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Extra Pack of Peanuts Travel Podcast

623 episodes - English - Latest episode: about 1 month ago - ★★★★★ - 844 ratings

The EPOP Travel Podcast is hosted by Travis Sherry, a serial entrepreneur & world traveler. Known as "Rick Steves for the new generation", this podcast will teach you everything you need to know to travel more & spend less. From interviews with some of the world's most famous travel names, like Chris Guillebeau, Bruce Poon Tip, AJ Jacobs & others to specific travel advice on how to use frequent flyer miles, score cheap hotels, pack like a pro, & travel on a budget, this show does it all.

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Episodes

Life Lessons from Serving Aces

March 15, 2024 20:43 - 2 minutes - 2.74 MB

How 10 seconds of advice (seriously, 10 seconds) completed transformed my tennis serve

Life Lessons from My Son’s Lacrosse Practice

March 14, 2024 18:29 - 3 minutes - 3.36 MB

Special 2 for 1. An important life lesson for all ages + a killer parenting hack!

Life Lessons From Buying a $14,000 Golf Cart

March 13, 2024 00:35 - 3 minutes - 3.55 MB

Sounds crazy, but I wasn’t just buying a golf cart. I was buying so much more.

Life Lessons from the Stomach Bug

March 11, 2024 19:18 - 1 minute - 1.38 MB

For 48 hours, I was doing the bedroom to bathroom shuffle…and it taught me this lesson.

Life Lessons from Christian Hip Hop Pt. 2

March 08, 2024 23:46 - 2 minutes - 2.74 MB

One of my new favorite phrases - and how it’ll impact the rest of my life.

Life Lessons from Christian Hip Hop Pt. 1

March 08, 2024 23:45 - 3 minutes - 3.6 MB

I fell down a the viral Christian music rabbit hole of Forrest Frank and not only did I love it - but I learned a few awesome lessons.

Life Lessons from Willie Nelson (and Jimmy Buffett)

March 07, 2024 01:30 - 3 minutes - 3.13 MB

These two legends share a lot in common…including something that often gets overlooked but was vital to their success.

Life Lessons from a Dentist Appointment on a Random Tuesday

March 06, 2024 01:12 - 3 minutes - 3.4 MB

How a visit to the dentist on a random Tuesday changed the trajectory of my life.

Life Lessons from Getting Scammed on FB

March 04, 2024 15:43 - 3 minutes - 3.66 MB

21 years in to my Facebook experience…and it finally happened. I got scammed. Here’s why I’m smiling about it.

Life Lessons from Being Addicted to Food

March 03, 2024 22:15 - 3 minutes - 2.85 MB

Birthdays are for cake, and ice cream, and pizza, and…fasting????

Life Lessons from “Being Rich”

March 03, 2024 02:05 - 2 minutes - 2.03 MB

For a month, I felt rich. And the best part wasn’t cocktails and steak dinners, although that was pretty nice. It was something else.

Life Lessons from Skiing an “Oh &$!?” Mountain in Bulgaria

March 03, 2024 02:03 - 2 minutes - 2.7 MB

Somehow, Heather and I ended up on a ski trip in Bulgaria with a bunch of expert skiers. And I was not prepared to go down this crazy steep slope…but they were.

Life Lessons from a Stuffed Toucan in Iguazú Falls

February 29, 2024 15:39 - 2 minutes - 2.42 MB

One of the 7 Wonders of the World > Stuffed toucan at a gift shop…or is it?

Life Lessons from a 40 Year Old T-Shirt

February 29, 2024 15:38 - 2 minutes - 2.71 MB

Time to start tackling buffaloes!

Life Lessons from a $150 Bottle of Wine

February 27, 2024 20:36 - 4 minutes - 3.91 MB

Life Lessons from a $150 Bottle of Wine And why having my bike stolen was one of the best things that ever happened to me!

Life Lessons from Kindergarten Storytime

February 26, 2024 19:53 - 2 minutes - 2.75 MB

Why I never miss my son’s kindergarten story time (listen until the end for a secret…shhh)

Life Lessons from a $7 Pack of Cards in Thailand

February 26, 2024 01:30 - 2 minutes - 2.66 MB

Why’d I buy the equivalent of a $50 pack of cards in Thailand? Because of this one rule I now live my life by.

