5 Black Travel Podcasts to Satisfy Your Wanderlust
There’s nothing better than a good podcast on a long flight to a new destination. However, since we can’t travel to hidden corners of the world, these podcasts will curve the wanderlust desires that have been building up inside so many of us.
Travel podcasts can help you determine where to go and how to best explore a new region. A benefit of listening to podcasts is that hosts are oftentimes unfiltered, allowing you to gain a real and raw understanding of new travel topics.
From chats about expat life to finding a job overseas, here is Girl Around The Globe’s current favorite podcasts created from and for Black travelers.
Christine Job merged her love for travel and her career by taking her skills as a business strategist in Atlanta, Georgia to Barcelona, Spain where she has lived and worked since 2017. As a creator, she informs the followers of “Flourish in the Foreign” on her journey living abroad full-time and brings on guests that have done the same. With her podcast she hopes to magnify “Black women’s voices & stories of living & thriving abroad while also exploring living abroad as a pathway to wellness: financial, professional, mental, physical, and spiritual wellness,” Job said.
Must listen to episode: “How to Get A Job Abroad”
2. On She Goes
Five young women of color-banded together to create this podcast in the hopes of uplifting “the voices of ALL women of color, and to encourage women of color to travel more confidently, more adventurously and more often,” per their description. Because there are so many voices, they cover both group travel and solo trips, as well as discussing a wide range of topics related to travel such as becoming a travel influencer, ancestry, current events, and more.
Must listen to the episode: “How NOT to Travel Like a Basic Bitch in the Time of COVID.”
This podcast was made for and by millennial and Gen-Z Black women who are ready to leap into exploration. The co-hosts Joi Wade and Janelle Layton have traveled to over 25 countries and 5 contents combined and use that experience to help educate future jet setters. They not only share their tips and tricks from personal experience, but they bring on guest traveler influencers to share their stories.
Must listen to episode: “Being Black and Abroad”
Host dCarrie is as unfiltered as the podcast name Travel N Shit suggests. You’ll hear topics that are specific to Black people such as destinations where you won’t get your hair wet, discussions about the African diaspora, cultural sensitivity and cultural appropriation abroad, plus more!
Must listen to episode: “Black Folk Do White People Sh!t, Too”
Creator Carl Hill Jr. is an expatriate aka someone who lives abroad for an extended amount of time. He journeyed from Chicago to Taiwan in 2017. The podcast touches on the pros and cons of living abroad from the sense of adventure it provides to the effect of long-term travel on mental health.
Must listen to episode: “Expat Problems”
Did we miss any? Share with us your favorite travel podcasts in the comments.
