Season Finale: The Privilege to Move Freely through the World
Today is the last episode of the season! I hope you enjoyed spending your time with us.We’re taking an eight-week break, during which I will focus on completing my two book proposals. Wish me luck! We will be back with new episodes in September.The ability to go anywhere is something that many of us probably don't pay much attention to in our day-to-day lives. If we have a powerful passport like that of the United States, some savings or a credit card, and the ability to do flexible, remote work, we can travel somewhere at a moment’s notice. But for many people around the world, that is not the case. So today, I want to pose some questions about what it means.Become a Going Places member for as little as $6 a month. Visit our reimagined platform at goingplacesmedia.com to learn more.Thanks to our Founding Member: RISE Travel Institute, a nonprofit with a mission to create a more just and equitable world through travel education.Featured on the show:Read Banksy's Walled Off Hotel opens in Bethlehem (AFAR)Check out the Pew Research study on how rates of travel vary across the worldLearn more about restrictions of movement in Palestine (a report by the Israeli human rights organization B'Tselem)Learn more about our upcoming trip to Okinawa in November hereGoing Places is a reader-supported platform. Get membership perks like a monthly group call with Yulia at goingplacesmedia.com!For more BTS of this podcast follow @goingplacesmedia on Instagram and check out our videos on YouTube!Please head over to Apple Podcasts and SUBSCRIBE to the show. If you enjoy this conversation, please share it with others on social and don’t forget to tag us @goingplacesmedia!And show us some love, if you have a minute, by rating Going Places or leaving us a review wherever you listen. You’ll be helping us to bend the arc of algorithms towards our community — thank you!Going Places with Yulia Denisyuk is a show that sparks a better understanding of people and places near and far by fostering a space for real conversations to occur. Each week, we sit down with travelers, journalists, creators, and people living and working in destinations around the world. 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. Learn more about our show at goingplacesmedia.com.