Those Who Wander Reaches 500 Subscribers and Happy New Year!

…and what’s to come in 2025 from Those Who Wander.

Photo by Myriam Zilles on Unsplash

Greetings fellow wanderers,

As 2025 approaches, I want to wish everyone happy holidays and a Happy New Year! I want to also dedicate this time to announcing that Those Who Wander has reached 500 subscribers! I am beyond ecstatic and incredibly grateful for everyone’s support. Thank you!

Also, another shout-out to my editor and brother-in-law Matt Wickes for his sharp eye in keeping my posts polished and sensible. Thank you, Matt!

Those Who Wander in 2025

I will keep my weekly post cadence in 2025 with new posts, debates, and archived posts. However, I want to hear from all of you and solicit your ideas for more post ideas. Please fill out the survey below and comment to let me know what topics you’d like to read more about in 2025.

I am working on the final revisions for my book, An Anthropology of Wandering: How Adventure Can Alleviate a Fearful Culture which I will be publishing in 2025. The book is a first-person account of backpacking the Appalachian Trail that dives into the anthropology of wandering, overcoming fears, and the meaning of travel and adventure in culture and society. Stay tuned for updates and how to pre-order the book!

If you are enjoying these ramblings on travel, adventure, and anthropology, please consider supporting my writing which grants you full access to everything I’ve written on Substack. In addition, the proceeds will go toward helping me publish and promote my forthcoming book. I would be forever grateful if you became a paying subscriber or sent a subscription to someone as a gift. Also, I am offering an end-of-the-year special that will get you 25% off!

Know someone who might enjoy Those Who Wander? You can gift a subscription to someone as well.

Lastly, Substack recently enabled an exciting new feature on their app—text-to-speech! You can now listen to everything published at Those Who Wander. And it’s effortless:

1. Download the Substack app.

2. Navigate to the post you want to listen to.

3. Click the play button in the upper right-hand corner of the screen.

Voilà!

Give it a try on one of my recent posts:

• The Flâneur and the Freedom to Walk

• Dublin and Its Environs: A Walker’s City and the Weight of History

• Memento Mori: A Venture into Death, Travel, Tattoos, and Recalibrating Worldviews

Again, I am sincerely grateful to everyone for your support. Thank you and Happy New Year to you and your loved ones! To new adventures in 2025!

Cheers!

-JSB