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Chance Encounters

Chance Encounters

CNN Audio

Society & Culture

Frequency: 1 episode/15d. Total Eps: 13

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The unexpected connections you make while traveling can change your life: from romance that sparks at 30,000 feet to unlikely friendships that begin on the road. Chance Encounters, the podcast companion to the hit column on CNN.com from Francesca Street, chronicles incredible real-life stories of unforgettable travel connections. 
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Introducing: Chance Encounters

mercredi 5 février 2025 • Duration 01:00

The unexpected connections you make while traveling can change your life: from romance that sparks at 30,000 feet to unlikely friendships that begin on the road. Chance Encounters - the hit column on CNN.com from Francesca Street - chronicling incredible real-life stories of unforgettable travel connections makes its podcast debut with CNN Audio just in time for Valentine’s Day 2025. Each week, Francesca brings us incredible stories of travel connections. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

" We started flirting in Mongolia. We kissed in Siberia, somewhere on the train."

Episode 2

lundi 17 février 2025 • Duration 16:41

Frenchwoman Marie-Claire Martineau and American traveler Elaine Comerford were thrown together by fate on board the Trans-Siberian Railway in the summer of 1991. Here's how that serendipitous railway journey turned into a decades-spanning romance. Read Marie-Claire & Elaine's story on CNN.com Read more Chance Encounters by Francesca Street Share your Chance Encounter with CNN Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

“Just a brief second can change things in a wonderful way in life."

Episode 1

lundi 10 février 2025 • Duration 16:55

Italian traveler Cristina Farina arrived in London in the summer of 1984, only to be stood up by a man she met on an airplane. But then Cristina started chatting with American stranger Matt Reineke in London’s Trafalgar Square, changing the course of their lives forever. Read Cristina & Matt's story on CNN.com Read more Chance Encounters by Francesca Street Share your Chance Encounter with CNN Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

 "We went out skinny-dipping that night."

Episode 3

lundi 24 février 2025 • Duration 20:15

Canadian student Bianca Gignac only had a few days left in Italy when she crossed paths with Italian local Alessandro Morelli in the beautiful Cinque Terre region. Here's what happened when she decided to stay longer. Read Bianca & Alessandro's story on CNN.com Read more Chance Encounters by Francesca Street Share your Chance Encounter with CNN Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

 “I found the guy I'm going to marry on a trail.”

Episode 4

lundi 3 mars 2025 • Duration 19:06

Trish Salazar and Aaron Toro connected instantly while trekking in Utah’s Bryce Canyon National Park. Within days, they were committed to a long-distance relationship and planning a future together. Then life took another unexpected turn. Read Trish & Aaron's story on CNN.com Read more Chance Encounters by Francesca Street Share your Chance Encounter with CNN Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

“After that night we were instantly like best friends.”

Episode 5

lundi 10 mars 2025 • Duration 20:52

Adopted from South Korea to the US as a baby, Linsay DeBates returned to her birth country for the first time in 2000, aged 19. By chance, she met fellow American Doug Gist during the trip and a friendship began that continues 25 years later. Read Linsay & Doug's story on CNN.com Read more Chance Encounters by Francesca Street Share your Chance Encounter with CNN Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

"I'll take a chance, hop on the back of his motorcycle."

Episode 6

lundi 17 mars 2025 • Duration 22:32

When Rachel Décoste traveled to West Africa’s Republic of Benin in 2018, she was anticipating a life-changing trip. Then she jumped on the back of Benin local Honoré Orogbo's motorbike and the trip changed her life in more ways than she ever could have imagined. Read Rachel & Honoré's story on CNN.com Read more Chance Encounters by Francesca Street Share your Chance Encounter with CNN Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Rome: We Fell in Love at the Trevi Fountain

Season 2 · Episode 1

vendredi 27 juin 2025 • Duration 24:48

American Catherine Tondelli won a trip to Rome, Italy in the summer of 1999. On her first night, she threw three coins in the city's Trevi Fountain and came to face-to-face with her future husband, Italian local Fausto Mezzana. Here’s how a vacation romance turned into a love story spanning 25 years and counting. Read more Chance Encounters by Francesca Street Share your Chance Encounter with CNN Episode Photo: Steve Christo/Corbis via Getty Images Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Yellowstone: We Bonded Over Ice Cream, Then Eloped

Season 2 · Episode 2

vendredi 4 juillet 2025 • Duration 23:06

American hiker Andrew McGowan and Taiwanese student Shallen Yu spent one glorious day together eating ice cream, stargazing and bonding over peach cobbler in Yellowstone National Park in the summer of 2013. They were determined to be together against the odds. Read more Chance Encounters by Francesca Street Share your Chance Encounter with CNN Episode photo: Daniel Slim/AFP/Getty Images Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Mazatlán: The Summer I Ran Away with a Yacht Captain

Season 2 · Episode 3

vendredi 11 juillet 2025 • Duration 25:27

Bob Parsons was an American yacht captain. Beverly Carriveau was a Canadian librarian. One summer in Mazatlán, Mexico, a “thunderbolt" passed between them, and their lives were never the same again. Read more Chance Encounters by Francesca Street Share your Chance Encounter with CNN Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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