Travel N Sh!t Podcast

This week I spoke with my guest about how we can use our travels to positively impact communities and economies around the world.  We dove into dismantling colonial views of brown countries, working with communities to see how we travelers can be useful instead of assuming from our own points of reference, using travel as activism, sustainable travel and traveling being a soft power and...

This week is a full circle episode. I finally sat and talked with one of my travel inspirations, Marissa of Unicorninbk.com. Her blog and storytelling provided the representation I needed to believe travel was for me. We talk about how she got into travel, finding love through travel, travel wins, fails and lessons learned. Dive in. Be social! Guest: Marissa Http://www.instagram.com/unicorninbk We...

It’s the holidays in the middle of a global pandemic. I’m happy to say I have had nothing but gratitude in my heart the last few weeks. This week, I’ve spent some time on the little things that have helped me leave a little good behind while I travel and/or made my life as a traveler much more easeful. None of them are expensive or difficult. They’re just a short collection of cherries on top of a...

I’ve only gone two places this year and I’m still hella grateful about it. The feeling of gratitude has been heavy on my heart this past week and I found myself thinking of some of the hosts and interactions I’ve had with folks throughout my travels that bring me the most gratitude. From the shopkeeper that helped me avoid losing my luggage my first night in Doha, a free surf lesson, to getting a...

There’s a special kind of love and pride I feel for my creative younger family members. This week, I chat it up for my childhood money maker. One of the cousins I made bank babysitting is (almost) grown and a wildly talented musical artist. The kid is also incredibly insightful, so I definitely wanted to tap in and see how the college demographic views travel, how being a prep school kid and seein...

Heads up, this week’s episode is part two of a longer conversation. Last week I had Dionne, a clinical research associate with years of molecular biology experience talk with me about the COVID-19 vaccine. We really get into a lot but overall, pt 1 does a great job of laying down the foundation of viruses and vaccines so this week’s convo will make more sense. So be sure to listen to part 1 then d...

This week I spoke with a clinical research associate with years of molecular biology experience to answer our questions about this COVID vaccine. With rumors of it being mandatory for air travel in the near future, I wanted to learn as much as I could before I made my decision on if I’d forgo the vaccine and possibly sacrifice travel as I know it. There’s a lot to discuss and learn, so this will o...

This week I dive into your questions about Vermont, how much I both loved and hated the isolation of small town ass Johnson, Vermont, black owned business in #Burlington, my experience of the whites out there, my first baecation, and COVID road tripping. Get all in my business y’all. I’ve put together an itinerary pack that includes five different weekend friendly roadtrips hours from NYC. Take th...

Yeeer! First stretch of pandemic travel! I took a roadtrip to Vermont... with my man! Bih! I’m not traveling solo! This week I get into a few details about the drive from NY, staying in a pretty isolated cabin in the middle of the woods (not some sh!t I’d want to do alone, fam) tiny town feels, driving in utter darkness (I’m such a city girl) and how traveling with a partner as opposed to solo has...

This week the homie Danays (talented artists and overall creative) does a deep dive with me. We get into her extensive travel experience, how she carries herself around the world and how she taps into her experience of herself as she explores. She ALSO manages to get me to open up about my upcoming trip and new relationship. Dive in! Be social! Guest: Danays Http://www.instagram.com/Danaysworld Ho...

It’s a celebration!!! We made two years, y’all! Thank you for rocking out with me over the last 109 episodes. The love and support you’ve shown me has helped me power through the work it takes to consistently bring you a new episode every week. Love y’all for real 💛 In celebration of two years, I added a theme song!! Special thank you to WILDLY talented artist Abe ( Http://www.instagram.com/Abe.i...

This week I have Nigerian born DJ Daré discuss what the #ENDSARS movement is about and why the youth of Nigeria are fed up and risking their lives to protest the brutality they’ve been facing at the hands of law enforcement officers of the “Special Anti Robbery Squad”. Daré discusses his first hand experience with corrupt police in Nigeria, why you should care and how you can help. Not only as a t...

*** Trigger Warning *** Suicide and death are discussed This week’s guest Leroy Tyler discusses his recent attempt at suicide, checking himself into a mental health facility and how travel has given him the help he needed to find himself again. We discuss dark tourism (travel focused on the exploration of locations historically tied to violence and death), our experience with and willingness to ex...

