The Lost & Found Podcast

Your twenties are weird, beautiful, confusing, electric, exhausting. Lost & Found is a podcast for anyone stumbling their way through this decade, one lesson (and existential crisis) at a time.

Hosted by writer and wanderer Karmen Wiid, this space is all about solo travel, self-growth, relationships, creativity, and the messy magic of becoming who you’re meant to be. From digital nomad life to heartbreak, identity shifts to spontaneous reinventions — we talk about it all, honestly and unfiltered.

Whether you’re chasing a fresh start, healing your heart, or just trying to feel a little less alone in the world, you’re in the right place.

New episodes every Wednesday.

Come as you are.

Latest Episodes

Who Are You Beyond What You Consume? Lost & Found with Karmen Wiid

In this episode, we explore identity in the age of aesthetics, algorithms, personal branding, and late-stage capitalism. From clean girl culture and curated online selves to Socrates, Marx, bell hooks, Kierkegaard, this is a conversation about who we become when we are constantly perceived.  ________________________________________ ✨ Let’s Stay Connected: 📹 Watch The Lost & Found video episodes on YouTube 📝 Read my blog on Substack 📕 Buy my book — Untethered: A Beginner’s Guide To Solo Travel  📸 Follow along on Instagram  💌 For collabs email: karmen@krause.co.za
  1. Who Are You Beyond What You Consume?
  2. Wanting vs Being Wanted: Why Does Female Desire Still Make People Uncomfortable?
  3. The Unlikely True Story of How I Ended Up Living on a Sailboat
  4. How to Heal Your Relationship with Yourself After a Breakup
  5. How To Be Healthier (And Stick To It)

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I’m Karmen

Writer, wanderer, podcast host, and full-time digital nomad originally from South Africa.

With an Honours degree in English Literature and Philosophy from Stellenbosch University, I’ve built a life around the things I love most: words, movement, and meaning.

I’m the host of Lost & Found, a top-ranking podcast about creativity, growth, solo travel, and figuring out your twenties in real time. I’m also the author of Untethered: A Beginner’s Guide to Solo Travel, a book for anyone craving freedom, connection, and a life that doesn’t fit the template.

Here, I share reflections on solo travel, creative living, and what it means to build a life with intention, even when you’re still figuring it out as you go.

Welcome. I hope these stories inspire you to wander a little further and dream a little bigger.

Stay awhile.

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