The Pursuit of Feeling

How travelers travel Going heart-to-heart with the world’s most influential travelers to discover the places, moments, and memories that have shaped them. Each episode offers a rolodex of recommendations to help you plan your own travels; from unconsidered destinations to the world’s most unmissable hotels. Together, we want to understand how travel can evoke in us the strongest of feelings – and the most enduring emotions.

The Pursuit of Feeling is a leisure podcast hosted by Black Tomato, with 15 episodes on record and a Required Pod Score of 80. PitchCentric scores this show on Booking Probability, Listen Score, and live audience signals refreshed every 24 hours.

Black Tomato hosts The Pursuit of Feeling, a leisure show with 15 episodes published.

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  Episode 14 - Anant Sharma - Stop Trying To Complete The Vacation Game

  Apr 28, 202628 minS0

  <p>In their second conversation, Tom Marchant is joined again by Anant Sharma, renowned futurist, strategist and founder of Matter Of Form, and a globally in-demand voice on human behaviour, design and the future of experience.</p><p>In this episode, the focus shifts from emotion to perspective, exploring how Anant travels and experiences the world. From bricking his phone in transit to protect moments of reflection, to noticing the small details that shape trust and meaning, his approach is both deliberate and deeply intentional.</p><p>Together, they explore how to avoid over-structuring trips, how to build space for...

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  Episode 13 - Anant Sharma - The Gift Of Boredom

  Apr 8, 202639 minS0

  <p>In this conversation, Tom Marchant is joined by Anant Sharma, renowned futurist, strategist and founder of Matter Of Form. Anant is an internationally respected voice on psychology, design, modern luxury and the future of human experience, and is in demand around the world for his insight into how people think, feel and connect with brands, places and culture.</p><p>In this episode, they explore an emotion rarely celebrated: <b>boredom</b>. In a world built around stimulation and constant connection, boredom is often seen as something to escape. But here, it is reframed as something far more valuable,  a...

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  Episode 12 – Jeremy Langmead – Curiosity, luxury, and the joy of getting lost

  Jan 23, 20261h 1mS0

  <p>In this episode of The Pursuit of Feeling, host Tom Marchant sits down with Jeremy Langmead for a conversation about instinct, emotion, and the quiet power of paying attention.</p><p>Jeremy’s career has helped shape how many of us see style, culture, and modern life. He has been editor in chief of Esquire and Wallpaper, and was a founder and editor in chief of Mr Porter at its launch with Net-a-Porter. Across print, digital, and commerce, his work has consistently explored the difference between what looks good and what truly feels right.</p><p>But this conversation mo...

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  Episode 11 - Unlocking the Emotional Journey of Travel with Philippe Zuber, CEO of Kerzner

  Dec 18, 202559 minS1

  <p><b>What does it mean for travel to actually </b><b>move </b><b>us?</b></p><p>In this episode of The Pursuit of Feeling, host Tom Marchant sits down with Philippe Zuber, CEO of Kerzner International, for a conversation about what really matters in travel today. They dig into how the best travel experiences are built – not through spectacle or excess, but through emotion, intention, and genuine human connection.</p><p>Philippe talks about the moments that shaped how he thinks about hospitality: growing up between cultures, building a career across continents, and learning what it means to...

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  Episode 10 – Ash Bhardwaj’s life-long journey to understand “why” we travel

  Sep 18, 202554 minS1

  <p>In this episode, Tom spoke to journalist and author Ash Bhardwaj; whose award-winning book, Why we Travel, takes an impassioned look at the psychology behind the journeys we take – going far beyond the "where" to examine the much more complicated question of "why".</p><p>It’s a heartfelt conversation that covers identity, wonder, healing, and the many, variegated forms of “fun” – from experiences that we only enjoy in retrospect to those that throw us in a total flow state. </p><p>You’ll also find Ash’s quickfire travel recommendations; probably not including the time he was detained by the KGB in B

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