Hidden Compass

The latest podcast episode is here, a Notable Mention in the 2019 edition of The Best American Travel Writing: "Trick of the Light", by Annelise Jolley https://hiddencompasspodcast.buzzsprout.com//8333357-trick #HiddenCompass #Storytelling #Podcast

The spring 2021 issue of Hidden Compass is here! Join co-founders Sivani and Sabine for a rundown of the remarkable stories we have for you, and get ready to travel around the world and through time in this issue that's all about Shifting Currents. #Hidden_Compass #Exploration #Spring_2021

Don't forget to join co-founders Sabine and Sivani this afternoon for a conversation about Russell Frank’s Field-Truthing a Dream." If you haven't already done so, read the story here: https://hiddencompass.net/story/field-truthing-a-dream

Diane Selkirk follows Tracks to the Past on a Quest to reconcile the abundance of Canada’s northern landscape with the historic denial of Indigenous cultures. As she confronts a difficult legacy of repressed traditions and forced assimilation, she also grapples with her own family’s long-lost First Nations heritage and looks toward a future rooted in remembering. https://hiddencompass.net/story/tracks-to-the-past #TeamHISTORY #TeamHUMAN #Quest

In The Alchemy That Binds, Cecilia Hae-Jin Lee toasts the fermented resilience of Georgian wine-making traditions. Chasing Demons both political and personal, she unseals insights on humanity’s drive to imbibe through the ages as well as her complicated relationship with her father’s drinking. https://hiddencompass.net/story/the-alchemy-that-binds #TeamHISTORY #TeamHUMAN

Russell Frank’s Portrait of artisanal mapmaking sends him wayfaring along the trails of the Pennsylvania wilderness in pursuit of veracity, on and off the page. Accompanied by the whimsical illustrations of Maggie Scotilla, Field-Truthing a Dream navigates the disparate worlds of Samuel de Champlain and modern cartography while plotting out the thrill of possibility. https://hiddencompass.net/story/field-truthing-a-dream #TeamART #TeamHISTORY #TeamHUMAN

In this issue’s photo feature, Alex Krowiak reveals a bastion of biodiversity known as the Galápagos of North America. Some tens of millions of years in the making, the Human & Nature story of these Deception Islands remains unfinished and reminds us that environmental restoration is but one route to redemption. https://hiddencompass.net/story/deception-islands #TeamSCIENCE #TeamHISTORY #TeamHUMAN

Our winter 2021 issue is live and here's a little taste of what you'll find! Check out the stories on our website: https://www.hiddencompass.net. And tune in next Tuesday at 4 pm PST when we take a deeper dive into this issue's Portrait, "Field-truthing a Dream" by Russell Frank. #NewIssue #Winter2021 #HiddenCompass #TeamJOURNALISM