Episodes
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Catch-up with Giddi Oteo, a former full-time road traveler turned incredible businesswoman. Giddi was last on the podcast in its previous format just as the world shut down. Giddi and Anaïs catch up on what it's been like as a restaurant owner during the pandemic, how she made money on the road, and how our BIPOC communities can support each other in the face of hate.
Listen in to the IG Live and answer this journal prompt:
What superpower have you felt yourself tap into in 2020 that you brought with you into 2021?
This special bonus episode of Nomads at the Intersections is brought to you by ust, who are making a name in the camping world by creating gear that helps EVERYONE get outside and enjoy the outdoors. Learn more at ustgear.com and follow along on Instagram @ustgear.
Featured Guest: @earthtogiddiNATI Links:
Podcast @nomadsattheintersections
Community @diversify.vanlife
Host @irietoaurora
Co-Host @anaismoniqEnjoy this episode? Rate us on Apple Podcasts or wherever you listen. It’ll help other Nomads find us. You can also share this podcast with a friend. Thank you for your support!
Nomads at the Intersections is hosted by Noami Grevemberg with co-host Anaïs Monique
Creative Direction by Busted Slate Media
Audio assist by Dustin Grevemberg
Music by Smart Monkey Music
Podcast Cover Artwork by Karen Ceballos -
Catch-up with Maggie Lam. It’s been a little over one year since Maggie was on this show in its previous format. A lot has changed since then, navigating two pandemics, a rise in racial violence against AAPI, and major changes in the road travel landscape. Maggie & Noami chat about where she is now and what she’s been up to since we last heard from her on this feed. We also journal: How can we as Black, Asian, Indigenous, LatinX and other people of color ensure that we are not carrying internalized white supremacy into spaces where there are no white people?
This special bonus episode Nomads at the Intersections is brought to you by ust, who are making a name in the camping world by creating gear that helps EVERYONE get outside and enjoy the outdoors. Learn more at ustgear.com and follow along on Instagram @ustgear.
SOCIALS
Featured Guest:
@bitesizetravels
RESOURCES
To support the AAPI community:
AAPI Women Lead
Stop AAPI Hate
Asian Americans Advancing Justice
Asian Pacific Fund
Books to read:
Serve the People
The Color of Success
Minor Feelings
The Making of Asian America
NATI Links:
Podcast @nomadsattheintersections
Community @diversify.vanlife
Host @irietoaurora
Enjoy this episode? Rate us on Apple Podcasts or wherever you listen. It’ll help other Nomads find us. You can also share this podcast with a friend. Thank you for your support!
Nomads at the Intersections is hosted by Noami Grevemberg with co-host Anaïs Monique
A Ravel Media production
Creative Direction by Busted Slate Media
Audio assist by Dustin Grevemberg
Music by Smart Monkey Music
Podcast Cover Artwork by
Karen Ceballos
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Raena Rice is a U.S. based flight attendant and the creator of stationary brand IAL365. Her high vibrational rituals and intentions are fused in with her creative work as well as cabin crew work. Raena and Anaïs discuss the trials of attending the airways, protecting safe & inclusive spaces, and finding a homelife balance within a nomadic profession. Noami leads us into the episode with some important notes on getting back on the road during a pandemic and our shared responsibilities as road travelers.
Check out the full interactive show notes on our website at Diversify Vanlife and find the episode transcript here: Episode 5 Transcript
Featured Guest Links:
www.itsalifestyle365.com
IG: @itsa_lifestyle365
FB: @itsalifestyle365
NATI Podcast Links:
Podcast @nomadsattheintersections
Community @diversify.vanlife
Host @irietoaurora
Co-host @anaismoniq
Enjoy this episode? Rate us on Apple Podcasts or wherever you listen. It’ll help other Nomads find us. You can also share this podcast with a friend. Thank you for your support!
Nomads at the Intersections is hosted by Noami Grevemberg with co-host Anaïs Monique
A Ravel Media production
Creative Direction by Busted Slate Media
Audio assist by Dustin Grevemberg
Music by Smart Monkey Music
Podcast Cover Artwork by
Karen Ceballos
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Catch-up with Brittany Newson. It’s been over a year since Brittany was last on the show in its previous format, and while a lot has changed, it didn’t slow her down. Co-host Anaïs chatted with Brittany on Instagram Live about how, even through loss and challenges, Brittany has covered thousands of miles in her 4-window bus, Domino, in the pursuit of joy and finding herself again after the military.
