WEBVTT - Introducing: Solita

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<v Speaker 1>I'm at the point, Julie, honestly, where if I do

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<v Speaker 1>not solo travel, it's like being emotionally constipated.

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<v Speaker 2>I'm Julie Binetro. I've traveled by myself for fifteen years

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<v Speaker 2>and it never looks like it does in the movies.

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<v Speaker 3>Movies like Under the Tuscan Sun.

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<v Speaker 2>It's like woman in.

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<v Speaker 3>Her forties traveling, being powerful, saying yes to life, being

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<v Speaker 3>in charge.

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<v Speaker 2>She's wearing linen, she's eating, she's praying, she's your due.

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<v Speaker 3>Lingo is not going to come back to you when

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<v Speaker 3>a man is inside of you?

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<v Speaker 4>Oh no?

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<v Speaker 3>And I'm like, you're like.

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<v Speaker 2>On Solita, we're sharing the real stories of solo travel,

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<v Speaker 2>the risky, the beautiful, the messy moments where the world

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<v Speaker 2>is not your oyster.

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<v Speaker 1>There is this stereotype of like, why is that woman

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<v Speaker 1>by herself? Like is she okay? What happened?

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<v Speaker 2>In Spanish solita is what we call a female alone.

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<v Speaker 2>It's spoken softly with pity, as if there's something wrong

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<v Speaker 2>with her. But what if we reclaim solita? What if

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<v Speaker 2>our solitude is actually a tool of possibility.

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<v Speaker 4>Every time I tried to be alone, I kept meeting

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<v Speaker 4>people and they were like, you smiled at us. Not

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<v Speaker 4>a lot of people smile around here.

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<v Speaker 2>I've found that when you travel alone, you're more receptive

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<v Speaker 2>to the world as it is and not the lies

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<v Speaker 2>you're told about it. And it might be the first

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<v Speaker 2>time in your life where you say yes without having

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<v Speaker 2>to ask anyone else first. I can wait four hours

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<v Speaker 2>for the next bus, or this random dude is offering

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<v Speaker 2>me a ride on his motorcycle, I chose up. Sh

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<v Speaker 2>be it can be a time where you push your limits,

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<v Speaker 2>change your mind, or wake up to a new version

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<v Speaker 2>of yourself. I'm training for a twenty thousand kilometer run

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<v Speaker 2>across the length of Asia and Europe.

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<v Speaker 1>In Colombia, there is no one image of a Colombian

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<v Speaker 1>that really gave me permission to begin to start saying

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<v Speaker 1>proudly I am a Columbian immigrant.

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<v Speaker 4>I've gone to places like my Korea. I've spent time

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<v Speaker 4>in Libya, and I can't really fathom them by watching

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<v Speaker 4>the news, and I just want to know how the

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<v Speaker 4>people live.

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<v Speaker 2>So, whether you're a solo travel veteran or you're too

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<v Speaker 2>nervous to book your first trip, I hope this podcast

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<v Speaker 2>gets you a little closer to the plunge A.

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<v Speaker 4>Few bad things have happened, but like a thousand amazing

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<v Speaker 4>things have happened. If you jump, the net will appear.

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<v Speaker 4>What kind of net and what's within the net with you?

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<v Speaker 4>You won't know.

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<v Speaker 2>Listen to Solita starting August eleventh on the iHeartRadio app,

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<v Speaker 2>Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts.