Going Places

Today, we're speaking with Joe Baur, a Berlin-based travel, food, and adventure writer and filmmaker. We first connected on a media trip to Okinawa, Japan, last Fall.

Born and raised just outside of Cleveland, Joe has now circumvented the globe, hitting the trails as often as possible in search of stories and new ways to torture himself–all of which he documents on his YouTube channel.

Become a Going Places member for as little as $6 a month. Visit our reimagined platform at goingplacesmedia.com to learn more.

Thanks to our Founding Member: RISE Travel Institute, a nonprofit with a mission to create a more just and equitable world through travel education.

• How people learn the myth of America The Greatest
• Why Joe considers himself an immigrant, not an expat
• Why Joe moved to Germany
• How living in Berlin impacted Joe's views on American life
• What it’s like running a marathon in the Omani desert
• Why Joe travels to run
• What's aging in reverse and how you can do it too
• What gives Joe hope

• Follow @baurjoe on Instagram
• Listen to Joe's Travel Tomorrow podcast
• Read Joe's newsletter, Without A Path
• Watch Joe's Okinawa film on YouTube
• Learn more about the Oman Desert Marathon

Going Places is a reader-supported platform. Get membership perks like a monthly group call with Yulia at goingplacesmedia.com!

For more BTS of this podcast follow @goingplacesmedia on Instagram and check out our videos on YouTube!

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Going Places with Yulia Denisyuk is a show that sparks a better understanding of people and places near and far by fostering a space for real conversations to occur. Each week, we sit down with travelers, journalists, creators, and people living and working in destinations around the world. Hosted by Yulia Denisyuk, an award-winning travel journalist, photographer, and writer who's worked with National Geographic, The New York Times, BBC Travel, and more. 

Learn more about our show at goingplacesmedia.com.

Today, we're speaking with Marie Ostblom from the Stockholm Archipelago Trail. The archipelago, larger than the famous Greek islands, is so close to Stockholm that it might just be the city’s best-kept secret.

The newly opened Stockholm Archipelago Trail connects 20 of the archipelago’s 30,000 islands via a series of footpaths made by goats, sheep, and Vikings.

Become a Going Places member for as little as $6 a month. Visit our reimagined platform at goingplacesmedia.com to learn more.

Thanks to our Founding Member: RISE Travel Institute, a nonprofit with a mission to create a more just and equitable world through travel education.

• Why Yulia loves Stockholm (and she’s never been)
• The misperception of Vikings (were they original influencers?)
• What Vikings have in common with ancient nomads of Central Asia
• The right to roam everywhere vs the right to shoot trespassers
• Why the archipelago is Stockholm’s best-kept secret
• What life is like in the Stockholm Archipelago
• How going on the trail helps travelers see the impact of the climate crisis
• How the industrial world disconnected us from nature–and how to get it back
• What happened when we put up the world’s first fence?
• What is eco-awakening
• What gives Marie hope today

• Follow Stockholm Archipelago on Instagram
• Learn more about Stockholm Archipelago Trail
• Check out Yulia's favorite story, Karlsson on the Roof
• Read Vikings Beyond The Stereotype
• Read Yulia's TIME Magazine story about the new trail

Going Places is a reader-supported platform. Get membership perks like a monthly group call with Yulia at goingplacesmedia.com!

For more BTS of this podcast follow @goingplacesmedia on Instagram and check out our videos on YouTube!

Please head over to Apple Podcasts and SUBSCRIBE to the show. If you enjoy this conversation, please share it with others on social and don’t forget to tag us @goingplacesmedia!

And show us some love, if you have a minute, by rating Going Places or leaving us a review wherever you listen. You’ll be helping us to bend the arc of algorithms towards our community — thank you!

Going Places with Yulia Denisyuk is a show that sparks a better understanding of people and places near and far by fostering a space for real conversations to occur. Each week, we sit down with travelers, journalists, creators, and people living and working in destinations around the world. Hosted by Yulia Denisyuk, an award-winning travel journalist, photographer, and writer who's worked with National Geographic, The New York Times, BBC Travel, and more. 

