Latest Bipoc travelers Podcast Episodes
Road Travel Q&A: WOTR Gathering Live Recording
Nomads at the Intersections - November 09, 2018 10:38 - 42 minutes ★★★★★ - 405 ratingsIn this live recording from the Women On The Road Gathering in Taos, New Mexico, join us as we ask questions from the Women On The Road community to 6 women with experience in road travel of all kinds-- from school bus living, to van conversions, to weekend warrior lifestyles. Sponsored by Otte...
In the Wake of Grief: Lauren Walker
Nomads at the Intersections - October 19, 2018 09:30 - 31 minutes ★★★★★ - 405 ratingsIn the last 2 years, Lauren Walker was married to her long-time partner Trent. They bought a house, planned their kitchen remodel, and saved up for their honeymoon. But then Trent died, suddenly and unexpectedly. And just 2 months into their marriage, Lauren was alone. As you can imagine, every...
Starting Off Solo: Emily Hart
Nomads at the Intersections - October 12, 2018 09:55 - 35 minutes ★★★★★ - 405 ratingsEmily Hart is no stranger to solo travel. In fact, she’s on a quest to visit every National Park in the US, and she has some insightful thoughts on what it’s like to start traveling alone. Whether you travel alone regularly, or the thought of it fills you with dread-- we’ve been there. And this...
Reset: Lianna Lee
Nomads at the Intersections - September 21, 2018 09:20 - 34 minutes ★★★★★ - 405 ratingsEvery so often, we hit a wall and need to reset. Things feel stagnant, or too routine, or not in alignment with our values any longer. Maybe we stayed still too long, or maybe we got off track. But resets just need to happen sometimes. And Lianna Lee knew she needed one this summer, which is why...
The Jewelry Shop in the Truck: Madison Hampton
Nomads at the Intersections - September 14, 2018 09:30 - 29 minutes ★★★★★ - 405 ratingsWhen someone says they take their job with them on the road, usually the most common conversation to come up is about continual access to internet and getting onto conference calls in the correct time zone. But there are also a ton of folks out there who craft their own tangible goods, like Madi...
On Her Homeland: Chantal Wadsworth
Nomads at the Intersections - September 07, 2018 09:37 - 36 minutes ★★★★★ - 405 ratingsSometimes, when we travel, it’s to go back home. And Chantal Wadsworth is traveling back to explore her home in a big way, because she grew up on the Navajo reservation in New Mexico. As you’ll hear in this episode, the outdoors hold a special place for Native people, for the Navajo, and for Cha...
#FakeVanLife: Karen Ramos
Nomads at the Intersections - August 24, 2018 09:27 - 38 minutes ★★★★★ - 405 ratingsKaren Ramos has been making a pretty big impact in the outdoor community this year through the conversations she’s been starting in the realm of diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) in outdoor spaces. And most recently, she went on a road trip that spawned #fakevanlife. You might wonder how d...
Cancer’s Landscape: Jennifer Langille
Nomads at the Intersections - August 17, 2018 09:22 - 30 minutes ★★★★★ - 405 ratingsJennifer Langille has been living and offroading in a Jeep, photographing and interviewing those impacted by cancer and finding parallels between the landscape she experiences on the road and the landscape navigated by those impacted by cancer. For Jennifer, you’ll hear that things came togethe...
My Dog is my Co-Pilot: Laura DeMaio Roy
Nomads at the Intersections - August 10, 2018 09:20 - 37 minutes ★★★★★ - 405 ratingsGetting a dog is a big decision, and so is bringing one on the road with you. So we asked professional dog trainer and part-time road traveler Laura DeMaio Roy all of the questions we could think of to help you feel more prepared. There are a lot of considerations to make when owning a dog, reg...
Advice
Nomads at the Intersections - August 03, 2018 09:21 - 40 minutes ★★★★★ - 405 ratingsWe all like a little advice sometimes, so we asked 10 women on the road to answer your most common questions about road travel. And answers vary in some ways, while there are definite patterns in others. If you’re looking for practical tips, a fresh perspective, or to hear a few words of wisdom ...
