Travel Interviews

Interview with Stephanie Elizondo Griest: ‘The Best Women’s Travel Writing 2010’

Eva Holland talks with the editor of a new anthology

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Interview With Carl Hoffman: Riding ‘The Lunatic Express’

Jim Benning asks the author about the joys and challenges of traveling in steerage

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Interview With Ted Conover: Traveling ‘The Routes of Man’

Frank Bures asks the author about the role of roads in the world -- from Ladakh and the Peruvian Andes to the West Bank

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Interview With Peter Hessler: Behind the Wheel in China

Interview With Peter Hessler: Behind the Wheel in China Photo by Darryl Kennedy

Frank Bures asks the New Yorker writer about his new book, "Country Driving: A Journey Through China from Farm to Factory"

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Interview With Marco Werman: Traveling in Search of the World’s Music

Interview With Marco Werman: Traveling in Search of the World’s Music Photo: Tracy Powell

Jim Benning asks the public broadcasting host about a new show and his love of music from around the globe

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Interview with Susan Van Allen: ‘100 Places in Italy Every Woman Should Go’

Interview with Susan Van Allen: ‘100 Places in Italy Every Woman Should Go’ Photo courtesy of Susan Van Allen

Eva Holland asks the author why female travelers (and travel writers) are so drawn to Italy

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Interview with Alain de Botton: ‘A Week at the Airport’

Frank Bures asks Heathrow's first writer-in-residence about non-places, taking time to arrive and what airports tell us about ourselves

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Interview With Loreena McKennitt: Musical Travel Writing

Jim Benning asks the singer-songwriter about her most powerful travel experiences

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Interview with Jason Reitman and Walter Kirn: ‘Up in the Air’

Michael Yessis asks the men behind the book and its movie adaptation about Airworld

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Interview with Pat Croce: Pirate Soul

M.B. Roberts asks the founder of Pirate Soul Museum in Key West, Florida, about the enduring appeal of pirates

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Interview With Nicholas Kristof: Traveling and Tweeting Under ‘Half the Sky’

Nicholas Kristof Photo by Fred R. Conrad

David Frey asks the author about his dream vacation, Twitter, travel to hellholes and the trip that changed his life

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Audio Interview With Peter Ferry: ‘Travel Writing’

Jim Benning asks the World Hum contributor about writing novels and non-fiction

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Interview with Bonnie Tsui: ‘American Chinatown’

Bonnie Tsui, American Chinatowns Photo by Matthew Elliott

Jenna Schnuer talks to the author of a new book about American Chinatowns and why "broken Chinese is the mark of being Chinese American"

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Interview With Doug Leen: The Lost National Parks Travel Posters

Eli Ellison learns how the former National Park ranger resurrected a long-forgotten series of Depression-era prints

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Interview With Richard Hammond and Jeremy Smith: ‘Clean Breaks’

Joanna Kakissis talks green travel, greenwashing and experiential journeys with the authors of a new book

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