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Author Nancy Brown Diggs joins World Footprints to explore the real history, culture, music, and identity of Appalachia while challenging the stereotypes surrounding one of America’s most misunderstood regions.
Explore the history of New Orleans Second Line parades, Social Aid and Pleasure Clubs, and jazz funeral traditions. Discover the cultural roots behind the music with World Footprints podcast.
Meet The Travel Doctor . Broken bones. Skin rashes. Travelers diarrhea. COVID and… There are many accidents, illnesses and medical mishaps that happen when we’re traveling and now we have COVID to add to the list. So what should travelers do to remain healthy and safe? Get expert travel health advice from Dr. Yvette McQueen on staying safe, preventing illness, and navigating travel in a post-COVID world.
Author Elizabeth Rusch joins World Footprints to examine what American democracy looks like from abroad, where the United States falls short, and what other countries can teach us about representation, participation and reform. She also shares how travel, cultural immersion and home exchange experiences have influenced her life and writing.
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One of the most famous paths in the world, arguably its most renowned spiritual route, the Camino draws pilgrims from around the globe. More than two of every three trekkers who undertake the journey follow St. James’ Way, also known as Camino Frances (“The French Way”). It extends more than 800 kilometers across northern Spain [...]
Tonya Fitzpatrick shares the creative and personal writing journey behind Destination Stewardship, a tourism business book shaped by storytelling, family artwork, legal discipline, global interviews, and the urgent need for stewardship as an antidote to overtourism.
The morning mist partially obscured the peaks lining Resurrection Bay as the Coastal Explorer pulled away from Seward. A bald eagle bid us farewell from his perch and a nearby sea otter floated peacefully in the harbor. The deckhands served fresh warm cinnamon rolls as we motored toward Kenai Fjords National Park. Dressed for winter [...]
ABOUT US
Hi! We’re Tonya & Ian, two recovering lawyers and the founders of World Footprints. Travel is our passion and illuminating our shared humanity to inspire people to discover the world with an open heart and mind is our purpose. We founded World Footprints on the principle of ‘Ubuntu’, a Zulu expression of unity and our responsibility to one another and our planet.
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