Travel Interviews
Interview with Stephanie Elizondo Griest: ‘The Best Women’s Travel Writing 2010’
by Eva Holland | 03.31.10 | 7:23 AM ET
Eva Holland talks with the editor of a new anthology
Interview With Carl Hoffman: Riding ‘The Lunatic Express’
by Jim Benning | 03.16.10 | 10:36 AM ET
Jim Benning asks the author about the joys and challenges of traveling in steerage
Interview With Ted Conover: Traveling ‘The Routes of Man’
by Frank Bures | 03.02.10 | 11:39 AM ET
Frank Bures asks the author about the role of roads in the world -- from Ladakh and the Peruvian Andes to the West Bank
Interview With Peter Hessler: Behind the Wheel in China
by Frank Bures | 02.18.10 | 10:23 AM ET
Frank Bures asks the New Yorker writer about his new book, "Country Driving: A Journey Through China from Farm to Factory"
Interview With Marco Werman: Traveling in Search of the World’s Music
by Jim Benning | 01.25.10 | 10:33 AM ET
Jim Benning asks the public broadcasting host about a new show and his love of music from around the globe
Interview with Susan Van Allen: ‘100 Places in Italy Every Woman Should Go’
by Eva Holland | 01.11.10 | 10:39 AM ET
Eva Holland asks the author why female travelers (and travel writers) are so drawn to Italy
Interview with Alain de Botton: ‘A Week at the Airport’
by Frank Bures | 01.06.10 | 11:33 AM ET
Frank Bures asks Heathrow's first writer-in-residence about non-places, taking time to arrive and what airports tell us about ourselves
Interview With Loreena McKennitt: Musical Travel Writing
by Jim Benning | 12.16.09 | 11:25 AM ET
Jim Benning asks the singer-songwriter about her most powerful travel experiences
Interview with Jason Reitman and Walter Kirn: ‘Up in the Air’
by Michael Yessis | 12.11.09 | 10:26 AM ET
Michael Yessis asks the men behind the book and its movie adaptation about Airworld
Interview with Pat Croce: Pirate Soul
by M.B. Roberts | 10.29.09 | 3:56 PM ET
M.B. Roberts asks the founder of Pirate Soul Museum in Key West, Florida, about the enduring appeal of pirates
Interview With Nicholas Kristof: Traveling and Tweeting Under ‘Half the Sky’
by David Frey | 10.21.09 | 10:53 AM ET
David Frey asks the author about his dream vacation, Twitter, travel to hellholes and the trip that changed his life
Audio Interview With Peter Ferry: ‘Travel Writing’
by Jim Benning | 10.14.09 | 11:14 AM ET
Jim Benning asks the World Hum contributor about writing novels and non-fiction
Interview with Bonnie Tsui: ‘American Chinatown’
by Jenna Schnuer | 10.07.09 | 10:07 AM ET
Jenna Schnuer talks to the author of a new book about American Chinatowns and why "broken Chinese is the mark of being Chinese American"
Interview With Doug Leen: The Lost National Parks Travel Posters
by Eli Ellison | 09.25.09 | 12:06 PM ET
Eli Ellison learns how the former National Park ranger resurrected a long-forgotten series of Depression-era prints
Interview With Richard Hammond and Jeremy Smith: ‘Clean Breaks’
by Joanna Kakissis | 09.23.09 | 12:15 PM ET
Joanna Kakissis talks green travel, greenwashing and experiential journeys with the authors of a new book