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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 now, I have been asking every guest who comes on the podcast two questions: What gives you hope? And which place are you going to next?I started asking the hope question because I needed to find that hope myself. And boy did our guests deliver!So I thought it would be a beautiful way to close out this season with a collective, crowdsourced answer to that question.What gives you hope?We also asked our community members to send in their answers to these two questions. Thank you to everyone who participated: Carrie, Siham, Alice, Maxim, and Ami!18 guests. 5 of our community members. The answer is in this episode.We are an audience-supported platform. Become a paid member to support our work and get our many perks.Visit us at goingplacesmedia.com to learn more.Thanks to our Founding Members:RISE Travel Institute, a nonprofit with a mission to create a more just and equitable world through travel educationRadostina Boseva, a film wedding photographer with an editorial flair based in San FranciscoFeatured on the show:02:38 Our community's answers07:04 Storyteller & Educator Justine Abigail Yu10:54 Climate Activist Arto Sivonen14:05 Palestine Rights Activist & Podcaster Matt Bowles15:22 Stockholm Archipelago's Marie Östblom16:16 Runner & Writer Joe Baur20:08 Hostel Owner & Solo Biker Alex Reynolds21:02 Author Natasha Hakimi Zapata22:55 Saudi Photographer Tasneem Alsultan24:43 CCCL's Founder Farah Cherif D'Ouezzan30:45 Sororal CEO Megan Ryder-Burbidge31:16 Hybrid Tours' Sibu Szymanowska and Hira Aftab33:54 Condé Nast Traveler's Editor Lale Arikoglu35:08 Author Tharik Hussain39:31 Author Lindsey Danis41:13 Journalist Mitti Hicks44:01 Baraka Destinations' Muna Haddad47:21 Porter Rights Activist Marinel de Jesus49:48 Author & Educator Dr. Anu TaranathGoing 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.

La última actualización del Official Smooth Jazz Singles Chart for Spain & LATAM nos deja importantes movimientos y una nueva canción liderando la clasificación. Esta semana, Adam Hawley alcanza el puesto más alto de la lista con "Electric", acompañado por el legendario saxofonista Everette Harp, convirtiéndose en el nuevo número uno del panorama smooth jazz en España y Latinoamérica. Entre las novedades más destacadas encontramos la entrada de siete nuevos sencillos que se incorporan al Top 100. Desde el elegante groove de "Easy Breezin'" de D.S. Wilson, hasta la sofisticada interpretación vocal de Nicole Henry en "Everything Is Fine", la lista continúa mostrando la gran diversidad que caracteriza al smooth jazz actual. También debutan esta semana Brian Clay con "Return 2 Aruba", la pianista Yulia junto a Jackiem Joyner con "Let's Agree To Love", Hubert Eaves IV con "She Said Yes", Dee Brown con el veraniego "Summer Cruise", y Brittany Atterberry con "Velvet Whispers", una de las nuevas voces a seguir dentro de la escena contemporánea. Además, dos temas logran dar un importante salto hasta situarse directamente dentro del Top 20. Marcus Anderson continúa su ascenso con "Grounded", alcanzando el puesto 18, mientras que Markko Mendes irrumpe en el número 20 con "My Guitar Smooth My Friend", confirmando la excelente acogida que está teniendo entre los programadores y oyentes de la región. Una semana más, el chart refleja el excelente momento creativo que vive el smooth jazz internacional, con artistas consolidados compartiendo protagonismo con nuevos talentos que siguen renovando el género. ¡Enhorabuena a Adam Hawley por su primer puesto y a todos los artistas que forman parte del Top 100 de esta semana! & SEMANA DEL 30 DE MAYO | MAY 30th Congratulations ADAM HAWLEY our new TOP 1 Congratulations to everyone that made it into this week's Top 100 #001.- ELECTRIC – Adam Hawley Ft. Everette Harp #096.- EASY BREEZIN' - D.S. Wilson #095.- EVERITHING IS FINE – Nicole Henry #090.- RETURN 2 ARUBA – Brian Clay #089.- LET'S AGREE TO LOVE – Yulia Ft. Jackiem Joyner #088.- SHE SAID YES – Hubert Eaves IV #080.- SUMMER CRUISE – Dee Brown #073.- VELVET WHISPERS – Brittany Atterberry #020.- MY GUITAR SMOOTH MY FRIEND – Markko Mendes #018.- GROUNDED – Marcus Anderson

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 Road: The Radical Joy of Queer Travel is out this month. In it, Lindsey weaves personal experience with data and interviews, and offers readers a framework for planning travel, navigating risks, and becoming self-reliant.Lindsey is also the founder of the LGBTQ+ travel platform, Queer Adventurers, that focuses on queer women and nonbinary people. Her work is all about empowering LGBTQ+ travelers to understand and advocate for their needs so that they can plan incredible adventures.We are an audience-supported platform. Become a paid member to support our work and get our many perks.Visit us at goingplacesmedia.com to learn more.Thanks to our Founding Members:RISE Travel Institute, a nonprofit with a mission to create a more just and equitable world through travel educationRadostina Boseva, a film wedding photographer with an editorial flair based in San FranciscoWhat you'll learn in this episode:The "how" of writing a book and securing an agentThe concept of queer joyWriting for LGBTQ+ audiences through a liberatory frameworkWhy queer stories aren't just for queer travelers, but for anyone interested in a more expansive and inclusive worldWhat mainstream travel advice often gets wrong about the queer experienceHow we can use our spending power to advocate for changePractical insights on how to be an ally to a queer travelerFeatured on the show:Read (Out) On the Road: The Radical Joy of Queer TravelLearn more about Lindsey's workFollow Lindsey on Instagram: @lindsey.danis.writerConnect with Lindsey on LinkedInCheck out Lindsey's platform, Queer AdventuresGet Lindsey's book proposal worksheetGet Lindsey's allyship guide for travelersRead Lindsey's piece for Eater about the restaurant industryCheck out the Everywhere is Queer appGoing 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.

Yulia – Let’s Agree To Love Gary Bartz – Spiritual Ideation Maarten van der Grinten – My Romance Anna Pauline – Lucky To Be Me Richard Smith – Smoke and Satin Strut Erly Thornton – Die With a Smile d'Z – Hello World Thianam – Satisfied Leonid Shinkarenko Jazz 4 – Remembrance Bob Baldwin – […]

On Legal Marketing Radio, host Chip interviews Yulia Chiaburu, a Solutions Architect Leader at AWS with 24+ years of experience across startups, enterprises, and Fortune 500 companies, about how AI is fundamentally reshaping the SaaS business model. Chiaburu explains that the traditional playbook — seat-based subscriptions, switching cost lock-in, and annual price increases — is cracking under three pressures: agents replacing human users, the rise of vibe coding lowering the barrier to build custom software, and a buyer shift toward paying for outcomes rather than access. She introduces concepts like "services software," outcome-based and usage-based pricing, and the importance of AI-native platforms where AI is core to the product rather than bolted on. The conversation covers real-world examples including a law firm's AI-powered intake and case management system, internal AI adoption challenges, the value of peer learning networks, and the competitive advantages West Michigan holds — domain expertise, lower burn rate, and a growing university talent pipeline — as AI lowers the barrier to founding a startup without coastal VC funding. 00:00 SaaS Is Cracking 01:00 Meet Yulia Chiaburu 03:30 What Is SaaSmageddon? 05:00 Services Software and Outcome-Based Pricing 06:30 AI-Native vs. Bolted-On AI 07:00 Should You Still Build a SaaS Startup? 14:00 AI Adoption Inside Organizations 22:00 Walking Teams Through AI Unlocks 24:00 Peer Groups as a Learning Strategy 26:00 Local vs. Open-Source Model Choices 28:00 West Michigan's Startup Advantages 29:30 Wrap Up

Interview with pianist YULIA - The Culture News

Explore the fascinating world of religion in Ancient Greece, from the powerful Olympian gods like Zeus, Athena, and Apollo to sacred rituals, temples, myths, and festivals that shaped daily Greek life.Find me and my music here:https://linktr.ee/filipholmSupport Let's Talk Religion on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/letstalkreligion Or through a one-time donation: https://paypal.me/talkreligiondonateSources/Recommended Reading:Bowden, Hugh (2010). "Mystery cults in the Ancient World". Thames and Hudson Ltd.Burkert, William (1987). "Greek Religion: Archaic and Classical". Wiley-Blackwell. Burkert, Walter (1988). "Ancient Mystery Cults". Harvard University Press.Chulp, Radek (2016). "Proclus: An Introduction". Cambridge University Press.Cooper, John M. et. al (translated by) (1997). "Plato: Complete Works". Hackett Publishing.Dodds, E.R. (2004). "The Greeks & The Irrational". University of California Press.Eidinow, Esther & Julia Kindt (ed.) (2017). "The Oxford Handbook of Ancient Greek Religion". Oxford University Press.Gerson, Loyd P. (ed.) (2019). "Plotinus: The Enneads". Cambridge University Press. (This is the translation of the Enneads I have been using in this episode).Gerson, Loyd P (2008). "Cambridge Companion to Plotinus". Cambridge University Press.Gregory, John (ed.) (1998). "The Neoplatonists: a reader". Routledge.Huffman, Carl A. (ed.) (2017). "A History of Pythagoreanism". Cambridge University Press.Iamblichus "On the Mysteries". Tranlsated by Emma C. Clarke, John M. Dillon & Jackson P. Hershell. Writings from the Graeco-Roman World. Society of Biblical Literature.Inwood, Brad (ed.) (2003). "The Cambridge Companion to the Stoics". Cambridge University Press.Kirk, G.S., J.E. Raven & M. Schofield (1983). "The Presocratic Philosophers". Second Edition. Cambridge University Press.Parker, Robert C.T. (2011). "On Greek Religion". Cornell University Press.Proclus "The Elements of Theology: A Revised Text with Translation, Introduction, and Commentary". Translated by E.R. Dodds. Second Edition. Oxford University Press.Shaw, Gregory (2014). "Theurgy and the Soul: The Neoplatonism of Iamblichus". Angelico Press/Sophia Perennis.Ustinova, Yulia (2017). "Divine Mania: Alterations of Consciousness in Ancient Greece". Routledge.Wallis, R.T. (1998). "Neoplatonism". Second Edition. Bristol Classical Paperbacks. Hackett Publishing Company.Zhmud, Leonid (2012). "Pythagoras and the Early Pythagoreans". Translated by Kevin Windle & Rosh Ireland. OUP Oxford. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

