Creativity and darkness tend to go hand in hand. Many of the most well-known authors in history have struggled with their dark side, a struggle that so often provided the …
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The Travel Writing Podcast
A Nuanced Look at Sustainable Tourism: A Conversation With Jeremy Sampson
The idea of sustainable tourism can leave a weird taste in your mouth. This is only made worse when, as today’s guest notes, the term is used incorrectly in all …
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Traveling is often full of joy and surprise and intrigue. Writing about those travel experiences can be difficult but almost always fulfilling. But editing…that’s where writers tend to get stuck. …
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Over the past year, AI has elbowed its way onto the scene, provoking both doomsday and utopian thinking around its capabilities. One group that has been particularly nervous about this …
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While working as a ski instructor in Europe, Ash Bhardwaj approached his 30s. He’d been traveling for years and loving it. But then something shifted. Travel felt less meaningful somehow, …
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After her two travel writing jobs became redundant in quick succession more than ten years ago, Katie Silcox accepted an opportunity in India, planning to stay for a year or …
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The Travel Writing Podcast
The Countries Are Not Enough: Interview With NomadMania Founder, Harry Mitsidis
At the age of 36, Harry Mitsidis achieved his personal goal of visiting every country in the world. And then, he did it again, visiting every country in the world …
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The Travel Writing Podcast
From Working-Class Glasgow to the New York Times: Interview With Jamie Lafferty
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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Travel is often thought of as something that can provoke anxiety, and with good reason. Between delayed flights, strange streets, new languages, and endless challenges, travel can feel like a …