This page houses the press interviews, general Q&As, podcasts and other mentions from my years of running Legal Nomads, as well as contributions to other sites around the web. For public speaking and freelance writing and photography work, please see my public speaking page.
I’m thrilled and honoured that Legal Nomads – and my story – have resonated with so many publications, including The New York Times, BBC Travel, National Geographic, Bloomberg, Buzzfeed, and more.
This page is updated frequently, and links are in reverse chronological order.
General Press and Site Mentions
- How to Conquer the Challenge of Long Term Travel New York Times
- Second Life: How One Ex-Lawyer Ate Her Way Around the World VICE Money
- What I Wish I Had Considered Before Becoming a Digital Nomad Fast Company
- A Solo Traveler’s Guide on How to Meet People While Traveling Lifehacker
- The Whimsical Joy of Traveling Without Technology The Week
- A corporate lawyer-turned-traveler shares the 7 biggest misconceptions people have about her 8 years on the road Business Insider
- A former lawyer who’s been running a business remotely for 8 years shares her favorite tools for working on the road Business Insider
- Here’s Your Culinary Bucket List Straight From A Travel Pro Buzzfeed
- Here’s How To Turn Traveling The World Into Your Job Buzzfeed
- 9 Most Inspirational Women Travel Bloggers to Follow Jetset Times
- These Guys Gave Up the 9 to 5 to Travel the World Red Bull
- How to Quit your 9 to 5, Own your Own Business, and Travel the World Bloomberg
- I quit my high-paying job as a lawyer to travel .. and it’s not all sunshine and rainbows Redbook
- A How-To Guide to Escaping your Biglaw Job Above the Law
- How 5 Girls Turned Wanderlust Into a Full-Time Career with Travel Blogging Teen Vogue
- Leaving Your Phone in the Hotel Room is the Only Route to a True Vacation Mel Magazine
- Digital Nomads travel the world while you rot in your office Mashable
- Awesome Travel Bloggers You Need to Follow Right Now International Business Times
- Jodi Ettenberg Of Legal Nomads: Stay Committed To Your Chosen Medium, Even If No One Is Paying Attention Forbes
- How I Quit My Job to Travel: The Corporate Lawyer BBC Travel
- Smart Tips for Women Going Solo Canadian Living Magazine
- 11 Inspiring Stories Of People Who Left Normal Life And Embarked On An Adventure Buzzfeed
- Top Tips for Solo Travelers Canada.com
- Should Women Avoid Travelling Alone? BBC Travel
- Travel Blogging Today: It’s Complicated New York Times
- Women without Borders South China Morning Post
- The Realities Women Face When Traveling Alone, And How To Stay Safe Forbes
- Oranges Are Your Friend The Hairpin
- Be a Travel Parasite Marginal Revolution
- Tips for Traveling the World Kottke.org
- On the Road, From Now Until Whenever: Jodi Ettenberg on Her Life as a Long-Term Traveler New York Times
- Traveling the World With Chopsticks and a Pillow Grub Street
- Sabbaticals Help Lawyers Reassess Careers American Bar Association Magazine
- SkyScanner Blog of the Week SkyScanner.net
- The Radar Intelligent Travel, National Geographic
- How to Quit Your Job and Travel Discover.com
- Very Short Reviews New York Times Magazine
- Le voyage comme mode de vie La Presse de Montreal
- Young Leaders Are Changing the World by Working for Themselves, Stanford Social Innovation Review
- Give up your fears and get into the driver’s seat Gutsy Living
- In brief: A round-up of today’s news BBC.com
- Three Ways to Ruin Your Holiday in Thailand Lonely Planet
- Life after law – Have JD: Will Travel Idea Lawg
- Alumni Op-Ed, Focus Online McGill University, Law Faculty Magazine
- Thrillable Hours Idea Lawg
- Legal Nomad Jodi Ettenberg Shares Her Thrillable Hours The Montreal Gazette
- Jodi Ettenberg : de juriste à globe-trotter Droit Inc.
