#53 - Ash Bhardwaj: Travel Journalist On Why You're Not A Traveller

from Off Grid · host Jake Billsberry-Hawkins

Ash Bhardwaj is a journalist, author of Why We Travel, and Army reservist who spent six months travelling from Norway to Crimea retracing the new Iron Curtain.In this conversation, we talk about:- The neuroscience of why humans are wired to crave stories- The inner turmoil of not having a single career path- How AI gives rise to the importance of storytelling - Joining the Army Reserve at 29 and learning servant leadership- Should people be holidaying in America?- How social media turned travel into a performanceYou can find Ash here:Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/ashbhardwaj/ LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/ashwinbhardwaj/ You can find Ash’s book, Why We Travel, here:Book - https://shorturl.at/6kaPu Thank you

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