Travel Writing World

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With an emphasis on non-fiction travel books, books on place, nature writing, and travel literature, host Jeremy Bassetti talks with the world’s most celebrated writers about their work and about the business and craft of travel writing in this award-winning podcast. Past guests include travel writers like Paul Theroux, Pico Iyer, and Rolf Potts. The show also covers topics related to travel journalism and travel photography.

Recent Episodes
  • Thomas Bird – Harmony Express: Travels by Train Through China
    Nov 22, 2023 – 39:56
  • Thomas Swick – Falling Into Place: A Story of Love, Poland, and the Making of a Travel Writer
    Nov 16, 2023 – 31:33
  • Jeremy Bassetti Speaks with Ryan Murdock about “The Hill of the Skull”
    Oct 12, 2023 – 53:57
  • “The Hill of the Skull” Book Launch on Kickstarter
    Sep 25, 2023 – 2:14
  • Tom Parfitt – High Caucasus
    Jul 20, 2023 – 27:49
  • Jeff Biggers – In Sardinia
    Jun 21, 2023 – 35:50
  • Tim Hannigan – The Granite Kingdom
    May 11, 2023 – 34:04
  • Leon McCarron – Wounded Tigris
    Apr 6, 2023 – 35:18
  • Announcing “The Hill of the Skull”
    Feb 20, 2023 – 3:43
  • J.F. Penn – Pilgrimage and Perspective
    Jan 23, 2023 – 30:41
  • Pico Iyer – The Half Known Life: In Search of Paradise
    Jan 11, 2023 – 32:26
  • Sara Wheeler and Bill Colegrave
    Nov 2, 2022 – 28:25
  • Michelle Jana Chan and Bill Colegrave
    Oct 17, 2022 – 28:26
  • Alexander Frater and Bill Colegrave
    Oct 3, 2022 – 24:27
  • Tony Wheeler and Bill Colegrave
    Sep 19, 2022 – 33:09
  • Bill Colegrave and “Scraps of Wool”
    Sep 5, 2022 – 32:56
  • Jennifer Barclay on Working in a Taverna in Greece and Being a Literary Agent
    Aug 22, 2022 – 37:21
  • Mary Novakovich on Croatia and “My Family and Other Enemies”
    Aug 8, 2022 – 25:07
  • Announcement: 30 Days in the Andes
    Jul 25, 2022 – 1:53
  • Robert Kaplan and the Adriatic
    Jul 11, 2022 – 20:36
  • Benedict Allen, Explorer and The Quest for Adventure
    Jun 27, 2022 – 29:25
  • David Eimer on Burma and Travel Literature
    Jun 13, 2022 – 32:46
  • Shafik Meghji and “Crossed Off the Map: Travels in Bolivia”
    May 30, 2022 – 30:16
  • Nicholas Jubber and “The Fairy Tellers”
    May 16, 2022 – 39:16
  • Marcia DeSanctis and “A Hard Place to Leave”
    May 2, 2022 – 44:15
  • Rebecca Lowe and “The Slow Road to Tehran”
    Apr 18, 2022 – 40:46
  • The Worst Journey in the World with Sara Wheeler and Jonathan Chatwin
    Apr 4, 2022 – 33:01
  • Letter to a Stranger with Colleen Kinder
    Mar 21, 2022 – 47:34
  • The Best British Travel Writing of the 21st Century with Jess Vincent
    Mar 7, 2022 – 27:37
  • Mad Travelers and Self-Publishing Essay Collections with Dave Seminara
    Feb 21, 2022 – 36:31
  • Live Event with Colin Thubron and Tharik Hussain at Stanfords, London on March 2, 2022
    Feb 17, 2022 – 1:30
  • Travel Photography with Nori Jemil
    Feb 7, 2022 – 42:48
  • An Indian Among Los Indigenas with Ursula Pike
    Jan 24, 2022 – 34:40
  • Travel Writing in the Age of Global Quarantine with Gary Fisher and David Robinson
    Jan 10, 2022 – 40:48
  • Cal Flyn on Genre, Form, and Islands of Abandonment
    Dec 20, 2021 – 32:05
  • Pedalling to Kailash with Graydon Hazenberg
    Dec 6, 2021 – 39:34
  • Wales, Homesickness, & “The Long Field” with Pamela Petro
    Nov 29, 2021 – 43:14
  • The Magdalena River, Storytelling, & Community with Jordan Salama
    Nov 22, 2021 – 27:04
  • Bonus Episode: A Conversation with J.R. Patterson, Freelance Travel Writer and Book Reviewer
    Nov 15, 2021 – 40:51
  • Minarets in the Mountains with Tharik Hussain
    Nov 8, 2021 – 51:56
  • A Thing of Beauty: Travels in Mythical and Modern Greece with Peter Fiennes
    Oct 25, 2021 – 27:48
  • Bonus Episode: A Conversation with Amanda Kendle, Host of the Thoughtful Travel Podcast
    Oct 18, 2021 – 49:42
  • The End of an Era: The Last Best American Travel Writing with Jason Wilson
    Oct 11, 2021 – 31:59
  • Walking and Writing with Robert Martineau
    Sep 27, 2021 – 34:06
  • The Amur River and Aging with Colin Thubron
    Sep 13, 2021 – 25:04
  • Penguins and Photography Projects with Charles Bergman
    Aug 30, 2021 – 38:05
  • Along the Amber Route with CJ Schuler
    Aug 16, 2021 – 42:40
  • The Lost Pianos of Siberia with Sophy Roberts
    Aug 2, 2021 – 48:32
  • Laurie Lee’s “As I Walked Out One Midsummer Morning” with Jessica Vincent
    Jul 19, 2021 – 1:01:27
  • Patrick Leigh Fermor’s “A Time of Gifts” with Artemis Cooper, Nick Hunt, and Colin Thubron
    Jul 5, 2021 – 1:01:30
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