En Ukraine, suite au vote d'une loi de réforme du Code civil, des rassemblements de la société civile ont lieu à travers tout le pays. Si le gouvernement et Ruslan Stefanchuk, le président de la Rada, le Parlement ukrainien, présentent ce projet comme nécessaire, une partie de la population y voit plutôt un retour en arrière et la menace de discriminations, entre autres. De notre envoyée spéciale à Kharkiv, Ils sont quelques centaines à s'être réunis à Kharkiv et scandent : « Le pouvoir en Ukraine, c'est le peuple ». Ces civils protestent contre la loi 15150. Elle a été adoptée en première lecture le 28 avril dernier, avec 254 voix « pour ». Pour entrer en vigueur, elle doit encore passer en deuxième lecture puis par une procédure finale.  Cette loi doit réformer le Code civil, sauf que plusieurs de ses articles font débat : ils touchent aux libertés individuelles et aux droits de chacun. « Il s'agit d'une tentative de donner l'illusion de l'action alors qu'en réalité, nous n'avançons pas, fustige Yulia, une étudiante en droit. Certaines restrictions entérinent les anciens concepts et normes juridiques absolus, discriminatoires et rétrogrades, ou, au contraire, aggravent la situation. » Catalyseur des inquiétudes, l'insertion dans la loi du concept de « bonne moralité », un terme vague qui permettrait aux juges de légiférer sur des questions familiales ou personnelles selon leur propre définition de ce qui est moral et de ce qui ne l'est pas, ainsi que le concept de réconciliation, préconisé avant de prononcer un divorce. « Qui sait, si, par exemple, il y a eu des violences conjugales et qu'ils sont forcés de se réconcilier, est-ce que ce sera normal ?, interroge Anastasia, une étudiante préoccupée par cette mesure.  D'un point de vue psychologique, est-ce normal ? En général, je ne le pense pas. » Dans ce concept de « bonne moralité », se glisse celui que le couple ne peut qu'être composé d'un homme et d'une femme, entérinant la discrimination pour toute la communauté LGBTQ+. « Je ne comprends tout simplement pas pourquoi mes amis, deux hommes, qui sont ensemble depuis huit ans, ne peuvent pas se marier, dénonce Nadya, une artiste. Ou bien mes deux copines, en couple, qui n'ont pas le droit de se rendre visite si l'une d'elles est hospitalisée… » À lire aussiUkraine: la société civile se soulève contre la criminalisation des soldats Un texte qui détériore les droits humains Si la loi a été adoptée en première lecture par 254 députés, deux s'y sont opposés, dont Inna Sovsun, du parti d'opposition Holos. Pour elle, ce vote tient à une méconnaissance du texte proposé et il menace l'avenir européen de l'Ukraine : « C'est devenu un scandale pour la population ainsi que pour nos partenaires, en particulier l'Union européenne, parce que, de manière générale, ce texte n'améliore pas la situation des droits humains et, dans certains cas, l'aggrave même, souligne la députée. Et, évidemment, ce texte va à l'encontre des engagements pris par l'Ukraine dans le cadre du processus d'intégration à l'Union européenne. L'Ukraine doit respecter ces engagements, et ce projet s'en écarte clairement. C'est donc inacceptable. » Face au mécontentement populaire, les parlementaires ne peuvent que déposer des amendements à la loi 15150. De son côté, malgré la guerre et les bombardements, la société civile ukrainienne continuera de se mobiliser pour ces droits ces prochains jours – signe d'une démocratie en pleine action. À lire aussiUkraine: le gouvernement alerte sur la situation humanitaire désastreuse à Kherson

En Ukraine, suite au vote d'une loi de réforme du Code civil, des rassemblements de la société civile ont lieu à travers tout le pays. Si le gouvernement et Ruslan Stefanchuk, le président de la Rada, le Parlement ukrainien, présentent ce projet comme nécessaire, une partie de la population y voit plutôt un retour en arrière et la menace de discriminations, entre autres. De notre envoyée spéciale à Kharkiv, Ils sont quelques centaines à s'être réunis à Kharkiv et scandent : « Le pouvoir en Ukraine, c'est le peuple ». Ces civils protestent contre la loi 15150. Elle a été adoptée en première lecture le 28 avril dernier, avec 254 voix « pour ». Pour entrer en vigueur, elle doit encore passer en deuxième lecture puis par une procédure finale.  Cette loi doit réformer le Code civil, sauf que plusieurs de ses articles font débat : ils touchent aux libertés individuelles et aux droits de chacun. « Il s'agit d'une tentative de donner l'illusion de l'action alors qu'en réalité, nous n'avançons pas, fustige Yulia, une étudiante en droit. Certaines restrictions entérinent les anciens concepts et normes juridiques absolus, discriminatoires et rétrogrades, ou, au contraire, aggravent la situation. » Catalyseur des inquiétudes, l'insertion dans la loi du concept de « bonne moralité », un terme vague qui permettrait aux juges de légiférer sur des questions familiales ou personnelles selon leur propre définition de ce qui est moral et de ce qui ne l'est pas, ainsi que le concept de réconciliation, préconisé avant de prononcer un divorce. « Qui sait, si, par exemple, il y a eu des violences conjugales et qu'ils sont forcés de se réconcilier, est-ce que ce sera normal ?, interroge Anastasia, une étudiante préoccupée par cette mesure.  D'un point de vue psychologique, est-ce normal ? En général, je ne le pense pas. » Dans ce concept de « bonne moralité », se glisse celui que le couple ne peut qu'être composé d'un homme et d'une femme, entérinant la discrimination pour toute la communauté LGBTQ+. « Je ne comprends tout simplement pas pourquoi mes amis, deux hommes, qui sont ensemble depuis huit ans, ne peuvent pas se marier, dénonce Nadya, une artiste. Ou bien mes deux copines, en couple, qui n'ont pas le droit de se rendre visite si l'une d'elles est hospitalisée… » À lire aussiUkraine: la société civile se soulève contre la criminalisation des soldats Un texte qui détériore les droits humains Si la loi a été adoptée en première lecture par 254 députés, deux s'y sont opposés, dont Inna Sovsun, du parti d'opposition Holos. Pour elle, ce vote tient à une méconnaissance du texte proposé et il menace l'avenir européen de l'Ukraine : « C'est devenu un scandale pour la population ainsi que pour nos partenaires, en particulier l'Union européenne, parce que, de manière générale, ce texte n'améliore pas la situation des droits humains et, dans certains cas, l'aggrave même, souligne la députée. Et, évidemment, ce texte va à l'encontre des engagements pris par l'Ukraine dans le cadre du processus d'intégration à l'Union européenne. L'Ukraine doit respecter ces engagements, et ce projet s'en écarte clairement. C'est donc inacceptable. » Face au mécontentement populaire, les parlementaires ne peuvent que déposer des amendements à la loi 15150. De son côté, malgré la guerre et les bombardements, la société civile ukrainienne continuera de se mobiliser pour ces droits ces prochains jours – signe d'une démocratie en pleine action. À lire aussiUkraine: le gouvernement alerte sur la situation humanitaire désastreuse à Kherson

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 local communities rarely seeing the benefits.(This extends beyond safaris to luxury tourism in Africa, which has been linked to extractive practices and degradation of local habitats.)Mitti Hicks is a travel writer and former broadcast journalist who first reported on this issue for Travel Noire.In this episode, Mitti will share how you can choose to do safari differently, seeing wild animals while supporting local communities AND black owner operators instead.We are an audience-supported platform. Become a paid member to support our work and get our many perks.Visit us at goingplacesmedia.com to learn more.Thanks to our Founding Members:RISE Travel Institute, a nonprofit with a mission to create a more just and equitable world through travel educationRadostina Boseva, a film wedding photographer with an editorial flair based in San FranciscoWhat you'll learn in this episode:How Mitti went from broadcast journalism to travel writingWhat traveling in Jordan and Sierra Leone was like for MittiConnecting with Jordan's Black communityHow you can support Black-owned safaris in AfricaWhy Mitti seeks out Black stories wherever she goesFeatured on the show:Follow Mitti on Instagram: @mitti_meganConnect with Mitti on LinkedInRead Mitti's story on Black-owned safarisRead Mitti's story on Sierra LeoneGoing 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.

微信公众号：「慕柏读书」（mubaidushu)。主播：慕柏，365天每天更新一期。 文字版已在微信公众号【慕柏读书】发布 。V：mubaidushu365 背景音乐：1.방과후 - 소년 소녀를 잃어버리다；2.Love Rabbit - 세잎클로버의 눈물；3.Yulia - 새벽 그림자；4.赵成宇 - メインテーマ ~犬と私の10の约束~。

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 would take to travel through the lens of equity and dignity.In 2024, Marinel spent over 100 days walking the Great Himalaya Trail with Mingmar Dolma Sherpa, the first Nepali woman to guide 100 days on the commercial sections of this legendary trail.Marinel's documentary, KM 82: The Porter Voices of Peru's Camino Inca, tells the story of the Indigenous Quechua porters on the Inca Trail through their own voices.Marinel, the porters, and her team received many threats for telling this story.Our first-ever member drive ends soon!Join us as a paid member by Friday, May 1st, to get these limited-time member drive perks:Free 1:1 Call: Every new member (at any level) gets a free 15-minute 1:1 call with me to brainstorm or chat.The Masterclass ($79 Value): Join as an Annual Member and get "free forever" access to my Travel Media Masterclass Video Series, featuring pitch templates and industry deep-dives.Become a paid member, so that we can continue doing this work in the months to come.Visit us at goingplacesmedia.com to learn more.Thanks to our Founding Members:RISE Travel Institute, a nonprofit with a mission to create a more just and equitable world through travel educationRadostina Boseva, a film wedding photographer with an editorial flair based in San FranciscoWhat you'll learn in this episode:The dark side of tourism no one talks aboutMarinel's origins as a Filipina and an immigrant to the U.S.The status of porters and other "invisible people" in the travel service industryAdvocating for women and Indigenous communities in mountain tourismTrekking in Peru, Nepal, and MongoliaFeatured on the show:Follow Marinel on Instagram: @browngaltrekkerConnect with Marinel on LinkedInLearn more about Marinel's work on her siteCheck out Porter Voice CollectiveFollow The Porter Voice Collective on InstagramJoin Marinel's Equity Global TreksCheck out Khusvegi Nomadic Camp in MongoliaGoing 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.

