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Seth Kugel on how to (truly) get off the beaten path as a global traveler
“The reason to go to a place is not to have just been to that place…travel is not just a bunch of checklists.” –...
Sports-movie screenwriter Bettina Gilois on the art of depicting true-life stories
“Before I do anything else, I ask myself what is the deepest truth about the story that I’m telling.” – Bettina Gilois Bettina Gilois...
Why David Lynch’s The Straight Story is a travel classic (and how it got made)
“Art is a human being wanting to express ‘I was,’ that ‘I existed.’” – John E. Roach John E. Roach is a television and...
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Celebrating the best travel movies ever (and what, exactly, makes them good)
“We are all one seat away on the train from meeting the person that could change our lives.” – Kevin Smokler In this episode...
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Storming (and making sense of) Leonardo DiCaprio’s The Beach, 20 years later
“The movie does feel so dated…and yet, there’s a part of me that can relate to traveling across the world, landing somewhere, finding yourself...
Author Dave Cullen on what the media gets wrong after mass-shootings
“Gun owners love their children too and don’t like this situation either.” – Dave Cullen Dave Cullen (@DaveCullen) is a journalist and the New...