Episodes 200
Avg. Duration 37m
Activity Highly Active
Apple Rating 5.0 (38)
Since Aug 2021
Latest Episode Jun 2026

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Stories of people and places near and far hosted by Yulia Denisyuk, an award-winning travel journalist, photographer, and writer who’s worked with National Geographic, The New York Times, BBC Travel, and more. Each week, we sit down with travelers, journalists, creators, and people living and working in destinations around the world. Guided by Yulia’s years of working in the travel media industry, we meet the people living in the Middle Eastern deserts, culture writers in Hong Kong, street artists in Chicago, and more.

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S14E176 Crowdsourcing Hope: Our Season Finale

Jun 10, 2026 53m

Today is our final episode of this season! Thank you so much for staying with us, listening to us, sharing your words of encouragement with me, and spreading the word about our show.For two years…

S14E175 The Radical Joy of Queer Travel with Author Lindsey Danis

May 20, 2026 59m

Today, we’re speaking with Lindsey Danis, a queer writer of fiction and essays whose writing has appeared in AFAR, Fodor’s Travel, Condé Nast Traveler, Longreads and more.Lindsey’s book (Out) On the…

S14E174 Only 15% of African Safaris Are Black-Owned. Mitti Hicks Explains Why It Matters.

May 06, 2026 57m

Did you know that only 15% of African safaris are Black-owned?Since their colonial origins in the late 19th century, the safari operations on the continent have largely been headed by white men, with…

S14E173 Fighting for Porter Equity on the Trail with Former Lawyer Marinel de Jesus

Apr 29, 2026 1h 8m

Marinel de Jesus is a social entrepreneur and former human rights lawyer who advocates for justice in the mountain-trekking industry.Nearly a decade ago, she left the courtroom to imagine what it…

S14E172 We’re Turning One! Pitch Leads, Member Perks, and Our Big Goal

Apr 22, 2026 18m

We're celebrating a very special milestone this week: Going Places turns one!We're building a home for decolonial storytelling, a place where we travel through a lens of equity, justice, and humanity…

S14E171 Could Coexistence Be the Real European Story with Tharik Hussain

Apr 15, 2026 41m

The narratives that claim Muslims are "new" to Europe are in part fueling the Islamophobia we see on the continent and across the globe today. But what if we knew and celebrated the fact that Muslim…

S14E170 Searching for 1,400 Years of Europe's Muslim History with Tharik Hussain

Apr 08, 2026 49m

For over 1,400 years, Muslims have been an integral part of Europe’s story, yet their contributions to the continent’s development and history have been pushed to the margins or erased…

S14E169 Can Tourism Be a Blessing? Muna Haddad Thinks So

Apr 01, 2026 1h 6m

Travel is a tool for validation, a way to say "I see you, I hear you, and your story matters." Today's guest, Muna Haddad, has built her long career in tourism around this principle.Muna is a…

S14E168 Building ‘Women Who Travel’ with Condé Nast Traveler’s Lale Arikoglu

Mar 25, 2026 53m

Our first guest this season is Lale Arikoglu, the Director of Special Projects at Condé Nast Traveler and host of the award-winning Women Who Travel podcast.Lale has been working as Condé Nast…

S14 New Season: Changing Narratives

Mar 18, 2026 11m Trailer

Welcome back to the new season of the Going Places show!This season of Going Places is all about changing narratives. From who gets to tell the story of a place to revealing the hidden history of…

S13E167 Season Finale: Helmet-to-Cheek and Other 2026 Wishes with Dr. Anu Taranath

Dec 31, 2025 57m

Happy New Year!Today, we're speaking with Dr. Anu Taranath, a speaker, facilitator, and faculty member at the University of Washington in Seattle, where she teaches about global literature, race, and…

S13E166 Caucasus, Bosnia, and Pakistan with the Women Behind The Hybrid Tours

Dec 24, 2025 1h 2m

How do a nomadic Costa Rican-Polish-American and a British-Pakistani raised in Saudi Arabia start a travel company together?Today, we're going to find out. We're speaking with Sibu Szymanowska and…

S13E165 First Time Travel to Jordan with Travel Advisor Vanessa Abbe (Re-Release)

Dec 17, 2025 38m

Today, we're speaking with Vanessa Abbe, a travel advisor who joined me on my last group trip to Jordan. Travel to Jordan has dropped 90% in some cases in the last two years.In this conversation, I…

S13E164 What a Stay in the Desert Is Like with Wadi Rum's Ahmad Mara'yeh (Re-Release)

Dec 10, 2025 46m

Today, we travel to my favorite place on the planet: the desert of Wadi Rum in southern Jordan, to meet Ahmad Mara'yeh, a Bedouin man and co-founder of Rum Planet Camp.We are returning to Jordan next…

S13E163 This Travel Company Tackles Violence Against Women with Sororal’s Megan Ryder-Burbidge

Dec 03, 2025 59m

One in three women worldwide has experienced physical or sexual violence (that’s according to UN Women). Yet, this rarely gets discussed outside of specialized circles. Today, we’re going to fix…

S13E162 Healing the World with Arab Jewish Mystic Hadar Cohen

Nov 26, 2025 1h 12m

If there is one episode you listen to this season, let it be this one. It revolves around these questions: how do we heal the world? How do we practice love?Today, we're speaking with Hadar Cohen, an…

S13E161 Writing a Book and Other Wisdoms: What Our Group Calls Feel Like

Nov 19, 2025 28m

Today, we're sharing a preview of the kinds of conversations we have during our monthly First Fridays group calls inside our paid Going Places members' community.You’ll hear from our paid members Dr.…

S13E160 Yulia Gets Interviewed by Matt Bowles of The Maverick Show

Nov 12, 2025 55m

Today, we’re flipping the script and bringing you a conversation I recorded with a dear friend of mine, a longtime Palestinian activist Matt Bowles, for his podcast, The Maverick Show.On his podcast,…

S13E159 Unpacking Morocco’s Capital City with CCCL’s Farah Cherif D'Ouezzan

Nov 05, 2025 1h 3m

Today, we're speaking with Farah Cherif D'Ouezzan, an intercultural educator and founder of the Rabat, Morocco-based Center for Cross-Cultural Learning, which has been bringing groups of students and…

S13E158 On Gaza, Love, and Stereotypes with Saudi Photographer Tasneem Alsultan

Oct 29, 2025 1h 2m

Today, we're speaking with Tasneem Alsultan, a Saudi-American photographer known for her work on gender and social issues in Saudi Arabia and the region.Tasneem is the first Arab woman to become a…

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