016: Peter Greenberg Worldwide
March 2016: New England Cable News
March 2016: KOTA TV, Rapid City, South Dakota
February 2016: CNN’s Quest Means Business
February 2016: SiriusXM’s Wharton Business Radio
February 2016: CFRB Newstalk 1010, Toronto
December 2015: BBC Radio 5
November 2015: WCCO radio, Minneapolis
November 2015: WJR radio, Detroit
September 2015: Rudy Maxa’s World syndicated radio show
September 2015: KCBS radio, San Francisco
September 2015: Peter Greenberg Worldwide
September 2015: WCCO radio, Minneapolis
August 2015: MSNBC
May 2015: Newsradio WGAN, Portland, Maine
April 2015: Peter Greenberg Worldwide
April 2015: Rudy Maxa’s World syndicated radio show
March 2015: CNN
March 2015: WCCO radio, Minneapolis
March 2015: WGN radio, Chicago
March 2015: National Public Radio
March 2015: KMOX radio, St. Louis
March 2015: Newstalk 1010 radio, Toronto
March 2015: WCCO radio, Minneapolis
March 2015: BBC-TV World Have Your Say
March 2015: WBZ radio, Boston
March 2015: This Morning with Gordon Dean
March 2015: CNBC.com
March 2015: WTOP radio, Washington D.C.
March 2015: BBC radio’s The World
March 2015: CBS radio, Los Angeles
March 2015: WSJ Live
January 2015: CNN
January 2015: CBSN
December 2014: CNN
December 2014: USA Today
December 2014: KNX 1070 radio, Los Angeles
December 2014: FOX News
December 2014: WTOP radio, Washington D.C.
December 2014: Newstalk 1010, Toronto
December 2014: WBAL radio, Baltimore
December 2014: WTOP radio, Washington D.C.
October 2014: KNX CBS radio, Los Angeles
October 2014: WLW 700 AM radio, Cincinnati
October 2014: WTOP radio, Washington D.C.
October 2014: Greater Boston WGBH-TV Boston
October 2014: FOX Business Channel’s Varney & Company
October 2014: WBEZ radio Chiago
September 2014: KABC Los Angeles, Late Night with Peter Tilden
September 2014: FOX Business Channel, Varney & Company
September 2014: CBC-TV Canada
September 2014: Rudy Maxa’s World syndicated radio show
July 2014: KKSF Talk 910 radio, San Francisco
July 2014: CNN Tonight
July 2014: CNN’s The Lead with Jake Tapper
July 2014: CNN Headline News
July 2014: Global News Toronto
July 2014: CJAD radio, Montreal
July 2014: KPCC Southern California Public Radio
July 2014: Rudy Maxa’s World syndicated radio show
July 2014: Pubic Radio International “The World”
July 2014: Rogers Radio, Canada
July 2014: 92.5 Gold FM, Gold Coast, Australia
May 2014: Peter Greenberg Worldwide radio program
April 2014: CNN “Piers Morgan Live”
March 2014: CNN “The Don Lemon Show”
March 2014: FOX News “The Kelly File”
March 2014: BBC World Service radio
March 2014: America Now Radio with Andy Dean
March 2014: CNN “Piers Morgan Live”
March 2014: WNYC’s Brian Lehrer Show
March 2014: WTOP radio, Washington, D.C.
March 2014: NPR’s “On Point” and “All Things Considered”
March 2014: Bloomberg TV
March 2014: CBC-TV Canada
March 2014: CNN’s The Situation Room with Wolf Blitzer
March 2014: CBC Canada radio
March 2014: Pubic Radio International’s “The World”
March 2014: Al Jazeera America
March 2014: KQED San Francisco
March 2014: CNN International “Quest Means Business”
March 2014: New England Cable News
March 2014: KCRW radio, Los Angeles
March 2014: Public Radio International “To the Point” show
February 2014: Talk 910 Radio, San Franciso
February 2014: FOX-25 News, Boston
February 2014: Peter Greenberg Worldwide
February 2014: Intel’s Mobile Insights Radio
January 2014: WGBH-TV Boston, Greater Boston
January 2014: WBUR Boston Public Radio
January 2014: KCBS radio, San Francisco
January 2014: KZSB Santa Barbara, “Around the World” program
December 2013: WBOB Jacksonville, Weekend Travel Show
November 2013: CNN
November 2013: USA Today
November 2013: Washington Post
November 2013: National Public Radio
November 2013: KTRH AM 740 Houston
November 2013: WGBH Boston Public Radio
November 2013: BBC Radio, Birmingham, UK
November 2013: KIRO radio, Seattle
November 2013: CBS radio, Los Angeles
November 2013: 102.9 FM, Gold Coast, Australia
November 2013: Peter Greenberg Worldwide
November 2013: Iowa Public Radio
October 2013: CNN.com
October 2013: KCBS radio, San Francisco
October 2013: Talk Radio Europe
October 2013: Al Jazerra America
October 2013: WGN radio, Chicago
September 2013: Talk Radio Europe
September 2013: KISM radio Seattle
August 2013: WGBH Boston Public Radio
August 2013: Colm Hayes Show, RTE2 FM, Ireland
August 2013: KPAM, Portland, Oregon
July 2013: CNN’s Quest Means Business
July 2013: Talk 910, San Francisco
July 2013: KIRO radio, Seattle
July 2013: KNX radio, Los Angeles
July 2013: CBC News Canada
July 2013: Newstalk 1010, Toronto
June 2013: WGBH-TV Boston, Greater Boston
June 2013: The Mike Pintek Show, KDKA Pittsburgh
June 2013: Travels With Rick Steves
May 2013: The Moncrieff Show, Newstalk 106-108, Ireland
May 2013: The Jim Bohannon Show
May 2013: WFLA radio, Tampa
May 2013: NBC News.com
