web01.fireside.fm Fri, 03 Apr 2026 15:20:17 -0500 Fireside (https://fireside.fm) There She Goes - Episodes Tagged with “Mother's Day” https://thereshegoes.fireside.fm/tags/mother's%20day Tue, 11 May 2021 04:00:00 -0400 Welcome to There She Goes: travel stories told by the women who wrote them. There She Goes is a place to hear travel essays by women--their words and experiences, told in their own voices. No interviews, no conversation, just great storytelling by women travelers. Each week, escape to a different elsewhere with a new travel companion. Trek through a Thai jungle with a guide of dubious intentions. Take a road trip with your family along the Boudin Trail in Southern Louisiana. Lean out a window in Bangalore, India, and learn about the politics of desire. Fear for your life while navigating the switchbacks of Sicily. Head to Suriname, Paraguay, Guyana and French Guiana on a personal quest. Find comfort in a silent twilight ritual in Iran. Flirt with a stranger on the cliffs of Santorini. There She Goes reminds us of the power and importance of women’s travel narratives. Proves they are nothing short of essential. *Our theme music is a selection from the song “City of Refuge” created and performed by Abigail Washburn. en-us episodic travel stories told by the women who wrote them Kelly & Lavinia Welcome to There She Goes: travel stories told by the women who wrote them. There She Goes is a place to hear travel essays by women--their words and experiences, told in their own voices. No interviews, no conversation, just great storytelling by women travelers. Each week, escape to a different elsewhere with a new travel companion. Trek through a Thai jungle with a guide of dubious intentions. Take a road trip with your family along the Boudin Trail in Southern Louisiana. Lean out a window in Bangalore, India, and learn about the politics of desire. Fear for your life while navigating the switchbacks of Sicily. Head to Suriname, Paraguay, Guyana and French Guiana on a personal quest. Find comfort in a silent twilight ritual in Iran. Flirt with a stranger on the cliffs of Santorini. There She Goes reminds us of the power and importance of women’s travel narratives. Proves they are nothing short of essential. *Our theme music is a selection from the song “City of Refuge” created and performed by Abigail Washburn. no travel, women, stories Kelly & Lavinia diemosquitos@gmail.com Episode 8: S1E7: There She Goes: Maggie Downs, The Bad Place http://thereshegoes.fireside.fm/8 a606bb70-1ad0-4b6c-af30-f16e0a75a228 Tue, 11 May 2021 04:00:00 -0400 Kelly & Lavinia 8 S1E7: There She Goes: Maggie Downs, The Bad Place full 1 Kelly & Lavinia Today we travel with Marcia DeSanctis to France, where, on a dark early morning at Mont St. Michel, she’s reminded of the importance of vigilance, and the existence of angels. 24:49 no Today we travel with Marcia DeSanctis to France, where, on a dark early morning at Mont St. Michel, she’s reminded of the importance of vigilance, and the existence of angels. Maggie Downs is the author of the memoir Braver Than You Think: Around the World on the Trip of My (Mother's) Lifetime, published in 2020 by Counterpoint Press. Her work has been anthologized in Best Women’s Travel Writing and Lonely Planet’s True Stories From the World’s Best Writers, and essays have appeared in The New York Times, The Washington Post, The Los Angeles Times, and McSweeney’s, among others. She is based in Palm Springs, California. stories, women, travel, escape, there she goes, bucket list, Mother's Day Today we travel with Marcia DeSanctis to France, where, on a dark early morning at Mont St. Michel, she’s reminded of the importance of vigilance, and the existence of angels.

Maggie Downs is the author of the memoir Braver Than You Think: Around the World on the Trip of My (Mother's) Lifetime, published in 2020 by Counterpoint Press. Her work has been anthologized in Best Women’s Travel Writing and Lonely Planet’s True Stories From the World’s Best Writers, and essays have appeared in The New York Times, The Washington Post, The Los Angeles Times, and McSweeney’s, among others. She is based in Palm Springs, California.

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Maggie Downs is the author of the memoir Braver Than You Think: Around the World on the Trip of My (Mother's) Lifetime, published in 2020 by Counterpoint Press. Her work has been anthologized in Best Women’s Travel Writing and Lonely Planet’s True Stories From the World’s Best Writers, and essays have appeared in The New York Times, The Washington Post, The Los Angeles Times, and McSweeney’s, among others. She is based in Palm Springs, California.

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