Макс и Юля обсуждают умные гаджеты (кольца, фитнес-браслеты) и их влияние на наши привычки. Это диалог на русском языке (уровень B1–B2) для тех, кто изучает русский и хочет узнать больше на темы, связанные со здоровьем и современными технологиями. Max and Yulia discuss smart gadgets such as rings and fitness trackers and how they influence our habits. This is a Russian dialogue for B1–B2 learners who want to improve their Russian listening skills and explore topics related to health and modern technology.

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 and ask hard questions about who gets to tell the story of a place and who benefits from the traveler's presence there.We have ambitious goals for Going Places, and we need you. That's why we're running our first Annual Membership Drive for new paid members to join our cause.Join us for as little as $6 a month and get access to our NEW membership perk: now everyone, even at our lowest membership level, can tune into regular, quarterly Zoom check-ins with me. Our first one is this Friday, April 24th!PLUS, for the duration of this drive, we're offering two very special perks:Learn from Yulia: every annual member gets access to our Travel Media Masterclass Video Series. (A $79 value!) Understand how the travel media industry works with sessions that cover working with tourism boards and publications, demystify the entire pitching process, and share real earnings you can expect in this industry.Connect with Yulia: everyone who joins us during this membership drive also gets a free 15-min 1:1 call with me. Use it however you like!Join us at any level by Friday, May 1st, to get these perks.Thanks to our Founding Members:RISE Travel Institute, a nonprofit with a mission to create a more just and equitable world through travel educationRadostina Boseva, a film wedding photographer with an editorial flair based in San FranciscoMentioned on the show: this Talk Easy episode on AI.Going 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.

“Pessimism is not fatalism. Fatalism is the belief that things will always necessarily be worse. Pessimism is the belief that things will probably get worse. Within that ‘probably,' it opens up space for action.” — Gal Beckerman In the first months of Trump II, Gal Beckerman watched American society do something that shocked him: comply. In one pathetic example after another, prominent law firms, universities, and senior federal employees buckled to every Trumpian whim. America appeared unable to resist authoritarianism. There were no dissidents. Thus How to Be a Dissident. Beckerman's new manual of resistance is inspired by history's more insistent dissenters — from Mandelstam and Solzhenitsyn to Navalny, Ai Weiwei, Thoreau, Havel, the Mothers of the Plaza de Mayo, and demonstrators on the streets of Minneapolis. The quiet manifesto focuses on what Beckerman considers the ten most essential qualities of how to be a dissident: Be alone. Be pessimistic. Be funny. Be reckless. Be watchful. Pessimism, above all. Not fatalism — the belief that things will always necessarily be worse — but the belief that things will probably get worse. Optimism, in Beckerman's mind, undermines urgency and thus enables passivity. Pessimism forces resistance. It's the first lesson in how to be a dissident. Five Takeaways •       Moral Nausea: Beckerman's term for the feeling most of us recognise but most of us suppress: seeing something wrong — a neighbour treated badly, a homeless person in a terrible situation, a dead child in a newspaper — and knowing ourselves somehow implicated. Most of us swallow it back down. We don't do anything. We try not to think about it. The dissident is the person who doesn't. What separates them, Hannah Arendt argued after studying Germans who resisted the Nazis, is a single question: can I live with myself? If the answer is no — if living with myself would mean living with a murderer — the dissident acts. That question, and the refusal to avoid it, is what makes a dissident a dissident. •       The Pre-Political: Havel's definition of where dissidence begins: not in ideology or revolution, but in the defence of whatever allows a human life to feel normal. For Havel, it started with a rock band — the Plastic People of the Universe, arrested for playing unauthorised concerts in communist Czechoslovakia. They weren't political. They sang about drinking beer. But they were gathering people together outside state sanction, and that was enough. For Iranian dissidents: being able to drive unaccompanied, or not cover one's hair. For the Tiananmen tank man: getting home to make dinner. The dissident defends those pre-political conditions — the normal life — when the state moves to violate them. •       Mandelstam's Answer: Osip Mandelstam composed a poem mocking Stalin in the early 1930s — at the height of Stalin's repressive era — and never wrote it down. He repeated it to his wife, Nadezhda, night after night in bed until she had memorised it. When it reached the secret police, he was arrested and brought to the Lubyanka. The interrogator asked: why did you do this? He could have denied it. Blamed his wife. Said it was a game of telephone. Instead he said: I wrote it because I hate fascism. It's as simple as that. Beckerman opens the book with this moment because it captures the dissident at their most elemental — a man who, when asked the Arendt question, answered honestly. •       Navalny Goes Back: After being poisoned by Putin and spending months recovering in Germany, Navalny returned to Russia, knowing almost certainly that in the best case he would be in prison for a very long time, and that Putin would most likely find another way to kill him. Which he did. Why go back? Navalny's answer, in his memoir: he had made a promise to the Russian people. How could he stand on the sidelines while asking others to sacrifice so much? The scene Beckerman describes from the prison: Navalny finds a moment away from the cameras, pulls his wife Yulia aside, and tells her he's accepted that he's probably not getting out alive. She says: I know. I've thought the same thing, and I've accepted it. He kisses her. He needs to know she isn't engaging in magical thinking. Optimism, in this context, would not have helped him. •       Be Pessimistic: Beckerman's most counterintuitive prescription, and his favourite. The assumption is that anyone engaged in quixotic world-changing behaviour must be an optimist. Beckerman argues the opposite. Pessimism — not fatalism — is healthier. The distinction matters: fatalism says things will always necessarily be worse. Pessimism says things will probably be worse. The “probably” leaves room for action. If you assume someone else will solve climate change, or that authoritarianism will inevitably collapse, you wait. The pessimist acts now, with what time they have, because they know things probably won't work out otherwise. It is, Beckerman suggests, akin to accepting death: the ultimate pessimistic reality we all face, which is also the only thing that makes each day matter. About the Guest Gal Beckerman is a staff writer at The Atlantic and the author of How to Be a Dissident (Crown, April 21, 2026), The Quiet Before: On the Unexpected Origins of Radical Ideas, and When They Come for Us, We'll Be Gone: The Epic Struggle to Save Soviet Jewry (Sami Rohr Prize winner). He has a PhD from Columbia University and lives in Brooklyn. References: •       How to Be a Dissident by Gal Beckerman (Crown, April 21, 2026). •       Nadezhda Mandelstam, Hope Against Hope — the memoir Beckerman calls one of his favourite books. •       Alexei Navalny, Patriot — the memoir Beckerman draws on for the prison scene with Yulia. •       Episode 2869: Jacob Mchangama on The Future of Free Speech — the companion episode on the crisis of free speech that contextualises this one. About Keen On America Nobody asks more awkward questions than the Anglo-American writer and filmmaker Andrew Keen. In Keen On America, Andrew brings his pointed Transatlantic wit to making sense of the United States — hosting daily interviews about the history and future of this now venerable Republic. With nearly 2,900 episodes since the show launched on TechCrunch in 2010, Keen On America is the most prolific intellectual interview show in the history of podcasting. WebsiteSubstackYouTube

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 people have always been an integral part of the European story?In Part 2 of our conversation, Tharik Hussain—an award-winning author, historian, and journalist—returns to help us dismantle the long-standing myth of Jews versus Muslims always fighting each other. We'll meet the Red-haired sultans of Europe, cover the Jewish and the Muslim Golden Age, and look at these 1,400 years of Muslim rule in Europe through its biggest context: that of co-existence.This season, we want to hear from you! Send us a short note with your name, where you're calling in from, and an answer to two questions:What gives YOU hope in this moment in timeWhich place you are going to nextWe'll run your answers at the end of the season in our Community Voices episode! To participate, fill out this form OR send us a short audio clip (an iPhone voice recording is just fine!) to hello@goingplacesmedia.com by Monday, April 27.Going Places is an audience-supported platform. Today, I want to invite you to become a paid member, so that we can continue doing this work in the months to come.Join us for as little as $6 a month and get access to our membership perks. We just added a new one: now everyone, even at our lowest membership level, can tune into regular, quarterly Zoom check-ins with me. Our first one is in April.Visit us at goingplacesmedia.com to learn more.Thanks to our Founding Members:RISE Travel Institute, a nonprofit with a mission to create a more just and equitable world through travel educationRadostina Boseva, a film wedding photographer with an editorial flair based in San FranciscoWhat you'll learn in this episode:The role of Cyprus in Muslim EuropeThe World's first Muslim navyWhy the Muslim Empire was often Muslim in name onlyDismantling the myth of eternal conflict through the lens of the Jewish and Muslim Golden AgesWhy did King William II of Sicily call himself Sultan Musta'izMaimonides of Cordoba: What the life of this Arabized Jewish scholar teaches us about coexistenceWhy a synagogue in Manchester mirrors a mosque in CordobaWhat gives Tharik hope todayFeatured on the show:Follow Tharik on Instagram: @tharik_hussainConnect with Tharik on LinkedInLearn more about Tharik's work on his siteRead Minarets in the Mountains: A Journey into Muslim EuropeCheck out Tharik's latest book, Muslim Europe: A Journey in Search of a 1,400-Year HistoryLearn about Britain's first Muslim heritage trail, created by TharikGoing 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.

В этом выпуске понятного подкаста на русском языке Макс и Юля обсуждают книги Кира Булычёва, которые подойдут изучающим русский язык на уровне B1–B2 и помогут начать читать неадаптированную литературу. Вы узнаете, почему серия об Алисе Селезнёвой считается доступным чтением для intermediate learners, чем она проще русской классики и какие книги особенно интересны для знакомства с советской культурой и повседневной жизнью. In this episode of a comprehensible Russian podcast, Max and Yulia talk about Kir Bulychyov's books that can work well for intermediate Russian learners at the B1–B2 level who want to start reading native Russian literature. You will hear why the Alice series is more accessible than Russian classics and which books can help you practice reading in Russian while learning more about Soviet culture and everyday life.

