Today, we are sharing an episode of Going Wild with Dr. Rae Wynn-Grant, the chart-topping and Webby Award-winning podcast from our friends at Nature on PBS. Back for a brand new season, Going Wild features some of the coolest champions of nature – like a paleoanthropologist who hunts fossils in conflict zones, and a former butterfly technician who saved an endangered species while incarcerated. Each episode explores what led them to create change within themselves, their community, and the natural world.In today’s episode, you hear from Alexis Nikole Nelson, better known to her millions of fans on TikTok as the “Black Forager.” She talks all about rediscovering her childhood love of foraging and falling back in love with food and plants. It’s a really inspiring conversation, and just one example of the many exciting stories in the brand new season of Going Wild.To listen to the rest of their new season, follow Going Wild with Dr. Rae Wynn-Grant on Apple Podcasts, Spotify or wherever you get your podcasts.
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The English Countryside Is a Hiker's Paradise
Our guest this week is British journalist Emma Lunn, an avid hiker who has hit the trails all over the world. But a particularly memorable solo walk for her was closer to home—across the English countryside, and filled with dramatic moors and grand coastlines. Lale chats with Lunn to find out how she pulled it off, why she believes in the healing powers of hiking, and how she navigated both unexpected wildlife and eccentric fellow travelers.
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A Search for the World's Most Quiet Places
Is there anywhere left in the world that is truly quiet? This episode, we seek to find out, with Arati Menon, Condé Nast Traveler’s Global Digital Director, and writer Yulia Denisyuk joining Lale in the studio to talk about their favorite quiet places—from the sprawling deserts of Wadi Rum, Jordan, to the Makgadikgadi salt pans of Botswana. And if you’re still left wanting more inspiration for finding stillness on our noisy planet, check out our fully list of quiet places on cntraveler.com after listening.
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Diving For Shipwrecks
National Geographic Explorer Tara Roberts joined the group Diving With a Purpose to explore slave shipwrecks and found unexpected connections with her own ancestors.
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A Life-Changing Move To Italy
Ever fantasized about giving up the grind and starting a new life in Italy? This week, we hear from a listener who did just that, swapping her life in San Francisco for the rolling hills of Piedmont, where she renovated a 300-year-old farmhouse’ and built a new life—‘Under the Tuscan Sun’ style. Listen to the episode to find out how Barbara Boyle, who penned the experience in her new memoir ‘Pinch Me,’ pulled the move off and found joy and community in a small Italian town.
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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. For more from Women Who Travel, visit our website or subscribe to our email newsletter.
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