Latest Cultural ambassadors Podcast Episodes
Happy Hiking Company And Asheville Regional Airport Update
Speaking of Travel® - February 28, 2024 00:00 - 47 minutes ★★★★★ - 12 ratingsLiza Rutledge is the owner of Happy Hiking Company, specializing in leading captivating overnight guided backpacking tours across the stunning landscapes of the Blue Ridge Mountains. Liza shares the benefits of a guided trip over a non-guided trip and why these experiences in nature are benefi...
IGLTA Is World’s Leading Network of LGBTQ+ Welcoming Tourism Businesses
Speaking of Travel® - February 26, 2024 17:00 - 45 minutes ★★★★★ - 12 ratingsLoAnn Halden (she/her) is the VP of Communications for the International LGBTQ+ Travel Association, IGLTA. Their mission is to provide information and resources for LGBTQ+ travelers and expand LGBTQ+ tourism globally. IGLTA, the International LGBTQ+ Travel Association, was founded in 1983 and i...
How The Evolution Of Lodging Brings Modern Luxury Into Nature
Speaking of Travel® - February 23, 2024 17:00 - 45 minutes ★★★★★ - 12 ratingsAriel Haas and Jason Moon, business partners at Glassy Stays, Asheville, NC's exclusive glass mirror house, share the benefits of staying at an eco-conscious accommodation for a vacation in the heart of the forest. Today, the old-school, off-grid lifestyle is not as attractive as it once was, ...
LEAF Global Arts Celebrates World Changers: Artists & Artivists
Speaking of Travel® - February 16, 2024 16:00 - 48 minutes ★★★★★ - 12 ratingsTravel the world with LEAF Global Arts. Their mission is to connect cultures and create community through world music, arts education, preservation, and experiences. Join Chinobay, LEAF Global Arts Chairman of the Board of Directors and a catalyst for positive change through his multifaceted jo...
LEAF Global Arts Celebrates World Changers: Artists & Activists
Speaking of Travel® - February 16, 2024 16:00 - 48 minutes ★★★★★ - 12 ratingsTravel the world with LEAF Global Arts. Their mission is to connect cultures and create community through world music, arts education, preservation, and experiences. Join Chinobay, LEAF Global Arts Chairman of the Board of Directors and a catalyst for positive change through his multifaceted jo...
North Carolina's Outdoor NC Initiative Helps Preserve Abundant Nature Across The State
Speaking of Travel® - February 08, 2024 16:00 - 47 minutes ★★★★★ - 12 ratingsEver wonder why it feels so great to be out in nature? Amanda Baker, Partner Marketing Manager with Visit North Carolina and oversees North Carolina’s Outdoor NC initiative, and Clark Lovelace, Executive Director of the Transylvania County Tourism Development Authority, share how the love for t...
The Blue Ridge Traveler's Towns and Trails And Asheville Regional Airport Update
Speaking of Travel® - February 01, 2024 23:00 - 48 minutes ★★★★★ - 12 ratingsOmi Salevea of the McDowell County Tourism Development Authority in the Blue Ridge Mountains, shares why outdoor recreation is important in preserving natural landscapes and for protecting culture and heritage. And why it's good for your body too! One of my favorite places to get outdoors is in...
Enock Glidden Turns Disabilities Into Triumph And Mark Collins With Romantic Asheville
Speaking of Travel® - January 24, 2024 01:00 - 47 minutes ★★★★★ - 12 ratingsEnock Glidden is an accomplished outdoorsman and is found adventuring every season of the year. Born with Spina Bifida, Enock has learned to do things differently than others and shares how attitude is everything. Also on Speaking of Travel, discover why collaboration and meaningful relationshi...
Speaking of Travel And Leave No Trace TV Series New Year Edition
Speaking of Travel® - January 21, 2024 01:00 - 51 minutes ★★★★★ - 12 ratingsThe Speaking of Travel And Leave No Trace TV Series with Richard Crawford, host of the popular TV series, Leave No Trace, continues with new stories and tips to help change your life for the better and see sights so rich in wonder they will take your breath away. In this, the first episode of t...
Real Asia Promotes Culture And Education And Asheville Regional Airport Update
Speaking of Travel® - January 19, 2024 19:00 - 48 minutes ★★★★★ - 12 ratingsReal Asia Founder Nick Wang and Associate Nina LaFerla share their passion for Asia and its diverse cultures with US teachers and students and create ways to utilize travel as a means to deepen the understanding between us and the destinations we visit. Nick has extensive business relationship...
