The Travel Writing Podcast by Intrepid Times is the go-to podcast for wanderers, writers, and passionate travelers. Every other Friday, we share new episodes that include everything from in-depth interviews with renowned travel writers, conversations centered on sharing tips and tricks for your own travel writing, and behind-the-scenes insight into our most popular travel stories. Make sure to subscribe so you never miss an episode!
Riley Ringer Reads "Taking My Sick Inner Child on an Impossible Machu Picchu Adventure"
10 mins; March 27, 2026
What Do Travel Writers Do When Travel is Disrupted?
27 mins; March 21, 2026
Caroline Mills on 'Solastalgia' and Making Slow Travel Work as a Professional Travel Writer
28 mins; March 15, 2026
Valley Haggard on Why Your Writing Matters - Even When No One is Reading
32 mins; March 07, 2026
Tom Sykes Asks the Hard Questions About Anxiety and Travel
33 mins; February 27, 2026
Writing for BBC Travel and Travel & Leisure After an 18 Year Corporate Career with Phil Thomas
29 mins; February 18, 2026
Meera Dattani Takes Us Behind the Editor's Desk at Adventure.com and Talks 20 Years of Freelance Writing
33 mins; February 06, 2026
Charly Wilder: From the New York Times Travel Section to Executive Editor at Roads & Kingdoms
40 mins; January 30, 2026
Editor's Travel Writing Picks: B.A. Van Sise Reads "The Saints and All Their Bones"
13 mins; January 25, 2026
Hilary Bradt, Co-Founder of Bradt Guides, on 50 Years of Travel, Publishing, and Writing
31 mins; January 09, 2026
End of Year Rant: 4 Tough Questions for Those Who (Still) Believe in Travel and Writing
15 mins; December 28, 2025
Sam Baldwin on Japan, Slovenia, and Why Travel Memoir Still Matters
38 mins; December 21, 2025
Exploring Timor-Leste and Volunteering as a Means of Long-Term World Travel With Jonty Crane
46 mins; December 12, 2025
Understanding Chile with Author and Adventurer Natascha Scott-Stokes
37 mins; December 05, 2025
Tim van Es Discusses "The Chaiwallah" and His Journey from Corporate Burnout to Amazon Bestselling Novelist [Part 2/2]
31 mins; November 28, 2025
Tim van Es shares The Story Behind "The Chaiwallah" and his Journey from Corporate Executive to Full-Time Novelist [Part 1/2]
30 mins; November 20, 2025
Mike Robertson, Founder of Sun Rider Press, on the Bleeding Edge of Independent Travel Book Publishing
34 mins; November 14, 2025
Matt Wilson on Building a Travel Business Empire While Roaming the Globe
31 mins; November 07, 2025
65 Years of Travel Writing History with Daniel James Clarke from the British Guild of Travel Writers (BGTW)
32 mins; October 29, 2025
"Tourists Go Home!" Daniel Maurer on Overtourism, Traveler's Guilt, and the Future of Travel
34 mins; October 24, 2025
Stranded in Remote Peru, Brad Fox Ate Psychedelic Plants and Wrote About the Depths of the Ocean
38 mins; October 13, 2025
Laika in Russia, Driving in Alaska, Myths in Iceland, and the Writer's Life with Kurt Caswell
45 mins; October 06, 2025
James Briggs Followed David Bowie from Ibiza to the Norfolk Broads - And Lived to Publish the Tale
30 mins; September 26, 2025
How Travel Writing Awards Catupulted Dom Tulett into Publication
27 mins; September 20, 2025
Behind the Scenes of "Small Earthquakes" - Telling The British South America Story with Shafik Meghji
38 mins; September 10, 2025
From Zero to National Geographic; Jamie Edwards' Story of Travel Writing and Parenthood
31 mins; September 02, 2025
Luke Waterson on the Travel Writing Career, Fatherhood Amidst Seperation, and Trading the Amazon Rainforest for Backcountry Britain
46 mins; August 15, 2025
Daniel Stables on The Wild, Otherworldly Festivals that Define Our Humanity
33 mins; July 05, 2025
Reid Mitenbuler on Peter Freuchen's Greenland, The Lost Age of Exploration, and the Future of Storytelling
35 mins; June 23, 2025
From Sushi to Satanism; the Unique Travel Writing Career of La Carmina
32 mins; June 13, 2025
Mark Agnew on Resilience, Setting Records, and Conquering the Northwest Passage
31 mins; June 08, 2025
On Travel and Fatherhood - Ash Bhardwaj Returns to the Travel Writing Podcast!
34 mins; May 16, 2025
A Celebration of Unsung Cities: Interview with Ben Aitken
29 mins; May 09, 2025
Finding Peace as a Professional Travel Writer and Media Personality - Interview with Shebs Alom
33 mins; May 02, 2025
Mapping Murders: Interview with True Crime Travel Writer Dawn Barclay
24 mins; April 25, 2025
Reclaiming a Lost Eastern Europe: Interview with Jacob Mikanowski
33 mins; March 27, 2025
Getting into the Biggest Travel Publications: Interview with David Farley
40 mins; February 17, 2025
How to Stay Creatively Alive While Writing for Corporations (and More) with Dustin Grinnell
34 mins; December 22, 2024
The Travel Writer in Cáceres‎ - Interview with Troy Nahumko
31 mins; December 16, 2024
Money and Income for Travel Writers with Tim Leffel (The Truth...)