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 altogether.Today's guest is bringing some of these forgotten stories back to the forefront. Tharik Hussain is an award-winning author, historian, and journalist based in the UK who specialises in global Muslim heritage and culture.He's written a book on Islam in the Western Balkans, Minarets in the Mountains, and his latest book, Muslim Europe: A Journey in Search of a 1,400-Year History, reveals the ancient, long-forgotten roots of Islam on the continent and how deeply interconnected the story of Muslims is with the story of Europe.Our conversation was so monumental that we broke it down into two parts. Catch Part 2 of our conversation next week!This season, we want to hear from you! Send us a short note with your name, where you're calling in from, and an answer to two questions:What gives YOU hope in this moment in timeWhich place you are going to nextWe'll run your answers at the end of the season in our Community Voices episode! To participate, fill out this form OR send us a short audio clip (an iPhone voice recording is just fine!) to hello@goingplacesmedia.com by Monday, April 27.Going Places is an audience-supported platform. Today, I want to invite you to become a paid member, so that we can continue doing this work in the months to come.Join us for as little as $6 a month and get access to our membership perks. We just added a new one: now everyone, even at our lowest membership level, can tune into regular, quarterly Zoom check-ins with me. Our first one is in April.Visit us at goingplacesmedia.com to learn more.Thanks to our Founding Members:RISE Travel Institute, a nonprofit with a mission to create a more just and equitable world through travel educationRadostina Boseva, a film wedding photographer with an editorial flair based in San FranciscoWhat you'll learn in this episode:How a layover in Cyprus led Tharik on this pathMuslim rule in the Mediterranean: Cordoba, Palermo, Toledo, & CyprusWhere in Europe is the aunt of Prophet Muhammad buriedRed-haired sultans and Arabic-speaking Christian kingsThe story of Cordoban MezquitaWas Alhambra really a pleasure palace?The Islamic roots of the European RenaissanceThe myths of Matamoros and the 100-virgin tributeWhy the history of Islam in Europe is barely known todayFeatured on the show:Follow Tharik on Instagram: @tharik_hussainConnect with Tharik on LinkedInLearn more about Tharik's work on his siteRead Minarets in the Mountains: A Journey into Muslim EuropeCheck out Tharik's latest book, Muslim Europe: A Journey in Search of a 1,400-Year HistoryLearn about Britain's first Muslim heritage trail, created by TharikGoing 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.

In this weeks episode, I had the pleasure of interviewing Yulia Tarbath, Business & Leadership coach and founder of THE PIVOT METHOD™.She's been on world stages, built a 7 figure brand, 11 million YouTube views and has supported 1000s of clients over 11 years in multiple industries.  She is a true change maker and thought leader combining identity, somatics, Psychology and Business Strategy. After burning out after a period of deep personal loss, combined with a major international move, parenting, health challenges, and the pressure of running a business eventually pushed her system past its limits. Her body shut down. She tried to solve this with high level masterminds and more strategy.  But eventually she realized: she hadn't hit a strategy problem. She'd outgrown the version of herself the business was build around. Through this period, THE PIVOT METHOD was birthed for established coaches, leaders and change makers ready to PIVOT.In this episode we discuss: - How to avoid common mistakes during a pivot so that you actually create the aligned legacy business you're here for- Identifying your Unique Leadership Edge to position yourself as the go to in your industry without sacrificing your depth - Navigating a major identity shift and how to use Internal Family Systems (IFS) to integrate ALL parts- And so much more. Connect with Yulia: Instagram:  https://www.instagram.com/coachyuliatarbath/Apply here: https://www.yuliatarbath.com/pivotyourbusinessWebiste: https://www.yuliatarbath.com/about-page/ With love, Vanessa xoxFollow on: InstagramJoin My Private Facebook Group 

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 powerful maker of change in the world of travel and someone I admire deeply. She is the founder of Baraka Destinations, an organization creating tourism experiences in Jordan's secondary, forgotten locations that center local narratives and give power back to where it belongs: local communities.Muna spent nearly two decades working in sustainable tourism. She founded the Jordan Trail Association, which promotes the 400-mile hiking trail that runs across the country, and helped create the Meaningful Travel Map of Jordan.This season, we want to hear from you! Send us a short note with your name, where you're calling in from, and an answer to two questions:What gives YOU hope in this moment in timeWhich place you are going to nextWe'll run your answers at the end of the season in our Community Voices episode! To participate, fill out this form OR send us a short audio clip (an iPhone voice recording is just fine!) to hello@goingplacesmedia.com by Monday, April 27.Going Places is an audience-supported platform. Today, I want to invite you to become a paid member, so that we can continue doing this work in the months to come.Join us for as little as $6 a month and get access to our membership perks. We just added a new one: now everyone, even at our lowest membership level, can tune into regular, quarterly Zoom check-ins with me. Our first one is in April. Visit us at goingplacesmedia.com to learn more.Thanks to our Founding Members:RISE Travel Institute, a nonprofit with a mission to create a more just and equitable world through travel educationRadostina Boseva, a film wedding photographer with an editorial flair based in San FranciscoWhat you'll learn in this episode:How a trip to Cambodia led Muna down this pathAsking 'who benefits?' and 'who gets to tell the story of a place?'How Baraka's work transformed the village of Umm Qais in northern JordanWhy the model Muna started is a revolution needed everywhere in travelWhat makes Baraka's new tour in Amman extraordinaryWords matter: why terms 'Middle East' and 'Levant' are a colonial legacyUnpacking OrientalismFeatured on the show:Follow Muna on Instagram: @munahaddadFollow Baraka Destinations on Instagram: @barakadestinationsLearn more about Baraka DestinationsCheck out the newly-launched Amman City Tour by BarakaRead about Muna in the 2026 Power List by Condé Nast TravelerLearn more about Edward Said and his seminal work, OrientalismGoing 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.

For Yulia Kosarenko, successful digital transformation requires close collaboration between business analysts and business architects. In this interview Yulia explains that bypassing early architecture leads to risks, integration gaps, technical debt, and failed projects. To avoid these issues Yulia recommends that BAs adopt a strategic mindset, projects align with enterprise goals, and proactively build relationships with architects to deliver coherent, customer-focused outcomes.See the YouTube video at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BFBAEmEns8sSee the book's website at evolvinganalyst.com.

Most tour operators know they should stand out. Very few are willing to say something specific enough to actually do it.Yulia Denisyuk is a journalist, storyteller, and independent trip operator who has spent years watching the travel industry default to the same itineraries, the same highlights, and the same cheerful marketing, while the travelers who might actually connect with something real keep looking for it elsewhere. She and Mitch don't spend much time on tactics. They spend most of this conversation on the harder question: what does it actually mean to build a travel business around something you believe, and what does that require you to give up?The conversation covers the rise of creator-led trips and why personal trust has effectively replaced brand trust for a growing share of travelers. Yulia makes a practical case for why a narrow, specific position, one that tells potential travelers what you won't do as clearly as what you will, is a more durable business strategy than chasing broader appeal. She also shares a framework for pitching your business to media that has nothing to do with your destination and everything to do with the larger conversation your trips are part of. By the end, the episode lands somewhere most travel business podcasts don't: the question of whether the goal is a five-star review from a self-actualized traveler, or something that actually changes the relationship between the people on your trip and the communities they're visiting.Top TakeawaysYour trips should reflect your personal lens on a destination, not the consensus itinerary. 6:23 – 8:32 Yulia doesn't bring her Jordan groups to Jerash — one of the most recognized ancient Roman sites in the region — because she personally didn't connect with it, and the trip is built around what she can honestly advocate for. This creates a natural filter: you're not trying to reach everyone, you're reaching people who share your specific way of seeing a place. Operators who copy the standard itinerary end up competing on price and social media polish, and that's a fight most small operators lose.Slow, longer trips are a competitive position — not an apology. 5:44 – 6:22 Yulia's Jordan trips run longer than the industry standard for that destination, by design, because real connection with local people takes time. Most group tours to Jordan are built for efficiency; hers is built for depth, which draws a traveler who isn't cross-shopping on price. If your trip length is determined by what the market seems to expect rather than what the experience actually requires, that's worth revisiting.The creator-led trip works because personal trust has replaced brand trust. 8:32 – 9:57 Younger travelers have largely stopped trusting institutional brands and marketing, and they're redirecting that trust toward people whose worldview they already follow. An operator who has built any kind of content presence around a clear point of view can convert that trust directly into bookings, without the credibility-building work that larger brands spend years establishing. The itinerary becomes secondary. People are buying the person and the lens.Cutting standard highlights from your itinerary can be more compelling than adding them. 9:30 – 9:57 Yulia tells prospective travelers that her groups experience Petra differently than 98% of group tours — rejecting the Indiana Jones angle that most operators default to because pop culture and Instagram demand it. Telling someone what you won't do, and why, signals that you've thought harder about the experience than operators who simply include everything on the standard list. That editorial curation communicates expertise faster than any feature list.Distrust in mainstream media is spilling directly into how people choose travel operators. 11:06 – 12:09 The same collapse of credibility that has sidelined legacy publications is operating in the tour space: people want to travel with someone who stands for something, not a company whose primary message is "great experiences await." Yulia draws a direct line between the rise of independent journalists and the rise of creator-led trips, framing both as responses to the same cultural shift. Operators who communicate a consistent worldview — even a narrow or unfashionable one — are building the kind of trust that no ad spend can manufacture."Authenticity" is a dead word. A specific point of view is not. 13:00 – 13:22 Yulia's argument is that the word authenticity has been so thoroughly absorbed by marketing copy that it now means nothing, and that what people actually want is someone willing to say what they believe. For a tour operator, that means your website and social content should state a specific stance on travel — not just that you care about local culture, but what you think is broken about how most people experience it and what you're doing instead. A declared position creates a community. A vague claim of authenticity disappears into the noise.Ignoring what's happening in the world right now reads as tone-deaf to a growing share of travelers. 13:44 – 15:24 Yulia describes a tour operator who opened a conference presentation with the words "the room is on fire" as one of the most powerful moments she'd witnessed at an industry event in years — because almost nobody else does it. Travelers who are paying attention to what's happening in Gaza, in immigration enforcement, in the communities they're visiting are looking for operators who are paying attention too. Operators who maintain cheerful, context-free marketing are losing those travelers, and those travelers tend to book multi-day, high-investment trips.Most travel experiences are designed for the visitor, not the community — and that gap is an opening. 17:00 – 17:57 Yulia's conversation with Jordanian operator Muna Haddad surfaces a blunt question: who gets to tell the story of a place, and whose voice is actually centered in the experience? The honest answer is that most itineraries are curated around what the visiting traveler wants to see, not what local communities want to share or how they want to be represented. Operators who build trips around local agency — where the community is the narrator, not the scenery — are genuinely differentiated, and they tend to generate the kind of word-of-mouth that no marketing budget replaces.Making locals the narrators, not the backdrop, is a structural choice you can make right now. 19:19 – 19:41 Yulia describes her role on her Jordan trips as providing the container through which her Jordanian friends tell their own stories. This is a design decision, not just a philosophy: it shapes the encounters, the pacing, and the framing of the entire trip. Day tour operators can apply this immediately by shifting from "I'll show you this place" to "I'll introduce you to the people who can tell you about it."The industry has figured out personal transformation. Collective transformation is still unclaimed territory. 20:16 – 21:15 Yulia names a specific gap: travel reliably delivers personal transformation — the traveler returns changed — but almost never delivers collective transformation, where the relationship between the traveler and the local community actually shifts. Most marketing, including "transformational travel" marketing, focuses entirely on what happens to the individual. Operators who design for mutual exchange rather than one-directional traveler growth are building toward something the industry hasn't yet learned to sell, which means there's real space there.Saturated markets don't require you to compete differently. They require you to compete on meaning. 6:23 – 6:35, 37:17 – 39:12 Yulia operates in Jordan, one of the most crowded group travel markets, and the Barcelona-based operator Aborijans runs in one of the world's most overtouristed cities — both have built distinct positions by naming a specific problem (stereotypes about Jordan, fake tapas tours in Barcelona) and presenting their product as the honest alternative. The positioning isn't just ethical; it does the marketing work because it gives travelers a reason to feel good about choosing you over the default. What you're pushing against is as important as what you're offering.A specific social mission functions as a self-executing marketing filter. 34:07 – 35:48 Yulia cites Sororal, a tour operator focused entirely on gender violence and women-led travel, as an example of a company whose story closes the sale before any conversation starts: a traveler who cares about that issue lands on the website and already knows this is their trip. The more specific the mission, the less you have to explain yourself — the right traveler self-identifies and converts without a long persuasion process. For multi-day operators in particular, this kind of specificity also makes press outreach dramatically easier, because the story has a hook that editors can actually place.When pitching media, your destination is not the story. The larger conversation your tour speaks to is. 41:25 – 43:42 Yulia's framework for a placeable pitch has four components: tie it to a larger trend, bring something genuinely newsworthy, identify a cultural relevance angle (what national or global conversation does your product touch?), and match it to the right publication's actual beat. Her example — a Puerto Rico operator connecting their product to the national conversation about Puerto Rican autonomy — shows what cultural timing can do

