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Roadtrip Nation | August 2026

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by Jennifer Wieland • Published on
"Roadtrip Nation: Where Wellbeing Grows" featuring a collage of young adults enjoying shared experiences, including kayaking, caring for farm animals, and spending time together. A faint road map overlays the background, while a camper van icon, the "Roadtrip Nation" logo, and the tagline "Where Wellbeing Grows" emphasize themes of travel, exploration, wellbeing, and personal growth.
Programming

Two sets of young adults set out across the country to explore where their interests intersect with real careers. 

Roadtrip Nation: Where Wellbeing Grows

Our Shared Healing
Thursday, August 13, 2026, 5:30pm

Roadtrippers Anjali, Davida and Raul are three young adults interested in pursuing careers that can support everyone's mental health and wellbeing. Follow along as they meet industry professionals who are expanding our ideas of what wellbeing can be, from developing tools for digital wellness to servicing rural communities in need to laying the foundation for empathetic architectural design.

  • WTVP-HD 47.1 - Thu, 08/13/2026 @ 5:30 PM

Fostering Compassion
Thursday, August 20, 2026, 5:30pm

Follow along as the roadtrippers explore what health equity looks like at a community farm, then learn about spiritual wellbeing as it relates to cultural connection and heritage. Along the way, get physical with adaptive equipment that's helping everyone get outdoors and embrace the power of broadcasting your dreams, no matter what route you choose to take.

  • WTVP-HD 47.1 - Thu, 08/20/2026 @ 5:30 PM

Roadtrip Nation: Explore Your Interests 

Planting the Seeds
Thursday, August 27, 2026, 5:30pm

Roadtrippers Arnaud, Catherine and Joana embark on a journey to learn how to cultivate their interests into real careers. A Boise-based muralist teaches Joana how to blend family life into her career, a DJ manager in Seattle mixes Arnaud's interests in music and community-building, and a farm-to-table chef in Portland shows Catherine how her interest in sustainable agriculture could blossom.

  • WTVP-HD 47.1 - Thu, 08/27/2026 @ 5:30 PM

The Value of Dreams
Thursday, September 3, 2026, 5:30pm

As their journey continues down the West Coast, the roadtrippers start envisioning how their futures will take shape. In California's Bay Area, an entrepreneur and a poet inspire the roadtrippers to dream bigger. Finally, content creator Blair Imani brings the trip's insights home in L.A., sharing how her unique interests helped her find a fulfilling niche--and how the roadtrippers can do the same.

  • WTVP-HD 47.1 - Thu, 09/03/2026 @ 5:30 PM