DJ Jess
1/12/2015
Welcome to the Twenty-Something Traveler! I’m your host, DJ Jess, and you can find me at —
https://www.facebook.com/TSTonBTR
Jessicaayn@gmail.com
This week we chat with one of my all-time favorite travel writers and one of the winners of the 2014 National Geographic Traveler of the Year Award: Dalene Heck. She and her husband have been traveling since 2009 and are the voices behind the blog Hecktic Travelers.
(Dalene and Pete Heck)
Playlist
(Dalene and Pete Heck)
recommendations
Bartees Cox is a songwriter and producer who spent years playing in bands in Brooklyn before making the move to Washington, DC, where his solo project, Bartees Strange, took focus and grew - from an album of reinterpretations of The National’s music to his stunning full-length, genre-bending… | watch
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The Helen Keller hoax possesses the toxicity of a traditional conspiracy theory even if it doesn't quite fit the definition. | read
Aliah Sheffield is the singer/songwriter also known as Nikkie Aliah. Her song, “Earth is Ghetto,” recently went viral and she chatted with Nikkiesha about what led her to her viral moment, her musical inspirations, and what she hopes and plans to do next… oh, and tequila. This podcast is… | listen