Tess Vigeland Loves To Explore And Uncover The World Around Her
Speaking of Travel® - January 14, 2024 17:00 - 54 minutes ★★★★★ - 12 ratingsTess Vigeland is a longtime journalist and podcaster. And she is an avid photographer who shoots mainly landscape photos around the beautiful Pacific Northwest. Tess shares how sometimes wanderlust shows up and she just must go. It's been more than five years since Tess returned from her time a...
Bringing Renaissance Masterpieces By Women Artists Out Of Museum Basements
Speaking of Travel® - January 06, 2024 16:00 - 52 minutes ★★★★★ - 12 ratingsJane Adams, former director of Partnership Relations with Jane Fortune and Advancing Women Artists, a non-profit organization that was dedicated to rediscovering, restoring, and exhibiting works by women artists found in Florence’s Museums and State deposits, shares how she is continuing to rai...
The Asheville Art Museum Enriches The Community Through Dynamic Experiences
Speaking of Travel® - December 30, 2023 14:00 - 48 minutes ★★★★★ - 12 ratingsThe Asheville Art Museum is an example of how museums engage, inspire and enlighten communities. Museum leaders Kate Faulkner and Neal Page share how the Asheville Art Museum transforms lives through art. When I’m visiting new places, I like to prepare my options for what to see and do. And one...
Ciao Marco Gordon Smith Of Private Italy Tours And Ciao Puglia
Speaking of Travel® - December 23, 2023 14:00 - 47 minutes ★★★★★ - 12 ratingsItaly looks like a high heeled boot and Puglia is the heel of that boot. Mark Gordon Smith, founder of Private Italy Tours, shares how the eclectic history of Puglia left an imprint on what we see today. I’d fallen in love with Italy a few times before I traveled with Mark Gordon Smith, and it’...
Speaking of Travel And Leave No Trace TV Series Holiday Edition
Speaking of Travel® - December 22, 2023 14:00 - 53 minutes ★★★★★ - 12 ratingsThe Speaking of Travel And Leave No Trace TV Series with Richard Crawford continues, highlighting the importance of conservation, sustainable travel and eco-tourism. And sharing what the new year has in store. This is the best time to catch up with Season One of Leave No Trace TV and Ricky shar...
Ravenna, Italy, Is A City With Inspiration, Charm, History and Tradition
Speaking of Travel® - December 18, 2023 14:00 - 48 minutes ★★★★★ - 12 ratingsMaria Grazia Marini, Director of Tourism for Ravenna, Italy, shares why this special city, once the capital of the Western Roman Empire, is today a blend of ancient mosaics, Roman architecture, and Dante magic. I was recently in Italy and among the many places I visited, one of my favorites was...
Western North Carolina Travel And Tourism Leaders Are Catalysts For Change
Speaking of Travel® - December 10, 2023 16:00 - 45 minutes ★★★★★ - 12 ratingsJustin Belleme, founder of the JB Media Group and publisher of Romantic Asheville.com and Tina Kinsey, VP of Marketing, PR, and Air Service Development at the Asheville Regional Airport, share how they are working to shape this region’s future growth. Justin is a travel industry leader and prov...
Lisa Jansen Is Traveling Differently In New Zealand And Tina Kinsey Gives An Asheville Airport Update
Speaking of Travel® - December 03, 2023 20:00 - 47 minutes ★★★★★ - 12 ratingsLisa Jansen, a traveler and writer based in New Zealand, spent almost five years living in a camper van traveling around New Zealand. Lisa shares her experience and what inspires her to travel unconventionally. Lisa embarked on a life-changing adventure when she left her successful corporate c...
Celebrated Writer And Traveler Larry Olmsted Looks Beyond The Obvious
Speaking of Travel® - November 26, 2023 15:00 - 47 minutes ★★★★★ - 12 ratingsLarry Olmsted is an award-winning journalist and bestselling author who has published many intriguing books and thousands of articles for major newspapers and magazines worldwide over the past 25+ years. And he personally broke or set three different Guinness World Records, in skiing, golf and...
Speaking of Travel + Leave No Trace TV Series Opens New Horizons
Speaking of Travel® - November 17, 2023 21:00 - 51 minutes ★★★★★ - 12 ratingsThe Speaking of Travel And Leave No Trace TV series continues. Host Richard Crawford is in Australia editing the epic Season Two of the popular Leave No Trace TV show with producer and cameraman, Ben Alcott. Ricky and Ben share where they are today in the editing process of Season Two of Leave...
