Let's Go Together

With Pride 2021 coming up next month, we take a look back at some of our past conversations with travelers from the LGBTQIA community, including Gabi and Shanna, of 27 Travels, Matt and Brad, of Hello Ranger, and trans advocates Kam Burns and Aria Sa’id.

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On this episode, we head to New Orleans… New Orleans East to be exact, to the Vietnamese American neighborhood of Versailles, where Linh Garza’s family opened Dong Phuoung Banh Mi & Baked Goods in 1982 after arriving in New Orleans as refugees. We talk to Linh about how her family’s bakery became one of the hottest bakeshops in the city, and ask how it felt when it was named an “American Classic” by the prestigious James Beard Foundation.

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On this episode of Let’s Go Together, guest host Jacqueline Gifford, Travel+Leisure’s Editor in Chief, sits down with Neil Jacobs, CEO of Six Senses Resorts and Spas (a 2021 Global Vision Award winner), to discuss how Six Senses approaches responsible travel and sustainable living. Neil shares his beliefs in how resorts can better engage with their local ecologies and communities, as well as their responsibility in educating the next generation in sustainability.

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Infectious Disease Epidemiologist and Science Communications Specialist Jessica Malaty Rivera has made a career breaking down the complexities of pandemics in ways that everyone can understand. In this episode, she sits down with Kellee to talk about all-things COVID-19, including what’s up with the vaccines and when it’ll be safe to travel again.

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Jin Prugsawan, chief of interpretation, education, and volunteers at Haleakalā National Park in Hawaii, shares her experiences as a female Park Ranger in the National Parks Service, including walking on day old land and reuniting with long lost family members.

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Deanna Wallace is an ICU travel nurse who journeys from hospital to hospital to help fill gaps in areas where there are nursing shortages. She joins the podcast to share her experiences of working as a travel nurse and what it’s been like over the past year working on the front lines during the COVID-19 pandemic.

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Annise Parker, former councilwoman, controller, and mayor of Houston, sits down with Kellee to talk about the city she loves. Annise shares the story of how she became the first openly LGBTQIA person to be elected mayor of a major U.S. city, and why she thinks Houston became one of the most diverse cities in the nation.

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Author Morgan Jerkins speaks six languages and has traveled all over the world. Most recently, she went on a journey to explore her own roots as a Black woman in America. She discusses encountering racism while traveling and how travel has helped inform her sense of identity as a Black woman.

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Season two of Let’s Go Together from Travel + Leisure is coming soon! Host and award-winning travel expert Kellee Edwards speaks to guests about their favorite destinations and the stories that shaped the people and cultures in those places. This season, the openly gay former mayor of Houston talks about building one of the most diverse cities in the nation, a female park ranger discusses striving for success in a traditionally male-dominated profession, Mr. Apollo himself explains how the Apollo Theater shaped Harlem, and more. Let these conversations about inclusivity in the travel space inspire you to travel the world.

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This week, we are sharing an episode from Passport. A podcast that helps you understand the world, one place at a time. It’s hosted by best friends Neil Innes and Andres Bartos, every week they take you somewhere new and tell you an amazing story about it. In this episode, Passport is taking a journey on the Indian Railway. These train cars are a moving microcosm of India, and the inspiration behind some of the country’s greatest love stories - on the Bollywood screen and in real life.

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