Bus Life, Bikinis, Body Positivity: Martha Hudson
Nomads at the Intersections - July 27, 2018 09:22 - 35 minutes ★★★★★ - 405 ratingsMartha Hudson lives solo in a bus, and her mission is more self love through creating custom bikinis for bodies of every size. Self love and body positivity are a continual journey for us all, whether you travel on the road or not. And while it’s important to talk about, for many of us it can b...
When Best Friends Travel: Macy Pate and Emily Breedlove
Nomads at the Intersections - July 20, 2018 09:26 - 31 minutes ★★★★★ - 405 ratingsIt takes a special kind of friendship to road trip together. So when we heard that Macy Pate and Emily Breedlove were taking a 6-month BFF road trip post-college, we wanted to hear their stories. From tips on finding free camping to insights on what this trip together has meant, you might be tem...
Following Through on Healthier Traveling: Jayme Serbell
Nomads at the Intersections - July 13, 2018 09:35 - 37 minutes ★★★★★ - 405 ratingsThere’s a common misconception that living on the road equates to having a healthy lifestyle. The reality is that it can be just as challenging to meet personal health and wellness goals while traveling-- with the added chaos of keeping a constant travel schedule. But for Jayme Serbell, moving i...
The Solo Travel Practices of Laura Austin
Nomads at the Intersections - July 06, 2018 09:23 - 32 minutes ★★★★★ - 405 ratingsNobody ever said that solo travel was easy. But someone like Laura Austin would probably say that it’s worth it. Laura uses solo travel as a way of refreshing her mind when things feel stale at home, but you’d be wrong if you think she looks at these trips as vacations. Flat tires, loneliness, ...
When Public Lands Meet Instagram
Nomads at the Intersections - June 29, 2018 09:30 - 32 minutes ★★★★★ - 405 ratingsTwo travelers. Six weeks. Thousands of miles. Almost no cell signal. When Nicole Brown, founder of Women Who Hike, and professional photographer and writer Elisabeth Brentano, joined forces for an epic caravan through the Southwest, it was in the name of learning more about public lands as the ...
Financing Your Road Travel, Part 2
Nomads at the Intersections - June 22, 2018 09:44 - 30 minutes ★★★★★ - 405 ratingsIn part 2 of our series on financing your road travel, we’re continuing to dive into financial management tips that address your time on the road. Saving up money is one aspect, but managing your savings smartly while traveling can be quite another! That’s why we wanted to seek advice and insig...
Financing Your Road Travel, Part 1
Nomads at the Intersections - June 15, 2018 09:23 - 34 minutes ★★★★★ - 405 ratingsWe all know that money is a common (and sometimes large) barrier to travel. That’s why we decided to talk to women about their experiences managing money to create their on-the-road lifestyles. After all, hearing their stories helps us feel more empowered about making financial choices in our ow...
Keep Driving South: Shruthi Lapp
Nomads at the Intersections - June 08, 2018 09:26 - 34 minutes ★★★★★ - 405 ratingsYou can find home in the most unexpected places. And if you're Shruthi Lapp, you find it in South America. When Shruthi took off over two years ago in a camper with her husband, Peter, she wasn't expecting to end up in Baja, Mexico, wishing she could keep driving further south. She also wasn't ...
Doing it Anyway
Nomads at the Intersections - June 01, 2018 09:39 - 37 minutes ★★★★★ - 405 ratingsHow do you overcome challenges to getting on the road? We wanted to know. Because when it comes to road travel, there’s always a reason not to go, even if you want to. It could be chores, money, a job or other obligations-- even things that seem intrinsically good for us, like new opportunities...
In Which I am Hit by a Truck: Dani Bradford
Nomads at the Intersections - May 25, 2018 09:49 - 24 minutes ★★★★★ - 405 ratingsDani Bradford, a worldwide solo adventurer and writer, left Washington, D.C. by motorcycle on April 29th 2017. Her plan was to head south through North America, Central America, and South America, ending her trip in Patagonia at Fitz Roy. But an accident she was involved in changed her course in...
