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Though travel and adventure have historically been publicly claimed by men, women have always been part of those narratives, too. Each week, host and Condé Nast Traveler editor Lale Arikoglu shines a light on some of those stories, interviewing female-identifying guests about their most unique travel tales—from going off-grid in the Danish wilderness to country-hopping solo—sharing her own experiences traveling around the globe, and tapping listeners to contribute their own memorable stories. This is a podcast for anyone who is curious about the world—and excited to explore places both near and far from home. For more from Women Who Travel, visit our website or subscribe to our email newsletter.


Episode Date
Our Favorite Travel Stories From This Year
Dec 19, 2024
Raving in Ukraine
Dec 12, 2024
Accra, Ghana: Living, Cooking and Making Chocolate.
Dec 05, 2024
Gabrielle Union My Journey to Fifty
Nov 28, 2024
Ashley C. Ford explores America's landmarks
Nov 21, 2024
Cat Cohen Sees the World By Its Comedy Stages
Nov 14, 2024
India with Condé Nast Traveler's Divia Thani
Nov 07, 2024
A Trucker on Seeing the US By Road
Oct 31, 2024
Normal Gossip’s Kelsey McKinney on the Chaos of a Group Trip
Oct 24, 2024
Emma Roberts on New Orleans and Her Vintage Books Obsession
Oct 17, 2024
Traveling the Country to Mobilize Young Voters
Oct 10, 2024
A Palestinian American Chef on Creating Community Through Food
Oct 03, 2024
How To Museum with The New Yorker's Rebecca Mead
Sep 26, 2024
A Life Changing Move to Rural Thailand
Sep 19, 2024
From Zero to Travel: Seizing Your Opportunity to Travel Solo
Sep 12, 2024
A Solo Skiing Expedition Across Antarctica
Sep 05, 2024
A Solo Backpacking Trip Across South America
Aug 29, 2024
A Solo Work Trip to Cannes, France
Aug 22, 2024
Reggae Singer Lila Iké on Staying True to Her Jamaican Roots
Aug 15, 2024
I Went to Barcelona to Freeze My Eggs
Aug 08, 2024
Riding Waves With Olympic Surfers in Tahiti
Aug 01, 2024
How to Get Out Into the Wilderness This Summer
Jul 25, 2024
Erin French on Maine, the Lost Kitchen, and a Mammoth Cross-Country Road Trip
Jul 18, 2024
Listeners on the Magic and Mishaps of Traveling With Kids
Jul 11, 2024
Solo Travel, According to Rachel Cargle (Rerun)
Jul 04, 2024
Moving to Paris for a Life in Food
Jun 27, 2024
The Long Legacy of African American Expats
Jun 20, 2024
Two Best Friends Eat Their Way Round the World
Jun 13, 2024
The Magic of Island Life in Scandanavia
Jun 06, 2024
Dinner SOS: I Need an All-American Menu
May 30, 2024
Why Water Makes Us Happy
May 23, 2024
An Italian Hotelier Living La Dolce Vita on Lake Como
May 16, 2024
A Restaurant-Critic-Turned-Cookbook Author Slows Down in Menorca
May 09, 2024
Three Photojournalists on Revealing the Human Side of Conflict
May 02, 2024
Criss Crossing America to Visit Every Baseball Stadium
Apr 25, 2024
How Plants Help Us Understand Our Heritage
Apr 18, 2024
An Astrologer Guides Our Travel Plans
Apr 11, 2024
Bear Encounters in Nevada and Chasing Poachers on the Masai Mara
Apr 04, 2024
Aviation Pioneers: Amelia Earhart and Bessie Coleman's Record-Breaking Flights
Mar 28, 2024
Love, Loss, and Noodles in Cambodia
Mar 21, 2024
Celebrating the Most Powerful Women in Travel
Mar 14, 2024
Director Lulu Wang Isn't Compromising
Mar 08, 2024
On the Road for the US Election
Feb 29, 2024
Island Hopping in Spain, Italy, and Croatia
Feb 22, 2024
More Solo Travel With Jessica Nabongo
Feb 15, 2024
Your Love and Travel Stories: Breakups, Hookups, and More
Feb 08, 2024
Mapping the World's Oceans
Feb 01, 2024
Home Cooking in Latin America
Jan 25, 2024
Walking Across Morocco
Jan 18, 2024
Here's Where to Travel In 2024
Jan 11, 2024
From Critics at Large: Britney Spears Tells Her Horror Story
Jan 04, 2024
Raving in Ukraine
Dec 21, 2023
What Is Passport Privilege?