May 2013: CBC Radio, Canada
May 2013: Fox & Friends
May 2013: KGO radio, San Francisco
March 2013: WBAL radio, Baltimore
March 2013: KUOW National Public Radio, Seattle
March 2013: Wall Street Journal Marketwatch.com
March 2013: WGBH Boston Public Radio
March 2013: Martha Stewart Living magazine
February 2013: New York Times.com
January 2013: Rudy Maxa’s World syndicated radio show
January 2013: KPCC Southern California Public Radio
January 2013: WBZ-TV Boston
December 2012: National Public Radio
November 2012: BBC radio
November 2012: KCRW radio Los Angeles To the Point program
November 2012: WGBH Boston Public Radio
October 2012: Washington Post
September 2012: KGO radio San Francisco
September 2012: Peter Greenberg Worldwide
July 2012: MSNBC.COM
July 2012: KGO radio San Francisco
May 2012: Rudy Maxa’s World syndicated radio show
February 2012: National Public Radio’s Talk of the Nation
February 2012: Boston Globe Travel Show
February 2012: Rudy Maxa’s World syndicated radio show
December 2011: Rudy Maxa’s World syndicated radio show
December 2011: WILL Illinois Public Radio
November 2011: The Emily Rooney Show, Boston public radio WGBH
November 2011: Peter Greenberg Worldwide radio program
September 2011: USA Today
September 2011: Rudy Maxa’s World syndicated radio show
September 2011: Peter Greenberg Worldwide
August 2011: KGO, radio San Francisco
August 2011: The Emily Rooney Show on Boston public radio WGBH
July 2011: Cleveland Plain Dealer
June 2011: WSOC TV, Charlotte, NC
June 2011: Martha Stewart Living radio program
June 2011: Rudy Maxa’s World syndicated radio show
May 2011: New Hampshire Public Radio
April 2011: MSNBC.com
April 2011: WILL Illinois Public Radio
April 2011: KGO Radio, San Francisco
April 2011: New England Cable News
March 2011: Peter Greenberg Worldwide m
February 2011: Jezebel magazine
February 2011: Patt Morrison Show, KPCC California Public Radio
January 2011: The Emily Rooney Show, Boston public radio WGBH
January 2011: WGN radio Chicago
December 2010: KGO radio, San Francisco
November 2010: Anderson Cooper’s AC 360 on CNN
November 2010: MSNBC Countdown with Keith Olbermann
November 2010: WBAL Baltimore; KPBS San Diego; KOA Denver; WGBH Boston
November 2010: CNN
November 2010: BBC World radio
November 2010: The Atlantic magazine
November 2010: KUOW Seattle Public Radio
November 2010: KGO Radio, San Francisco
November 2010: CBC Canada television
October 2010: WGSO 990AM, New Orleans
Octotber 2010: Rudy Maxa’s World syndicated radio travel show
September 2010: KCBS radio, San Francisco
September 2010: Peter Greenberg Worldwide
September 2010: Rudy Maxa’s World syndicated radio travel show
August 2010: KUOW Public Radio, Seattle
August 2010: WNYC radio, The Leonard Lopate Show
July 2010: Seattle Times
July 2010: Rudy Maxa’s World syndicated radio travel show
July 2010: KUOW public radio, Seattle
June 2010: Readers Digest magazine
June 2010: New England Cable News
May 2010:Women’s Health magazine
May 2010: KPCC, Southern California Public Radio
May 2010: KGO radio, San Francisco
April 2010: BBC, National Public Radio and CBC-TV Canada
March 2010: Peter Greenberg Worldwide
March 2010: The Emily Rooney Show, Boston public radio WGBH
March 2010: New England Cable News
January 2010: WBAL Baltimore’s Ron Smith Show,
January 2010: Public television’s WorldFocus
January 2010: WGBH-TV Boston’s Greater Boston
January 2010: Los Angeles public radio
December 2009: WHYY Radio Times
October 2009: WNYC, WBAL Baltmore, and WGBH-TV Boston.
September 2009: National Public Radio’s Morning Edition
June 2009: Boston’s WBZ-4 TV news
June 2009: KCRW Los Angeles, To the Point program
June 2009: CNN, the BBC, Baltimore’s WBAL, and Minnesota Public Radio
June 2009: KUOW, Puget Sound Public Radio
May 2009: CNN, National Public Radio’s All Things Considered.
May 2009: BBC television
May 2009: WBAL Baltimore’s Ron Smith Show,
May 2009: Buffalo’s WEDG-FM Shredd and Ragan Show
March 2009: ABC News
March 2009: Peter Greenberg Worldwide
Februrary 2009: 20th appearance WBAL’s Ron Smith Show
November 2008: BBC radio’s Up All Night program
November 2008: Viewpoint, nationally syndicated radio program
August 2008: Aksam Daily, newspaper, Turkey
June 2008: KPBS, San Diego public radio, These Days program
May 2008: WGBH-TV Boston, Greater Boston
April 2008: National Public Radio’s All Things Considered
February 2008: a surprise TV talk show endorsement by actress Thandie Newton
January 2008: CBC radio, Canada
November 2007: National Public Radio’s Day to Day program
October 2007: CBC radio’s The Current
October 2007: New York Times’ Freakonomics blog
September 2007: WYNC’s Brian Lehrer Show
July 2007: Washington Post Radio
March 2005: Travel with Rick Steves radio program
September 2004: Gawker magazine
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