This special bonus episode Nomads at the Intersections is brought to you by ust, who are making a name in the camping world by creating gear that helps EVERYONE get outside and enjoy the outdoors. Learn more at ustgear.com and follow along on Instagram @ustgear.
SOCIALS
Featured Guest:
@whereis_brittany |
NATI Links:
Podcast @nomadsattheintersections
Community @diversify.vanlife
Host @irietoaurora
Enjoy this episode? Rate us on Apple Podcasts or wherever you listen. It’ll help other Nomads find us. You can also share this podcast with a friend. Thank you for your support!
Nomads at the Intersections is hosted by Noami Grevemberg with co-host Anaïs Monique
A Ravel Media production
Creative Direction by Busted Slate Media
Audio assist by Dustin Grevemberg
Music by Smart Monkey Music
Podcast Cover Artwork by
Karen Ceballos
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What was it like to travel in an era where there were little “Black Wall Streets'' all over the U.S. in the midst of dangerous Jim Crow laws? Alvin Hall, award-winning television and radio broadcaster, best-selling author, and renowned financial educator, transports us into that historic realm. His podcast, Driving the Green Book, guides listeners along his road trip with Janee Wood Weber to the historically Black towns and destinations featured in the Negro Motorist’s Green Book, published from 1936-1967. Hosts Noami and Anaïs explore the nuances of navigating life on the road during a pandemic, holding solidarity with the Asian-American community and how the Green Book paved the way for Diversify Vanlife to become a living resource for nomads of color.
Check out the full interactive show notes on our website at Diversify Vanlife and find the episode transcript here: Episode 4 Transcript
Featured Guest Links:
www.drivingthegreenbook.com/
Driving the Green Book Twitter
Alvin Hall Twitter
Macmillan Podcasts Twitter
Macmillan Podcasts Facebook
Apple Maps Guide
Apple Music Playlist
NATI Podcast Links:
Podcast @nomadsattheintersections
Community @diversify.vanlife
Host @irietoaurora
Co-host @anaismoniq
Enjoy this episode? Rate us on Apple Podcasts or wherever you listen. It’ll help other Nomads find us. You can also share this podcast with a friend. Thank you for your support!
Nomads at the Intersections is hosted by Noami Grevemberg with co-host Anaïs Monique
A Ravel Media production
Creative Direction by Busted Slate Media
Audio assist by Dustin Grevemberg
Music by Smart Monkey Music
Podcast Cover Artwork by Karen Ceballos
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Catch-up with Denise Meeker of Wayfare to Wellness. It’s been a year since Denise was on the pod, and a lot has changed since then! Noami chatted with Denise on Instagram Live about what life’s brought her since the last time, how she’s coped through 2020 as a Black woman and vanlifer, and more. They also journal around this prompt: What does acknowledging the Indigenous people of this land look for you going forward on your travels?
This special bonus episode Nomads at the Intersections is brought to you by ust, who are making a name in the camping world by creating gear that helps EVERYONE get outside and enjoy the outdoors. Learn more at ustgear.com and follow along on Instagram @ustgear.
SOCIALS
Featured Guest:
@wayfaretowellness | wayfaretowellness.com
NATI Links:
Podcast @nomadsattheintersections
Community @diversify.vanlife
Host @irietoaurora
Enjoy this episode? Rate us on Apple Podcasts or wherever you listen. It’ll help other Nomads find us. You can also share this podcast with a friend. Thank you for your support!
Nomads at the Intersections is hosted by Noami Grevemberg with co-host Anaïs Monique
A Ravel Media production
Creative Direction by Busted Slate Media
Audio assist by Dustin Grevemberg
Music by Smart Monkey Music
Podcast Cover Artwork by
Karen Ceballos
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Leah Thomas is an intersectional environmental activist on a mission to dismantle systems of oppression in the environmental movement. Her personal platform @greengirlleah was born out of a space that lacked representation of Black people in the outdoors and spoke to her passion of getting people started on their environmental justice journey. Her quest for self-authenticity, environmental justice and sustainability created the momentum for her educational page, @intersectionalenvironmentalist, to go viral. In this episode, Leah drops gem after gem: how destigmatizing cannabis use for Black and Brown people relates to the environmental movement; how making our environmental efforts inclusive and intersectional benefits everyone; and how expanding our understanding of Indigenous land protectors makes our environmental impact more effective.