- The Cult of Less Miss Magazine (Austria)
- Assorted Links Marginal Revolution
- The Legal Nomad on Saving for Travel Get Rich Slowly
- The 8 Signs of Travel Burnout CNN Travel
Awards
- Gold Award, Travel Tips and Advice, 2016 North American Travel Journalist Association Awards
- Silver Award, Cultural, Educational, Self-Improvement Travel, 2016 North American Travel Journalist Association Awards
- Finalist, Independent Travel Blog, 2016 North American Travel Journalist Association Awards
- Gold Award, Best Travel Blog 2016 SATW Foundation Lowell Thomas Travel Journalism Awards
- Gold Award, Best Food Blog, TBCAsia / Cinnamon Resorts Awards, 2016.
- Silver Award, Best Travel Blog 2015 SATW Foundation Lowell Thomas Travel Journalism Awards
- Gold Award, Sports and Recreation category 2015 North American Travel Journalists Association Awards
- Silver Award, Cruises category 2015 North American Travel Journalists Association Awards
- Bronze Award, Photo Essay category 2015 North American Travel Journalists Association Awards
- Finalist, Independent Travel Blog and Culinary Travel categories 2015 North American Travel Journalists Association Awards
- Rough Guides Readers Awards 2015 – Runner Up Best Travel Blog 2015. Rough Guides
Press about the Legal Nomads Gluten Free Translation Cards
As a celiac who was diagnosed before the recent trend of gluten free eating, I’ve long struggled to eat safely around the world. While there are great gluten free cards for those avoiding it in their meals, for celiacs the issue is far more complicated. Cross-contamination, flavor-enhancers like Maggi sauce or bouillon cubes, and soy sauce all create days of issues.
As a result I’ve started to build what I’ve referred to as the Gluten Free Cards Project, super detailed celiac translation cards written and researched by someone who loves to eat AND has the disease, and is passed through two sets of translators to ensure accuracy.
- How to Conquer the Challenge of Long Term Travel New York Times
- How to Eat Street Food Anywhere In the World Without Getting Sick Lifehacker
- How to Travel Despite Disease The Street
- Thanks To This Travel Blogger, Gluten-Free Travel Cards Are Here! JetSetTimes.com
- The Gluten Free Survival Guide to Rome Eater
Press for the Food Traveler’s Handbook
This is a separate subsection for press covering my book, The Food Traveler’s Handbook, published in late 2012, as well as expertise in the food and travel sphere.
- The Ticketless Traveler: Cookbook Edition The New York Public Library
- Ask an Expert: All about Around-the-World Travel and Street Food Lifehacker
- Beware of Traveler’s Belly: What Not to Eat Around the World if You Want to Stay Healthy Yahoo Travel
- Tours are food for thought The Irish Examiner
- How Can I Find Great Meals on the Road? Outside Magazine
- Review: Food Traveler’s Handbook Gadling
- Travel Resolution for 2013: Eat Something Scary The San Francisco Chronicle
- Gary Arndt on The Food Traveler’s Handbook Everything Everywhere
- Holiday Gift Guide for 2012 House & Leisure Magazine
- Will Travel For Food The Forward
- Traveling the World in Search of Great Meals Huffington Post (Slideshow)
- Fodor’s Follow of the Week: Food Glorious Food Fodor’s
- The World’s Five Best Cheap Meals Newsweek’s The Daily Beast
- Review: The Food Traveler’s Handbook Associate’s Mind
- Interview with Tom & Pete from Euro Cheapo EuroCheapo
- Review: The Food Traveler’s Handbook Nomadic Notes
- Tyler Cowen’s short post on the Food Traveler’s Handbook Marginal Revolution
