Take a Wander with Shebs

Travel writer Brianne Miers joins this discussion on the key difference between journalism and content creation today. When you look for a holiday package, where do you turn first? A traditional publication with strict editorial guidelines, or a content creator who can go live in 30 seconds? One is bound by ethics, whilst the other is driven by algorithms.

Miers breaks down the line between journalism and content creation. The key differences and who you can actually trust.

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✅ Chapters
0:00 Teaser
0:41 Welcome Brianne Miers
2:05 Impact of travel on your body
3:57 Why Brianne left the travel writing life
6:19 Evolution and concerns with AI
9:00 Difference between content creators & writers - Is money a key factor? 
13:48 Will writers need to have different skills going forward? 
16:36 Influencers used in other industries as well
20:26 Once established, can it be easier? 
22:24 Is it a problem with Influencer marketing & paid trips?
26:30 Outro

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✅  About Shebs The Wanderer.

Shebs Alom is an award-winning travel writer,  broadcaster, and podcaster. 

2024 BGTW Broadcaster of the Year finalist. Shebs is Co-Executive Producer of the award-winning PBS docuseries Fly Brother with Ernest White II. His work has been featured on the BBC, The Express, Travel Weekly, Apple News, MSN and more.

He has worked on the radio and has hosted a breakfast show on Africa's first and only dedicated travel radio station, Gallivant Radio. He has also co-hosted a breakfast show on Life & Style 88FM radio. 

Shebs is a Director of Voyagers Voice, a travel magazine, responsible for generating revenue, commissioning new writers, and serving as an editor & writer. 

Hints and tips are also provided, and coming soon will be more of Shebs' actual travel adventures, where he will aim to deliver the best travel stories. 

This channel aims to...inspire.

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Anna Richards returns as she is a travel writer with a deep passion for Lyon. We go into detail about her new guidebook, Rough Guides Mini Lyon. What she learnt about the city she lives in while researching, and why people should visit. We also delved into the importance of guidebooks and how we can tackle AI.

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✅ Chapters
0:00 Teaser
0:33 Welcome Anna Richards, and discuss recent books
5:03 Travelling once a year on a plane
7:10 Writing a Rough Guides Mini Lyon
8:16 Difference between writing this book & Paddling France
11:02 Is there still an appetite to buy guidebooks & what to expect from this one
18:02 AI changing ways people write
23:49 Writing a hiking guidebook
25:36 Passion for doing projects outside of France
29:37 Where to buy the book and why buy this book
33:03 Outro

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✅  About Shebs The Wanderer

Shebs Alom is an award-winning travel writer,  broadcaster, and podcaster. 

2024 BGTW Broadcaster of the Year finalist. Shebs is Co-Executive Producer of the award-winning PBS docuseries Fly Brother with Ernest White II. His work has been featured on the BBC, The Express, Travel Weekly, Apple News, MSN and more.

He has worked on the radio and has hosted a breakfast show on Africa's first and only dedicated travel radio station, Gallivant Radio. He has also co-hosted a breakfast show on Life & Style 88FM radio. 

Shebs is a Director of Voyagers Voice, a travel magazine, responsible for generating revenue, commissioning new writers, and serving as an editor & writer. 

Hints and tips are also provided, and coming soon will be more of Shebs' actual travel adventures, where he will aim to deliver the best travel stories. 

This channel aims to...inspire.

For Collaboration and Business inquiries, please use the contact information below:

📩  Email: [email protected]  

🔔 Join Shebs on a journey of exploration and discovery, where travel tips, inspiring stories, and hidden gems await: https://www.youtube.com/@Shebsthewanderer/?sub_confirmation=1

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Why are women choosing to travel completely solo or in all-female groups?

In this episode, I sit down with the founder of Girls’ Guide to the World, Doni Belau, to uncover the real reason behind the massive boom in women-only travel. We explore how this is reshaping the global tourism landscape.