Learn more about our show at goingplacesmedia.com.

Today, we're welcoming Alex Reynolds, a traveler building a radically different hostel in Pakistan's Ishkoman Valley.

Alex is an American travel photographer, writer, and solo female traveler whose work has been featured on Lonely Planet, BBC Travel, AP News, and more. She’s scrambled up fortress ruins in Afghanistan, galloped horses across the Kyrgyz steppe, and motorbiked from Pakistan to France.

Become a Going Places member for as little as $6 a month. Visit our reimagined platform at goingplacesmedia.com to learn more.

Thanks to our Founding Member: RISE Travel Institute, a nonprofit with a mission to create a more just and equitable world through travel education.

• What it was like traveling to Chechnya
• How colonialism shows up when we travel
• What Gaza has taught the world
• Traveler vs tourist: why Alex thinks it doesn't matter
• Building a sustainable hostel in Pakistan’s Ishkoman Valley
• From nomading to settling down in brick and mortar
• Why Alex and I both love the Kazakh steppes
• Does Alex still have faith in humanity?
• Traveling as a woman in the world of creepy men
• Would women at the helm fix everything?
• Where Alex finds hope these days

• Follow @lostwithpurpose on Instagram
• Read Alex's post on tourist privilege
• Follow Alex's Chechnya stories
• Check out Alex's Pakistan motorcycle tours
• Support the hostel with this GoFundMe campaign

Going Places is a reader-supported platform. Get membership perks like a monthly group call with Yulia at goingplacesmedia.com!

For more BTS of this podcast follow @goingplacesmedia on Instagram and check out our videos on YouTube!

Please head over to Apple Podcasts and SUBSCRIBE to the show. If you enjoy this conversation, please share it with others on social and don’t forget to tag us @goingplacesmedia!

And show us some love, if you have a minute, by rating Going Places or leaving us a review wherever you listen. You’ll be helping us to bend the arc of algorithms towards our community — thank you!

Going Places with Yulia Denisyuk is a show that sparks a better understanding of people and places near and far by fostering a space for real conversations to occur. Each week, we sit down with travelers, journalists, creators, and people living and working in destinations around the world. Hosted by Yulia Denisyuk, an award-winning travel journalist, photographer, and writer who's worked with National Geographic, The New York Times, BBC Travel, and more. 

Learn more about our show at goingplacesmedia.com.

Welcome back to season 12! 

Today, we're digging into what you can expect from us going forward, our thoughts on the kind of place we're building in our corner of the internet, and how you can join us.

I'll also share 5 reasons to join our reader- and audience-supported community, including getting on a monthly group call with Yulia every First Friday of the month.

Become a Going Places member for as little as $6 a month. Visit our reimagined platform at goingplacesmedia.com to learn more.

Thanks to our Founding Member: RISE Travel Institute, a nonprofit with a mission to create a more just and equitable world through travel education.

Going Places is a reader-supported platform. Get membership perks like a monthly group call with Yulia at goingplacesmedia.com!

For more BTS of this podcast follow @goingplacesmedia on Instagram and check out our videos on YouTube!

Please head over to Apple Podcasts and SUBSCRIBE to the show. If you enjoy this conversation, please share it with others on social and don’t forget to tag us @goingplacesmedia!

And show us some love, if you have a minute, by rating Going Places or leaving us a review wherever you listen. You’ll be helping us to bend the arc of algorithms towards our community — thank you!

Going Places with Yulia Denisyuk is a show that sparks a better understanding of people and places near and far by fostering a space for real conversations to occur. Each week, we sit down with travelers, journalists, creators, and people living and working in destinations around the world. Hosted by Yulia Denisyuk, an award-winning travel journalist, photographer, and writer who's worked with National Geographic, The New York Times, BBC Travel, and more. 

Learn more about our show at goingplacesmedia.com.

Welcome back to season 12! 

Going Places features weekly interviews with people near and far who make our world better. At the core of it, it's about cultivating hope. And we need that feeling of hope more than ever right now.