Life Lessons from a “Crappy” Airbnb

February 25, 2024 01:50 - 2 minutes - 2.07 MB

You’ve got two options. Choose wisely.

Life Lessons from Spending $6k for 2 Days

February 24, 2024 00:48 - 2 minutes - 2.24 MB

The power of releasing the how.

Life Lessons from The G.O.A.T

February 22, 2024 21:21 - 2 minutes - 2.52 MB

I got to hang out with the G.O.A.T. (Greatest of All Time). Here’s what I learned.

Life Lessons from Going Viral

February 22, 2024 02:10 - 3 minutes - 2.91 MB

I’ve gone viral once in my life…and it was awesome. But not for the reasons you’d think.

Life Lessons from Running an Adult Summer Camp Pt. 3

February 21, 2024 11:45 - 2 minutes - 2.12 MB

THE MOST important thing you can do if you want people to buy (and buy into) what you’re doing.

Life Lessons from Running an Adult Summer Camp Pt. 2

February 19, 2024 19:15 - 1 minute - 1.72 MB

“When the snows fall and the white winds blow, the lone wolf dies but the pack survives”.

Life Lessons From Running an Adult Summer Camp Pt. 1

February 19, 2024 02:13 - 4 minutes - 3.92 MB

Sometime you put the effort in and…

Life Lessons from Açai Bowls

February 18, 2024 00:31 - 2 minutes - 2.43 MB

To açaí or not to açaí? … that is the question. And there’s only one right answer!

Life Lessons from Being Annoyed By Others

February 16, 2024 19:40 - 1 minute - 1.56 MB

Getting frustrated while shooting videos…so I’m shooting a video about it. How meta!

Life Lessons from a $32 Gin & Tonic

February 15, 2024 21:03 - 3 minutes - 3.28 MB

Chug, chug, chug!

Life Lessons from My Mom ❤️

February 14, 2024 21:53 - 3 minutes - 2.79 MB

How this lesson lead to the best purchase of my life (Civico Magnifico!) and how it still works for me, all the time!

Life Lessons from an Epiphany 4 Years in the Making

February 13, 2024 18:52 - 2 minutes - 2.7 MB

And all it took was a 60 minutes segment and a dip in a cold ocean.

Life Lesson from (Watching Others) Cold Plunge

February 12, 2024 23:36 - 2 minutes - 2.6 MB

The Power of PPP (what’s that?). Listen to find out!

Life Lessons from Canceling a Ski Trip

February 12, 2024 00:40 - 2 minutes - 2.74 MB

Turning down travel…with my best friends…in a cool area? Surprising, but necessary.

Life Lessons from Surfing “Poorly”

February 10, 2024 21:27 - 2 minutes - 2.03 MB

A simple way to always be the best at something.

Life Lessons from a Furniture Warehouse

February 09, 2024 16:22 - 2 minutes - 1.92 MB

It doesn’t have to be sexy to work!

Life Lessons from Pancakes??!!

February 09, 2024 00:19 - 1 minute - 1.34 MB

How you can make sure you are always the most popular person at brunch!

Life Lessons from Two WhatsApp messages (plus a new life motto)

February 08, 2024 01:16 - 2 minutes - 2.3 MB

…and it all happened before my eggs even got cold!

Life Lessons From a Bus Ride in Rural Mexico (that I wasn’t even on)

February 07, 2024 00:11 - 3 minutes - 2.92 MB

…and how it lead to a beach compound in Belize!

Life Lessons From Jumping in a Lake for 120 Days

February 06, 2024 00:54 - 2 minutes - 2.37 MB

One of my first real travel experiences happened when I moved to Switzerland, on the banks of Lake Geneva…a lake I’d get to know very well!

Life Lessons From a Fish Counter in Vancouver

February 04, 2024 21:56 - 2 minutes - 2.16 MB

There’s a lot of fish and chips counters in Vancouver. Here’s why one particular one stood out (and it wasn’t the fish…or the chips).

