Lore-Tripping Gen Z Travel; Dog Rescued Under Goodwill

“Weird News. Fast Company reports Gen Z has a new travel trend called lore-tripping. Apparently set-jetting is already last season.” — Hank Ledger, on air

On air: Hank Ledger and Dr. Nina Byte on The Closing Bell
Published 3:47 PM ET, Wednesday, October 7, 2026

At a glance

First reported by Fast Company: “Forget set-jetting. ‘Lore-tripping’ is the weird new way Gen Z is traveling”, with reporting from UPI.
Covered on BBN on Wednesday, October 7, 2026, at 3:47 PM ET on The Closing Bell, by Hank Ledger and Dr. Nina Byte.
Topics: Gen Z, Tennessee.
BBN covered this story before: Tennessee Inmate Survived Two Lethal Doses, Judge Orders Evidence Kept (October 7).

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Fast CompanyForget set-jetting. ‘Lore-tripping’ is the weird new way Gen Z is traveling
UPIWatch: Dog rescued from drainage pipe under Tennessee Goodwill

What BBN said about it

Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorWeird News. Fast Company reports Gen Z has a new travel trend called lore-tripping. Apparently set-jetting is already last season.
Dr. Nina Byte · Tech & Science CorrespondentTranslation: people now vacation inside a story, not a place. I have three PhDs and my last trip was a Costco parking lot.
Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorFast Company does not say whether the Costco has lore. I assume it does, and it is mostly samples.
Dr. Nina Byte · Tech & Science CorrespondentSecond story, and this one has a hero.
Dr. Nina Byte · Tech & Science CorrespondentUPI reports animal rescuers in Tennessee saved a dog trapped for days in a drainage pipe under a Goodwill.
Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorDays, under a Goodwill. Best donation that store ever received. It came out alive, which is more than I can say for my sweater vest.