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 Traveler editor for the past ten years, and her reporting has taken her from horseback riding in Patagonia and hiking in the Andes to sailing down the Amazon River, chasing the Iditarod in Alaska, and clubbing in Kosovo.If you're interested in working with Condé Nast, don't miss this episode: Lale gives tips on how to pitch her, what she looks for in the pitch, and how the current moment informs the types of stories she's looking to champion at the magazine.This season, we want to hear from you! Send us a short note with your name, where you're calling in from, and an answer to two questions:What gives YOU hope in this moment in timeWhich place you are going to nextWe'll run your answers at the end of the season in our Community Voices episode! To participate, fill out this form OR send us a short audio clip (an iPhone voice recording is just fine!) to hello@goingplacesmedia.com by Monday, April 27.Going Places is an audience-supported platform. Today, I want to invite you to become a paid member, so that we can continue doing this work in the months to come.Join us for as little as $6 a month and get the perks like getting on a group call with Yulia every month to ask questions, get advice, and be in community with each other.Visit us at goingplacesmedia.com to learn more.Thanks to our Founding Members:RISE Travel Institute, a nonprofit with a mission to create a more just and equitable world through travel educationRadostina Boseva, a film wedding photographer with an editorial flair based in San FranciscoWhat you'll learn in this episode:What fuels Lale's reporting right nowWhat it was like for Lale crossing borders with her Turkish fatherWhat our show's concept (travel through a decolonial lens) means to LaleDiscussions inside the editors' room: borders, visa equity, and the privilege of travelWhat Lale learned from interviewing women like Tracee Ellis Ross & Brooke ShieldsLale's tips on how to pitch Condé Nast TravelerLale answers our listeners' questionsFeatured on the show:Follow Lale on Instagram: @lalehannahRead Lale's Istanbul article, In Charismatic Istanbul, the Past Still Shapes the PresentRead Yulia's article edited by Lale, In Okinawa, the Enduring Legacy of Bingata TextilesListen to the Women Who Travel podcastCheck out this Brooke Shields episode, this Antarctica episode with Preet Chandhi, and this episode where Lale interviewed YuliaCheck out CNT pitching guidelinesGoing 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.

As we celebrate five years of The Teacher Think-Aloud Podcast, we're revisiting some of the conversations that have most shaped our thinking—and, we hope, yours. These episodes reflect the heart of our work: thoughtful dialogue, reflective practice, professional growth, and courageous conversations about what it truly means to teach English in a complex, evolving world.Whether you're listening for the first time or returning with new classroom experiences behind you, we invite you to engage with this episode through fresh eyes. Notice what resonates differently. Consider how your thinking has evolved. Reflection is not a destination—it's an ongoing practice. Thank you for being part of this community for the past five years. Here's to the next chapter of thinking aloud together.----How do you sustain your professional development as an educator? In this episode, guest Yulia Kharchenko shares a framework she and her colleagues have developed to ensure future teachers are prepared for future challenges in the teaching profession… Listen on YouTube, Spotify, or wherever you get your podcasts…

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 Muslim Europe and elevating the people who serve as the backbone of the trekking industry, you'll hear voices, perspectives, and stories that will provide a deeper understanding of places and cultures around the world. Here's a preview of who you're going to meet:Muna Haddad, founder and CEO of Baraka Destinations in JordanLale Arikoglu, a longtime editor at Condé Nast Traveler and host of the Women Who Travel podcastMarinel de Jesus, advocate for porters in the trekking industry and the founder of the Porter Voice Collectiveand many moreThis season, we want to hear from you! Send us a short note with your name, where you're calling in from, and an answer to two questions: What gives YOU hope in this moment in timeWhich place you are going to nextWe'll run your answers at the end of the season in our Community Voices episode! To participate, fill out this form OR send us a short audio clip (an iPhone voice recording is just fine!) to hello@goingplacesmedia.com by Monday, April 27.Going Places is an audience-supported platform. Today, I want to invite you to become a paid member, so that we can continue doing this work in the months to come.Join us for as little as $6 a month and get the perks like getting on a group call with Yulia every month to ask questions, get advice, and be in community with each other.Visit us at goingplacesmedia.com to learn more.Thanks to our Founding Members:RISE Travel Institute, a nonprofit with a mission to create a more just and equitable world through travel educationRadostina Boseva, a film wedding photographer with an editorial flair based in San FranciscoGoing 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.

Why has Ukraine rapidly emerged as a global leader in advanced defense technology? What is the secret behind this innovation? How has warfare evolved over the past few years, and how are these shifts manifesting not only in the Russo-Ukrainian war but also in the Middle East? Are new drone technologies permanently altering the balance of power between major powers and smaller nations? Finally, what is required to defend the world against the Russian and Iranian regimes—and why is the Ukrainian experience the key to global security? *** Explaining Ukraine is a podcast by UkraineWorld, an English-language media outlet covering Ukraine. Host: Volodymyr Yermolenko—Ukrainian philosopher, editor-in-chief of UkraineWorld, and president of PEN Ukraine. Guest: Yulia Marushevska, a civic activist, former head of the Office of Support for Reforms at Ukraine's Ministry of Defence and currently Supervisory board member at Brave 1, a platform for Ukrainian defense innovations. *** Listen on various platforms: https://li.sten.to/explaining-ukraine UkraineWorld: https://ukraineworld.org/en *** SUPPORT: You can support our work on https://www.patreon.com/c/ukraineworld Your help is crucial, as we rely heavily on crowdfunding. You can also contribute to our volunteer missions to frontline areas in Ukraine, where we deliver aid to both soldiers and civilians. Donations are welcome via PayPal at: ukraine.resisting@gmail.com. *** CONTENTS: 00:00 Guest: Yulia Marushevska's background in defense reform and innovation 01:52 Ukraine's shift from security recipient to security provider. 03:49 What have Ukrainians learned about modern warfare? 05:58 High-precision weapons vs. cheap drone swarms 08:14 Can Western bureaucracy adapt to modern production needs? 11:04 What is a "Defense Ecosystem"? 14:15 Ukrainian civil society as a contributor to the Ukraine's defense 16:13 A lack of urgency: key problem of Ukraine's partners 19:03 Are authoritarian regimes better prepared for a war of attrition? 22:12 Why is joint air defense between Ukraine and the EU essential for European security? 28:18 How do volunteers "buy time" for state institutions? 34:59 Expectations for the new Ministry of Defense team 38:32 Hope through horizontal connections and people 40:10 How to support UkraineWorld.

В этом выпуске понятного подкаста на русском языке Макс и Юля обсуждают, почему в 2026 году стало сложнее найти работу, как меняются зарплаты, какие есть тренды и как искусственный интеллект влияет на рынок труда. Это диалог на русском для изучающих русский язык, где вы услышите полезную лексику о поиске работы.In this episode of the Comprehensible Russian Podcast, Max and Yulia discuss why it has become harder to find a job in 2026, how salaries are changing, what trends are shaping the job market, and how artificial intelligence is affecting employment. This is a Russian dialogue for learners of Russian, where you will hear useful vocabulary related to job search.

