Interviews

'The New Tourist': An Interview with Paige McClanahan

Paige McClanahan, Gabbi Cisneros

June 21, 2024

Watch our hour-long interview with Paige McClanahan on her book The New Tourist: Waking Up to the Power and Perils of Travel.

This interview was livestreamed on June 20, 2024. Paige McClanahan was in conversation with Porchlight's Creative Director, Gabriella Cisneros. Watch the full interview below.

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About the Authors

Paige McClanahan is an American journalist based in France. A regular contributor to The New York Times , she has reported from more than a dozen countries, writing for publications like The Guardian , the BBC, and The Washington Post , among many others.

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Gabriella Cisneros is a moderately bilingual artist whose passion for storytelling extends from reading to filmmaking, video editing, writing, photography, and social media. Working at Porchlight is kind of a dream job for someone who has a 55 page, indexed document of interesting words she’s found in books. Gabbi regularly makes time for taking photos, traveling, attending concerts, trying new restaurants, blogging, fitness, and—of course—reading.

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