Sep 2025

An Old Friend Returns to Women Who Travel

An Old Friend Returns to Women Who Travel Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

37m 50s

Sep 2025

Jessica Nabongo on Her Global Cookbook and House Hunting in Senegal

Jessica Nabongo on Her Global Cookbook and House Hunting in Senegal Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

33m 14s

Sep 2025

Tracee Ellis Ross Loves Seeing the World Solo

Repeat: Tracee Ellis Ross’ earliest memories involved traveling the world with her mother, Diana Ross, but it was at the age of 22 that she discovered what solo travel could give her. This episode, Lale sits down with Tracee to discuss how solo travel can be an act of radical sel ... Show More

30m 14s

Aug 2023

Tamara J. Walker, "Beyond the Shores: A History of African Americans Abroad" (Crown, 2023)

Part historical exploration, part travel memoir, Beyond the Shores: A History of African Americans Abroad (Crown, 2023) reveals poignant histories of a diverse group of African Americans who have left the United States over the course of the past century. Together, the interwoven ... Show More

1h 18m

Oct 2020

Blaxit

Why stay where you’re not wanted? Some Black Americans are thinking about moving abroad to escape centuries of racial oppression and marginalization. Historian Kevin Gaines shares the long history behind this phenomenon. Don also speaks with author Tiffanie Drayton about her move ... Show More

34m 59s

Jun 2020

Introducing Living Abroad

Better education, better economic opportunities, better environment. Better life. We all chase it one way or another. For years people have been on the move in an endless search for happiness and a place to call their own. In this series, recorded completely remotely in a time wh ... Show More

2 m

Feb 2019

Phillis Wheatley

Born in Africa and transported as a slave to America, this Revolutionary War era poet became the darling of London and charmed notable figures of American history along the way. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

1h 27m

Jul 2025

Across Oceans

The thousands of interviews in the StoryCorps archive reflect the American experience— and the United States is, as the saying goes, a nation of immigrants. This week: Stories about people who found their way in the USA. Leave us a voicemail at 702-706-TALK, or email us at podcas ... Show More

15m 55s

Nov 2017

Adventure Times! Podcasts Celebrating Travel and Exploration (Encore)

We adventure with the overlanding couple behind Let's Not Panic, talk traveling while black and female with Aminatou Sow, and hear tales of survival from the Outside Podcast. Plus, a National Geographic explorer tells us her podcast picks for trekking to far-flung locales.

49m 50s

Sep 2019

American Exile

For centuries, the United States has been a prime destination for migrants hoping for better economic opportunities, fleeing danger in their home countries or just seeking a new life. But has there ever been a moment when Americans were the ones who felt compelled to flee elsewhe ... Show More

53m 37s

May 2024

Women writing about travel

A British explorer who transformed travel and travel writing and a Nigerian novelist and travel blogger talk to Ella Al-Shamahi about their adventures around the world.Hilary Bradt co-founded the world's largest independently owned guidebook publisher fifty years ago. She’s been ... Show More

26m 28s

Jan 2024

Great American Authors | The Enduring Message of James Baldwin | 7

In 1948, James Baldwin left for France, hoping to find an escape from the racism he experienced in America. But Baldwin returned to the U.S. frequently, to witness and write about the struggle of the Civil Rights movement. Today, Lindsay is joined by Dr. Eddie S. Glaude, Jr., Pro ... Show More

38m 10s

The Long Legacy of African American Expa...