World Footprints

World Footprints is a heart-centered Social Impact travel media company where travelers of conscience and culture can come for information, engagement, education, entertainment and inspiration in the travel space.The multi award-winning World Footprints platform was founded by Tonya & Ian Fitzpatrick, two lawyers who have merged their passion for meaningful travel and their support for social justice. World Footprints is guided by a belief in our common humanity. That principle is expressed in the Zulu word Ubuntu “I am because we are”. The philosophy of unity guides the socially minded stories that are found throughout the World Footprints multimedia platform.

World Footprints is a society podcast hosted by Unknown Host, with 291 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 World Footprints, a society show with 291 episodes published.

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  Episode #7

  World Footprints Holiday Music Special

  Dec 21, 20251 hourS0

  <p>’Tis the season—and this year, we’re traveling the world through sound.</p> <p>The World Footprints Holiday Music Special is our musical thank-you to listeners who have journeyed with us over the years. Holiday music has a way of crossing borders effortlessly. Long before playlists and streaming, seasonal songs carried stories, faith, resistance, joy, and memory from one generation to the next—often shaped by local languages, rhythms, and traditions. What we call “Christmas music” in one place sounds entirely different somewhere else, and that’s the beauty of it.</p> <p>Just as travel changes how we see the wor...

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  Episode #6

  Traveling Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania: Beyond the Steel Industry

  Dec 10, 20251 hourS0

  <p>The biographer James Parton once called Pittsburgh “hell with the lid off.” That description fit the 19th-century steel town he visited, but it couldn’t be further from the Pittsburgh we explored. Today’s city is vibrant, creative, and surprisingly colorful — a place that has rewritten its narrative while still honoring the chapters that built it.</p> <p>In this episode, we travel beyond Pittsburgh’s industrial mythology to meet the people and places shaping Western Pennsylvania’s modern identity.</p> The Senator John Heinz History Center: Western Pennsylvania’s Storykeeper <p>The Senator John Heinz History Center has been documenting...

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  Episode #5

  Underground Railroad Route: From Norfolk, Virginia to Buxton, Ontario

  Apr 8, 20251 hourS0

  Journey Along the Underground Railroad: Virginia to Canada <p>World Footprints traces one of the most historic and courageous journeys in North America—the Underground Railroad route that carried enslaved people from bondage to freedom. This episode follows a trail that begins in Norfolk, Virginia and ends in Buxton, Ontario, with stops in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania and Lewiston, New York.</p> <p>We explore the landscapes, landmarks, and legacies of those who resisted slavery and those who helped them. Along the way, we spotlight two unique destinations—Romania and the Falkland Islands—for listeners looking to connect travel with deeper stories of ide...

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  Episode #4

  New Orleans' Hidden Black History

  Feb 22, 20251 hourS0

  <p>New Orleans has been the backdrop of many dark chapters in American history, but perhaps none so shocking as the slave rebellion of 1811. We will explore the history of America's largest slave revolt with author Daniel Rasmussen who organized his research in his book, American Uprising: The Untold Story About America's Largest Slave Revolt.<br> <br> The New Orleans African-American Museum of Art, Culture and History, located in Faubourg Treme, is helping to keep the stories of America's oldest and continuous black community alive. Established in 2000, former executive director John Hankins tells us that the Museum has held the...

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  Episode #3

  "Resurrection of Valor" – Honoring Unsung Heroes of Pulaski, Tennessee

  Jan 8, 202531 minS0

  <p>In this powerful episode of World Footprints, Tonya and Ian Fitzpatrick take listeners on a deeply personal and historic journey to Pulaski, Tennessee—a town known as the birthplace of the Ku Klux Klan but now undergoing a transformation. Their guest, Miss Vivian Leigh Battle Sims, an educator, artist, and community leader, has dedicated her life to uplifting the stories of marginalized voices, including the unsung Black Union soldiers who fought bravely during the Civil War.</p> <p>At 87 years old, Miss Sims discovered the existence of the United States Colored Troops (USCT) while living in Pulaski. This revelation ig...

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