Fede Vargas Empowers Us To Lead A More Authentic Life & Asheville Regional Airport Update
Speaking of Travel® - November 13, 2023 15:00 - 44 minutes ★★★★★ - 12 ratingsFede Vargas was born in Mexico and raised in Canada. He’s a former adrenaline-driven sales exec who is now on a purpose-driven podcasting journey and the creator and host of the popular podcast My Most Authentic Life. Fede shares how he connects with people choosing to live courageously and ins...
Seasoned Travel Writer Jan Schroder Turns Her Travels Into Stories
Speaking of Travel® - November 07, 2023 19:00 - 48 minutes ★★★★★ - 12 ratingsJan Schroder is a travel writer and editor for close to 25 years and shares how she began her career. Jan provides advice for people who want to be successful travel writers and also reveals some useful travel tips. For many years, Jan was the managing editor of a travel magazine and a freelan...
Speaking of Travel Foodie Lover Series With Two Pro Chefs On A Culinary Journey
Speaking of Travel® - October 30, 2023 16:00 - 49 minutes ★★★★★ - 12 ratingsSpeaking of Travel takes us into the private world of two maestros of the kitchen who share their passion for community with stories and inspirations to reveal what helped them become modern culinary legends. Chef Erica McCier, also known as Chef Trudy, is the owner and executive chef of Indige...
Mindful Travel With Postcard Travel Club & Asheville Regional Airport Update With Tina Kinsey
Speaking of Travel® - October 23, 2023 19:00 - 45 minutes ★★★★★ - 12 ratingsAmit Jaipuria, founder of Postcard Travel Club, is connecting luxury travelers with boutique hotels and tours that advance responsible tourism and shares why storytelling helps make travel a force for good. When you put people who live in and care about destinations at the center of travel conte...
Leave No Trace TV Series With Richard Crawford: Travel Tips, Sustainable Travel And More
Speaking of Travel® - October 17, 2023 20:00 - 50 minutes ★★★★★ - 12 ratingsTravel is known to change you. Surrounding yourself with different cultures, different people and different outlooks on life are bound to change all of us a bit. That’s one of the greatest things about traveling as a whole - apart from tasting the different cuisines of course! We are on a cons...
Classic Speaking of Travel Rerun: Travel Writer Pico Iyer Opens Our Hearts About The World
Speaking of Travel® - October 14, 2023 17:00 - 46 minutes ★★★★★ - 12 ratingsSpeaking of Travel is celebrating our 10-year anniversary by revisiting classic Speaking of Travel conversations from our first decade, like this one with Pico Iyer, essayist and author, best known for his travel writing and one of the most revered and respected travel writers alive today. Pico...
Listening To Inspiring Travel Stories From Friends Will Fuel Your Wanderlust
Speaking of Travel® - October 07, 2023 19:00 - 43 minutes ★★★★★ - 12 ratingsMarcy Berra shares her travel stories and reflects on travel memories spanning many years and many countries. Marcy explains how to immerse yourself in the local culture by connecting with the people, history and food. Listening to Marcy's stories fuels imagination. She has the courage to open...
What To Know About Travel Insurance With Ben Camille From Travel Defend
Speaking of Travel® - September 30, 2023 19:00 - 51 minutes ★★★★★ - 12 ratingsTravel insurance continues to be one of the most confusing aspects of the travel experience. Ben Camille is a foremost travel insurance expert and founder and CEO of Travel Defend, the leading insurance broker. Ben answers questions and shares tips on how to know what to look for to travel smart...
Traveling Sustainably With Speaking of Travel And Leave Not Trace TV Series
Speaking of Travel® - September 23, 2023 15:00 - 51 minutes ★★★★★ - 12 ratingsThe Speaking of Travel and Leave No Trace TV series continues with host Richard Crawford and director and camera person, Ben Alcott. They share tips for safety and health while traveling and what’s coming on Season Two. You can now watch all episodes of Leave No Trace TV, Season One, on Tubi, ...
Traveling Sustainably With Speaking of Travel And Leave No Trace TV Series
Speaking of Travel® - September 23, 2023 15:00 - 51 minutes ★★★★★ - 12 ratingsThe Speaking of Travel and Leave No Trace TV series continues with host Richard Crawford and director and camera person, Ben Alcott. They share tips for safety and health while traveling and what’s coming on Season Two. You can now watch all episodes of Leave No Trace TV, Season One, on Tubi, ...
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