Intrepid Times Podcasts

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…

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…

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…

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.…

As a young, 20-something who had recently started to travel, Nathan Thomas, the founder of Intrepid Times, attended a casual seminar on “how to be a digital nomad.” The talk…

Our recent “Romance on the Road” travel writing competition was our most popular yet, with hundreds of stories making their way into the inbox. We’ve learned a lot about what…

While traveling in Brazil and trying to make his way to Peru, Shafik Meghji – an award-winning journalist, travel writer, and author – chose to get there using a cheap…

In a recent article published in The New Yorker titled, ominously, “The End of the English Major,” the author points out that “[d]uring the past decade, the study of English…

In the midst of my whirlwind university years, I picked up a book on the recommendation of a friend. I was struggling with anxiety and a lack of clear direction…