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This week we revisit one of our episodes about teachers and travel. We take a look at all the ways teachers use travel, from expanding the boundaries of the classroom and developing their own skills, to - as our guest Cheria Funches of Black Te
We continue with our trip down memory lane by revisiting our conversation with Alison and Don, a couple who set out on a trip around the world in their sixties. We talk about why they decided to do it, the lessons they learned on the road, and
Now that summer travel season is kicking back into gear for the first time in years, we thought we’d dig through our archives to bring you some early, pre-pandemic podcast content to stoke your nostalgia and wanderlust. We’re calling this serie
In this episode Shannon and Tamara talk about one of the enduring challenges when it comes to traveling to Europe - flights that land hours (and hours) before we can check into our accomodations - and a genius workaround that helps get everyon
In this episode we talk about overused travel tropes. Which ones do we need to toss out (hint: it ends with "-moon")? Which ones are worth keeping, or perhaps rethinking for the way we live and travel now? For more on the topics we discuss in t
It seems like every piece of travel advice we come across these days tells us to avoid the dreaded "tourist trap." But what's so bad about these sorts of places? And why are we so dismissive of them? In this episode, Shannon and Tamara try to g
In this episode Shannon and Tamara tackle a pressing question: what does it mean to be well traveled? Is it about the number of stamps on your passport or a slightly more complex formula? Also, join us as we end up dissecting the most expensiv
In this episode we talk about how we've started out the new year aware of the old problems related to traveling in our current reality. At the same time, that awareness has forced us to become travel and destination experts in ways we're trying
When we started working on this week's episode with Angela, our de facto travel correspondent, the new variant hadn't yet made the news or an impact on the travel industry. So the specifics of the experience she describes reflect a different mo
Tamara and Shannon are back! In this episode, they talk about the roads they've been traveling, what it's like becoming a regular in new places, the joy of cooking in Sabbatical Homes, and whether they see themselves as travel experts, expert t
It has been a while since the last episode we recorded together. We’ve got a bunch of ideas of topics we want to cover this fall and winter on Why We Wander but we thought we’d ease back into things with a fun thought experiment inspired by a r
We had a busy summer at the podcast and at The Wandering Scholar, despite the unusual circumstances surrounding all of us right now. Normally we’d be giving you updates from our students about their trips abroad with one of our travel partners,
In this episode, Tamara and Shannon talk about the new rules of tourism. After world-famous cities like Amsterdam got a taste during the pandemic of what life was like without tourists looking to get high, visit the Red Light District during St
In this episode, Tamara chats with Jewells Chambers, founder of All Things Iceland (a multi-platform destination for learning about Icelandic culture, history, and nature). They talk about Jewells' most formative travel experiences, the love s
In this episode, Shannon and Tamara chat with Danielle G., host of the podcast Young, Gifted, and Abroad (https://www.younggiftedandabroad.com/), which had its debut on Juneteenth in 2018. We asked her about her earliest international experienc
It's almost summer which means road trip time for many people who are seeking a little adventure as restrictions ease up around the U.S. In this episode Tamara and Shannon catch up about Tamara's recent road trip over Memorial Day weekend from
In our last episode, Shannon and Tamara talked about the place of travel in their lives and why it matters so much to them that they built a non-profit and podcast around it. The conversation made them wonder what some of their previous guests
For our 50th episode, Shannon and Tamara drill down to the essence of our show to ask: what is it about travel that nourishes us, defines our sense of self, and - in some cases - even makes us go crazy at the thought of living without it?
In this episode Tamara and Shannon explore the travel trends that are taking over our newsfeed from revenge travel to regenerative travel and everything in between. We talk about what concepts are resonating with us at a personal level and whic
In this episode we explore the intersection of travel, history and food with food historian Ashley Rose Young, PhD. Dr. Young joined the Smithsonian’s National Museum of American History in 2017 as the Historian of the American Food History Pro
As we round out a year of no travel, we are all continuing to find ways to stay connected to the world around us. In this episode, that means through our stomachs! Food, for many, is reason enough to hop on an airplane. And while some of us are
In this episode we talk with Dr. Kiona, an online educator and founder of How Not To Travel Like A Basic Bitch. She blends travel with accessible learning by spotlighting different cultures, uplifting marginalized voices, and inspiring her audi
It's the run-up to the Golden Globes, and we have the surprise - and controversial - multi-nominee "Emily in Paris" on our minds. We talk about what we liked about the show, how we’d approach the story if we were in the writers’ room, and wheth
If we weren’t in the middle of a pandemic, it would be study abroad season for high-school and college students around the US. In the spirit of nostalgia and with hope for a future of safely-opened borders, we decided to reflect on our own memo
In this postcard episode Tamara and Shannon talk about what everyone is talking about: vaccine tourism. From out-of-staters crossing the border in Florida to international travel agencies marketing yet-to-be-available vaccination trips to New Y
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