Check out the full interactive show notes on our website at Diversify Vanlife and find the episode transcript here: Episode 3 Transcript
SOCIALS
Featured Guest:
@greengirlleah | greengirlleah.com
@intersectionalenvironmentalist | intersectionalenvironmentalist.com
@thegreensgirlco | thegreensgirlco.comNATI Links:
Podcast @nomadsattheintersectionspod
Community @diversify.vanlife
Host @irietoaurora
Co-host @anaismoniqEnjoy this episode? Rate us on Apple Podcasts or wherever you listen. It’ll help other Nomads find us. You can also share this podcast with a friend. Thank you for your support!
Nomads at the Intersections is hosted by Noami Grevemberg with co-host Anaïs Monique
A Ravel Media production
Creative Direction by Busted Slate Media
Audio assist by Dustin Grevemberg
Music by Smart Monkey Music
Podcast Cover Artwork by Karen Ceballos -
Bree (they/them) is a 20-something year old Black Queer non-binary nomad. In 2020, they cut their corporate strings to begin a life centered on having full autonomy of their time and purpose. Hottie, their renovated vintage RV, is now home to Bree and their two giant dogs. Aside from imagining a world without white supremacy, they fill their time with hiking, photography, writing and documenting their journey on the road. In this episode, Bree challenges cis-normative views of identity, the discomfort of unlearning, and what it means to be intentional when creating inclusive spaces. Listen til the end to hear their simplistic perspective on how to navigate pronouns like a human being.
Check out the full interactive show notes on our website: Diversify Vanlife and find the episode transcript here: Episode 2 Transcript
SOCIALS
Podcast @nomadsattheintersectionspod
Community @diversify.vanlife
Host @irietoaurora
Co-host @anaismoniq
Guest @doesthiscountasvanlife
Enjoy this episode? Rate us on Apple Podcasts or wherever you listen. It’ll help other Nomads find us. You can also share this podcast with a friend. Thank you for your support!
Nomads at the Intersections is hosted by Noami Grevemberg with co-host Anaïs Monique
A Ravel Media production
Creative Direction by Busted Slate Media
Audio assist by Dustin Grevemberg
Music by Smart Monkey Music
Podcast Cover Artwork by Karen Ceballos -
Our first guest on Nomads at the Intersections podcast is Wynne Weddell, Native American of the Yankton Sioux Tribe. A hiker, nomad, and full-time beadwork artist - Wynne joins our host, Noami, for this in-person interview on the traditional lands of the Pascua Yaqui and Tohono O’odham in the Southwest. Listen as she shares her story of leaving her homeland to follow her nomadic passions in the forests of the Pacific Northwest and beyond. Wynne also recounts her experience at the Dakota access pipeline, shares stories about her great grandmother as a front-line activist during the American Indian Movement, and how Indigenous peoples must lead the conversation on environmental activism and so much more. Check out our Show Notes for journal prompts that dig deeper into how your story and Wynne’s experience intersect.
ABOUT OUR GUEST
Wynne Weddell is a member of the Ihanktonwon Nation ( Yankton Sioux) specializing in beaded adornments, using her platform to raise awareness on environmental & social justice issues being faced in BIPOC communities. She is passionate about environmental advocacy, cultural reclamation, all things rainbow, and working towards a more sustainable future. #LANDBACK
Check out the full interactive show notes on our website: Diversify Vanlife and find the episode transcript here: Episode 01 Transcript
SOCIALS
Podcast @nomadsattheintersectionspod
Community @diversify.vanlife
Host @irietoaurora
Co-host @anaismoniq
Guest @rainbowmountain_
Enjoy this episode? Rate us on Apple Podcasts or wherever you listen. It’ll help other Nomads find us. You can also share this podcast with a friend. Thank you for your support!
Nomads at the Intersections is hosted by Noami Grevemberg with co-host Anaïs Monique
A Ravel Media production
With special thanks to Busted Slate Media
Music by Smart Monkey Music
Podcast Cover Artwork by Karen Ceballos -
This heavy year has brought hosts Noami Grevemberg and Anaïs Monique incredible growth, with insightful breakthroughs, profound solidarity and an expanding BIPOC nomadic community. This year has also brought us to tears with violence, microaggressions and burn-out.
