Today is our final episode of this season! Thank you so much for staying with us, listening to us, sharing your words of encouragement with me, and spreading the word about our show.

For two years now, I have been asking every guest who comes on the podcast two questions: What gives you hope? And which place are you going to next?

I started asking the hope question because I needed to find that hope myself. And boy did our guests deliver!

So I thought it would be a beautiful way to close out this season with a collective, crowdsourced answer to that question.

What gives you hope?

We also asked our community members to send in their answers to these two questions. Thank you to everyone who participated: Carrie, Siham, Alice, Maxim, and Ami!

18 guests. 5 of our community members. The answer is in this episode.

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Thanks to our Founding Members:

RISE Travel Institute, a nonprofit with a mission to create a more just and equitable world through travel education
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Featured on the show:

02:38 Our community's answers
07:04 Storyteller & Educator Justine Abigail Yu
10:54 Climate Activist Arto Sivonen
14:05 Palestine Rights Activist & Podcaster Matt Bowles
15:22 Stockholm Archipelago's Marie Östblom
16:16 Runner & Writer Joe Baur
20:08 Hostel Owner & Solo Biker Alex Reynolds
21:02 Author Natasha Hakimi Zapata
22:55 Saudi Photographer Tasneem Alsultan
24:43 CCCL's Founder Farah Cherif D'Ouezzan
30:45 Sororal CEO Megan Ryder-Burbidge
31:16 Hybrid Tours' Sibu Szymanowska and Hira Aftab
33:54 Condé Nast Traveler's Editor Lale Arikoglu
35:08 Author Tharik Hussain
39:31 Author Lindsey Danis
41:13 Journalist Mitti Hicks
44:01 Baraka Destinations' Muna Haddad
47:21 Porter Rights Activist Marinel de Jesus
49:48 Author & Educator Dr. Anu Taranath

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Going Places with Yulia Denisyuk is a show that sparks a better understanding of people and places near and far by fostering a space for real conversations to occur. Each week, we sit down with travelers, journalists, creators, and people living and working in destinations around the world. Hosted by Yulia Denisyuk, an award-winning travel journalist, photographer, and writer who's worked with National Geographic, The New York Times, BBC Travel, and more.

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