Travel Writing Podcast

The Travel Writing Podcast by Intrepid Times is the go-to podcast for wanderers, writers, and passionate travelers. Every other Friday, we share new episodes that include everything from in-depth interviews with renowned travel writers, conversations centered on sharing tips and tricks for your own travel writing, and behind-the-scenes insight into our most popular travel stories. Make sure to subscribe so you never miss an episode!

Travel Writing Podcast is a society podcast hosted by Unknown Host, with 112 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.

Unknown Host hosts Travel Writing Podcast, a society show with 112 episodes published.

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  The Real Reason You're Not Writing Today

  Aug 15, 202626 min

  Writer's block is the demon writers point to as the reason they can't get words on a page. But what if writer's block doesn't actually exist? What if the reason you're not writing isn't the fear, the doubt, the mess, but simply the way you relate to these emotions? Dr Vincent Fogliati is a psychologist with a speciality in ACT (Acceptance & Commitment Therapy). Alongside veteran writer Roger Joyce, they have put together a new book Your Writer's Block is Bullsh*t which may finally be the answer that gets you back to the desk, and allows that blank page to finally fill up with the words you have always been meaning to write. Today, they share the truth about writer's block, and practical strategies you can use today to stop fighting it, and start writing it. Your Writer's Block is Bullsh*t is published by Exisle Publishing in September 2026. I worked closely on this book with my publisher's hat on, and am so excited to see it finally enter the world. Pre-order your copy and unlock access to a private online workshop with the authors: https://exislepublishing.com/your-writers-block-is-bullsht-pre-order-campaign/

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  An Editor's War Against AI In Travel Writing

  Aug 7, 202633 min

  Every day when submissions are open, dozens of travel stories or pitches land in the Intrepid Times inbox. While the quality of course varies, most of these submissions are from sincere, legitimate writers who have a story to get across. However, an increasing number are entirely or partially AI-generated. Early on, it was quite easy to tell what was AI and what wasn't. Now, as AI tools become more sophisticated and people become increasingly dependent on them, it gets harder and harder to parse the human from the artificial. We are determined at Intrepid Times that not one sentence of AI-confabulated prose will ever be published on this platform, but holding the line has never been harder. Today, Thom Brown, associate editor at Intrepid Times and an award-winning travel writer, takes listeners behind the scenes on our war against AI in travel writing. Learn more about Thom Brown: https://www.thombrown.co.uk/ And read his articles at Intrepid Times: https://intrepidtimes.com/author/thombrown/ Read Intrepid Times's AI travel writing policy: https://intrepidtimes.com/ai/

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  Thomas Swick on Why Bad Travelers Can Make the Best Travel Writers

  Jul 31, 202623 min

  Paul Theroux called Thomas Swick 'the ideal travel writer,' but he's the first to admit he hasn't always been the ideal traveler. He moved to Poland in the late 1970s as a young aspiring travel writer in love with a local woman, whom he would eventually marry. As he learned the (formidably challenging - I should know!) Polish language and gained his first published clippings, he also spent much of his travels in a state of high, anxious alert. Shouldn't a travel writer be cooler and less fazed by the ordeals of a journey? As Thomas would come to realize, no, one shouldn't. In fact, it's this very hyper-alertness that causes the travel writer to notice and be sensitive to things more relaxed travelers may miss. Thomas Swick joined the travel writing podcast to talk about his extraordinary career, sharing his top tips for travel writers, and discussing his immensely readable and instructive memoir, Falling Into Place - A story of love, Poland, and the making of a travel writer, which features a foreword by Pico Iyer.

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  Paris Norriss on Grit, Travel Media, and Being the 'Guy in Dubai'

  Jul 24, 202636 min

  Dubai is associated variously with dizzying luxury, superficial excess, and, recently, geopolitical disruption. According to Paris Norriss, who has lived in the city for a decade and stars in the TV show "Guy in Dubai," none of these stereotypes capture the full truth of a deeply layered and complex city. Paris Norriss is a self-made media figure who created a name for himself through hard work and charisma. He is summoned to stages internationally to speak on the subject of grit, a concept larger than perseverance or hard work, and one which all writers, travel or otherwise, can benefit from on long journeys and through the grind of getting published and building a name as creators and communicators. Paris joined the Travel Writing Podcast to talk about his career, what the labels miss about Dubai, and how he forged his own name as an independent travel creator. Learn more about Paris Norriss: https://www.parisnorriss.com https://www.instagram.com/parisnorriss https://www.instagram.com/guyindubai/?hl=en

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  James Merriman Visited 160 Countries - Before He Realized That Wasn't the Point of Travel

  Jul 17, 202622 min

  Some view travel as a competitive sport, tallying up countries like points on a board. James Merriman began his travel life like this, relentlessly collecting passport stamps for years. He had fantastic adventures from Afghanistan to Venezuela, and almost everywhere in between. At the same time, he gradually came to realize that his approach may not have been giving him the best of what travel has to offer. As James pivoted to learning travel writing, graduating from the Intrepid Times Craft of Travel Writing Certificate and beginning his forays into publication, his attitude to travel started to evolve. He continues to visit difficult-to-reach places, but his focus is more on the people there than on the stamp in his passport. Learn more about James at his website: https://www.jamesmerriman.co.uk/

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