On this episode of Let’s Go Together, Travel + Leisure’s Editor in Chief Jacqueline Gifford returns as a guest host. She sits down with fellow travel writer Jeff Chu, editor-at-large at Travel + Leisure, to talk about his recent coverage of Travel+Leisure’s Global Vision Awards, his fond memories of covering food and art while traveling, and his thoughts on travel post-pandemic. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

On this episode, Kellee sits down with travel journalists and influencers Danielle PointDuJour and Travis Levius to talk about Black luxury travel and what it means to travel while Black. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

On this episode, we head to the oak tree-lined roads of Savannah, Georgia to visit The Grey, a formerly segregated Greyhound bus terminal turned award winning restaurant. Host Kellee Edwards chats with its co-owners, James Beard Award-winning chef Mashama Bailey and her business partner John O. Morisano. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

On this episode, we head to San Francisco’s Historic Castro District, home to one of the nation’s most well-know LGBTQIA enclaves, to talk with Terry Beswick, the Executive Director of the GLBT Historical Society. We chat with Terry about his personal history of advocating for the LGBTQIA community, his current work preserving LGBTQIA history, and his thoughts on the importance of the Castro. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

We visit the World-Famous Apollo Theater in New York City’s Harlem neighborhood to hear from Billy Mitchell, The Apollo’s resident historian and head tour guide, as he shares his stories from over five decades of experience working for The Apollo Theater. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Travel bloggers Christina Guan (Happy to Wander) and Juno Kim (Runaway Juno) talk about their experiences as Asian travelers, increased anti-Asian racism around COVID-19, and why we need more diverse representation in the travel space. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

With Pride 2021 coming up next month, we take a look back at some of our past conversations with travelers from the LGBTQIA community, including Gabi and Shanna, of 27 Travels, Matt and Brad, of Hello Ranger, and trans advocates Kam Burns and Aria Sa’id. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

On this episode, we head to New Orleans… New Orleans East to be exact, to the Vietnamese American neighborhood of Versailles, where Linh Garza’s family opened Dong Phuoung Banh Mi & Baked Goods in 1982 after arriving in New Orleans as refugees. We talk to Linh about how her family’s bakery became one of the hottest bakeshops in the city, and ask how it felt when it was named an “American Classic” by the prestigious James Beard Foundation. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit...

On this episode of Let’s Go Together, guest host Jacqueline Gifford, Travel+Leisure’s Editor in Chief, sits down with Neil Jacobs, CEO of Six Senses Resorts and Spas (a 2021 Global Vision Award winner), to discuss how Six Senses approaches responsible travel and sustainable living. Neil shares his beliefs in how resorts can better engage with their local ecologies and communities, as well as their responsibility in educating the next generation in sustainability. Learn more about your ad...

Infectious Disease Epidemiologist and Science Communications Specialist Jessica Malaty Rivera has made a career breaking down the complexities of pandemics in ways that everyone can understand. In this episode, she sits down with Kellee to talk about all-things COVID-19, including what’s up with the vaccines and when it’ll be safe to travel again. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Jin Prugsawan, chief of interpretation, education, and volunteers at Haleakalā National Park in Hawaii, shares her experiences as a female Park Ranger in the National Parks Service, including walking on day old land and reuniting with long lost family members. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Jin Prugsawan, chief of interpretation, education, and volunteers at Haleakalā National Park in Hawaii, shares her experiences as a female Park Ranger in the National Parks Service, including walking on day old land and reuniting with long lost family members. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Deanna Wallace is an ICU travel nurse who journeys from hospital to hospital to help fill gaps in areas where there are nursing shortages. She joins the podcast to share her experiences of working as a travel nurse and what it’s been like over the past year working on the front lines during the COVID-19 pandemic. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Annise Parker, former councilwoman, controller, and mayor of Houston, sits down with Kellee to talk about the city she loves. Annise shares the story of how she became the first openly LGBTQIA person to be elected mayor of a major U.S. city, and why she thinks Houston became one of the most diverse cities in the nation. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Author Morgan Jerkins speaks six languages and has traveled all over the world. Most recently, she went on a journey to explore her own roots as a Black woman in America. She discusses encountering racism while traveling and how travel has helped inform her sense of identity as a Black woman. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Season two of Let’s Go Together from Travel + Leisure is coming soon! Host and award-winning travel expert Kellee Edwards speaks to guests about their favorite destinations and the stories that shaped the people and cultures in those places. This season, the openly gay former mayor of Houston talks about building one of the most diverse cities in the nation, a female park ranger discusses striving for success in a traditionally male-dominated profession, Mr. Apollo himself explains how the...

This week, we are sharing an episode from Passport. A podcast that helps you understand the world, one place at a time. It’s hosted by best friends Neil Innes and Andres Bartos, every week they take you somewhere new and tell you an amazing story about it. In this episode, Passport is taking a journey on the Indian Railway. These train cars are a moving microcosm of India, and the inspiration behind some of the country’s greatest love stories - on the Bollywood screen and in real life. Learn...

Writers Martinique Lewis and Lawrence Ross discuss the precautions they must take as African Americans in a country with a violent history towards Black motorists. Despite their heightened awareness, Martinique and Lawrence take us on a journey on how they discovered their love of the American landscape. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Far Flung with Saleem Reshamwala (a podcast from TED) is a journey across the globe in search of the world's most surprising and imaginative ideas. In this episode, Saleem Reshamwala explores AfroBubbleGum, an art movement from Nairobi, Kenya, that challenges the narratives often seen about Africa as limited to war, poverty and devastation. But sharing this joyous art is no frivolous task — it can even mean having your work banned. See why AfroBubbleGum faces opposition and what artists, like...

Jessica Nabongo, the first documented black woman to visit every country in the world, and cross-cultural communication, diversity, equity, and inclusion expert Tayo Rockson talk with host Kellee Edwards about their experiences as Black travelers and why destinations across Africa should be on your bucket list. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

While we're busy recording new episodes of Let's Go Together, check out this episode of Allrecipes' Homemade. Chef, restaurateur, author, and philanthropist, Marcus Samuelsson, reminisces on his grandmother’s kitchen and shares how she made fish dumplings and apple jam. In this episode of Homemade, Samuelsson talks with host Martie Duncan about growing up in Sweden, traveling the US for No Passport Required, and seeing the best in people at the worst of times. They discuss the importance of...

Nearly one in five Americans has a mental illness, and these conditions can be unwelcome stowaways on vacation. Doug Leddin, a mental health advocate from Dublin, Ireland, hasn’t let depression and anxiety keep him from exploring the globe. He shares stories about his travels to Indonesia, Morocco, and more — and tips for how to manage your mental health while traveling. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Elena Nikolova and Rabbi Daniel Bortz are two travel influencers who are deeply devoted to their faith. As a Muslim traveler, Elena helps travelers find the Halal travel destinations and interesting Islamic landmarks and Rabbi Daniel has extensive experience finding Jewish communities around the world. Elena and Rabbi Daniel talk to Kellee about the hardships and joys of faith-based travel. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Nyle DiMarco is a model, actor, activist, and the Executive Producer of the hit Netflix series, Deaf U, which takes viewers inside life at the U.S.’s only liberal arts university for the deaf. In this episode, Nyle talks to Kellee about his world travels—and how his deafness is an asset, not a limitation, when connecting with new people and cultures. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Bob Halicky is a commercial airline pilot who made history when he became the first Type 1 diabetic to ever fly for a major airline. In this episode Bob talks to Kellee about receiving his diagnosis, fighting to return to the cockpit, and his love of logging miles. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices