Travel Interviews
Back to The Beach: A Lost Interview with Alex Garland
by Frank Bures | 07.23.19 | 7:49 PM ET
Twenty years ago, Frank Bures chatted with a young Alex Garland about his travel novel, The Beach. Bures recently unearthed the interview--a time capsule from the dawn of global backpacking.
How a Taxi Ride Changed a Writer’s Life
by Jim Benning | 07.21.15 | 11:13 AM ET
Layne Mosler's memoir, "Driving Hungry," chronicles her cab-centric quest for great meals and experiences. Jim Benning asks about it.
Traveling the Hunter S. Thompson Trail in South America
by Eva Holland | 06.04.14 | 3:22 PM ET
Long before "Fear and Loathing," Hunter S. Thompson roamed South America. Eva Holland interviews author Brian Kevin about following in his footsteps decades later.
Interview with Arno Kopecky: Sailing the Northern Gateway
by Eva Holland | 04.08.14 | 10:58 AM ET
Arno Kopecky spent months sailing along a proposed oil tanker route off British Columbia. Eva Holland talks to him about the new travel book that resulted from the voyage.
Interview with Brendan I. Koerner: Love and Terror in ‘The Skies Belong to Us’
by Eva Holland | 07.02.13 | 10:40 AM ET
In the late 1960s and early 1970s, hijackings in American skies were routine. Eva Holland talks to the author of a new book about one young couple's wild long-distance heist.
Interview with Andrew McCarthy: A ‘Strange Second Act’
by Jim Benning | 10.09.12 | 8:53 AM ET
Jim Benning asks the actor, director and writer about his new book and his second career in travel writing
Interview with Gideon Lewis-Kraus: ‘A Sense of Direction’
by Frank Bures | 04.25.12 | 10:07 AM ET
Frank Bures talks to the author about pilgrimage, authenticity and traveling in a world of infinite choices
Interview with Lisa Napoli: ‘Radio Shangri-La’ in Bhutan
by Jim Benning | 04.10.12 | 11:16 AM ET
Jim Benning asks the author about her memoir and how the Himalayan kingdom changed her
Interview with Doug Mack: ‘Europe on 5 Wrong Turns a Day’
by Leif Pettersen | 04.02.12 | 10:50 AM ET
Leif Pettersen talks to the author about his new book, travel snobbery, and traveling with "Europe on Five Dollars a Day"
Interview with Henry Rollins: Punk Rock World Traveler
by Jim Benning | 11.02.11 | 12:40 PM ET
Jim Benning asks the musician about his new book of photographs and how travel has humbled him
Interview with Elisabeth Eaves: ‘Wanderlust’
by Eva Holland | 07.01.11 | 9:25 AM ET
Eva Holland talks to the author about the intersection of lust and wanderlust in her new book
Interview with Rachel Friedman: ‘The Good Girl’s Guide to Getting Lost’
by Eva Holland | 06.20.11 | 11:22 AM ET
Eva Holland talks to the author of a recently released travel memoir about the power of friendship on the road
Odd Jobs: Interview With a Nigerian Garment Fixer
by Lola Akinmade | 11.19.10 | 9:36 AM ET
Lola Akinmade meets a guy in Lagos who'll fix the shirt right off your back
Interview with Michael Scott Moore: ‘Sweetness and Blood’
by Jim Benning | 09.08.10 | 12:32 PM ET
Jim Benning talks with the author of a new travel book about the spread of surfing around the globe
Interview With Steve Bloomfield: World Cup 2010 and ‘Africa United’
by Frank Bures | 06.11.10 | 8:12 AM ET
Frank Bures speaks to the author of a new book about the World Cup and Africa
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