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In honor of our veterans, World Footprints shares an intimate conversation with Dr. Betty Moseley Brown — one of the first Black women to join the U.S. Marine Corps. She reflects on breaking barriers, lessons in leadership, and how travel remains her path to transformation. 🎖️✈️
Author Elizabeth Rusch joins World Footprints to examine the flaws in American democracy, voting rights and election reform. Discover what other democracies can teach the United States and how home exchange travel offers fresh perspectives on culture, community and political life.
Who gets to tell the stories behind a destination? World Footprints explores Indigenous tourism with consultant Anna Barrera, examining Native American cultural heritage and tourism opportunities beyond gaming. Then author Bijan Bayne takes us to Istanbul, Turkey, where centuries of Byzantine and Ottoman influences have created a city rich in history and cultural traditions.
As The Amazing Race celebrates 25 years, revisit our conversation with host Phil Keoghan about travel, taking chances and his No Opportunity Wasted philosophy. This World Footprints episode also features Raw Travel host Robert Rose, Dominica tourism leader Colin Piper and The Great Human Race co-host Cat Bigney.
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I came to Johnston County, North Carolina, in 2023 for moonshine, Ava Gardner, and barbecue. When visiting the Johnston County Museum, I learned about the schoolhouse. The boarded-up building caught my eye as I walked around the neighborhood, though I didn’t know about its restoration plans then.
In honor of our veterans, World Footprints shares an intimate conversation with Dr. Betty Moseley Brown — one of the first Black women to join the U.S. Marine Corps. She reflects on breaking barriers, lessons in leadership, and how travel remains her path to transformation. 🎖️✈️
Music from the bamboo xylophone lingered in my mind as I bit into the crunchy baguette spread with pâté, fresh mint, and basil. The Thu Bon River in Hoi An, Vietnam sailed past my table. It offered a glimpse of daily life as fishermen hauled in the day's last catch, framed by the setting sun.
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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