Shravan Vidyarthi: Kenya’s 44th Tribe

This week on The Trip: Shravan Vidyarthi on the life and legacy of Indian-Kenyans | Continue reading


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Under Every Yard of Sky: Q&A with Sebastian Meyer

R&K’s Cengiz Yar speaks to photographer Sebastian Meyer about his new book “Under Every Yard of Sky,” Iraqi Kurdistan, and how to condense ten years of work. | Continue reading


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Wanuri Kahiu: Banned in Kenya

This week on The Trip podcast: Director Wanuri Kahui on her joyous battle for Kenya’s soul. | Continue reading


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Chris Ying: Mission Street Food

This week on The Trip podcast: Lucky Peach co-founder Chris Ying on San Francisco nostalgia, food writing, and the golden era of Mission food. | Continue reading


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Emiliana Puyana: Cooking up the American Dream

This week on The Trip podcast: empowering women in food with La Cocina's Emiliana Puyana. | Continue reading


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21 Things to Know Before You Go to Ho Chi Minh City

How to unravel Vietnam’s southern metropolis. | Continue reading


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“Glad You’re Still Here:” Vero Majano

This week on The Trip podcast: artist Vero Majano talks San Fransicso's shifting Mission District. | Continue reading


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The Real Netherlands: Q&A with Cleo Wächter

Two photography projects, 43 years apart, tell us what the Netherlands really looks like. | Continue reading


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Ahmed Najm: His Brother’s Keeper

This week on The Trip podcast: Ahmed Najm lost a brother and found his life’s mission. | Continue reading


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Sangar Khaleel: The Man to Know in Mosul

The Trip: Sangar Khaleel risks all to tell the story of his city. | Continue reading


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Basima Abdulrahman: An Eye on Iraq’s Future

The Trip: Engineer Basima Abdulrahman wants her city to look ahead. | Continue reading


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Cengiz Yar: Why Iraq matters

The Trip podcast: Cocktails in Iraq with journalist Cengiz Yar. | Continue reading


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20 Things to Know Before You go to Chicago

How to survive the weather, how to get around, and how to eat a hot dog: A guide to the heart of the Midwest. | Continue reading


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Katie Button: Carolina bagels and jamón

The Trip Podcast: The unorthodox rise of chef Katie Button’s Asheville empire. | Continue reading


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Kevin Forrester: Moonshining in Appalachia

The Trip Podcast: Talking moonshine, distilling, bootleggers, and cops in Appalachia with Kevin Forrester. | Continue reading


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21 Things to Know Before You Go to Delhi

Where to stay, eat, drink, and party in India's capital. | Continue reading


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Mike Costello: The Lessons of Lost Creek

Reshaping Appalachian cuisine and agriculture on a West Virginia farm. | Continue reading


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Jeffery Lindenmuth: Blind Whisky-Tasting

A blind-tasting with Whisky Advocate’s Jeffery Lindenmuth. | Continue reading


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Teach a Man to Fish

The livelihood of Turkey’s small-scale fishermen is under threat from many fronts---the country's currency crisis is just the latest. | Continue reading


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Nud Dudhia: That London Taco Scene

The co-founder of Breddo’s Tacos on the al pastor life in London, the taco wars, and growing up in Zambia. | Continue reading


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24 Things to Know Before You Go to Asunción

What to pack, where to go, and how to eat soup with a fork: a guide to Paraguay’s capital city. | Continue reading


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Gin and other Sacred Things: Hilary Whitney

On The Trip podcast, Sacred Spirits co-founder Hilary Whitney talks gin, literature, and London | Continue reading


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From Palestine to London: Sami Tamimi

Palestinian chef Sami Tamimi on pioneering high-end Middle Eastern food with the Ottolenghi brand, navigating the tensions of the Middle East, and why hummus alone won’t solve our problems. | Continue reading


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From Lithuania, with Love (2018)

In February 2015, a cryptic email reached former NPR correspondent Ann Cooper from around the globe and across 28 years. It would pull her back into one of the most extraordinary reporting jobs in her career. | Continue reading


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25 Things to Know Before You Go to Yerevan

A smart guide to Armenia's ancient capital. | Continue reading


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Welcome to Moneyland: Oliver Bullough

Journalist, author, and poet laureate of Russophiles Oliver Bullough on Russia’s finest whisky, the London kleptocracy tour, and the world's dark, dirty money and the dirty tricks people use to hide it. | Continue reading