As we move between the end of Season 14 and the start of Season 15, we're opening the Seeing Red archives. This week, we're revisiting four cases that took place in the month of March across different years — remembering the victims and reflecting on crimes that continue to leave a lasting impact. These episodes come from earlier in our catalogue, so you may notice a difference in audio quality as our production has evolved over time. We'll be back with our Season 15 premiere on Wednesday 18 March. In March 2018, former Russian intelligence officer Sergei Skripal and his daughter Yulia were poisoned with a military-grade nerve agent in Salisbury, England. The attack sparked an international crisis and placed countless others at risk, including police officer Nick Bailey and Dawn Sturgess, who later died after exposure. This episode examines the events and the human cost behind the headlines. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Hello and welcome to this week's edition of the Flavors of Northwest Arkansas podcast, I'm John Engleman- thanks for being here, and happy early St. Patty's Day. In this week's edition, we're in Bentonville, talking with Paulo Piraino and Yulia Batalina, the owners of The Cellar on B Street, but before we get to them?!?! FOOD NEWS!! We now know when Ria Pizza opens in downtown Rogers. 1834 Tavern Lafayette opens in Fayetteville soon... VERY soon. The Purple Cow opens in Rogers! Benny's Bagels opened last week in Fayetteville. Honed In Sharpening now has a brick-and-mortar. Capriotti's opens in Springdale. Goodcents announces when they'll be opening in Fayetteville. A third Chipotle is coming to Fayetteville. Bethel Brew has news about their Farmington location. News on Bucks of Asia in Fayetteville. Happy 30th Anniversary to Susan's Restaurant in Springdale! They're giving away something sweet today!! Third Space Coffee turns three! Rein celebrated their 2nd anniversary! Chefs in the Garden is slated for May 19! In this week's Flavors Flashback, we hear from Blu Fresh Fish Marketplace's Barry Furuseth. He cut his teeth in selling fish in DC, San Francisco, and LA, and then talks about moving to NWA. Have you ever wanted to open a bottle shop in your own house? Paulo Piraino and Yulia Batalina are certified sommeliers, and that's what they did. It's called The Cellar on B Street, which has a wine club and carries specialty foods. Before The Cellar on B Street, they started a wine and dinner pairing company that they'll talk about. It gets VERY specific. They come from different countries and have different paths for getting into wine, which is what connected them. They'll tell us that story. Now married and expecting, they'll tell us how they ended up in Northwest Arkansas for the second time and stayed. That's on this edition of the Flavors of Northwest Arkansas.

As we move between the end of Season 14 and the start of Season 15, we're opening the Seeing Red archives. This week, we're revisiting four cases that took place in the month of March across different years — remembering the victims and reflecting on crimes that continue to leave a lasting impact. These episodes come from earlier in our catalogue, so you may notice a difference in audio quality as our production has evolved over time. We'll be back with our Season 15 premiere on Wednesday 18 March. In March 2018, former Russian intelligence officer Sergei Skripal and his daughter Yulia were poisoned with a military-grade nerve agent in Salisbury, England. The attack sparked an international crisis and placed countless others at risk, including police officer Nick Bailey and Dawn Sturgess, who later died after exposure. This episode examines the events and the human cost behind the headlines. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

L'émission 28 minutes du 10/02/2026 Cuba et Alaska : des rires comme des cris de vie sur le front ukrainien Yulia, alias “Cuba”, et Oleksandra, alias “Alaska”, sont deux amies, deux “soeurs d'armes”, secouristes sur le front en Ukraine. Aujourd'hui, la dernière ne peut plus aller sur le terrain après avoir été blessée dans une attaque de drones, mais elle s'occupe à présent de la réinsertion des soldats traumatisés. Elles opéraient ensemble dans les environs de Kharkiv, afin d'évacuer les blessés, civils comme militaires, et leur prodiguer les premiers soins. Le réalisateur Yegor Troyanovsky a réalisé un documentaire, “Cuba et Alaska”, diffusé le 26 février sur arte et déjà disponible sur arte.tv. Les deux amies sont nos invitées ce soir. Japon : poussée nationaliste et risque d'escalade en Asie-Pacifique ? Le 8 février, les élections législatives anticipées au Japon ont été remportées par le PLD, parti ultra-nationaliste de la première ministre Sanae Takaichi, qui a obtenu à lui seul une majorité des deux tiers à la chambre basse du Parlement. Sanae Takaichi a émis son souhait de modifier l'article 9 de la Constitution japonaise qui garantit l'engagement pacifique du Japon et limite ses capacités militaires. Elle a prévenu, dès novembre, que le Japon pourrait intervenir militairement en cas d'attaque chinoise sur Taïwan. Hier, elle s'est dit tout de même ouverte au dialogue avec Pékin à ce sujet. De l'autre côté du Pacifique, les États-Unis souhaitent renforcer leur relation avec le Japon pour faire face à leur adversaire commun, la Chine, ce qui pourrait modifier les équilibres de la région. On en débat avec Karoline Postel-Vinay, directrice de recherche au Ceri, spécialiste du Japon, Sophie Boisseau du Rocher, géopolitologue, spécialiste de l'Asie du Sud-Est et Pierre Grosser, historien, spécialiste des relations internationales. Enfin, Xavier Mauduit revient sur l'annonce du gouverneur de la Banque de France de quitter l'institution pour rejoindre la fondation Apprentis d'Auteuil dont il nous raconte l'origine. Marie Bonnisseau s'intéresse à la polémique qui entoure les médailles des JO d'hiver 2026 qui se sont cassées peu de temps après les premières victoires des athlètes. 28 minutes est le magazine d'actualité d'ARTE, présenté par Élisabeth Quin du lundi au jeudi à 20h05. Renaud Dély est aux commandes de l'émission le vendredi et le samedi. Ce podcast est coproduit par KM et ARTE Radio. Enregistrement 10 février 2026 Présentation Élisabeth Quin Production KM, ARTE Radio

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Yulia Drummond is a high-level mindset and transformation coach, dedicated to helping ambitious entrepreneurs, leaders and professionals to live from their authentic power. Yulia helps them find alignment between their current lives' struggles and their vision for life. Through her coaching, Yulia guides her clients to overcome anxiety, limiting beliefs and fear to create lasting impact, build true wealth, and experience fulfillment rooted in purpose.Her mission is simple: to empower 25 million ambitious entrepreneurs, leaders and professionals to lead with confidence, alignment and vision so they can create the ripple effect not only in their own lives, but also in the communities and industries they touch.

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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 Hira Aftab, co-founders of The Hybrid Tours, a travel company that uses the power of travel and storytelling to challenge stereotypes and foster connections with activists, refugees, and changemakers worldwide.Use code GOINGPLACES to receive $100 off any of The Hybrid Tours' upcoming trips.Reminder: We are running a 10-day trip to Jordan from June 5-14, 2026. We'll visit the Dead Sea, Petra, Wadi Rum, Amman, and many off-beaten spots in between. We'll meet a renowned artist who designed the country's newest currency, spend time with the Bedouins in the desert, and more.Go to https://goingplacesmedia.com/jordan for details on early-bird booking, which ends on Jan 4, 2026.Going Places is an audience-supported platform. You can become a member for as little as $6 a month. Visit us at goingplacesmedia.com to learn more.Thanks to our Founding Members: RISE Travel Institute, a nonprofit with a mission to create a more just and equitable world through travel educationRadostina Boseva, a film wedding photographer with an editorial flair based in San FranciscoWhat you'll learn in this episode:Hira and Sibu's origins in the human rights workHow a trip to the Azraq refugee camp in Jordan started it allTraveling as a visibly Muslim woman Meeting survivors of partition in PakistanWhat decolonizing travel really isCreating travel content with a human rights lensSibu's lessons from 5+ years of full-time travelTraveling overland from the West to North AfricaHira and Sibu dream of starting the world from scratchFeatured on the show:Follow The Hybrid Tours on Instagram: @thehybridtoursCheck out upcoming trips with The Hybrid ToursJoin The Hybrid Tours newsletterWatch Sibu's Instagram series on traveling from West to North Africa overlandCheck out Hira's Instagram post on misconceptions about Muslim womenCheck out Hira's organization, Our World Too, and listen to their podcastCheck out Baraka DestinationsRead about U.S. wheat flooding Jordan's marketsJoin me in Jordan next JuneGoing Places is a reader-supported platform. Get membership perks like a monthly group call with Yulia at

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 wanted to hear Vanessa's take on what it's like to travel to Jordan for someone who's never been, as we experienced the country largely empty of tourists together. We are running a 10-day trip to Jordan from June 5-14, 2026. We'll visit the Dead Sea, Petra, Wadi Rum, Amman, and many off-beaten spots in between. We'll meet a renowned artist who designed the country's newest currency, spend time with the Bedouins in the desert, and more.Go to https://goingplacesmedia.com/jordan for details on early-bird booking, which ends on Jan 4, 2026.Going Places is an audience-supported platform. You can become a member for as little as $6 a month. Visit us at goingplacesmedia.com to learn more.Thanks to our Founding Members: RISE Travel Institute, a nonprofit with a mission to create a more just and equitable world through travel educationRadostina Boseva, a film wedding photographer with an editorial flair based in San FranciscoWhat you'll learn in this episode:Is it safe to travel to Jordan?The impact of tourism cancellations on Jordan's tourism communityWhat it was like for Vanessa to travel in proximity to PalestineMeeting the people of Jordan: an Ammani photographer, a sustainable farmer in Madaba, the Bedouins of Wadi RumVanessa's top experiences in JordanConsidering going to Jordan? Vanessa has this to sayFeatured on the show:Join me in Jordan next JuneFollow Vanessa on Instagram: @adventures_vkabbeOriginal Air Date: Feb 25, 2025.Going 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...

