Chance Encounters

By CNN Podcasts

The unexpected connections you make while traveling can change your life: from romance that sparks at 30,000 feet to unlikely friendships that begin on the road. Chance Encounters, the podcast compani... more

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How many episodes does Chance Encounters have?

The podcast currently has 16 episodes available.

Chance Encounters episodes:

March 10, 2025 “After that night we were instantly like best friends.”
Adopted from South Korea to the US as a baby, Linsay DeBates returned to her birth country for the first time in 2000, aged 19. By chance, she met fellow American Doug Gist during the trip and a friendship began that continues 25 years later.

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March 03, 2025 “I found the guy I'm going to marry on a trail.”
Trish Salazar and Aaron Toro connected instantly while trekking in Utah’s Bryce Canyon National Park. Within days, they were committed to a long-distance relationship and planning a future together. Then life took another unexpected turn.

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February 24, 2025 "We went out skinny-dipping that night."
Canadian student Bianca Gignac only had a few days left in Italy when she crossed paths with Italian local Alessandro Morelli in the beautiful Cinque Terre region. Here's what happened when she decided to stay longer.

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February 17, 2025 " We started flirting in Mongolia. We kissed in Siberia, somewhere on the train."
Frenchwoman Marie-Claire Martineau and American traveler Elaine Comerford were thrown together by fate on board the Trans-Siberian Railway in the summer of 1991. Here's how that serendipitous railway journey turned into a decades-spanning romance.

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16min
February 10, 2025 “Just a brief second can change things in a wonderful way in life."
Italian traveler Cristina Farina arrived in London in the summer of 1984, only to be stood up by a man she met on an airplane. But then Cristina started chatting with American stranger Matt Reineke in London’s Trafalgar Square, changing the course of their lives forever.

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16min
February 05, 2025 Introducing: Chance Encounters
The unexpected connections you make while traveling can change your life: from romance that sparks at 30,000 feet to unlikely friendships that begin on the road. Chance Encounters - the hit column on CNN.com from Francesca Street - chronicling incredible real-life stories of unforgettable travel connections makes its podcast debut with CNN Audio just in time for Valentine’s Day 2025. Each week, Francesca brings us incredible stories of travel connections.

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How many episodes does Chance Encounters have?

The podcast currently has 16 episodes available.

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