Trail Running Tourism: How to Explore Off-the-Beaten-Path Destinations on Foot with Joe Baur
Joe Baur isn't your typical travel writer. The Cleveland-born, Berlin-based storyteller has built his career around getting off the beaten path—literally. As host of the Without a Path podcast and author of Talking Tico, Joe combines trail running with deep cultural exploration to discover stories you can't find in guidebooks. In this episode, Joe and Laura dive into how running becomes a lens for authentic storytelling, from ninja trail runs in Japan to battling pneumonia during an ultra marathon in Nepal. They discuss the Japanese concept of ikigai, why country counting is nonsense, the reality of being an American in Berlin, and why sometimes the best way to understand a place is to run through it.