This month on Unpacked, we're diving into Afar's just-released Where to Go list—but this year's picks are different. In 2026, we want to lessen the burden on overtouristed destinations and expand visitation to other parts of the world. Our editors carefully selected 24 emerging regions and overlooked locales that will inspire your next great adventure. For Rabat, that means looking beyond the well-trodden streets of Marrakech and Fes to discover what Morocco's laid-back capital really offers—especially as Africa's largest music festival transforms the city into an open-air stage each summer. In this episode, host Aislyn Greene talks with Yulia Denisyuk, a travel writer and host of the podcast Going Places with Yulia. Yulia shares why this Atlantic coast city deserves a second look—from its free weeklong Mawazine music festival to a non-touristy medina, Andalusian gardens, Roman ruins, and dishes you won't find anywhere else in Morocco. She also reveals what's coming in 2026: new museums, UNESCO World Book Capital status, and a high-speed train connecting Rabat to Casablanca in just 35 minutes. Plan Your Rabat Getaway (First, explore our Morocco travel guide.) See and Do —Attend the Mawazine Festival, Africa's largest music festival, a free weeklong celebration featuring artists from around the world —Explore Chellah, a Roman settlement dating to the first century that doubles as a festival stage —Wander the Kasbah of the Oudayas, a 12th-century Islamic fort overlooking the Atlantic Ocean —Stroll through the Andalusian Gardens for mint tea and ocean views —Take a water taxi across the Bou Regreg River to Salé and back —Browse the medina, where locals shop, have tea, and produce books—a less touristy experience than Marrakech —Visit Mohamed Aziz, a famous bookseller in the medina who has read thousands of books and loves to discuss them Eat and Drink —Try Rabati pastilla, the "royal" version with thick layers and lots of eggs, influenced by Moorish settlers from Andalusia —Seek out kefta, meatballs made with spices unique to Rabat that you won't find elsewhere in Morocco —Eat fresh shrimp and seafood from the Atlantic coast —Sip mint tea at cafes along the riverfront promenade Know Before You Go —In 2026, Rabat becomes UNESCO World Book Capital, with literary events and celebrations starting in April —A new high-speed train will reduce travel time between Casablanca and Rabat from two hours to 35 minutes —The Mawazine Festival typically takes place in late June —Spring and autumn offer milder temperatures; summer is hot but tempered by Atlantic breezes —The medina, Kasbah, and Chellah are all within walking distance of each other Resources • Listen to Yulia's podcast, Going Places with Yulia • Follow Yulia on Instagram • Visit Yulia's website • Explore all 24 destinations on Afar's Where to Go in 2026 list • Follow us on Instagram: @afarmedia Listen to All the Episodes in our Where to Go 2026 Series E1: T⁠⁠⁠his Island in the Bahamas Promises Pink Sand, Historic Hideaways, and Perfect Solitude ⁠⁠⁠ E2: ⁠⁠⁠Why Peru's Second City Might Be Its Best-Kept Secret⁠⁠ E3: ⁠⁠The New 170-Mile Hiking Network Connecting Stockholm's Dreamy Archipelago⁠⁠ E4: Route 66 Turns 100—and Albuquerque Is Ready to Celebrate E5: Why Morocco's Chill Capital Deserves Your Attention (this one!) Stay Connected Sign up for our podcast newsletter, ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Behind the Mic⁠⁠⁠⁠, where we share upcoming news and behind-the-scenes details of each episode.  Explore our other podcasts, ⁠View From Afar⁠, about the people and companies shaping the future of travel, and⁠ ⁠Travel Tales⁠⁠⁠⁠, which celebrates first-person narratives about the way travel changes us. Unpacked by Afar is part of⁠ ⁠⁠⁠Airwave Media⁠⁠⁠⁠'s podcast network. Please contact ⁠⁠⁠advertising@airwavemedia.com⁠⁠⁠ if you would like to advertise on our podcast. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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 June! Join us June 5-14, 2026 on a 10-day trip to this country we love so much. We'll visit the Dead Sea, Petra, Wadi Rum, Amman, and many off-beaten spots in between. And yes, we will also stay with Ahmad at Rum Planet Camp in the desert. Go to https://goingplacesmedia.com/jordan for details on early-bird booking, which ends on Jan 4, 2026.Going Places is an audience-supported platform. You can become a member for as little as $6 a month. Visit us at goingplacesmedia.com to learn more.Thanks to our Founding Members: RISE Travel Institute, a nonprofit with a mission to create a more just and equitable world through travel educationRadostina Boseva, a film wedding photographer with an editorial flair based in San FranciscoWhat you'll learn in this episode:What it's like growing up in the desertWhat is Bedouin culture?What Bedouin hospitality looks likeHow tourism impacted Bedouin communitiesThe disappearance of traditional Bedouin lifestyle What it was like for Ahmad to meet Matt Damon during the actor's "Martian" filmingHow Ahmad thinks about some of the stereotypes about Arabs and MuslimsWomen in Bedouin cultureWhat Ahmad is doing to make his eco-camp truly sustainableRum Panet Camp's efforts to showcase the real Bedouin identityFeatured on the show:Join me in Jordan next JuneFollow Rum Planet Camp on Instagram @rum.planet.campRead my article in AFAR Magazine, Heading to Jordan? Skip the Bubble Tent and Stay Here Instead.Original Air Date: Oct 3, 2023.Going 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...

Send us a textJoin your host Clifton Pope as he is back with international flexibility and posture coach, pilates instructor, online fitness coach, and TEDX speaker with over 14 years of experience helping people unlock their body through flexibility practice: Yulia Ivanova!If you thought PT. 1 of our conversation was special, wait until you hear PT. 2Yulia and CLifton dive deep into common myths about flexibility that keep people from progressing plus how people can overcome their fears on being flexible!Yulia goes deeper into her approach on blending science, somatics, and play in teaching movement to her students/clients and how play is such an important component in learning about our bodies!Not to mention, Yulia gives her outlook on where flexibility and body awareness training is heading down the road!Follow Yulia Ivanova on Instagram at @bali.body to keep up with Yulia's journey and what's next!Hit that follow/subscribe button on Apple/Spotify Podcasts/Rumble so you don't miss a single episode of the show!Visit https://buymeacoffee.com/cphfwb to join the HFWB community by selecting your choice of 3 tiers filled with exclusive benefits in each tier to support the growth of the show!Leave a rating/review to help more peers become empowered with information provided by Clifton Pope and all guests involved with the show!Thank you for the love and support!Pure Tested PeptidesPremium Peptides for Longevity, muscle growth , weight lossSupport the showhttps://athleticism.com/HEALTHFWEALTHB https://coolgreenclothing.com/HEALTHFITNESSWEALTHBUSINESS https://normotim.com/HEALTHFIT https://www.portablemeshnebulizer.com/pages/collab?dt_id=2573900official affiliates of the HFWB Podcast Series Please support the mission behind each product/services as it helps grow the HFWB Podcast Series to where the show can continue to roll along!

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 that.We're speaking with Megan Ryder-Burbidge, a global advocate for women's equality and the co-founder and CEO of Sororal, a feminist travel company and advocacy brand reshaping how women experience the world. Megan's company is addressing violence against women by partnering with anti-violence organizations in the places they take travelers to, such as India, Morocco, and Kenya. Book your 2026 trips with Sororal and use code GOINGPLACES to receive $250 CAD off your booking (~$175 USD).Going Places is an audience-supported platform. You can become our member for as little as $6 a month. Visit us at goingplacesmedia.com to learn more.Thanks to our Founding Members: RISE Travel Institute, a nonprofit with a mission to create a more just and equitable world through travel educationRadostina Boseva, a film wedding photographer with an editorial flair based in San FranciscoWhat you'll learn in this episode:Megan's childhood in the Middle East and North AfricaWhy we don't talk about the widespread issue of violence against womenWhat Sororal is doing to contribute to the anti-violence campaignWhat it's like being a woman in the modern world Sororal trips to India, Morocco, and KenyaPerformative advocacy in the travel spaceAre women traveling solo safe?How Megan is raising a feminist daughterWhat if women ruled the world?Featured on the show:Follow @sororal on Instagram and TikTokRead Megan's SubstackConnect with Megan on LinkedInLearn more about Sororal on its websiteRead Sororal's Motherhood & Travel postGoing 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...

Dr. Yulia Khukalenko spent seven months on the Tiwi Islands researching the lives of Indigenous peoples for the Tiwi Islands Training and Employment Program (TIITEP). Her goal was to understand how they envision their future and what areas are most important to support and develop. She says the experience has profoundly changed her as a researcher and as a person. "I have a different perspective on pauses, silence, and how we engage with other cultures. And, perhaps, in some ways, I've also come to understand myself better." - Кандидат филологических наук, научный сотрудник Сиднейского университета Юлия Хукаленко провела семь месяцев на островах Тиви в Северной территории, где занималась полевым исследованием жизни, традиций и мировоззрения представителей Коренных народов. Юлия рассказала, как устроена жизнь на Тиви, как исследователи выстраивают отношения с местными общинами и чему стоит научиться у Коренных жителей.

Send us a textJoin your host Clifton Pope as he is joined by international flexibility and posture coach, pilates instructor, online fitness coach, and TedX speaker: Yulia Ivanova!This is PT 1. of a 2 part conversation where we break down how movement as a language of awareness and how tension, pain, and stiffness are actually messages from your body. Yulia breaks down her inspiration to pursue a career in flexibility and posture coaching through her own trials and tribulations!Yulia also discusses how the fascia system operates as the invisible web in the body.Not to mention, Yulia provides get details on  how posture reflects our pyschological state and personality plus what techniques or exercises she shows her students/clients to improve their body language!This is a 2 part conversation you don't want to miss to truly understand how movement really is natural medicine!Follow Yulia on Instagram via @bali.body to follow her journey to see what's next in store!Hit that follow/subscribe button on Apple/Spotify Podcasts/Rumble so you don't miss a single episode of the show!Visit https://buymeacoffee.com/cphfwb to join the HFWB community to your choice of 3 tiers with exclusive benefits included in each tier to help support the growth of the show!Leave a rating/review so more peers can become empowered with information provided by Clifton Pope and all guests involved with the show Thank you for the love and support!Support the showhttps://athleticism.com/HEALTHFWEALTHB https://coolgreenclothing.com/HEALTHFITNESSWEALTHBUSINESS https://normotim.com/HEALTHFIT https://www.portablemeshnebulizer.com/pages/collab?dt_id=2573900official affiliates of the HFWB Podcast Series Please support the mission behind each product/services as it helps grow the HFWB Podcast Series to where the show can continue to roll along!

