At 25, Scottish journalist Jamie Lafferty got a job with an in-flight magazine in the Middle East, which turned out to be his first proper introduction to the world of…
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Intrepid Times Podcasts
Why Being a Good Reader Makes You a Better Writer: A Conversation With Jeffrey Skoblow
It seems so obvious as to almost not be worth stating: Good readers make good writers. Here at Intrepid Times, we’ve taken this on as a universal truth, which is…
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Intrepid Times Podcasts
From Thai Writing Prodigy to Hollywood, South Africa, and Beyond: Interview With Pier Nirandara
At 15, Pier Nirandara became Thailand’s youngest English-writing author of three #1 national bestselling novels, fictional stories populated with mermaids, nymphs, and elves. After finding fame at such a young…
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Ten years ago, Kapka Kassabova began a journey in the southern Balkans, exploring the border zone that separates Bulgaria, Turkey, and Greece. From that journey, she wrote Border, the first…
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When planning your next travel story, remember that introductions often receive a lot of attention…and for good reason! The first paragraph is where you can grab the attention of their…
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Tracking Down a Story in Mongolia: Interview With Travel Journalist Thom Brown
When he was assigned a 12,000-word project for his Master’s dissertation, travel writer Thom Brown began the search for a story. His search eventually led him to Mongolia, and he…
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In a recent essay in The New Yorker, “The Case Against Travel,” Agnes Callard argues that “[t]ravel turns us into the worst version of ourselves while convincing us that we’re…
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Travel writers have been known for going on grand adventures to exotic places to find their next story or book. But that’s not the only way to find a story.…
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Despite dire warnings from a jaded expat and a graffitied train with drunk passengers, a traveler pushes on, determined to find the hidden culture of Bulgaria. “It’s a shit country,…