Dec 14, 2023
The Global Power of Eyeliner
Dec 07, 2023
Braving the Grand Canyon’s Rapids
Nov 30, 2023
Is Travel Good for Your Relationship? We Tap Dr. Orna Guralnik for Answers
Nov 23, 2023
Hong Kong’s Untold Stories
Nov 16, 2023
A Vogue Editor’s Packing Secrets
Nov 09, 2023
Susan Orlean’s Extraordinary Travels
Nov 02, 2023
A Witch Expert on Salem
Oct 26, 2023
New York's Chinatown Through the Eyes of a Family That's Been There for Generations (Re-Run)
Oct 19, 2023
Life on a Windswept Scottish Island
Oct 12, 2023
Making Dinner On a Group Trip
Oct 05, 2023
The Romance and Reality of Sleeper Trains
Sep 28, 2023
Morocco, Music, and More With Faouzia
Sep 21, 2023
When You Travel to Eat With Bon Appétit
Sep 14, 2023
Walking Pompeii With Rebecca Mead
Sep 07, 2023
Listener Dispatch: Gaining Perspective in Oaxaca
Aug 31, 2023
Listener Dispatch: Traveling In My Mother's Footsteps
Aug 24, 2023
On the Road for the FIFA World Cup
Aug 17, 2023
Listener Dispatch: Camping Gone Awry
Aug 10, 2023
Listener Dispatch: Eating Champorado in the Philippines
Aug 03, 2023
Climbing Mountains
Jul 27, 2023
Solo Travel, According to Rachel Cargle
Jul 20, 2023
The Wild Swimming Phenomenon
Jul 13, 2023
Sasheer Zamata and Nicole Byer on Becoming the Perfect Travel Companions
Jul 06, 2023
Do National Dishes Really Exist?
Jun 29, 2023
Gabrielle Union’s Birthday Journey Across Africa
Jun 22, 2023
New York's Chinatown Through the Eyes of a Family That's Been There for Generations
Jun 15, 2023
Living Wildly in Patagonia With Conservationist Kris Tompkins
Jun 08, 2023
Writer Elise Hu on Life in Seoul and the Rise of K Beauty
Jun 01, 2023
Special Episode: Catalina Island Bison Herd from Atlas Obscura
May 25, 2023
An Episode Dedicated to the Ultimate Travel Companions—Our Mothers
May 11, 2023
Journalist Lyse Doucet Likes to Think of the BBC as Her Passport
May 04, 2023
Arsema Thomas on Filming the 'Bridgerton' Spin-Off in English Country Homes and Traveling Across Africa
Apr 27, 2023
What It Takes to Become a Free Diver, Caring for Our Oceans, and More
Apr 20, 2023
‘Love & Death’ Director Lesli Linka Glatter on Capturing Texas and Travels in Tokyo
Apr 13, 2023
The Weird and Wonderful World of Road Tripping
Apr 06, 2023
Traveling the World for Its Birds, With Mya-Rose Craig
Mar 30, 2023
Listener Stories From Around the World
Mar 23, 2023
What It's Like to Visit Every National Park in America
Mar 16, 2023
What Chelsea Handler Learned From Her 90-Stop U.S. Tour
Mar 09, 2023
Exploring European Cities On Foot
Mar 02, 2023
Telling the Stories of Indigenous Australia Through Dance
Feb 23, 2023
A Brazilian Journalist on Life in the Amazon
Feb 16, 2023
Is Travel Good for Your Relationship? We Tap Dr. Orna Guralnik for Answers
Feb 09, 2023
Author Fariha Roisin Asks: Who Is Wellness For?