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 Arab Jewish scholar, mystic, and artist whose work focuses on multi-religious spirituality, politics, social issues, and community building. Hadar comes from a 10th-generation Jerusalem family with lineage roots in Syria, Kurdistan, Iraq, and Iran.Hadar's story is one that we don't often hear in the mainstream conversations in the Global North, because she comes from the Sephardic Jewish lineage: the branch of Judaism that originated in Spain at the time of Moorish Al Andalus, more closely related to the traditions of the Near East, rather than Europe.Become a Going Places member for as little as $6 a month. Visit our reimagined platform at goingplacesmedia.com to learn more.Going Places is an audience-supported platform. Become a member for as little as $6 a month and get the perks like getting on a group call with Yulia every month to ask questions, get advice, and be in community with each other.Visit us at goingplacesmedia.com to learn more.Thanks to our Founding Members: RISE Travel Institute, a nonprofit with a mission to create a more just and equitable world through travel educationRadostina Boseva, a film wedding photographer with an editorial flair based in San FranciscoWhat you'll learn in this episode:The Jewish mystical concept of tikkun olam, repairing the worldHow Judaism is rooted in social justiceWhat it means to be an Arab JewHow spirituality gives us the courage to face injusticeWhat Sephardic Jews have in common with their Muslim peersDifferences between Ashkenazi, Sephardic, and Mizrahi JewsThe erasure of Arab Jews from the region's historyWhat is Jewish anti-ZionismDebunking the myth of 'Arabs versus Jews'How Hadar uses her platform to heal the worldHadar's research in Andalusia and MoroccoWhat it was like growing up Syrian Arab Jew in JerusalemFeatured on the show:Follow @hadarcohen32 on InstagramListen to Hadar's podcast, Hadar's WebLearn more about Hadar's work on her websiteRead Hadar's writing on SubstackCheck out the Tikkun Olam episode on the On Being showWatch Edward Said's 1991 interviewGoing 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

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. Anu Taranath, a University of Washington professor and lecturer on human rights, who wrote a book called Beyond Guilt Trips: Mindful Travel in an Unequal World, and Dee Flower, a former park ranger and author of Where the Wind Wills, an adventure-driven travel memoir.Our paid members come from all walks of life, but what unites them is a shared passion for travel, equality, and moving through the world as aware and engaged citizens of it. At the beginning of every month, we get together to discuss the projects we're working on, get support with personal or professional challenges, and simply be in community with one another, an act we do not take lightly in our increasingly isolated world.Going Places is an audience-supported platform. Become a member for as little as $6 a month and get the perks like getting on a group call with Yulia every month to ask questions, get advice, and be in community with each other.Visit us at goingplacesmedia.com to learn more.Thanks to our Founding Members: RISE Travel Institute, a nonprofit with a mission to create a more just and equitable world through travel educationRadostina Boseva, a film wedding photographer with an editorial flair based in San FranciscoWhat you'll learn in this episode:How we support each other during our monthly callsThe joys and challenges of the book-writing processHow to manage impostor syndrome at the start of a big creative projectFeatured on the show:Become a Going Places member hereLearn more about Dr. Anu Taranath on her websiteLearn more about Dee Flower and her upcoming writing retreat in Kenya Going 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

Full episode + all learning materials → https://www.russianwithmax.com/343-trip-to-russia-in-2025-drones-prices-and-salaries-street-robots-and-attitude-toward-children/Юля рассказывает о своей поездке в Россию в 2025 году: как изменилась жизнь во время войны, какие теперь цены и зарплаты, почему навигаторы не работают и как в Москве появились роботы-доставщики. Разговор о технологиях, атмосфере в стране и отношении к детям — живой и актуальный диалог уровня B1–B2.Yulia shares her impressions from her 2025 trip to Russia: life during wartime, rising prices and salaries, navigation problems, and delivery robots in Moscow. A lively and timely conversation about technology, daily life, and attitudes toward children — perfect listening practice for B1–B2 learners.

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, Matt interviews people who work at the intersection of travel and activist spaces. On it, you'll find interviews with people like Imani Bashir, a Black Muslim American who advocates for more Black people in the us to travel with her Passport initiative, and Mari Monsalve, who visited occupied Palestine and uses her platform for Palestinian solidarity.Become a Going Places member for as little as $6 a month. Visit our reimagined platform at goingplacesmedia.com to learn more.Going Places is an audience-supported platform. Become a member for as little as $6 a month and get the perks like getting on a group call with Yulia every month to ask questions, get advice, and be in community with each other.Visit us at goingplacesmedia.com to learn more.Thanks to our Founding Members: RISE Travel Institute, a nonprofit with a mission to create a more just and equitable world through travel educationRadostina Boseva, a film wedding photographer with an editorial flair based in San FranciscoWhat you'll learn in this episode:Growing up in Soviet Kazakhstan and EstoniaA culture shock of moving to the U.S. at age 16Yulia explains her decision to join the U.S. NavyHow serving in Iraq and Afghanistan impacted Yulia's politicsHow a trip to Morocco took Yulia off a corporate career pathYulia's stories set in Rwanda, Sierra Leone, Botswana, and JordanYulia explains why Jordan is so close to her heartFeatured on the show:Check out The Maverick Show with Matt BowlesFollow @maverickshowpod on InstagramListen to Part 2 of the interview, in which we unpack Orientalism and activism for PalestineGoing 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...

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 adult learners to Morocco for 30 years.Farah's academic research focuses on religion, gender issues, youth participation, and cross-cultural understanding. She's also the author of Speaking from Within, her recently published book that covers all aspects of crossing cultures and is a useful introduction to Morocco. Become a Going Places member for as little as $6 a month. Visit our reimagined platform at goingplacesmedia.com to learn more.Going Places is an audience-supported platform. Become a member for as little as $6 a month and get the perks like getting on a group call with Yulia every month to ask questions, get advice, and be in community with each other.Visit us at goingplacesmedia.com to learn more.Thanks to our Founding Members: RISE Travel Institute, a nonprofit with a mission to create a more just and equitable world through travel educationRadostina Boseva, a film wedding photographer with an editorial flair based in San FranciscoWhat you'll learn in this episode:Understanding Morocco's tribal originsJeans vs Hijab: What we can do about the stereotypes we all holdHow Farah's work breaks down cultural stereotypesWhy Rabat is great for women traveling soloWhat it was like for Yulia to attend Africa's largest music festival in RabatThe Rabati connection to AndalusiaFarah explains the royal Rabati pastillaWhy tajine is not what you think it isWhy Rabati food is hard to find in restaurants (and what to do about it)What we can do to prevent the exotification of MoroccoHow bringing people to Farah's part of the world can help fight against the stereotypes of the media and the world's powersFeatured on the show:Follow @farahcherifdouezzan on InstagramLearn more about CCCL's work on its websiteGoing 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,...

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 Canon ambassador. She has primarily worked with The New York Times and National Geographic, but as you'll hear in this episode, she has largely stopped collaborating with Western media outlets that continue to dehumanize Palestinian people in their coverage, headlines, and framing.What has she focused on since? Learn all about it in this episode.Become a Going Places member for as little as $6 a month. Visit our reimagined platform at goingplacesmedia.com to learn more.Going Places is an audience-supported platform. Become a member for as little as $6 a month and get the perks like getting on a group call with Yulia every month to ask questions, get advice, and be in community with each other.Visit us at goingplacesmedia.com to learn more.Thanks to our Founding Members: RISE Travel Institute, a nonprofit with a mission to create a more just and equitable world through travel educationRadostina Boseva, a film wedding photographer with an editorial flair based in San FranciscoWhat you'll learn in this episode:Questioning the silence of the media on the journalists killed in GazaTasneem withdrawing from Women Photograph A photography career after opting out of Western media organizationsWhat it was like growing up between the US, the UK, and Saudi ArabiaTasneem addresses the misconceptions about Saudi ArabiaWhat it's like traveling alone as a Saudi woman in Saudi ArabiaAre women who are covered up oppressed?Why Tasneem thinks the borders are invisibleWhat gives Tasneem hopeFeatured on the show:Follow @tasneemalsultan on InstagramLearn more about Tasneem on her websiteGoing 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

Going 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.

SummaryIn this week's episode of Startup Junkies, hosts Daniel Koonce and Jeff Amerine are joined by Yulia Batalina and Paolo Piraino, co-founders of adwinesor, a company offering curated wine experiences in NWA. With a shared passion for innovation and problem-solving, Paolo and Yulia have positioned adwinesor as a promising player in the intelligent advertising space.During the conversation, Paolo and Yulia unpacked the origins of adwinesor and the need they identified for smarter, more personalized advertising solutions. They shared how their diverse backgrounds, Paolo's hands-on business experience and Yulia's strong research foundation have empowered them to tackle industry challenges from multiple angles.A key highlight from the episode was their discussion of company culture and adaptability. Both founders emphasized the importance of agility, not just in their product but in their team's mindset. By encouraging experimentation and embracing feedback, they continue to refine adwinesor's offerings and keep pace with the fast-evolving advertising landscape.The episode is an inspiring listen for anyone following the startup ecosystem or seeking insight into launching a tech company. Paolo and Yulia's honesty about the ups and downs of entrepreneurship, paired with their clear vision for adwinesor, makes this episode particularly memorable!Show Notes(00:00) Introduction(03:59) From Italian Roots to a Global Journey(08:42) Bridging the Wine Knowledge Gap(11:01) adwinesor's Curated Wine Experiences(13:27) Demystifying the Wine Industry(19:22) Expanding NWA's Access to Wine(22:06) “Edwin's Ears Clean” Wine Concept(24:40) Bentonville's First Boutique Wine Shop(28:00) Encouraging Sensory Experiences(32:35) The Emergence of Alcohol-Free Italian Wines(35:37) Why Your Dreams Should Scare You(36:41) Closing ThoughtsLinksDaniel KoonceJeff AmerineStartup JunkieStartup Junkie YouTubeYulia BatalinaPaolo Pirainoadwinesor