Here's a preview of who you're going to meet in Season 12:

• Natasha Hakimi Zapata, an award-winning journalist who wrote a book called Another World is Possible: Lessons for America from Across the World
• Alex Reynolds, a traveler building a radically different hostel in Pakistan’s Ishkoman Valley
• Marie Ostblom from Stockholm Archipelago Trail reminding us about the human right to roam and why we should not be afraid of the forest

Today, I have a BIG announcement to make. 

We just launched Going Places as a reader-supported platform. On it, we feature Indigenous art collectives in Algeria and Quechua language guardians from Peru to center and celebrate Indigenous voices and build bridges, not walls.

Reader-supported means that you can be in community with us on this journey. Become a Going Places member for as little as $6 a month and get the perks like getting on a group call with Yulia every month to ask questions, get advice, and be in community with each other.

Visit our reimagined platform at goingplacesmedia.com to learn more.

Thanks to our Founding Member: RISE Travel Institute, a nonprofit with a mission to create a more just and equitable world through travel education.

Going Places is a reader-supported platform. Get membership perks like a monthly group call with Yulia at goingplacesmedia.com!

For more BTS of this podcast follow @goingplacesmedia on Instagram and check out our videos on YouTube!

Please head over to Apple Podcasts and SUBSCRIBE to the show. If you enjoy this conversation, please share it with others on social and don’t forget to tag us @goingplacesmedia!

And show us some love, if you have a minute, by rating Going Places or leaving us a review wherever you listen. You’ll be helping us to bend the arc of algorithms towards our community — thank you!

Going Places with Yulia Denisyuk is a show that sparks a better understanding of people and places near and far by fostering a space for real conversations to occur. Each week, we sit down with travelers, journalists, creators, and people living and working in destinations around the world. Hosted by Yulia Denisyuk, an award-winning travel journalist, photographer, and writer who's worked with National Geographic, The New York Times, BBC Travel, and more. 

Learn more about our show at goingplacesmedia.com.

Note to listeners: our new season returns next week!

Today, we're speaking with Janine Jervis, a dear friend who's worked for Visit Jordan for 17 years and who currently serves as their North American Communications Director.

Reminder: I'm running a 10-day group trip to Jordan this May. The trip runs from May 18th to 27th and you can get all the information by visiting here. The last day to join our trip is Friday, April 18th.

Original Air Date: Jan 24, 2024.

• Janine’s extensive experience in the travel and tourism industry
• What Janine's initial perceptions of Jordan were
• The ongoing tragedy in Gaza and its impact on Jordan's mood and tourism industry
• The role of tourism in supporting local communities and economies
• Janine tells us about the women in Jordan who are making a positive impact in Jordan and the region
• Janine and Yulia reflect on the hospitality of Bedouin communities in Wadi Rum

• Connect with Janine on LinkedIn
• Read Janine's Visit Jordan blog, Falling in Love with Jordan
• Learn more about our upcoming trip to Jordan in May here

Get more information at: Going Places website

Going Places is a reader-supported platform. Get membership perks like a monthly group call with Yulia at goingplacesmedia.com!

For more BTS of this podcast follow @goingplacesmedia on Instagram and check out our videos on YouTube!

Please head over to Apple Podcasts and SUBSCRIBE to the show. If you enjoy this conversation, please share it with others on social and don’t forget to tag us @goingplacesmedia!

And show us some love, if you have a minute, by rating Going Places or leaving us a review wherever you listen. You’ll be helping us to bend the arc of algorithms towards our community — thank you!

Going Places with Yulia Denisyuk is a show that sparks a better understanding of people and places near and far by fostering a space for real conversations to occur. Each week, we sit down with travelers, journalists, creators, and people living and working in destinations around the world. Hosted by Yulia Denisyuk, an award-winning travel journalist, photographer, and writer who's worked with National Geographic, The New York Times, BBC Travel, and more. 

Learn more about our show at goingplacesmedia.com.

Note to listeners: we're currently on hiatus, returning with new episodes in April 2025. Until then, we're sharing some of our favorite episodes from the archive each week.

