Flights & Feelings

Flights & Feelings

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Frequent Flyers: Dominique Smith
Feelings on the Place that Raised Her, Turning 30, and Planning Group Trips
Feb 27 • Tyshaia
Put Your Oxygen Mask on First
Watch now | Feelings on survivors guilt, first-generation pressure, and learning to put our oxygen masks on first.
Feb 23 • Tyshaia and Jelani
31:57
Photo Essay: Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Photography as an act of preservation.
Feb 16 • Tyshaia
Field Notes: Venice & Puglia · 10.26.23
Listen Now | A freestyle from our trip to Italy.
Feb 8 • Tyshaia and Jelani
2:29
Final Moments in Rio de Janerio.
Our first trip of the year gave us much more than we expected...
Jan 30 • Tyshaia and Jelani
16:14
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Photo Essay: Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Feb 16 • Tyshaia
with love, from mexico city
Nov 7, 2025 • Tyshaia
Frequent Flyers: Imani Johnson
Jan 2 • Tyshaia and Imani J
What to Expect from 'Flights & Feelings' in 2026
Jan 12 • Tyshaia and Jelani

Guides

My Culinary Journey Across Countries, pt. 2
The restaurants and flavors that shaped my year, pt. 2
Dec 28, 2025 • Tyshaia
My Culinary Journey Across Countries, pt. 1
The restaurants and flavors that shaped my year.
Dec 14, 2025 • Tyshaia
I Left Something in the Mojave
red rock canyon: on reinvention & outgrowing the life you thought you wanted
Dec 1, 2025 • Tyshaia

Interviews

Frequent Flyers: Dominique Smith
Feelings on the Place that Raised Her, Turning 30, and Planning Group Trips
Feb 27 • Tyshaia
Frequent Flyers: Julia Reeves
Feelings on on living nomadically, moving with intention, and giving “we outside” a new meaning.
Jan 28 • Tyshaia
Frequent Flyers: Malik Leary
Feelings on leaving home, growing without abandoning, and seeing the world while carrying your people with you.
Jan 9 • Jelani and totheworldali
Frequent Flyers: Imani Johnson
Feelings on growing up as a ‘military brat’, style as self-expression, and the importance of making friends across the world.
Jan 2 • Tyshaia and Imani J
Frequent Flyers: Mariah Maddox
Feelings on personal healing, motherhood, and storytelling.
Dec 24, 2025 • Tyshaia and Mariah Maddox
Frequent Flyers: Carmen Berry
Feelings on studying abroad, drag as self-discovery, and exploring as a Black trans woman
Dec 17, 2025 • Tyshaia
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