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✅ Chapters
0:00 Teaser
0:34 Welcome Doni Belau
2:26 Demographic that uses the business 
3:17 How did Doni fall in love with travel 
6:01 Why did she start the business? 
8:34 What is unique about women-only travel
13:10 Small grouping is key to the success
15:10 Age demographic, how it works with groups
18:18 Is there a peak period to travel with the group
20:20 Why change from Paris to worldwide 
22:35 Growth of the business 
25:30 What’s next for the business? 
26:48 Where can people find the business & outro

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✅  About Shebs The Wanderer.

Shebs Alom is an award-winning travel writer,  broadcaster, and podcaster. 

2024 BGTW Broadcaster of the Year finalist. Shebs is Co-Executive Producer of the award-winning PBS docuseries Fly Brother with Ernest White II. His work has been featured in the BBC, The Express, Travel Weekly, and more.

He has worked on the radio and has hosted a breakfast show on Africa's first and only dedicated travel radio station, Gallivant Radio. He has also co-hosted a breakfast show on Life & Style 88FM radio. 

Shebs is a Director of Voyagers Voice, a travel magazine, responsible for generating revenue, commissioning new writers, and serving as an editor & writer. 

Hints and tips are also provided, and coming soon will be more of Shebs' actual travel adventures, where he will aim to deliver the best travel stories. 

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For this episode, let me ask you this: Have you looked closely at your passport lately? Take a good look at those ink stamps. As of April 2026, those stamps are officially dead.

The European Union has fully rolled out the EES—the Entry-Exit System. But if you’ve actually travelled through Europe in the last few weeks, as I have done, you know the truth. It isn't exactly a stroll. It’s absolute chaos.

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✅ Chapters
0:00 Intro
0:44 EES has come in
1:28 EES chaos 
2:31 How was Cyprus?
2:53 Lithuania border asking me 100s of questions
6:10 Copenhagen nightmare
7:43 Anxiety over Switzerland
9:09 What's your experience with EES been?
9:33 Outro

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#choas  #podcast #entryexit   

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World Cup 2026 is expected to be the most expensive tournament ever. With high-rise costs for flights, hotels, rentals, and parking, is it worth going?

Check out my extended discussion on my new show, Honest Travel Podcast. https://youtu.be/vzLes9HT4kI?si=uwvT6_UD1y-9G0BY

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✅ Chapters
0:00 Intro
0:38 World Cup sham - flights, hotels, parking prices
7:34 Outro

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Melissa Rodway, who’s seen it all—from riding chicken buses through Central America to paragliding in Nepal. A talented traveller and creator of FLY, she’s built a community for those of us who are infinitely curious about the world and the stories that shape us. We also discussed the book that she published last year, The People You Meet, as we delved into some of those stories.

Stay connected with Melissa
👉Website: https://flyrodway.com/
👉Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/fly_travel_media/
👉Buy the book: https://amzn.eu/d/09BtVKJX

✅ Chapters
0:00 Teaser
0:40 How Melissa found love for travel
1:49 Bali voted best destination in 2026
2:29 Travel has become accessible for more people
3:11 Not classing herself as an expert
5:10 Melissa's way of travelling
7:07 How can travel expand for people 
11:48 Why she wrote - "The People You Meet" 
15:24 What is Melissa proud of from 2010
18:20 Does Melissa know her purpose now?
21:30 Why Cambodia was so special
24:46 Her other jobs & what's next
26:11 How Melissa got into stand-up comedy
27:37 How to connect with Melissa & outro

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#radioshow  #bali #travelbook    

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In this episode, we focus on Sara Minkara's travels as a blind person. We also spoke about becoming the 2nd and, at the time, the last Special Advisor on International Disability Rights at the White House when Joe Biden appointed her. Abelism, Islamophobia, and rhetoric having an impact on narratives were discussed.

We also spoke about closer to my home, and her thoughts on Sir Jim Ratcliffe claiming that "Immigrants have colonised the UK".

