In the final episode of Season 2, Paige speaks to Bruce Poon Tip — an Executive Producer of “The Last Tourist” and the founder of G Adventures — about exposing problems in the tourism industry and transforming travel into a force for good.

This week, we’re exploring the opportunities for wildlife tourism in rural Europe with Aukje van Gerven of the European Safari Company and Rewilding Europe. Plus, a language lesson in Krio with Vickie Remoe!

Lonely Planet co-founder Tony Wheeler joins the show this week to tell the story of the company’s founding, to talk about how guidebooks have changed the way we travel, and to share the strangest place he’s ever been.

Uganda’s first wildlife vet, Dr. Gladys Kalema-Zikusoka, joins the show this week to share how tourism has affected the lives of the wildlife and residents in and around Bwindi Impenetrable Forest National Park.

This week, Paige is joined by Erin Elizabeth Hynes, a traveler, travel writer and travel podcaster who shares some excellent advice for her fellow women wanderers, as well as some of her travel stories from Venice, Morocco, Greece and beyond.

This week, we’re exploring a topic that’s on the minds of a lot of travelers these days: short-term tourist rentals, which is a service offered by a lot of companies, but perhaps the most well known is Airbnb.

This week, we speak to Mark Smith of The Man in Seat 61 and Anna Hughes of Flight Free UK to find out why a lot of travelers are switching from planes to trains, and to learn about some of the exciting new train routes we can explore.

This week's guest is Bala Amarasekaran of the Tacugama Chimpanzee Sanctuary in Sierra Leone. Bala talks about the challenges facing the area's chimps, and how he thinks responsible tourism is part of the solution.

Traveling can stir up a lot of questions and emotions, not least with regard to race, privilege and power. Our guest this week, Dr. Anu Taranath, is here to help us navigate those experiences.

Aziz Abu Sarah shares how his tour company is working to support peace in places with longstanding divisions and conflict.

This week, we hear from experts at the Whitney Plantation and Monticello -- two tourist sites that are at the frontlines of contemporary discussions about the experiences of enslaved people and the role of slavery in the United States.

What does “thoughtful travel” look like? What are some concrete things that we can do to ensure that we make the most of our travels while also remaining sensitive to the impact of our presence as visitors?

Season 2 launches on January 20th!