Today, I'm sharing with you perhaps one of my most personal stories. It was published in AFAR Magazine in 2022.

Reminder: I'm running a 10-day group trip to Jordan this May. The trip runs from May 18th to 27th and you can get all the information by visiting here. The last day to join our trip is Friday, April 18th.

Original Air Date: July 5, 2023.

• AFAR: In Barcelona for Vacation and Fertility Treatment
• Learn more about our upcoming trip to Jordan in May here

Get more information at: Going Places website

Going Places is a reader-supported platform. Get membership perks like a monthly group call with Yulia at goingplacesmedia.com!

For more BTS of this podcast follow @goingplacesmedia on Instagram and check out our videos on YouTube!

Please head over to Apple Podcasts and SUBSCRIBE to the show. If you enjoy this conversation, please share it with others on social and don’t forget to tag us @goingplacesmedia!

And show us some love, if you have a minute, by rating Going Places or leaving us a review wherever you listen. You’ll be helping us to bend the arc of algorithms towards our community — thank you!

Going Places with Yulia Denisyuk is a show that sparks a better understanding of people and places near and far by fostering a space for real conversations to occur. Each week, we sit down with travelers, journalists, creators, and people living and working in destinations around the world. Hosted by Yulia Denisyuk, an award-winning travel journalist, photographer, and writer who's worked with National Geographic, The New York Times, BBC Travel, and more. 

Learn more about our show at goingplacesmedia.com.

Note to listeners: we're currently on hiatus, returning with new episodes in April 2025. Until then, we're sharing some of our favorite episodes from the archive each week.

Today, we're speaking with Nikki Vargas, a senior editor at Fodor's Travel, founder of Unearth Women, and author of "Call You When I Land." In this travel memoir, Nikki shares her experiences navigating cultures and finding love.

Reminder: I'm running a 10-day group trip to Jordan this May. The trip runs from May 18th to 27th and you can get all the information by visiting here. The last day to join our trip is Friday, April 18th.

Original Air Date: Feb 21, 2024.

• How the memoir writing process differs from other non-fiction
• Are books easier to write than articles?
• How Nikki overcame self-doubt and fear in the writing process
• Nikki shares practical strategies for tackling a writing project
• Recognizing the privilege of travel
• How Nikki's work supports women in travel, amplifying their voices through conscious consumerism
• Highlighting women making a difference, like Manal Kahi's Eat Offbeat.
• Nikki's upcoming book project inspired by a trip to Norway

• Check out Nikki's travel memoir, CALL YOU WHEN I LAND
• Nikki’s book Instagram: @callyouwheniland
• Nikki Vargas website: nikkivargas.com
• Nikki’s Instagram: @niknakvargas
• Eat OffBeat: eatoffbeat.com
• Pitch your story idea to Fodors
• Review Fodor’s pitch guidelines
• Listen to Episode 87: The Driving Force Behind Unearth Women with Nikki Vargas
• Learn more about our upcoming trip to Jordan in May here

Get more information at: Going Places website

Going Places is a reader-supported platform. Get membership perks like a monthly group call with Yulia at goingplacesmedia.com!

For more BTS of this podcast follow @goingplacesmedia on Instagram and check out our videos on YouTube!

Please head over to Apple Podcasts and SUBSCRIBE to the show. If you enjoy this conversation, please share it with others on social and don’t forget to tag us @goingplacesmedia!

And show us some love, if you have a minute, by rating Going Places or leaving us a review wherever you listen. You’ll be helping us to bend the arc of algorithms towards our community — thank you!

Going Places with Yulia Denisyuk is a show that sparks a better understanding of people and places near and far by fostering a space for real conversations to occur. Each week, we sit down with travelers, journalists, creators, and people living and working in destinations around the world. Hosted by Yulia Denisyuk, an award-winning travel journalist, photographer, and writer who's worked with National Geographic, The New York Times, BBC Travel, and more. 

Learn more about our show at goingplacesmedia.com.

