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A travel guide for visiting all 50 US states

A travel guide for visiting all 50 US states

The FT’s Josh Franklin has travelled to every state in the US. He tells Lilah what he learned

Life and Art from FT Weekend · Forhecz Topher

January 8, 202416m 44s

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Show Notes

In the height of the coronavirus pandemic, our US banking editor Josh Franklin began a travel hobby that became an out-and-out goal. He wanted to see more of America, so he decided to visit all 50 states, from Alabama to Wyoming. He joins Lilah to tell us what he learned about the country, when he felt “this was worth it” and “this was a huge mistake”, what tips he has for our own road trips, and places in the US we might want to visit ourselves.

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We love hearing from you. Lilah is on Instagram @lilahrap. You can email her at [email protected].

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Links (all FT links get you past the paywall): 

– Josh’s piece about travelling to every US state: https://on.ft.com/3NNgYAA 

– Josh’s four places: Ocean Springs, Mississippi; North OR South Dakota; the Upper Peninsula along the great lakes in Michigan; and Duluth, Minnesota

– Our travel team’s 43 holidays to take in 2024: https://on.ft.com/3RFoOwY 

– Another great recent travel piece: ‘My weekend as a monk: a Scottish spiritual retreat’: https://on.ft.com/3RFoOgs 

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Original music by Metaphor Music. Mixing and sound design by Breen Turner and Sam Giovinco.


Read a transcript of this episode on FT.com


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