In this episode we discuss some of the recent travel related news we found interesting or relevant over the month of September. We break down our favorite different news articles, including: 

• (4:01): Why travel should be considered an essential human activity
• (8:36): NASA Publishes Artemis Plan to Land First Woman, Next Man on Moon in 2024
• (9:37): Toxins in water blamed for deaths of hundreds of elephants in Botswana
• (13:00): 9 cards currently offering sign-up bonuses of 100,000 points or more
• (16:40): American joins United and Hawaiian in offering preflight COVID testing
• (18:05)Airbus looks to the future with hydrogen planes
• (20:44): U.S. airlines lay off thousands of workers, including United flight attendants, others in Cleveland
• (21:25):Don’t Feel Sorry for the Airlines

Up This Month: 

• Keshler Thibert - The Philly Tour Guide
• Jules and Christine - Travel disaster tories and Voluntourism 
• Rolf Potts - The author of the wildly popular travel guide Vagabonding 

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