Women Who Travel | Condé Nast Traveler Condé Nast Traveler
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Though travel and adventure have historically been publicly claimed by men, women have always been part of those narratives, too. Each week, host and Condé Nast Traveler editor Lale Arikoglu shines a light on some of those stories, interviewing female-identifying guests about their most unique travel tales—from going off-grid in the Danish wilderness to country-hopping solo—sharing her own experiences traveling around the globe, and tapping listeners to contribute their own memorable stories. This is a podcast for anyone who is curious about the world—and excited to explore places both near and far from home.
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How to Get Out Into the Wilderness This Summer
Last time Lale chatted with outdoors expert and Condé Nast Traveler contributor Emily Pennington she was fresh off her book tour for Feral, a memoir chronicling her mission to visit every national park in the US. This week, Emily rejoins us in the studio to talk about what she’s been up to since then, including adventures in Patagonia, how she’s prioritizing her wellbeing while still exploring the outdoors, and her tips for getting out into the wilderness in exciting—and safe—ways.
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Erin French on Maine, the Lost Kitchen, and a Mammoth Cross-Country Road Trip
Each year, Erin French receives 60,000 postcards from people asking if they can dine at her Maine restaurant The Lost Kitchen. “It really becomes a luck of the draw lottery. We have big post office bins that arrive and we literally reach in, we grab a postcard, we call that person immediately and say, ‘Okay, when do you want to come?’” This episode, Erin shares with Lale what it’s like to experience her beloved restaurant, now in its 11th season, and spills on her new cooking and travel show on Max, Getting Lost With Erin French, which sees the chef road trip across the US in search of new ingredients and inspiration, and sharing meals with Texas farmers, New Orleans chefs, and more.
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Listeners on the Magic and Mishaps of Traveling With Kids
Traveling with kids can be all manner of things—educational yet exhausting, transformative yet taxing, magical yet maddening. In this week’s episode, three listeners share dispatches about the joys and challenges of seeing the world alongside children of all ages, from chasing a total eclipse in Dallas to seeking out new adventures in Japan. Plus, look out for more stories on the topic on the Condé Nast Traveler site next month.
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Solo Travel, According to Rachel Cargle (Rerun)
We travel for all sorts of reasons: self-discovery, something new, a chance to break out of our routines. But how often is it truly restorative? In a rerun of an episode from last year, Lale talks to activist, educator, entrepreneur, and ardent solo traveler Rachel Cargle about creating calm in every step of a journey—and her new memoir and manifesto, A Renaissance of Our Own
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Moving to Paris for a Life in Food
Ever dreamed of swapping your current life for a brand new one in Paris? That’s what Jane Bertch did, who chronicles her own journey, and the French cooking school she subsequently opened, in her new memoir The French Ingredient. Lale chats with Jane about the lessons she’s learned (culinary and otherwise) from her years spent in Paris, her tips for shopping the city’s many boulangeries and fromageries, and all the characters she’s met along the way.
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The Long Legacy of African American Expats
In her book Beyond the Shores: A History of African Americans Abroad, Dr. Tamara J. Walker recounts stories of 20th-century African-Americans who chose to build their lives outside of the United States—everywhere from Paris to Nairobi. Lale chats with Tamara about the romantic notions of 20th-century Paris and the creatives who made it their home, like James Baldwin and Florence Mills, as well as her own travel experiences around the world and what it means to be a global citizen.
Customer Reviews
Engaging, wide-ranging, well-produced
Engaging content, host is a skilled interviewer, and there is a wide variety of topics. The immersive episodes are great, where there’s lot of sound from a specific place(s (Cambodian vegetable market, Norwegian train) , and they’re best when they have a guest(s) who are very relatable (some aren’t quite as much). Especially like the shows that focus more on sustainability and the ethics of travel in the current world and that eschew a focus on high-end products or experiences. Overall, enjoyable to listen to and you’ll probably learn something from each episode.
No advice given and very little actual travel discussion
I was excited to find this podcast because I’m taking my first solo trip overseas next year and wanted to listen to a podcast focused on female travel and get some tips/advice for navigating foreign cities, meeting locals, and budgeting. Unfortunately most of these episodes have ended up being upper class women talking about their expensive work related travel or complaining about other travelers. It’s very elitist, lacks relevant information for anyone not staying at luxury resorts and driving a Land Rover, and honestly the hosts and guests seem to lack any passion for travel! Episode titles are misleading- the one that promised to discuss the trials of traveling with kids was just a woman talking about the recent solar eclipse and another who hated having to actually do things with her kids while on vacation. Boring and pretentious.
Undertone
For some reason I’m always waiting for an episode that is enlightening and entertaining and the depressing undertone screams .