Alex Schechter @_earth2alex

'Where Did You Come From, Where Did You Go?' podcast out now byalexschechter.com Las Vegas, NV Joined June 2010

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Alex Schechter @_earth2alex

2 years ago

I planned your trip to Vegas! nyti.ms/41mhiKK

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Alex Schechter @_earth2alex

3 years ago

fantastic investigative piece on why America’s roads are becoming unsafer, for drivers and pedestrians.

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In this week's @NewYorker, I write about India's unprecedented heat wave. "The heat has created a rise in physical, psychological, and social symptoms," one doctor told me. "We have damaged the environment so much. Now the environment is damaging us." newyorker.com/magazine/2022/…

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Alex Schechter @_earth2alex

3 years ago

For @nytimes I spoke to Director Chuck Sams, the new head of the @NatlParkService (and its first ever Native American director) nyti.ms/3QLTdbH

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Alex Schechter @_earth2alex

3 years ago

wonderful piece on the complexities of “solving” homelessness

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Laura Bassett @LEBassett

3 years ago

A teacher who was murdered in the Uvalde shooting last week, and her husband who died the next day of a grief heart attack, had their funerals today. Then 3 active shootings happened simultaneously tonight, and we had to decide whether to feature all 3 or focus on the deadliest.

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Alex Schechter @_earth2alex

3 years ago

in my latest for @voxdotcom I followed a fourth-generation Appalachian herbalist into the forest. thanks to @lalamasala for the thoughtful edits! bit.ly/3wYr20l

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Alex Schechter @_earth2alex

3 years ago

rereading this & I keep getting stuck on the word ‘civilize’ n.pr/39XMfQ8

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Alex Schechter @_earth2alex

3 years ago

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Jeffrey Sachs @JeffreyASachs

3 years ago

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Alex Schechter @_earth2alex

4 years ago

love this barren road trip in western Namibia nytimes.com/2022/01/17/tra…

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Alex Schechter @_earth2alex

4 years ago

Trying to be more sensitive about travel writing in 2022. And what better place to start than this essay on Mayas, medicinal plants, and that time I had cancer. thanks @sebmodak for the fantastic edits! bit.ly/3fblOpA

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Tim Hannigan @Tim_Hannigan

4 years ago

A great piece here on where travel writing is now, where it might go, and the strange journey from Granta 10 to Granta 157 by @tchesshyre (ignore the title of the article!): thecritic.co.uk/too-woke-to-tr… ⁩

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Lakota Man @LakotaMan1

4 years ago

Your daily reminder that Indigenous people predated Columbus by — wait for it — 23,000 years. #IndigenousPeoplesDay

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Alex Schechter @_earth2alex

4 years ago

LOVE this piece on the effects of overtourism (and the role travel media plays) in Maui

SFGATE @SFGate

4 years ago

LOVE this piece on the effects of overtourism (and the role travel media plays) in Maui

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Alex Schechter @_earth2alex

4 years ago

the food ain't bad either!

Vogue Magazine @voguemagazine

4 years ago

the food ain't bad either!

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AFAR Media @AFARmedia

4 years ago

Get a more intimate view of the Sierras. bit.ly/3hflsik

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Alex Schechter @_earth2alex

4 years ago

A fire damaged this beloved CA byway. What remains? My latest for @AFARmedia ~ bit.ly/3dsixS5

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Freda Moon @FredaMoon

4 years ago

Every adventure should end with a meal. Some of my favorite pieces from 2021 are these 'meals worth the trip' from @julietremaine @imjuliebrown @_earth2alex and @g_freedman.

SFGATE @SFGate

4 years ago

Every adventure should end with a meal. Some of my favorite pieces from 2021 are these 'meals worth the trip' from @julietremaine @imjuliebrown @_earth2alex and @g_freedman.