- Beyond the Law: Jodi Ettenberg’s Journey from Lawyer to Culinary Traveler Afar Magazine
- Tastemaker: Jodi Ettenberg and her Worldly Appetite Chef Marcus Samuelsson’s Blog
- Brief Interviews with People We Like: Jodi Ettenberg Roads & Kingdoms
Freelance Writing & Interviews
- A spinal fluid leak derailed my life of travel and food, but taught me to find beauty in the small things CNN Travel
- Best Summer Trips 2017 National Geographic
- 7 Stunning Natural Wonders in Asia National Geographic
- Traveling while gluten free: a survival guide The Guardian
- My exhausting meditation retreat: 10 days of Vipassana, silence and spiders The Guardian
- Escape Artist Q&A: Jodi Ettenberg of Legal Nomads Travel Blog Paste Magazine
- Canadians to Watch: The Wanderer ELLE Canada
- The Unconventional Backpacker: Interview with Jodi Ettenberg Chris Guillebeau’s AoNC
- Travel and Writing: Jodi Ettenberg Rolf Potts’ Vagabonding
- What does Comfort Mean to You?The Official WordPress Blog
- Sabbaticals Help Lawyers Reassess and Redirect Careers ABA Law Journal
- Chicken pudding? Be an adventurous eater without getting sick TODAY.com Bites Blog
- Pro Travelers Reveal their Top Tech Tools BBC Travel
- Customers as Entrepreneurs, Jodi Ettenberg AirTreks Blog
- Forms of Identification: Jodi Ettenberg BBC
- Dodging Monkeys on Myanmar’s Mount Zwegabin CNN Travel
- The Hater’s Guide to Eat, Pray, Love CNN Travel
- The Best Smoothie in Chiang Mai CNN Travel
- 8 Lessons Learned on Indonesia’s Public Transportation CNN Travel
Video
- Lonely Planet video chat about travel blogging Google Plus / YouTube
- Video interview with Bloomberg Law for their Stealth Lawyer series, Bloomberg Law
- Food and world travel, Hostelworld Google+ Hangout
- On Passion, Risk and Travel, World Domination Summit keynote
- World Domination Summit Wrapup Chris Guillebeau
Audio Interviews/Podcasts
- Taking a Different Path: Leaving the Law and Finding Your Passion Lawyer 2 Lawyer Podcast (2020)
- The Road to Getting Better Roads and Kingdoms’ The Trip Podcast (2019)
- A Nomad’s Journey of Painful Surrender GOODGOODGOOD Podcast (2018)
- How to Find Your Niche and Build Your Brand Live Different Podcast
- Jodi Ettenberg: The Legal Nomad Nomadtopia with Amy Scott
- The Unending Adventures of a Lawyer Turned Traveler, Foodie, Speaker & Storyteller Ownstream Podcast
- Constructing a Food and Travel Business Through Storytelling Gen Y Lawyer Podcast
- How a Sabbatical Turned into a Career Through the Gift of Serendipity Be Moving Forward Podcast
- Life as a Serial Expat The Budget Minded Traveler
- Travel by Your Taste Love Your Work Podcast
- Expat Life Stories Abroad Podcast
- One for the Writers Tropical MBA Podcast
- Food and Law The Global Travel Conspiracy with Gary Arndt
- 30 minute segment on solo travel and career change Tommy Schnurmacher show CJAD 800
- Taste Trekkers: Episode 108 – Travelling the World for Food Taste Trekkers
- Subtle social media tactics that change how you generate leads Tropical MBA Podcast
- Podcast: food, the Food Traveler’s Handbook, travel and more Nerdkicks
- Jodi Ettenberg the Legal Nomad who Wanders the World Women’s Radio
- Speaking at the World Domination Summit and Embracing the Unknown Unmistakably Creative Podcast
- Radio Enso Podcast: Social media, branding and reaching your true audience Blogtalk Radio
- How Jodi Ettenberg dared to become a legal nomad The Suitcase Entrepreneur
- Episode 247: Travel to Chile Amateur Traveler Podcast
- Jodi the Legal Nomad Bangkok Podcast, Ep. 6