- Our dream for this show,
is to be a community that is forever growing,
and that's why we teamed up with, lovey Ajayi Jones.
Luvvie Ajayi Jones, bestselling New York Times author,
a podcast host, and the co-creator of the online phenomenon,
Share The Mic Campaign.
Which continues here,
on this show, to give amazing black women a platform
so their voices can be heard and we can ignite change.
Hi Luvvie?
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- Hi Drew.
- Luvvie you look so beautiful.
- Thank you, thank you, I had to show up for you.
- Oh my God your hair color and your lip color and just it.
And it's like perfect with your book in the back,
which I love the cover of.
So let's talk about Kelly today,
who we're going to share the mic with.
- Yeah.`
- I'm honored to be doing this with you as always,
tell us about Kelly.
- Kelly is a unicorn, Kelly's an adventurer,
a licensed pilot, an advanced open scuba diver,
and the first black woman to host a show
for the travel channel,
So it's called mysterious islands.
She is just wildly fascinating.
- I would like to bring her out now,
please welcome the amazing Kelly Edwards.
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- Oh Kelly.
You're in the Maldives right now right?
at night.
- Yes I'm at the Maldives tonight I'm at Soneva Jani,
living my best life, sitting here with you.
This is all like a dream come true right now,
and I'm talking with you and my amazing friend luvvie,
So thank you so much for having me tonight.
- Luvvie knows all the coolest people
and it's so exciting for us to get to co-pilot,
Yes pun intended, with her, in this most important endeavor
of Share The Mic.
Now, Kelly why did you...
so you became a pilot?
- Yes.
- Why did you wanna get your pilot's license?
- Well when I was pursuing the amazing career
wanting to be an adventure travel journalist.
I'm seeing all these bad ass posts,
going to these really far upon places.
However, they were getting on a plane to go there,
but they were not flying themselves,
so I said, Ahaa!
That's how I'm gonna up this adventure travel
journalist game,
I'm gonna become a pilot
and fly myself to my own destination.
- I'm not gonna wait on anyone to take me where I could go.
That's what I did.
- You have a podcast that's with travel and leisure.
I have a question,
What should we be thinking about as far as travel right now
and where it's going in the future?
- Well, I think travel will come back really really strong,
travel is a beautiful thing, but there's also over tourism
right?
And while that may be great for capital gains,
it's terrible for sustainability and preserving the culture
and the history truly of a destination in a place.
This slowdown has helped a lot places be able to recoup,
but it's also an opportunity for the world to be cohesively,
become a better place, with each other,
to treat your fellow mankind better no matter race,
gender, identity.
And I think this is the time now to have this moment
through the pandemic,
to really assess the world and how it is.
You have to be more aware of your fellow mankind
and I think that's a beautiful thing.
- I think when I was doing my research on you,
I came up with this saying,
cause you were talking about travel and it's new era.
And it was like, instead of fly the friendly skies,
it's like fly the respectful skies.
And the way that you've been showing you know,
and will continue to do so in your podcast
how we can evolve in our journeys which are so important
and we can never lose sight of them.
But our travels will become different and even better now.
Absolutely, I think it's very important.
Oh thank you Kelly, so much.
I'm so sorry, I thank you so much for being on our show.
Also Kelly is gonna be taking over,
my personal Instagram page,
and I'm gonnna share it with her,
So to find out more about Kelly,
head to my Instagram.
And luvvie, thank you again for always doing this with us.
I can't wait to do more.
Kelly, everything I can hand over to you.
Please, I'm honored to be doing this with you.
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