Leaving it Better - Rachel Wood & Liz Snyder
Nomads at the Intersections - May 11, 2018 09:34 - 32 minutes ★★★★★ - 405 ratingsBeing on the road allows freedom and the feeling of being untethered, but it can also bring with it disconnection to the communities you move through and among. When Liz and Rachel, a couple with backgrounds in non-profit work and do-good spirits, left North Carolina in a 2006 Dodge Sprinter van...
The Girl and the Getaway Vehicle: Brianna Madia
Nomads at the Intersections - April 27, 2018 09:30 - 38 minutes ★★★★★ - 405 ratingsWhat happens when you practice understanding with the things you understand the least? We won’t promise you’ll end up living desert back roads in a giant orange camper like Brianna Madia, but we bet you’ll build a life you never expected. The secret? Brianna takes the time to see potential whe...
For the Love of the Destination: Abbi Hearne
Nomads at the Intersections - April 13, 2018 09:20 - 33 minutes ★★★★★ - 405 ratingsAs an adventure wedding photographer, Abbi Hearne eats, sleeps, and breathes destinations. It’s not just a part of her livelihood-- it’s a passion of hers to find these special places. In focusing on these destinations for the past couple years Abbi’s built up a successful photography business, ...
Orange is Optimism: Kit Whistler
Nomads at the Intersections - March 23, 2018 09:19 - 33 minutes ★★★★★ - 405 ratingsKit Whistler is probably the sweetest rebel you’ll ever meet. When she first hit the road in 2010, it was in response to the physical stagnation she felt as a college student-- which resulted in a year of farmwork and backpacking around the States, and led her to discover parts of herself, and ...
Anatomy of a Roadtrip
Nomads at the Intersections - March 09, 2018 10:17 - 27 minutes ★★★★★ - 405 ratingsWhat makes a road trip? We wanted to know. So when five women departed for Marfa, Texas from various parts of the States, we sent out a couple of field recorders and asked these creatively-driven women to record their experiences along the way. Because between Point A and Point B-- detached from...
Driving Miss Norma: Ramie Liddle
Nomads at the Intersections - February 23, 2018 10:30 - 28 minutes ★★★★★ - 405 ratingsRamie Liddle has lived on the road on and off since her mid-twenties, but never did she have an adventure like her 14-month journey with Miss Norma, her 90-year-old mother-in-law. In 2015, Norma was diagnosed with terminal cancer two days after her husband passed away. Along with her husband Tim...
Success, My Son, and Escaping the Boxed Life
Nomads at the Intersections - February 02, 2018 10:18 - 27 minutes ★★★★★ - 405 ratingsBionca Smith was living a comfortable life that most people would define as successful-- a business where she created her own schedule and could work from home, a comfortable place to live, a new car, and a 9-year-old son she adores. But in her success, she still felt boxed in-- by her environme...
Conscious Conserving: Caroline Winslow
Nomads at the Intersections - January 19, 2018 10:50 - 29 minutes ★★★★★ - 405 ratingsIt's a common assumption that living in a camper is better for the environment-- but is it really? Minimizing water consumption and running on solar power are great steps to take toward living green, but the continuous use of fuel and not always having access to compost or recycling while travel...
Big Car, Very Small Office: Johnie Gall
Nomads at the Intersections - January 05, 2018 10:38 - 34 minutes ★★★★★ - 405 ratingsCreating a sustainable lifestyle on the road is more than just figuring out where to sleep-- it’s also about creating meaningful, lucrative work. Johnie Gall is someone whose career has blossomed through her commitment to saying “yes” when travel and flexibility were on the table. With over 10 y...
Just Try: Emily Pelland
Nomads at the Intersections - December 08, 2017 10:30 - 32 minutes ★★★★★ - 405 ratingsIt’s fun to travel with a kitted out camper van, but what if you don’t have one? According to Emily Pelland, if you want to go-- you just try. Emily travels with her boyfriend in a 4-door sedan, tent camping most night of the week and hiking every trail possible along the way. It’s not exactly ...
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