Feb 02, 2023
Sophia Roe on Mushrooms, Growing Your Own Food, and Filming ‘Counter Space’ Around the Globe
Jan 26, 2023
Tanya Holland's California Soul
Jan 19, 2023
How Other Cultures Care For Their Dead—And What We Can Learn From Them
Jan 12, 2023
Blair Braverman on Surviving—and Embracing—Life in Extreme Cold
Jan 05, 2023
Happiness Expert Gretchen Rubin on Overcoming Travel Stress
Dec 15, 2022
An Extreme Runner on Tackling Mountain Trails in Bhutan, New Zealand, and More
Dec 08, 2022
What Our Voices Say About Us, With Actor Lake Bell
Dec 01, 2022
Reflections on Living Abroad
Nov 17, 2022
What We Learn About Ourselves When We Travel Solo
Nov 10, 2022
A Conversation About Iran Through Its Food
Nov 03, 2022
Witches and Rituals Around the Globe
Oct 27, 2022
The Kindness of Strangers
Oct 20, 2022
Seeing the World By Train
Oct 13, 2022
Exploring European Cities On Foot
Oct 06, 2022
Finding Connections In the Wilderness
Sep 29, 2022
Women Who Travel: New Season Preview
Sep 22, 2022
A Women Who Travel Update from Meredith
Jun 08, 2022
Women in Weed Are Breaking the 'Stoner Guy' Stereotype
Apr 20, 2022
How to Make Your Wellness Vacation Actually Relaxing
Apr 15, 2022
How to Get Yourself Moving After a Winter of Hibernation
Apr 14, 2022
What Does ‘Wellness’ Even Mean These Days?
Apr 07, 2022
The Best Books We've Read Recently
Mar 30, 2022
A Sexual Wellness Expert's Tips for Vacation Flings, Nakedness, and Self Love
Mar 23, 2022
How We're Making Slow Travel a Priority
Mar 18, 2022
All the Travel Goals We're Setting This Year
Mar 16, 2022
Where We're Dreaming of Traveling Next Year
Dec 02, 2021
Susan Sarandon on the Early Acting Jobs She Took Just to Travel
Nov 20, 2021
Our Favorite Holiday Gifts From Women-Owned Brands
Nov 12, 2021
Two Travelers on Exploring Sobriety at Home and On the Road
Nov 09, 2021
Poet Cleo Wade on the Difference Between Being Alone and Being Lonely
Oct 28, 2021
Answering Your Fall Travel Questions
Oct 20, 2021
Author Nadia Wassef on Life as a Cairo Bookseller
Oct 15, 2021
The Good, the Bad, and the Surprising Ways We’re Traveling Now
Oct 07, 2021
Laurie Woolever on Life as Anthony Bourdain’s Assistant—And Finding Her Groove as a Traveler
Sep 29, 2021
We Want to Hear from You!
Sep 22, 2021
How Our Relationship With Our Bodies Has Changed
Sep 15, 2021
Author Lauren Groff on the Trips That Have Inspired Her Books
Sep 08, 2021
I Deserve This: Searching for Peace and Serenity Underwater
Sep 01, 2021
How Hawa Hassan Built a Cookbook Around East African Grandmothers
Aug 25, 2021
Beach Reads to Get You Through the Rest of the Summer
Aug 11, 2021
Meet the Women Advocating for More Diverse Perspectives in Travel Media
Aug 04, 2021
Answering Your Questions About Passport Renewal, Solo Travel, and More
Jul 28, 2021
How to Spend All Those Points You’ve Accumulated on Travel
Jul 21, 2021
Photographer Cristina Mittermeier on Dedicating Her Life to the Ocean
Jul 15, 2021
How I Became a Champion for Responsible Travel
Jul 08, 2021
Sara Nelson Won't Stop Fighting for Flight Attendants
Jun 30, 2021
What It’s Like Traveling With Young Kids Right Now
Jun 28, 2021
Remembering How to Solo Travel Again
Jun 23, 2021
Planning an Outdoor Adventure This Summer? Start Here
Jun 18, 2021
Remember Fun? We're Having It This Summer
Jun 16, 2021
Women's Gear Still Isn't Where We Want It to Be
Jun 09, 2021
Why America’s Lesbian Bars Need Our Support More Than Ever
Jun 02, 2021
Musician Tkay Maidza on Carving Space for Herself in Australian Hip-Hop
May 26, 2021
Falling in Love with Solo Travel After Retirement
May 19, 2021
What It Actually Takes to Become a Van Lifer
May 13, 2021
Your Summer Travel Questions, Answered
May 05, 2021
The Books We Can’t Stop Talking About Right Now
Apr 28, 2021
Musician Michelle Zauner on Childhood Trips to Korea and the Food That Shaped Her
Apr 21, 2021
How to Shop for Meaningful Souvenirs
Apr 14, 2021
How Travel Has Helped Us Process Our Grief
Apr 07, 2021
How Padma Lakshmi Cooked Her Way Through the Pandemic
Mar 31, 2021
How Has the Travel Industry Supported the Black Community Since Last Summer?
