The 2 Best Intrepid Times Podcast Episodes
1) Why We Travel: Interview With Ash Bhardwaj
On this episode of The Travel Writing Podcast, Nathan interviews travel writer, filmmaker, and storyteller Ash Bhardwaj. The conversation includes a discussion about the role hedonism plays in our mot...Show More
2) Elixir: Interview with Kapka Kassabova
In this episode, Kapka Kassabova joins us for a conversation about her most recently published book, Elixir, the third in what will soon be a quartet set in the southern Balkans. She speaks about how ...Show More
3) Tom Sykes Asks the Hard Questions About Anxiety and Travel
When Tom Sykes was rushed through the clogged streets of Manila in an ambulance, he knew it wasn't the exotic surroundings of the Philippines that had sent his system into panic mode. A seasoned expat...Show More
4) Writing for BBC Travel and Travel & Leisure After an 18 Year Corporate Career with Phil Thomas
In his late thirties, burned out from 18 years in the corporate world, Phil Thomas was given a chance to walk away and start again. He had always dreamed of being a travel writer. Now, he was going to...Show More
5) Meera Dattani Takes Us Behind the Editor's Desk at Adventure.com and Talks 20 Years of Freelance Writing
Meera Dattani's family story is rich in voyages and the intermingling of cultures between India, Uganda, and the United Kingdom. It is perhaps no surprise then that, in a freelance travel writing care...Show More
6) Charly Wilder: From the New York Times Travel Section to Executive Editor at Roads & Kingdoms
As a 20-something travel scrabbling together an existence in the youth hostels of Istanbul and Berlin, Charly Wilder began writing. A cold email led to a blogging role at the New York Times, which soo...Show More
7) Editor's Travel Writing Picks: B.A. Van Sise Reads "The Saints and All Their Bones"
Welcome to a new series from the Travel Writing Podcast where we invite select authors from Intrepid Times to read their articles. This series will supplement our regular interviews, which will contin...Show More
8) Hilary Bradt, Co-Founder of Bradt Guides, on 50 Years of Travel, Publishing, and Writing
Hilary Bradt MBE is one of the living legends of the travel writing world. In 1974, she co-founded Bradt Guides, which thrives today as one of the best-loved brands in travel writing and independent p...Show More
9) End of Year Rant: 4 Tough Questions for Those Who (Still) Believe in Travel and Writing
It's been a while since I've published a solo episode of the Travel Writing Podcast, so what better time than now? In a year that has seen huge growth and recognition for Intrepid Times and our writer...Show More
10) Sam Baldwin on Japan, Slovenia, and Why Travel Memoir Still Matters
It's one thing to move to a foreign country, learn something of the language, and challenge your own understanding of how life should be. It's quite another to write about it. The "expat in Japan" mem...Show More