This week I get into the enchanting offerings of the Southern Caribbean coast of Costa Rica with Sadie Jordan of Soul Life Travel. Sadie, an Afro Latinx woman of Costa Rican and African American dissent has created a travel company that focuses on taking the work out of finding the diverse and rich Black history of the country out of the hands of travelers and into the hands of the travel company...

With the continued silence of performative allies who once posted black squares in solidarity, it’s easy to begin to question where we belong in the greater scheme of things. Spoiler: WE BELONG EVERYWHERE. We don’t just “belong” where there are other black folks, where people look and sound like us or where we’re used to being. We belong wherever we’re able to connect with the energy. This week I...

Within the last few months we’ve all had to adapt. This week I fill ya’ll in on which ones I’ve loved the most and am specifically asking YOU to tell me which one you want to have a future episode on!!! Shoot me an email and let me know if you want: 1. Shifting to digital platforms - do you want to hear from someone who’s had to pivot their in person event to a digital one? 2. AirBnB doing digital...

This week I discussed what it’s actually been like traveling during a pandemic. I haven’t left NYC, so I got one of my closest to jump on and discuss what her experience has been like. Lorena was in Mexico back in July, swung through DC soon after then tested positive for COVID in the weeks following. If you think you’re ready to travel, international or within the country, this is an episode you...

Ya’ll! Another great episode in the books! This week I spoke with Frantzces of Defying Resistance and Chronicles Abroad Podcast about why the hell I’m so adventurous abroad and complacent while at home. We discus how her clinical experience has helped her in her own experiences living and traveling abroad, how her travels help her serve her clients, alternative healing modalities she experienced a...

This week I sat with diversity in travel consultant and @nomadnesstribe creative lead Martinique Lewis to discuss her new book ABC (All Black Content ☝🏽 see what she did there) Travel Green Book. Similar to the book created back in 1936 by Victor Hugo Green to keep black motorist as safe as possible driving throughout the US, Martinique has created a guide to finding black resources all around th...

Wheeeew! I meant to mention that this was ep 100 but I wanted to get to the point lol. Congrats to us for making it a buck, y’all! This week I dive into the topic of guilt. I discuss the guilt I feel just THINKING about leaving my aging grandparents and parents to live in another country and the guilt of leaving a “secure” job with a guaranteed paycheck and benefits. Instead of focusing on the ide...

Things ARE going to go wrong when we travel, the same as they do when we’re home. But a change in plans or cancellation DOES NOT have to mean an opportunity denied! You didn’t spend all of that money and all that time getting to this new and exciting destination to leave an opportunity on the table! This week I talk about some of my most memorable travel pivots and how I’ve been able to salvage op...

Have you ever considered downsizing? Minimalism? What if your perception of those concepts was what was holding you back and not your perceived inability to conform to them? 🤯 Right?! This week I chat with Vaughn Dabney engineer, author, creator and inhabitant of Tiny Home Truck. Vaughn built his own home on wheels and is committed to showing others that millennials of color ARE out here living a...

It’s a real one birthday!!! I’m turning 35 and the kid LOVES birthdays! Even though I can’t love up on my friends and family like I’d want to, I’m still super excited about my birthday this year. Like the tradition of actually celebrating my birthday, this week, I get into the traditions I follow for EVERY trip, my travel wish list of destinations and experiences I’d love to gift myself and of cou...

I’m not talking about risky viewer submitted stunts for TV. I’m talking about eating exotic shit, cold weather destinations, camping, interacting with wild animals and anything that doesn’t keep you ten toes down. In my attempts to travel intentionally, I’ve done so many wildly satisfying and exciting things! I’ve faced my fears, made new friends and stretched myself into a new existence of who I...

Woooo! New fave episode!! We got into so much this week! Ight so if you’ve been here for a while, you know I don’t get down with resorts. I enjoy immersing myself in the local community and feeling like I’m getting as authentic experience as possible while I’m visiting a new country and community. This week my guest Tyla Flowers of Smile Jamaica Resort explained to me how she’s created just that w...