About The Wild and Curious
The idea for The Wild and Curious came about after the Founder, Theresa Christine, did some serious Parts Unknown bingeing. A few seasons in, she noticed something that bugged her. Too often, when there were women on the show, they would cook a delicious meal while the (usually male) guests would sit down and talk about it. She wanted to hear stories from the women in the background and bring them front and center, so The Wild and Curious was born.
The Wild and Curious is all about travel, culture, and intersectional feminism. It explores what it’s like to be a woman in the world, all around the world. It’s about travel as a self-identifying female. It’s about extraordinary womxn from all parts of the globe.
Meet the Team
Theresa Christine, Founder, Producer & Co-Host
Theresa Christine is a freelance writer whose work revolves around women’s issues worldwide, interesting locals, couples’ travel, and design. Her work has been featured in publications like Lonely Planet, United Air Hemispheres, Fodor’s, SFGate, and more. She has snorkeled in between tectonic plates in Iceland, gone horseback riding in the Brazilian countryside, and ridden on an octopus art car with Susan Sarandon at Burning Man. When not traveling, writing, or podcasting, she is cuddling her cat, taking photos, or doing an indoor bicycling class.
Suzanne Schmedding, Creative Partner & Co-Host
Suzanne Schmedding is an arts educator who has worked within the non-profit educational sector for the past six years. She has taught music and theater classes to kids of all ages and backgrounds across Los Angeles in schools without federally funded arts programs, and she’s earned a Master’s Certification to teach English as a foreign language (TEFL). She has worked at an elephant sanctuary in Thailand, visited Mayan temples, and gotten lost after midnight in the streets of Barcelona. Suzanne enjoys doing yoga, podcasting, and spending time with her cat and dog.
How We Met
We are Craigslist strangers who met in 2015 and became globetrotting BFFs.
Having just moved to Los Angeles, T was searching for a room to move into, and S needed a new roommate. S responded to an ad with the subject line “I’m the Craigslist killer,” so T ignored her email and poorly timed joke. After a few follow-ups, though, we met in person, T moved in, and we became best friends.
Aside from the typical roommate/best friend activities (Netflix binging, wine drinking, etc.), we have gone swing dancing in Paris, chilled with kitties at a cat cafe in Vancouver, and sampled so many gelato flavors in Rome that a store owner cut us off.