Note to listeners: we're currently on hiatus, returning with new episodes in April 2025. Until then, we're sharing some of our favorite episodes from the archive each week.

Today, we're speaking with Algerian-French language coach Feriel Temmar, who is based in Paris. Feriel was born in Algeria, grew up in London, West Africa, and New York, and worked in Canada before leaving it all behind and starting over in France.

Reminder: I'm running a 10-day group trip to Jordan this May. The trip runs from May 18th to 27th and you can get all the information by visiting here. The last day to join our trip is Friday, April 18th.

Original Air Date: Oct 21, 2020.

• Growing up in a multicultural home
• How moving to New York was not as fabulous as it sounds
• Why Feriel chose to pursue the path of “a real job,” inspired by her father’s career at the United Nations
• How Feriel’s now-beloved-career started by a question
• How “fake it till you make it” is the advice that worked really well for Feriel
• The secret to a successful—and sustainable(!)—freelancing career

• Follow Feriel on Instagram | @ferielisalanguagecoach
• Connect with Feriel on LinkedIn
• Learn more about our upcoming trip to Jordan in May here

Get more information at: Going Places website

Going Places is a reader-supported platform. Get membership perks like a monthly group call with Yulia at goingplacesmedia.com!

For more BTS of this podcast follow @goingplacesmedia on Instagram and check out our videos on YouTube!

Please head over to Apple Podcasts and SUBSCRIBE to the show. If you enjoy this conversation, please share it with others on social and don’t forget to tag us @goingplacesmedia!

And show us some love, if you have a minute, by rating Going Places or leaving us a review wherever you listen. You’ll be helping us to bend the arc of algorithms towards our community — thank you!

Going Places with Yulia Denisyuk is a show that sparks a better understanding of people and places near and far by fostering a space for real conversations to occur. Each week, we sit down with travelers, journalists, creators, and people living and working in destinations around the world. Hosted by Yulia Denisyuk, an award-winning travel journalist, photographer, and writer who's worked with National Geographic, The New York Times, BBC Travel, and more. 

Learn more about our show at goingplacesmedia.com.

Note to listeners: we're currently on hiatus, returning with new episodes in April 2025. Until then, we're sharing some of our favorite episodes from the archive each week.

Today, we're speaking with Katalina Mayorga, the founder of El Camino Travel, a travel community for women with a passion for culture.

Reminder: I'm running a 10-day group trip to Jordan this May. The trip runs from May 18th to 27th and you can get all the information by visiting here. The last day to join our trip is Friday, April 18th.

Original Air Date: Oct 7, 2020.

• Growing up in a bilingual Colombian-American immigrant family
• What taught Katalina to be vocal from an early age
• The pressure of success as an immigrant in the US
• Katalina's human rights activism in Latin America and D.C.
• How Katalina disrupted a major coffee corporation during her college years
• The danger of the American Dream
• Happiness in Nicaragua versus the United States
• What it was like building El Camino Travel
• What being a global citizen means to Katalina

• Follow Katalina on Instagram | @theyoufinder
• Check out El Camino Travel
• Learn more about our upcoming trip to Jordan in May here

Get more information at: Going Places website

Going Places is a reader-supported platform. Get membership perks like a monthly group call with Yulia at goingplacesmedia.com!

For more BTS of this podcast follow @goingplacesmedia on Instagram and check out our videos on YouTube!

Please head over to Apple Podcasts and SUBSCRIBE to the show. If you enjoy this conversation, please share it with others on social and don’t forget to tag us @goingplacesmedia!

And show us some love, if you have a minute, by rating Going Places or leaving us a review wherever you listen. You’ll be helping us to bend the arc of algorithms towards our community — thank you!

Going Places with Yulia Denisyuk is a show that sparks a better understanding of people and places near and far by fostering a space for real conversations to occur. Each week, we sit down with travelers, journalists, creators, and people living and working in destinations around the world. Hosted by Yulia Denisyuk, an award-winning travel journalist, photographer, and writer who's worked with National Geographic, The New York Times, BBC Travel, and more. 

Learn more about our show at goingplacesmedia.com.