Mar 24, 2021
What We Wish We Knew Before Moving Abroad
Mar 17, 2021
How Ceremonia's Babba Rivera Finds Joy in Challenging Times
Mar 10, 2021
The Outdoors Industry Needs to Elevate Native Women’s Voices
Mar 03, 2021
Finding Sisterhood Among Black Female Pilots
Feb 24, 2021
Handbag Designer Akosua Afriyie-Kumi on Finding Inspiration in Ghana
Feb 18, 2021
Immunity Passports, Free Flights, and Other Travel Questions, Answered
Feb 10, 2021
Where Do Restaurants Go From Here?
Feb 03, 2021
Getting Ready for Travel in a Post-Vaccine World
Jan 27, 2021
Travel Host Samantha Brown on Spending Nearly a Year at Home
Jan 20, 2021
The Books Helping Us Escape Right Now
Nov 18, 2020
Introducing SELF: Checking In
Nov 16, 2020
How I Became a Professional Surfer in Hawaii
Nov 11, 2020
How to Make Every Day Off Feel Like a Real Vacation
Nov 06, 2020
You’ve Got Holiday Travel Questions—We’ve Got Answers
Nov 04, 2020
Blair Braverman on What it Took to Complete the Iditarod
Oct 28, 2020
How the ‘Green Book’ Shaped a Generation of Black Travelers
Oct 21, 2020
How Hawa Hassan Built a Cookbook Around East African Grandmothers
Oct 14, 2020
4 Travelers on Life Around the World
Oct 07, 2020
Photographer Cristina Mittermeier on Dedicating Her Life to the Ocean
Sep 30, 2020
How We're Thinking About Money for Future Trips
Sep 23, 2020
I Deserve This: Searching for Peace and Serenity Underwater
Sep 18, 2020
Answering Your Travel Questions, Part 6
Sep 16, 2020
How Travel Taught Me to Love My Body
Sep 09, 2020
Author Yaa Gyasi on the Ghana Trip that Inspired ‘Homegoing’
Sep 02, 2020
Ruth Reichl on the Future of Restaurants and Traveling for Food
Aug 26, 2020
I Deserve This: Prioritizing Traveling for Myself
Aug 21, 2020
Women's Gear Still Isn't Where We Want It to Be
Aug 19, 2020
The Reality of Being a Digital Nomad
Aug 12, 2020
We’ve Got Even More Book Suggestions
Aug 05, 2020
Sara Nelson Won't Stop Fighting for Flight Attendants
Jul 29, 2020
I Deserve This: Traveling to Fuel My Creativity
Jul 24, 2020
A Candid Conversation on What Family Travel Means This Summer
Jul 22, 2020
How One Adventurer Spent 293 Days Alone at Sea
Jul 15, 2020
The Best Trips We've Taken Recently Are to the Wine Shop
Jul 08, 2020
How to Shop for Meaningful Souvenirs
Jul 01, 2020
A Conversation With Ibeyi, Music's Coolest Sister Act
Jun 24, 2020
Summer Travel Is All About Figuring Out Your Comfort Zone
Jun 17, 2020
How the Travel Industry Should Support Black Women
Jun 10, 2020
What It's Like Running a Restaurant Right Now
Jun 03, 2020
What Rock Climbing Taught Me About Facing My Fears
May 27, 2020
We Answer Your Most Pressing Questions About Coronavirus and Travel
May 19, 2020
Elizabeth Gilbert on Travel After "Eat, Pray, Love"
May 12, 2020
Catching Up with Catherine Cohen
May 05, 2020
The Books We’re Turning to Right Now
Apr 28, 2020
All Our Complicated Feelings About Travel Right Now
Apr 21, 2020
How I Became a Travel Writer: Sarah Khan on Life on the Road
Apr 14, 2020
Jenny Slate Says It's Okay to Feel Lonely
Apr 07, 2020
Samin Nosrat on the Joy of Home Cooking
