Deepsea Dawn with Dawn Wright

This week on Traveling Culturati, Segment One is Travel News, where we bring you stories and conversations connecting travel, culture, and the world around us.

Then, we dive deep. Literally.

We sit down with Dawn Wright to explore what it’s like to travel nearly 36,000 feet beneath the ocean’s surface to Challenger Deep, the deepest known point in the ocean. She takes us behind the expedition, from the descent into one of the least-explored places on Earth to the moment she reached the bottom.

We talk about what she saw and experienced along the way, what the expedition revealed about the ocean, why deep-sea exploration matters, and whether she encountered signs of human impact at a depth most of us will never see. We also explore how traveling to the deepest known point on Earth changed her perspective on travel, exploration, our planet, and everyday life.

And, of course, Ja’Vonne’s Travel Minute will give you another quick dose of travel inspiration and insight to take with you on your next adventure