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Monthly New York Times Book Review audiobooks column. The latest can be found here.
“How to Pretend You’re in New Orleans Tonight,” March 30, 2021, NYT
“How to Pretend You’re in Tunis Tonight,” Jan. 12, 2021, NYT
“A Global New Year’s Playlist for Your Party of One,” Dec. 26, 2020, NYT
“The Best Travel Books to Give This Year,” Nov. 25, 2020, NYT
“I Traveled to 52 Places. Then I Discovered N.Y. on my Bike.” Oct. 2, 2020, NYT
“When Armchair Travel Is Your Only Option,” May 21, 2020, NYT
“Missives from My Locked-Down Friends, From Siberia to Samarkand,” April 13, 2020, NYT
“The Little Tastes of Normalcy on a Trip Around the World,” Jan. 11, 2020, NYT
“In a Year of Perpetual Motion, Moments That Stopped Time,” Jan. 6, 2020, NYT
“On New Zealand’s Stunning West Coast, the Beauty Doesn’t Stop,” Dec. 17, 2019, NYT
“Eating My Way Through Vietnam’s Most Livable City,” Dec. 3, 2019, NYT
“Hampi: A Forgotten Civilization in a Rocky Land,” Nov. 26, 2019, NYT
“On an Art Scavenger Hunt in Japan’s Seto Inland Sea,” Nov. 12, 2019, NYT
“On a Remote Siberian Island Asking, Was It Just a Dream?,” Nov. 5, 2019, NYT
“Don’t Sleep on Tunis, a City That’s More Awake Than Ever Before,” Oct. 29, 2019, NYT
“The ‘Wrong Time’ to Be in Gambia? Maybe Not,” Oct. 22, 2019, NYT
“Lions, Legends and the Pull of History in Senegal’s Energetic Capital,” Oct. 15, 2019, NYT
“Two French Cities, Neither of Them Paris. Which One to Love?,” Oct. 8, 2019, NYT
“Loneliness and Its Antidote on Orcas Island,” Sept. 17, 2019, NYT
“Beautiful, Remote and So Instagrammable. Can the Azores Manage Popularity?,” Sept. 10, 2019, NYT
"The Lowest of Low Seasons at the Edge of the World,” July 23, 2019, NYT
“On a Trip Around the World, and the Plane Just Left Without Me,” July 16, 2019, NYT
“‘Filters Off!’ Chasing the Total Solar Eclipse in Chile,” July 3, 2019, NYT
“In a Gray City, Some See a Blank Canvas,” June 18, 2019, NYT
“Vestlandet, Norway Is ‘Oh, My God!’ Country,” June 4, 2019, NYT
“A Danish City Makes You Feel Like a Member of the Club,” May 28, 2019, NYT
“Roman Ruins? Sure, but Bulgaria’s Second City Offers So Much More,” May 14, 2019, NYT
“The List Said to Go to Batumi and Eilat, but I Got Other Ideas,” May 7, 2019, NYT
“In Uzbekistan, Encounters With a Dead Goat. But in a Good Way,” April 23, 2019, NYT
“Mistakes? In 3 Months on the Road, I’ve Made a Few.” April 16, 2019, NYT
“In Praise of Pioneer Women and Rocket Scientists,” March 19, 2019, NYT
“In Ontario’s Ice Caves, Nature Sculpts Beauty from Wind, Waves and Cold,” March 5, 2019, NYT
“A Day in Houston: 3 Meals, 3 Cultures, One City,” Feb. 26, 2019, NYT
“Stop #2 on a Yearlong Journey, a Spot in Panama That Takes It Slow,” Feb. 19, 2019, NYT
“Visiting Puerto Rico, and Finding the Up Beat,” Feb. 15, 2019, NYT
“Journeying to South Georgia, the Wildest Place on Earth,” June 8, 2023, CNT
“What Does the Term ‘Slow Travel’ Actually Mean?” April 17, 2023, CNT
“Travelers Are Flocking Outdoors, but Trekking Guides Are Still Struggling,” Jan. 5, 2021, CNT
“How Medellin, Colombia, Plans to Become South America’s First ‘Eco-City,’” Nov. 9, 2020, CNT
“The Joy of Making New Friends Through Google Translate,” Aug. 11, 2020, CNT
“Will Solo Travel Have the Same Appeal After the Coronavirus?” July 3, 2020, CNT
“What It’s Like When You Can’t Go Home,” March 25, 2020, CNT
“How the Azores Will Hold Off the Crowds and Stay a Natural Wonder,” Oct. 24, 2018, CNT
“A Love Letter to Nasi Goreng, Jakarta’s Street Food Staple,” Oct. 1, 2018, CNT
“The Best Way to Experience Austria’s Wine Country Is By Bike,” Sep. 7, 2018, CNT
“The Azores: An Eden We Want to Leave Alone, But Can’t,” Dec. 20, 2017, CNT
“How Colombia, Once Consumed By Violence, Became Your Next Destination,” Nov. 9, 2017, CNT
“In the Tokyo Neighborhood of Koenji, a Sanctuary for Creatives,” Oct. 17, 2017, CNT
“Singapore’s Famed Hawker Centers Are Under Threat,” Sep. 19, 2017, CNT
“Why the Great Barrier Reef Needs Us More Than Ever,” Aug. 25, 2017, CNT
“For Third Culture Kids, Travel Is Home,” July 19, 2017, CNT
“How ‘Forest Bathing’ Turned a Skeptic Into a Tree-Hugger,” June 22, 2017, CNT
“Supersonic Flight Is Around the Corner…But Why Is It Taking So Long?,” Mar. 17, 2017, CNT
“When Anthony Bourdain and Danny Bowien Threw a Potluck,” Dec. 7, 2016, CNT
“Breaking Roti With Malaysian Singer Yuna,” Aug. 12, 2016, CNT
“With What3words Your New Address May Be ‘Famous.Heats.Refers.’,” July 3, 2016, CNT
Other publications:
“Explore 200 Million Years of History in the Shadow of NYC,” July 20, 2023, National Geographic
“Cycling, Dining, and Unlimited Adventure in the Heart of Slovenia,” July 2023, Departures
“The Most Difficult (But Rewarding) Places to Visit, Jun. 18, 2021, Outside
“To My Siberian Hiking Companion,” Dec. 16, 2020, Off Assignment
“Sensory Percussion Lets Drummers Go Electric on Their Terms,” Dec. 15, 2016, Surface
“Bombino’s New Album Is His Best Work Yet,” Mar. 31, 2016, OkayAfrica
“Tinariwen On Their New Album, ‘Emaar’,” Feb. 11, 2014, OkayAfrica
Fulbright-mtvU Series On Hip-Hop in Botswana, 2013, Fulbright-mtvU