Women Who Travel | Condé Nast Traveler

Tracee Ellis Ross, actress and star of "Black-ish" and "American Fiction," shares her passion for solo travel and its profound impact on self-discovery. She reflects on early journeys with her iconic mother, Diana Ross, and reveals the personal empowerment she found traveling alone at 22. With insights into her new Roku series, she emphasizes the joys of packing flamboyantly and the importance of mindfulness and safety in solo adventures. Tracee celebrates how these experiences shape identity and foster cultural respect.

Hiking Through Italy, Gilded Age Homes, and Bombastic State Fairs Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

Dorthe Nors on Escaping to Her Idyllic Danish Cottage Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

Author and wild swimmer Freya Bromley returns to tell Lale why the restorative power of nature still holds true for her, the joy and community she has found at a women’s swimming retreat in Cornwall, and her favorite—and little known—island for escaping to each summer. Plus, she extolls the virtues of puffin sightings. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

Earlier this year, Lale reported a feature for Condé Nast Traveler on the Iditarod, the annual sled dog race that crosses 1,000 miles of Alaskan wilderness. She catches up with podcast regular, writer, and adventurer Blair Braverman to swap stories of traveling through Alaska. Plus, Blair shares her experiences from another dramatic landscape she had long dreamed of visiting: Antarctica. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

Monisha Rajesh, a celebrated journalist and travel writer, shares her exciting insights on night train journeys across Europe. She reflects on over 200 memorable trips, including the iconic Venice-Saint Orient Express. Monisha emphasizes the nostalgia and adventure of train travel, highlighting the deep connections formed with fellow passengers. Her experiences showcase the breathtaking landscapes and magical moments that unfold during overnight journeys, inviting listeners to discover the allure of traveling by rail.

Rebroadcast:There are few places in the world where you won't encounter a cat. So a few years ago, Hannah Shaw, who has dedicated much of her life and work to caring for them, set out tomeet and document has many as she could across the globe—spotlighting the extraordinary places they live and the people who care for them along the way. Lale chats with the animal welfare advocate, bestselling author, and educator about her many travels, from Turkey to Chile to Oman, and finds out what she learned along the way. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

Lale sits down in the studio with Condè Nast Traveler editors (and regular WWT guests) Megan Spurrell and Arati Menon to find out their top destinations for the summer, as well as where they have bookmarked for the rest of the year—from Peru to Newfoundland to the Scottish Highlands. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

(A rebroadcast). 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. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

In 1954, a young David Attenborough made his début as the star of a new nature show called “Zoo Quest.” The docuseries, which ran for nearly a decade on the BBC, was a sensation that set Attenborough down the path of his life’s work: exposing viewers to our planet’s most miraculous creatures and landscapes from the comfort of their living rooms. On this episode of Critics at Large, Vinson Cunningham, Naomi Fry, and Alexandra Schwartz trace Attenborough’s filmography from “Zoo Quest” to his program, “Mammals,” a six-part series on BBC America narrated by the now- ninety-eight-year-old presenter. In the seventy years since “Zoo Quest” first aired, the genre it helped create has had to reckon with the effects of the climate crisis—and to figure out how to address such hot-button issues onscreen. By highlighting conservation efforts that have been successful, the best of these programs affirm our continued agency in the planet’s future. “One thing I got from ‘Mammals’ was not pure doom,” Schwartz says. “There are some options here. We have choices to make.”Read, watch, and listen with the critics:“Mammals” (2024)“Zoo Quest” (1954-63)“Are We Changing Planet Earth?” (2006)“The Snow Leopard,” by Peter Matthiessen“My Octopus Teacher” (2020)“Life on Our Planet” (2023)“I Like to Get High at Night and Think About Whales,” by Samantha IrbyNew episodes drop every Thursday. Follow Critics at Large wherever you get your podcasts.This episode originally aired on July 11, 2024.  Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices