Feel-Good Fridays: A New Series for Brighter Weekends
About this episode
The episode introduces a new series featuring uplifting travel stories shared by Afar staffers.
Welcome to Feel-Good Fridays. Every Friday from now through the end of June, Unpacked is popping into your feed with a brand-new series designed to carry you into the weekend a little lighter. Each episode, host Aislyn Greene and producer Nikki Galteland are joined by a different Afar staffer to share three travel stories that made them smile, tear up (in a good way), or rethink what's possible. Funny, inspiring, heartwarming—the only rule is no downers. For our debut episode, we're joined by Afar's Michelle Baran, who brings her own dose of feel-good to the mic. Together, the three of them share: – A celebrated food writer's reintroduction to her own hometown, and what travel can teach us about grief, grace, and seeing familiar streets with new eyes – A long-awaited transit milestone in a famously car-bound American city—and what it could mean for one of the world's biggest upcoming sporting events – A Vienna café where the pastries come with a side of intergenerational wisdom (and the bakers might just remind you of your own grandmother) Plus: a childhood alter ego involving wigs, doorbells, and a traveling comedy duo we did not see coming. Tune in every Friday through June for…
People in this episode
Host: Aislyn Greene
Guests: Nikki Galteland, Michelle Baran
Topics covered
- feel-good stories
- travel
- inspiration
- food
- community
- personal growth
Keywords
- feel-good
- travel stories
- Afar
- inspiration
- food writer
- LA transit
- Vienna café
Mentioned in this episode
Organizations: Afar
Places: Vienna, LA
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