Mar 31, 2020
How to Embrace Slowing Down
Mar 24, 2020
We Answer Your Frequently Asked Travel Questions, Part 5
Mar 17, 2020
Ban.do Founder Jen Gotch on Anxiety and the Power of Mini Vacations
Mar 11, 2020
How I Became the First Female CEO of a Major Cruise Line
Mar 03, 2020
Author Dolly Alderton on Growing Into Solo Travel
Feb 25, 2020
An Honest Conversation About Saving and Budgeting for Travel
Feb 19, 2020
All-Women Group Trips Bring Out the Best Parts of Travel
Feb 11, 2020
How to Balance Traveling for a Long-Distance Relationship
Feb 04, 2020
How I Visited Every Country in the World: Jessica Nabongo on Setting Records
Jan 29, 2020
How Travel Taught Me to Love My Body
Jan 22, 2020
The Best Books We Read Last Year
Jan 14, 2020
How I Became a Photojournalist: A Chat with Lynsey Addario
Jan 07, 2020
How to Find—And Book—a Spontaneous Flight Deal
Nov 20, 2019
Why You Really Need to Take All of Your Vacation Days
Nov 13, 2019
How Author Dina Nayeri's Refugee Experience Shaped the Way She Travels
Nov 05, 2019
We Answer Your Frequently Asked Travel Questions, Part 4
Oct 29, 2019
The Race to Visit Every Country in the World
Oct 22, 2019
Why We All Need to Slow Down When We Travel
Oct 16, 2019
How We Make the Most of Family Vacations
Oct 08, 2019
Meet the Women Behind Two of Portland's Buzziest Restaurants
Oct 01, 2019
I Traveled Around the World Because of a DNA Test
Sep 24, 2019
What It’s Like Eating at America’s Best New Restaurants for a Living
Sep 17, 2019
How to Actually Enjoy Your Next Work Trip
Sep 10, 2019
The Travels That Inspire Carla Lalli Music and Priya Krishna’s Cooking
Sep 03, 2019
Maria Sharapova on Tennis, Travel, and Why She Likes to Get Lost on Vacation
Aug 26, 2019
What I Learned From Full-Time Travel—And Why I Stopped
Aug 20, 2019
Author E. Jean Carroll on Her Feminist Road Trip Across America
Aug 13, 2019
How to Plan a Trip Around Someone Else's Wedding
Aug 06, 2019
In Conversation With Ibeyi, Music's Coolest Sister Act
Jul 30, 2019
We Answer Your Frequently Asked Travel Questions, Part 3
Jul 23, 2019
Blair Braverman on What it Took to Complete the Iditarod
Jul 16, 2019
How to Plan the Ultimate Road Trip
Jul 09, 2019
How Immigrant Parents Shaped Our Travel Experiences
Jul 02, 2019
The Best Books We've Read So Far This Year
Jun 25, 2019
Where We're Traveling This Summer
Jun 12, 2019
Elizabeth Gilbert on Travel After "Eat, Pray, Love"
Jun 04, 2019
How Ace Hotel's Creative Lead Changed the Game
May 29, 2019
How Evita Robinson Created a Community for Travelers of Color
May 21, 2019
Packing Tips from a Maximalist and Minimalist
May 14, 2019
We Learned How to Love Travel From Our Mothers
May 07, 2019
Why We Should All Be More Adventurous This Summer
May 01, 2019
Daunted by Points and Miles? We're Here to Help
Apr 23, 2019
We Answer Even More of Your Travel Questions
Apr 16, 2019
The Not-So-Glamorous Side of Solo Travel
Apr 09, 2019
The Challenges of Captaining a Cruise Ship
Apr 02, 2019
Talking Success and Self-Care with Chef Missy Robbins
Mar 26, 2019
