Presenting 'Life Kit': Making the most of travel and your time off

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🗓️ 27 May 2022

⏱️ 20 minutes

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In this episode from our friends at Life Kit, guest host Elise Hu teaches us how to make the most of our time off. Joined by travel writer Torre deRoche and artist Jenny Odell, they go beyond travel tips and investigate why we travel and share what travel means to them.

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0:00.0	You're listening to It's Been A Minute From NPR.
0:06.3	I'm Elise Hugh.
0:07.3	Well, it's Memorial Day weekend.
0:09.8	Already.
0:10.8	The unofficial kickoff to summer.
0:12.3	And I don't know about y'all, but I have vacation on my mind.
0:17.0	Whether you're planning your first trips in the pandemic, or you've already been on
0:20.9	planes and trains and automobiles for a while now, the packed airports, high gas prices,
0:26.7	and a hassle of travel also bring up bigger questions.
0:30.5	Like what is it about getting away and leaving home that's so compelling?
0:35.4	What does travel really for?
0:37.8	So I wanted to share an episode I reported for NPR's Life Kit.
0:41.5	It's about the art of travel.
0:43.1	Why we leave home and how we can make travel more meaningful.
0:46.8	Here's my conversation from 2019 with Travel Writer Tori De Roche and artist Jenny O'Dell.
0:54.7	You can find so much on the internet about traveling better, whether it's trying to get
0:59.0	more upgrades on your flights or minimizing your wait time for trains or packing hacks,
1:05.4	guilty.
1:06.5	Travel guides often focus on the practical stuff.
1:09.6	But traveling well isn't just about getting from point A to point B. So this episode is about
1:14.8	the art of travel.
1:16.7	Why we do it and how we can make it most meaningful.
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