Why We Travel
Host and Anthropologist Joshua Best (Mejor) uses a collection of personal interviews, academic research, and his own personal accounts of being born to travel to uncover the deeper reasons humans are compelled to migrate to new locations.
Episodes
17 episodes
WHY WE LIBERATE: FINDING FREEDOM THROUGH TRAVEL WITH CHRISHAN WRIGHT OF BLAXIT GLOBAL
This episode, we talked to Chrishan Wright, the visionary founder of Blaxit Global. Chrishan shares her incredible journey of self-discovery through travel and how it led her to create a platform dedicated to empowering the African diaspora to ...
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Season 2
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Episode 6
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46:40
WHY WE SPEAK: EXPLORING THE POWER OF LANGUAGE
In this episode of the Why We Travel Podcast, our host, Joshua Best, delves into the fascinating world of language policy and advocacy with guest Xiomara Rivera Pagan, the Director of Language Learning at Cricket eLearning. Xiomara shares her p...
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Season 2
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Episode 5
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44:55
WHE WE EMPOWER: HOW TRAVEL EMPOWERS BLACK WOMEN
In this empowering episode, we invite you to join us on an extraordinary journey of inspiration with Dr. Nadine C. Duncan. As an advocate, educator, and intrepid explorer with over 15 years of commitment to education, Nadine is on a mission to ...
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Season 2
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Episode 4
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1:03:04
WHY WE IMMIGRATE: FROM TOURIST TO LOCAL WITH MAFE
In this episode, we are joined by the visionary host and producer, Mafe. A digital nomad with a heart full of wanderlust, Mafe's remarkable podcast, 'From Tourist to Local,' chronicles her transformational journey from Venezuela to Canada.<...
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Season 2
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Episode 3
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28:12
WHY WE GROW: REDISCOVERING OURSELVES THROUGH TRAVEL
In this second installment for our new season, we embark on a captivating journey with digital nomad and GIS Analyst, Claire, as she shares her inspiring travel story and how it has led to profound personal growth and self-discovery.Joi...
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Season 2
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Episode 2
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23:12
WHY WE MIGRATE
What makes someone a migrant? In this brand new season of Why We Travel, our host, Joshua Best delves into the essence of being a migrant, examining the innate yearning for exploration and the reasons that drive humans to embark on incredible j...
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Season 2
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Episode 1
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13:01
SEASON 2 TRAILER
Back for it's second season, Why We Travel is set to reinvent the world of travel podcasting. Longer, deeper, and fresher, this new season will be unraveling the truths behind the picture-perfect tourism posts, and give you a peek at the realit...
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Season 2
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Episode 0
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0:44
WHY WE RETURN: THE ROAD BACK
The journey has finally come to and end. For this season's final episode, Joshua Best talks about the journey to and from the creation of Why We Travel. For this season's finale, our host, Joshua best recalls the inspirations, p...
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Season 1
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Episode 9
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21:31
WHY WE TRAVEL: NOMAD BY DESIGN
Why We Travel's vision is as simple - to create space in the intersection of work, travel, and culture; to build a place where worldly professionals experience interpersonal growth.Listen to the episode to know more about our upcoming l...
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Season 1
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Episode 8
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18:52
WHY WE CONSERVE: DIVING INTO ECO-TOURISM
Leave the place better than you found it. Easy right? Maybe not. Many travellers don't make environmentally choices every time they travel. But each step of the journey is all about being green.Featuring Kotchapan, we dive deep into eco...
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Season 1
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Episode 7
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17:37
WHY WE HEAL: A FEMALE TRAVELERS MANIFESTO
Have you ever thought about quitting your 9 to 5 job but are afraid you won't be able to enjoy those beautiful Monday mornings again? In this episode, Kimberley of @ultimatefreedomclub, shares her journey of leaving her corporate j...
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Season 1
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Episode 6
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23:33
WHY WE GRIND: THE MAGIC OF MUAY THAI
Watching yourself improve beyond where you are is no doubt a huge sense of accomplishment, but how can you really deal with the deep sense of losing motivation?Professional Muay Thai Fighter and Musician, Casshan, shares his martial art...
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Season 1
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Episode 5
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26:03
WHY WE EXPLORE: GETTING OUT OF OUR COMFORT ZONE
Today's episode is all about the importance of getting out of your comfort zone and making authentic connections with people.Together with our guest, Kong, we talk about travel, people, language, and how language acquisition can change ...
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Season 1
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Episode 4
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30:05
WHY WE MATTER: CULTURAL DIFFERENCES AND ETHNIC MINORITIES
Jin Hee Lim is a second year PhD student at the University of Oxford. She is two months into research in northern Thailand about minority groups. According to her, she beieve that whenever someone does something in an unknown or unfamiliar cont...
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Season 1
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Episode 3
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28:55
WHY WE HOST: WELCOME TO THAILAND
Meet Miao, a Remote Year City Manager, and Ton, a former Remote Year city team member. Hear their story about what it's like living and growing up in Chiang Mai, being a remote worker, and all things in between.
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Season 1
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Episode 2
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27:56