{"id":2134,"date":"2025-03-07T15:17:33","date_gmt":"2025-03-07T15:17:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/reidsguides.com\/rb\/?page_id=2134"},"modified":"2025-03-07T22:07:54","modified_gmt":"2025-03-07T22:07:54","slug":"public-speaking","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/reidsguides.com\/rb\/writing\/public-speaking\/","title":{"rendered":"Public Speaking"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"2134\" class=\"elementor elementor-2134\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a9d685a e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"a9d685a\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ce723ed elementor-view-default elementor-widget elementor-widget-icon\" data-id=\"ce723ed\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"icon.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-icon-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-icon\">\n\t\t\t<svg aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"e-font-icon-svg e-fas-microphone-alt\" viewBox=\"0 0 352 512\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\"><path d=\"M336 192h-16c-8.84 0-16 7.16-16 16v48c0 74.8-64.49 134.82-140.79 127.38C96.71 376.89 48 317.11 48 250.3V208c0-8.84-7.16-16-16-16H16c-8.84 0-16 7.16-16 16v40.16c0 89.64 63.97 169.55 152 181.69V464H96c-8.84 0-16 7.16-16 16v16c0 8.84 7.16 16 16 16h160c8.84 0 16-7.16 16-16v-16c0-8.84-7.16-16-16-16h-56v-33.77C285.71 418.47 352 344.9 352 256v-48c0-8.84-7.16-16-16-16zM176 352c53.02 0 96-42.98 96-96h-85.33c-5.89 0-10.67-3.58-10.67-8v-16c0-4.42 4.78-8 10.67-8H272v-32h-85.33c-5.89 0-10.67-3.58-10.67-8v-16c0-4.42 4.78-8 10.67-8H272v-32h-85.33c-5.89 0-10.67-3.58-10.67-8v-16c0-4.42 4.78-8 10.67-8H272c0-53.02-42.98-96-96-96S80 42.98 80 96v160c0 53.02 42.98 96 96 96z\"><\/path><\/svg>\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f92075f elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"f92075f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">From Smithsonian lectures to CNN interviews, and radio call-in shows to panel presentations<\/h4>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e1c3935 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"e1c3935\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2cdee0d elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"2cdee0d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3><strong>On the Air<\/strong><\/h3><p style=\"font-size: 16px; letter-spacing: -0.8px;\">Reid Bramblett has appeared as a\u00a0<span style=\"font-weight: bolder;\">travel expert<\/span>\u00a0on CNN, Fox NEWS, the Travel Channel, CNNfn, and the New York City affiliates of ABC, Fox, and UPN.\u00a0<\/p><p style=\"font-size: 16px; letter-spacing: -0.8px;\">He has also been a guest on various\u00a0<span style=\"font-weight: bolder;\">NPR\u00a0<\/span>programs and stations.<\/p><p style=\"font-size: 16px; letter-spacing: -0.8px;\">Reid appeared as the official Cultural Anthropologist on the\u00a0<span style=\"font-weight: bolder;\">Travel Channel series\u00a0<em>Cruises We Love,<\/em><\/span>\u00a0offering cultural context and historical insights on everything from truffle hunting in Croatia to the Nitrate Wars of Chile to indigenous traditions of the Chukchi Peninsula.\u00a0<\/p><p style=\"font-size: 16px; letter-spacing: -0.8px;\">He is also the occasional co-host of the weekly, nationally syndicated\u00a0<span style=\"font-weight: bolder;\">radio call-in show<\/span>\u00a0&#8220;The Travel Show with Pauline Frommer,&#8221; formely on WOR-AM in New York (Sundays noon\u20132pm).<\/p><div>\u00a0<\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f3d8547 elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"f3d8547\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3><span style=\"font-weight: bold; font-size: 1.75rem; letter-spacing: -0.8px; font-style: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-style ); text-transform: var( --e-global-typography-text-text-transform ); word-spacing: var( --e-global-typography-text-word-spacing ); text-align: var(--text-align); background-color: var( --e-global-color-a983356 );\">In Person<\/span><\/h3>\n<p style=\"letter-spacing: -0.8px;\">Reid lectures regularly on Italy, Ireland, trip planning, and other travel topics at the&nbsp;<span style=\"font-weight: bolder;\">Smithsonian Institution<\/span>, and has spoken at many other venues, including the New York Times Travel Show, the New York&#8217;s Explorer&#8217;s Club,&nbsp;<span style=\"letter-spacing: -0.8px; 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text-align: var(--text-align); background-color: var( --e-global-color-a983356 );\">many bookstores and libraries.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"\"><span style=\"letter-spacing: -0.8px;\">He has provided&nbsp;<\/span><span style=\"letter-spacing: -0.8px; font-weight: bold;\">workshops and panels<\/span><span style=\"letter-spacing: -0.8px;\">&nbsp;at various professional conferences, including those of SATW (the Society of American Travel Writers, where he once served in the post of Active-At-Large).&nbsp;<\/span><span style=\"text-align: var(--text-align); background-color: var( --e-global-color-a983356 );\">Lecturer on travel and European history at the Smithsonian Institution.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"letter-spacing: -0.8px;\"><span style=\"color: var( --e-global-color-text ); font-family: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-family ), Sans-serif; font-style: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-style ); letter-spacing: -0.8px; text-transform: var( --e-global-typography-text-text-transform ); 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