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“Call Me Heena”: Q&A with Photographer Shahria Sharmin

Shahria Sharmin’s photo project on hijra, or third-gender, communities in Bangladesh and India explores femininity, familial rejection, and sexual taboos. | Continue reading


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Making Hummus, Winning Awards: Michael Solomonov

Michael Solomonov, co-owner of the James Beard Foundation's restaurant of the year, on repping Israeli food in Philly. | Continue reading


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24 Things to Know Before You Go to Lima

From historic bars to hearty street food, a local’s very comprehensive guide to eating, drinking, and traveling well in Peru’s capital. | Continue reading


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A Murder in Honduras: Q&A with Nina Lakhani

Journalist Nina Lakhani reported on the murder of an environmental activist and discovered a high-reaching conspiracy. | Continue reading


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Yukio Iwamasa: Growing up in the Camps

Yukio Iwamasa spent half his childhood imprisoned for being Japanese-American, locked away in Manzanar in the middle of the desert for four years during World War II. | Continue reading


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Making Fashion Good with Walé Oyéjidé

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Borders of Water

Canadian mining projects threaten Alaska’s salmon-rich rivers. Alaskan fishermen are fighting back. | Continue reading


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Lunch Wine with Kris Yenbamroong

This week on The Trip podcast, Kris Yenbamroong on creating his wine collection, ambushing Jonathan Gold, and his two James Beard nominations. | Continue reading


@roadsandkingdoms.com | 5 years ago

A Modern American Cookbook: Q&A with Priya Krishna

Priya Krishna is bringing her family’s unique recipes to the world with her new cookbook, “Indian-ish.” | Continue reading


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Carolina Miranda in her East LA Eden

Los Angeles Times staff writer Carolina Miranda invites Nathan Thornburgh over to taste the good life east of the Interstate 110. | Continue reading


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Hong Kong Runs on Carbs

Get out of Central, take to the water, and eat as much as you can: a smart guide to Hong Kong. | Continue reading


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R&K Insider: From Hong Kong with Love

On R&K this week, the 23 keys to doing Hong Kong right, a big whiskey-fueled conversation about African-Americans in barbecue culture, and an African Food Map from filmmaker Tuleka Prah. | Continue reading


@roadsandkingdoms.com | 5 years ago

23 Things To Know Before You Go To Hong Kong

Get out of Central, take to the water, and eat as much as you can: a smart guide to Hong Kong. | Continue reading


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Dr. Howard Conyers is Reclaiming BBQ for Black Pitmasters

Rocket scientist and barbecue pitmaster Dr. Howard Conyers talks aeroelastic engineering, whole-hog roasting, and how black pitmasters have been written out of the history of barbecue. | Continue reading


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Mapping African Cuisines: Q&A with Tuleka Prah

Quality content about African food is lacking. Filmmaker Tuleka Prah is changing that, one recipe at a time. | Continue reading


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R&K Insider: Save our Stinky Tofu

On R&K this week, a smelly delicacy in Shaoxing, China, a guide to Montevideo, Uruguay, and civil resistance in Morocco. | Continue reading


@roadsandkingdoms.com | 5 years ago

20 Things to Know Before You Go to Montevideo

From river beaches and dancing to local wine and super-sized sandwiches, a smart guide to Uruguay's capital. | Continue reading


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A Stink Over Fermented Tofu in Shaoxing

When the authorities started to get serious about food safety in China, one suspiciously smelling street food got caught in the crosshairs. | Continue reading


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Pepper Bowen is Laying Down the Food Law in New Orleans

Food and environmental lawyer Shawn “Pepper” Bowen downs a What the Fuck? daiquiri and talks about the regulation of what Americans eat, working with small businesses, and African American land ownership. | Continue reading


@roadsandkingdoms.com | 5 years ago

Silver and Water in Morocco: Q&A with Nadir Bouhmouch

A Moroccan filmmaker and activist documents an Amazigh community’s years-long resistance against Africa’s largest silver mine. | Continue reading


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R&K Insider: Finding new love in Old Beijing

On R&K this week, a dispatch from the Beijing park where seniors look for dates, what you need to know before you go to Byron Bay, and talking art and revolution in New Orleans with L. Kasimu Harris. | Continue reading


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23 things to know before you go to Byron Bay

A field guide to Australia’s ultimate beach town. | Continue reading


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