We of course spoke about what it is like to travel with a disability, as she is blind. What can be done to improve travel for individuals, whether that's airports or businesses?

👉More on Sara Minkara:
Created the Disability Foreign Policy Playbook and advanced disability priorities across major global forums, including the G7, APEC, ASEAN, and C5+1. Sara is the founder and principal of In the Dark, a blindfolded experiential methodology that accelerates decision-making, strengthens communication, and builds high-trust leadership cultures.

A graduate of Wellesley and Harvard’s Kennedy School, Sara’s work has been recognised by
Forbes 30 under 30, the Clinton Global Initiative, Vital Voices, and the MIT IDEAS Award.

👉https://saraminkara.com/
👉https://sarasminkara.substack.com/

✅ Chapters
0:00 Teaser
0:18 Intro 
0:59 Welcome, Sara Minkara
1:45 Sister went blind at 7, like Sara
2:56 Background & upbringing
4:28 "Immigrants Colonised the UK"
8:24 "Rhetoric does impact narrative", abelism, Islamophobia
9:32 Disability having an impact on education & employment 
10:45 Hook for travelling, first memory as a blind traveller
13:08 What's it like to travel as a blind traveller
15:31 Frustration, Sara has travelling, technical support
21:38 What's the best way to be inclusive, narrative, entertainment
25:30 Time has helped build communities  
26:30 Going into office with Joe Biden
28:40 More coverage needed for disability
32:34 What's next?
33:50 Where to find Sara, Outro

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#blindtravel #ableism #muslimcommunity

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Returning for his third appearance on this podcast, I welcome back journalist, author, and historian Tharik Hussain. Tharik is back to discuss his revelatory new book, Muslim Europe: A Journey in Search of a Fourteen Hundred Year History, which argues that Islam is not foreign, but an integral, yet forgotten, part of Europe's foundation.

We break down the key demographic shifts, the internal Muslim divides, and the crucial question of identity shaping Europe today.

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👉Website: https://www.tharikhussain.co.uk/
👉Twitter: https://twitter.com/_TharikHussain
👉Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TharikHussainAuthor/
👉Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/tharik_hussain/

✅ Chapters 
0:00 Trailer
0:38 Intro and welcome, Tharik
2:36 Introducing the concept of Muslim Europe
3:59 Prominence of halal tourism
7:17 Positivity about the Muslim story 
9:08 Does he love the limelight 
16:20 Why school curricula don't teach Muslim history
19:59 What was the most defining part of the storytelling 
23:07 What's the take on after writing the book
25:04 Would he want to travel to other parts of the world next?
27:26 Would he want to look into the Bangladeshi history during travel
30:58 Where to buy the book and outro

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✅  About Shebs The Wanderer.

Shebs Alom is a Broadcaster, Travel Writer, and podcaster. 

2024 BGTW Broadcaster of the Year & Travel Unity DEI Champion finalist. 

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I go behind the pages of the magnificent "Around the World in 65 Years: 101 stories & experiences from the road less travelled" travel anthology! In this podcast, I discuss my story in the book, which took me to Rio, Brazil, back in 2018, and my pursuit of seeing the Michael Jackson statue in the favela, Santa Marta. You will also hear from my fellow contributors, who will share their experiences.

You will hear directly from Mary Anne Evans, the editor who curated the collection, and gain historical insights from John Carter, a founding member of the British Guild of Travel Writers (BGTW), well-respected broadcaster and journalist and a contributing writer himself.

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✅ Chapters 
0:00 Intro to the book
1:00 Featured in the book & about the book
2:13 Promo clip

Contributors talk about the book:

3:00 Juliet Coombe 
3:59 Mark Nicholls
6:21 Ian Packham
7:28 Chau-Jean Lin
10:48 Abigail King
12:09 Juliet Coombe
12:32 Launch of the book
13:02 Editor Mary Anne Evans talks about the book
16:42 John Carter reminisces about 65 years of travel
19:48 My story in the book
21:11 Outro

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