How Liz Lambert Built Her Dream Hotels
Mar 19, 2019
How We Chose the Most Powerful Women in Travel
Mar 13, 2019
The Travels That Inspire Our Cooking
Mar 05, 2019
Secrets of Away Luggage
Feb 26, 2019
Everything You Need to Know About Solo Safaris
Feb 19, 2019
Why You Really Need to Take All of Your Vacation Days
Feb 12, 2019
The Joy of All-Women Trips
Feb 05, 2019
We Answer Your Frequently Asked Travel Questions
Jan 30, 2019
The Chefs Transforming the Washington D.C. Food Scene
Jan 22, 2019
The Race to Visit Every Country in the World
Jan 15, 2019
What It's Really Like To Move Abroad
Jan 07, 2019
Our Travel Resolutions for 2019
Dec 31, 2018
The Best Books We Traveled With This Year
Dec 24, 2018
In Conversation With the Absolutely Delightful Samin Nosrat
Dec 17, 2018
Everything We Want for Christmas This Year
Dec 12, 2018
We Planned Your First Trip to Miami
Dec 03, 2018
This 26-Year-Old Pilot Flew Halfway Around the World
Nov 26, 2018
How Samantha Brown Got Her Start
Nov 19, 2018
What It Takes to Bike the Silk Road in 10 Months
Nov 12, 2018
Two Super-Travelers on Everywhere They Went While Pregnant
Nov 05, 2018
How to Plan a Last-Minute Trip
Oct 29, 2018
The Not-So-Glamorous Side of Solo Travel
Oct 15, 2018
How Immigrant Parents Shaped Our Travel Experiences
Oct 08, 2018
How to Budget for Your Dream Vacation
Oct 01, 2018
Everything You’ve Wanted to Ask About Solo Travel
Sep 25, 2018
What We Would've Done Differently on Study Abroad
Sep 17, 2018
Our Worst Airport Habits
Sep 10, 2018
Our Most Unexpected Travel Wins
Aug 27, 2018
A Record-Setting Swimmer on Seeing the World by Water
Aug 20, 2018
How to Never Blow a Family Vacation Again
Aug 13, 2018
Secrets of Away Luggage
Aug 06, 2018
Traveling with a Fugitive Father
Jul 23, 2018
So You Want to Book a Cruise
Jul 16, 2018
What It's Really Like to Move Abroad
Jul 09, 2018
The Curse of the Beach Read
Jun 25, 2018
The Best Meals We've Ever Eaten
Jun 11, 2018
How to Plan Your First Trip to Europe
Jun 04, 2018
How to Plan the Ultimate Road Trip
May 28, 2018
Haven't Planned a Summer Vacation? We'll Do It For You
May 14, 2018
What It's Like to Solo-Sail the Pacific Ocean
May 07, 2018
Three Women Share Their Tips on Traveling to Antarctica
Apr 30, 2018
Journalist Kim Barker on Work Trips to War Zones
Apr 23, 2018
Can You Visit Every Country in the World Without Burning Out?
Apr 09, 2018
Author Meg Wolitzer On the Travels That Inspire Her Books
Apr 02, 2018
The Women Owning Adventure Travel Right Now
Mar 26, 2018
The Women Saving Our Oceans
Mar 19, 2018
What We Get Right About Accessible Travel
Mar 12, 2018
How to Avoid the Pitfalls of Group Travel
Jan 29, 2018
A Guide to Planning Your First Trip Abroad
Jan 22, 2018
The Travel Industry Needs to Do More for Women of Color
Jan 15, 2018
What We've Learned by Traveling as Mothers
Jan 08, 2018
How Social Media Has Changed the Way We Travel
Jan 01, 2018
The Women Changing How We Eat and Drink
Dec 18, 2017
Why Travel Only Gets Better as We Get Older
Dec 11, 2017
Everything You’ve Wanted to Ask About Solo Travel
Dec 04, 2017