Travel Interviews
Matt Weiland: Through 50 States With 50 Writers
by Frank Bures | 10.23.08 | 4:23 PM ET
Photo courtesy James Lester Films The coeditor of "State by State: A Panoramic Portrait of America" talks to Frank Bures
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Yahoo! BuzzRolf Potts: Revelations From a Postmodern Travel Writer
by Michael Yessis | 09.19.08 | 8:51 PM ET
Rolf Potts discusses how travel writing has changed in the last decade -- and what he sees for the future.
Interview With Paul Theroux: Invisible Man on a Ghost Train
by Jim Benning | 08.18.08 | 5:00 PM ET
Photo by Yingyong Un-Anongrak Jim Benning asks the author of "Ghost Train to the Eastern Star" about his new book, aging and the challenge of disappearing in the age of the BlackBerry.
J. Maarten Troost: Enduring Pollution and Reptile-Laden Lunches in China For Our Benefit
by David Farley | 08.08.08 | 10:39 AM ET
David Farley chats with the author of "Lost on Planet China" about the Olympic Games, Tibet and eating not-so-well in the Middle Kingdom
Susan Sessions Rugh: ‘The Golden Age of American Family Vacations’
by Elyse Franko | 07.17.08 | 12:19 PM ET
Elyse Franko asks the author of "Are We There Yet?" about the rise and fall of the family vacation, segregation in travel and how family trips are changing today
Tony Perrottet: Exposing Napoleon’s Penis
by David Farley | 07.10.08 | 10:40 AM ET
And other historical curiosities. David Farley interviews the man with the rare knowledge of "2,500 Years of History Unzipped."
Bryan Mealer: ‘War and Deliverance in Congo’
by Frank Bures | 06.11.08 | 10:43 AM ET
The former AP correspondent traveled up the Congo River. Frank Bures asks the author of "All Things Must Fight to Live" about following in the wake of Joseph Conrad.
Kim Sunée: Travel, Food and the Search for Home
by Joanna Kakissis | 06.02.08 | 2:31 PM ET
Joanna Kakissis asks the author of "Trail of Crumbs" about her journey back to South Korea, the benefits of "not fitting in" and her view of wanderlust
Tony Horwitz: Rediscovering the New World
by Ben Keene | 05.13.08 | 11:00 AM ET
Ben Keene talks to the author of the new book "A Voyage Long and Strange" about travel, American myths and the importance of visiting places where "history happened"
Thomas Kohnstamm’s Lonely Planet: The Firestorm Around ‘Do Travel Writers Go to Hell?’
by Frank Bures | 04.14.08 | 6:16 PM ET
Photo by Annie Musselman. The author of a new book that purports to explore the underside of travel writing is taking a lot of hits. Frank Bures asks him about the controversy he's stirred up and his take on the guidebook industry.
Pico Iyer: On ‘The Open Road’ and 30 Years With the Dalai Lama
by Kevin Capp | 03.25.08 | 1:48 PM ET
The iconic travel writer's new book taps into his personal experiences with the Dalai Lama. Kevin Capp asks him about the exiled spiritual leader's "global journey."
Robert Reid: A Guidebook Writer in the Digital Age
by Eva Holland | 03.14.08 | 10:47 AM ET
Eva Holland asks the Lonely Planet writer turned Web publisher about the rise of online guides and why he sometimes believes he's "living a doomed profession."
Dan Bilefsky: Telling Counterintuitive Stories From the Edge of Europe
by Joanna Kakissis | 02.21.08 | 12:05 PM ET
The International Herald Tribune's Central and Eastern Europe correspondent has developed a reputation as one of journalism's finest voices. Joanna Kakissis asks him about "Balkan idols" and unlocking cultures.
Eric Weiner: On Following Your Bliss
by Julia Ross | 02.13.08 | 2:03 PM ET
Photo by Chuck Berman. What's the relationship between place and happiness? Julia Ross asks the author of "The Geography of Bliss" about happy nations, "hedonic refugees" and the benefits of ma?ana and mai pen lai.
Michael Palin: The New ‘New Europe’
by David Farley | 01.24.08 | 11:53 AM ET
David Farley asks the Monty Python member-turned-travel host about the call of the road and his new television series