Episodios

  • Yellowstone: We Bonded Over Ice Cream, Then Eloped

    Yellowstone: We Bonded Over Ice Cream, Then Eloped
    Jul 4 2025
    American hiker Andrew McGowan and Taiwanese student Shallen Yu spent one glorious day together eating ice cream, stargazing and bonding over peach cobbler in Yellowstone National Park in the summer of 2013. They were determined to be together against the odds. Read more Chance Encounters by Francesca Street Share your Chance Encounter with CNN Episode photo: Daniel Slim/AFP/Getty Images Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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    23 m
  • Rome: We Fell in Love at the Trevi Fountain

    Rome: We Fell in Love at the Trevi Fountain
    Jun 27 2025
    American Catherine Tondelli won a trip to Rome, Italy in the summer of 1999. On her first night, she threw three coins in the city's Trevi Fountain and came to face-to-face with her future husband, Italian local Fausto Mezzana. Here’s how a vacation romance turned into a love story spanning 25 years and counting. Read more Chance Encounters by Francesca Street Share your Chance Encounter with CNN Episode Photo: Steve Christo/Corbis via Getty Images Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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    25 m
  • "I'll take a chance, hop on the back of his motorcycle."

    "I'll take a chance, hop on the back of his motorcycle."
    Mar 17 2025
    When Rachel Décoste traveled to West Africa’s Republic of Benin in 2018, she was anticipating a life-changing trip. Then she jumped on the back of Benin local Honoré Orogbo's motorbike and the trip changed her life in more ways than she ever could have imagined. Read Rachel & Honoré's story on CNN.com Read more Chance Encounters by Francesca Street Share your Chance Encounter with CNN Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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    23 m
  • “After that night we were instantly like best friends.”

    “After that night we were instantly like best friends.”
    Mar 10 2025
    Adopted from South Korea to the US as a baby, Linsay DeBates returned to her birth country for the first time in 2000, aged 19. By chance, she met fellow American Doug Gist during the trip and a friendship began that continues 25 years later. Read Linsay & Doug's story on CNN.com Read more Chance Encounters by Francesca Street Share your Chance Encounter with CNN Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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    21 m
  •  “I found the guy I'm going to marry on a trail.”

     “I found the guy I'm going to marry on a trail.”
    Mar 3 2025
    Trish Salazar and Aaron Toro connected instantly while trekking in Utah’s Bryce Canyon National Park. Within days, they were committed to a long-distance relationship and planning a future together. Then life took another unexpected turn. Read Trish & Aaron's story on CNN.com Read more Chance Encounters by Francesca Street Share your Chance Encounter with CNN Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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    19 m
  •  "We went out skinny-dipping that night."

     "We went out skinny-dipping that night."
    Feb 24 2025
    Canadian student Bianca Gignac only had a few days left in Italy when she crossed paths with Italian local Alessandro Morelli in the beautiful Cinque Terre region. Here's what happened when she decided to stay longer. Read Bianca & Alessandro's story on CNN.com Read more Chance Encounters by Francesca Street Share your Chance Encounter with CNN Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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    20 m
  • " We started flirting in Mongolia. We kissed in Siberia, somewhere on the train."

    " We started flirting in Mongolia. We kissed in Siberia, somewhere on the train."
    Feb 17 2025
    Frenchwoman Marie-Claire Martineau and American traveler Elaine Comerford were thrown together by fate on board the Trans-Siberian Railway in the summer of 1991. Here's how that serendipitous railway journey turned into a decades-spanning romance. Read Marie-Claire & Elaine's story on CNN.com Read more Chance Encounters by Francesca Street Share your Chance Encounter with CNN Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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    17 m
  • “Just a brief second can change things in a wonderful way in life."

    “Just a brief second can change things in a wonderful way in life."
    Feb 10 2025
    Italian traveler Cristina Farina arrived in London in the summer of 1984, only to be stood up by a man she met on an airplane. But then Cristina started chatting with American stranger Matt Reineke in London’s Trafalgar Square, changing the course of their lives forever. Read Cristina & Matt's story on CNN.com Read more Chance Encounters by Francesca Street Share your Chance Encounter with CNN Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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    17 m