Alex Schechter

'Where Did You Come From, Where Did You Go?' podcast out now

[Alex Schechter @_earth2alex]

I planned your trip to Vegas!
https://t.co/tuWD9UX0k8

[Alex Schechter @_earth2alex]

@tommyburson yes! Of course I remember you. How have you been?

[Alex Schechter @_earth2alex]

@FredaMoon awesome, Freda!

[Alex Schechter @_earth2alex]

fantastic investigative piece on why America’s roads are becoming unsafer, for drivers and pedestrians.

[Marin Cogan @marincogan]

Even before the pandemic, too many pedestrians and cyclists were being killed in the United States.

Then, the pandemic began–and pedestrian fatalities soared.

Why? I visited the deadliest road in the country to find out. For @voxdotcom: https://t.co/3QPi4UqjUQ

[Dhruv Khullar @DhruvKhullar]

In this week's @NewYorker, I write about India's unprecedented heat wave.

"The heat has created a rise in physical, psychological, and social symptoms," one doctor told me. "We have damaged the environment so much. Now the environment is damaging us."

https://t.co/KKREYwukdp

[Alex Schechter @_earth2alex]

For @nytimes I spoke to Director Chuck Sams, the new head of the @NatlParkService (and its first ever Native American director) https://t.co/5hHMbXXSH7

[Alex Schechter @_earth2alex]

wonderful piece on the complexities of “solving” homelessness

[Alex Schechter @_earth2alex]

@MarriottBonvoy @Kimpton if you like the magazines that @NellaMediaGroup makes can you please tell them to pay. their. freelancers.

[Alex Schechter @_earth2alex]

@marcgraser @NellaMediaGroup thinks it’s “time to pay attention to LGBTQ travelers” but first you need to pay attention to your freelancers. 3 months and no check, really? #pride

[Laura Bassett @LEBassett]

A teacher who was murdered in the Uvalde shooting last week, and her husband who died the next day of a grief heart attack, had their funerals today. Then 3 active shootings happened simultaneously tonight, and we had to decide whether to feature all 3 or focus on the deadliest.

[Alex Schechter @_earth2alex]

in my latest for @voxdotcom I followed a fourth-generation Appalachian herbalist into the forest. thanks to @lalamasala for the thoughtful edits!
https://t.co/rn85h3c7SC

[Alex Schechter @_earth2alex]

rereading this & I keep getting stuck on the word ‘civilize’ https://t.co/fcNzj4AmgG

[Alex Schechter @_earth2alex]

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[Jeffrey Sachs @JeffreyASachs]

In a 3-2 vote by the Nampa, Idaho school board, these are some of the books now banned in the district:
- The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini
- The Bluest Eye by Toni Morrison
- The Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret Atwood
https://t.co/k4cY8RTPfE

[Alex Schechter @_earth2alex]

love this barren road trip in western Namibia https://t.co/7GpYRwBby3

[Alex Schechter @_earth2alex]

@guttersniper @lonelyplanet @guttersniper thank you !

[Alex Schechter @_earth2alex]

Trying to be more sensitive about travel writing in 2022. And what better place to start than this essay on Mayas, medicinal plants, and that time I had cancer. thanks @sebmodak for the fantastic edits!
https://t.co/VnR5TTbLHS

[Tim Hannigan @Tim_Hannigan]

A great piece here on where travel writing is now, where it might go, and the strange journey from Granta 10 to Granta 157 by @tchesshyre (ignore the title of the article!): https://t.co/QPem0XSV84
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[Lakota Man @LakotaMan1]

Your daily reminder that Indigenous people predated Columbus by — wait for it — 23,000 years. #IndigenousPeoplesDay

[Alex Schechter @_earth2alex]

LOVE this piece on the effects of overtourism (and the role travel media plays) in Maui

[SFGATE @SFGate]

Maui residents blame irresponsible recommendations for overtourism and bad behavior. https://t.co/IlTAKA6O2s

[Alex Schechter @_earth2alex]

the food ain't bad either!

[Vogue Magazine @voguemagazine]

A new boutique, six-room hotel on the outskirts of Oaxaca City offers mesmerizing design and an on-property distillery. Step inside: https://t.co/4gDeoWCVKu