29 mins; October 21, 2024
Malta Vice - Narrating Organized Crime and Corruption in Paradise - an Interview with Ryan Murdock
48 mins; October 05, 2024
The Slow Road To Tehran: Interview With Rebecca Lowe
51 mins; September 06, 2024
How to Write About Negative Travel Experiences
42 mins; August 23, 2024
Enchanted Islands: Interview With Laura Coffey
33 mins; August 03, 2024
The Travelling Ape: Interview With Mike Richards
34 mins; July 19, 2024
From Tax Accountant to Full-Time Writer: A Conversation With JT Genter
27 mins; July 05, 2024
The Camino for the Rest of Us: Interview With Tim Mathis
38 mins; June 21, 2024
The New Tourist: Interview With Paige McClanahan
37 mins; June 07, 2024
Traveling to the Dark Side of Literature: A Conversation With Brad Kelly
40 mins; May 24, 2024
A Nuanced Look at Sustainable Tourism: A Conversation With Jeremy Sampson
37 mins; May 10, 2024
Writing Your Story Is Important...So Is Editing It
23 mins; April 26, 2024
What It Means to Be a Writer in a World With AI
36 mins; April 12, 2024
Why We Travel: Interview With Ash Bhardwaj
28 mins; March 29, 2024
The Travel Writing Lifestyle: Interview With Katie Silcox
27 mins; March 15, 2024
Has The Internet Ruined Travel Writing?
20 mins; March 01, 2024
How Travel Writing Changes Travel
32 mins; February 16, 2024
Travels With the War Nerd: Interview With John Dolan
37 mins; February 02, 2024
Truth in Travel Writing: A Conversation With Tim Hannigan
56 mins; January 18, 2024
A Look Back at Travel Writing in 2023
31 mins; January 05, 2024
My Family and Other Enemies: Interview With Mary Novakovich
33 mins; December 22, 2023
The Countries Are Not Enough: Interview With NomadMania Founder, Harry Mitsidis
36 mins; December 08, 2023
From Working-Class Glasgow to the New York Times: Interview With Jamie Lafferty
37 mins; November 24, 2023
Can Travel Treat Anxiety?
35 mins; November 10, 2023
Why Being a Good Reader Makes You a Better Writer: A Conversation With Jeffrey Skoblow
43 mins; October 27, 2023
From Thai Writing Prodigy to Hollywood, South Africa, and Beyond: Interview With Pier Nirandara
32 mins; October 13, 2023
Elixir: Interview with Kapka Kassabova
43 mins; September 29, 2023
Grab Attention and Don't Let It Go
27 mins; September 15, 2023
Tracking Down a Story in Mongolia With a Travel Journalist
25 mins; August 31, 2023
Can Travel Change You?
37 mins; August 18, 2023
The Granite Kingdom: Interview With Tim Hannigan
46 mins; August 03, 2023
Untethered: Interview with Nathan James Thomas
27 mins; June 14, 2023
Behind the Scenes of a Travel Writing Competition
46 mins; May 15, 2023
Crossed Off the Map: Interview with Shafik Meghji
38 mins; April 07, 2023
On Becoming a Writer in 2023: A Conversation with the Editors of Intrepid Times
43 mins; March 17, 2023
Eat, Pray, Write: A Conversation with the Editors of Intrepid Times
45 mins; February 23, 2023
Invited to Life: Interview with Photojournalist B.A. Van Sise
36 mins; January 10, 2023
Nomads: Interview with Anthony Sattin
27 mins; June 20, 2022
The Best British Travel Writing: Interview with Jessica Vincent
20 mins; March 11, 2022
Travel Writing, One Year On (Writing Masterclass)
64 hours 2 mins; April 27, 2021
Travel Writers, Here's Why You Need to Journal Even When You're at Home
1 min; September 07, 2020
How Writing Teaches You About Yourself
55 secs; August 13, 2020
The Power of Storytelling - Clip from Travel Writing Masterclass #3
4 mins; July 15, 2020
Taster: When To Put Yourself in A Travel Story with Thomas Heaton
56 secs; June 03, 2020
Travel Writing Tips: Write an Irresistible First Paragraph
36 secs; May 22, 2020
Interview with Photojournalist B.A. Van Sise
35 mins; September 11, 2019
Three Minutes in Poland - Interview with Glenn Kurtz
30 mins; September 17, 2017
The Best Waterskier in Luxembourg: Big Fish in Small Communities with Keith Kahn-Harris
33 mins; June 19, 2017
Mysteries in New Zealand and Beyond - Interview with Charles Anderson
25 mins; February 09, 2017
Seven Years On the Road – Interview with Colin Wright
31 mins; December 28, 2016
From Sichuan to Cairo – Interview With Peter Hessler
27 mins; December 20, 2016
Tales of Old Shanghai - Interview with Katya Knyazeva
40 mins; December 05, 2016
Night Train to Mandalay
9 mins; September 24, 2016
Wish Lanterns – Young Lives in New China, Interview With Alec Ash
27 mins; September 19, 2016
Nick Hunt - Walking The Woods and the Water Interview for Intrepid Times