In our pilot episode, Noami and Anaïs sit down and get real with each other like never before. Noami, a former coastal biologist, and Anaïs, a former flight attendant, explore how nomadism has affected their sense of community.
Throwing it all the way back to Q3 of 2019, they compare notes on how the founding of Diversify Vanlife literally shifted culture and visibility for BIPOC on the road. How the Uprising of 2020 exposed our roles in the Revolution as well as the holes in our self-care routines. They also speak on what it means to travel slowly in a Eurocentric country where capitalistic values are the measure of success.
In this proper introduction, get to know our hosts as they weave through key moments in their journeys: what it looked like to take major risks as Black women and what led them to embracing nomadic life and ultimately, to hosting Nomads at the Intersections podcast.
Find the episode transcript via Diversify Vanlife
SOCIALS
Podcast @nomadsattheintersections
Community @diversify.vanlife
Host @irietoaurora
Co-host @anaismoniq
QUOTES FROM THIS EPISODE
“Setting boundaries has become a form of self care for me.” - Noami“I feel like I’ve become a woman, leaving this trail of myself across the world.” - Anaïs“For me it’s really about realigning with my core values. Asking myself, how can we do this and include everybody? Because to me, community means we don’t have to travel this world alone.” - Noami“The outdoors isn’t for our entertainment, that is a perk, but we’re supposed to have a relationship with the land.” - Anaïs
Journaling Prompts— Expand the Conversation
Who makes you feel safe?How can you show up for people who support you?How has nomadic life affected your sense of community?Who are you now versus January 2020?Join us on IG LIVE, Mondays following the Air Date for live journaling with one of our NATI Hosts on Instagram Live @nomadsattheintersectionspod
🎵 NATI Vibes S1E1 Soundtrack 🎵
Points of Interest
YouTube— Evelyn From the Internets: How A Panic Attack Inspired “Call-in Black”NYT article— Meg thee Stallion: Why I Speak up for Black WomenYouTube— Last Week Tonight with John Oliver: Election 2020
Mentioned in Passing
“Black people were born on the water” en route to what would become known as the USAPodcast— 1619 ProjectNoami references “The Uprising” Podcast— Small Doses: Uprising, a Forum“I was pissed!” How Noami turned her rage into @diversify.vanlife Book— Eloquent Rage by Brittney Cooper“When Ferguson happened, I was in Atlanta...”Blog— The Black Millennials, Occupying Ferguson (pt 1)Enjoy this episode? Rate us on Apple Podcasts or wherever you listen. It’ll help other Nomads find us. You can also share this podcast with a friend. Thank you for your support!
Nomads at the Intersections is hosted by Noami Grevemberg with co-host Anaïs Monique
A Ravel Media production
Music by Smart Monkey Music
Podcast Cover Artwork by Karen Ceballos -
Welcome to Nomads at the Intersections podcast! Our hope is that this podcast will inspire us to shift our perspective on what road travel looks like, by exploring the stories and experiences of people from different walks of life.
We’ll dive into topics from the margins. Topics, both big and small, that will make us rethink what community means to us.
We're gonna get raw and real, and have some fun with it.
In this season we’ll have conversations with people we don’t really hear from in the road travel community. You know, the ones who don’t always fit the mold. That person you waved to on the highway, or sat next to at the campfire, but you never really heard their story. Those folks who, often unheard, make our community great.
Join us for Nomads at the Intersections podcast. The first episode drops Friday, October 23rd. See y’all then!
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Do you want to diversify your perspective on road travel?
Host Noami Grevemberg and co-host Anaïs Monique dive deep into the stories and weave through the challenges, journeys and inspirations of the diverse voices who, often unheard, make the nomadic community great. Noami is a Black woman and a nomad who has been living in her campervan since 2016. She started Diversify Vanlife in 2019 in response to the lack of representation of BIPOC in the road travel community. In this show, you’ll hear from BIPOC, LGBTQIA+, disabled, and other underrepresented travelers at the many crossroads of the modern nomadic movement.
Make sure you're subscribed to Nomads at the Intersections to hear the premiere episode, launching this October-- and follow @diversify.vanlife and @nomadsattheintersections to stay in the loop as more updates drop.
Nomads at the Intersections is hosted by Noami Grevemberg and co-hosted by Anaïs Monique.
A Ravel Media production in collaboration with Diversify Vanlife.
Production support by Laura Borichevsky.
Podcast cover artwork designed by Karen Ceballos.