Life Lessons From Strawberry Muffins

February 03, 2024 22:36 - 2 minutes - 2.04 MB

Strawberries are great. Muffins are great. Strawberry muffins? Now that’s a game changer - here’s why (and surprise - it’s not just the taste!)

Life Lessons From a Cambodian Tuk Tuk Driver

February 02, 2024 16:48 - 2 minutes - 2.2 MB

How a Cambodian tuk tuk Driver won my business, superhero edition!

New Series: Life Lessons “From the Wild”

February 01, 2024 21:06 - 2 minutes - 2.47 MB

Why did it take me over a month to record a 3 minute podcast - and what’s this new series all about, anyway?

2023 Year in Review - Our 20 Best Experiences

January 10, 2024 17:47 - 2 hours - 129 MB

Horses and dolphins and groups of stingrays (called a fever???)...OH MY! Here are our 20 best experiences, including getting my bike stolen, Whit as a cowboy, dimly lit Bulgarian bowling alleys, and lots and lots of salt!

2023 Year in Review - Best Meals

January 09, 2024 11:00 - 1 hour - 89.1 MB

This episode has it all - a special guest host doing the intro, debates over food truck pizza, "pork bread", and an unanimous #1 that left us with full bellies and full hearts.  One of our best shows of all time. 

2023 Year in Review - Best Desserts

January 08, 2024 11:00 - 1 hour - 78.3 MB

Ohhhh, here we go...gimme that sugar rush! We're talking desserts...everything from a lemon tart that was "the best in the world" even after a day in the refrigerator to Trav finding his new favorite ice cream of all time.  Plus...nuts????

2023 Year in Review - Best Drinks

January 05, 2024 11:00 - 1 hour - 72.4 MB

Heather drank a lot of coffee...and wine...and cocktails this year (and hey, I had some myself!).  In this episode, we break down our favorites, including a speakeasy that's in a flower shop, a speakeasy that's REALLY a speakeasy, and Heather's favorite coffee...not just of the year, but of all time!

2023 Year in Review - Travel Superlatives

January 04, 2024 17:37 - 1 hour - 73.5 MB

Episode 2 of our 6 part Year in Review answers all the burning question, like "what was the craziest thing we did this year?", "what was our worst accommodation" (hint: it had an abandoned building next to it), "is having a golf cart life changing", and "do old Soviet hotels have gun shooting ranges in them?"   Stories abound, so hit play and have a listen!

2023 Year In Review - Travel Stats

January 03, 2024 19:28 - 52 minutes - 54.4 MB

For the 8th straight year - and after a 1 year hiatus - we are back baby with our 6 part Year in Review. And in Episode 1 - Travel Stats, Trav gets to nerd out on all the numbers.  How many places did we sleep last year?  Where were they?  Did one of us spend multiple nights on an airplane?  How many miles did we fly?  And what new places did we have the good fortune of visiting?  All these answers, and more, jam packed in this episode.

Campfire Chat 4: Cassidy Scott, Mellissa de Oliveira, Martie McNabb

May 25, 2023 19:49 - 1 hour - 51.8 MB

In our Campfire Chat series, I sit down with the people you'll get to meet at our adult summer camp and largest event of the year, Camp Indie. In this episode, you'll hear from three of our past campers - Cassidy Scott, an accountant who has been able to build her lifestyle around what she wants (travel, stickers, fun!), Mellissa de Oliveira, who finally got laid off - and was happy about it, and Martie McNabb, whose camper, Brooklyn, was the star of the show at Camp Indie 2021. If you're ...

Campfire Chat 3: Nora Dunn, Christine Lozada, Scott Brills

May 18, 2023 19:26 - 1 hour - 48.7 MB

In our Campfire Chat series, I sit down with the people you'll get to meet at our adult summer camp and largest event of the year, Camp Indie. In this episode, you'll hear from three of our amazing speakers this year - Nora Dunn, the OG digital nomad, Christine Lozada, drone queen extraordinaire currently driving around in a skoolie, and Scott Brills, the "most interesting man in the world". If you're looking to break free of the 9-5 or are already a digital nomad, traveler, or entrepreneu...

Campfire Chat 2: Jason Robinson and John McKenzie

May 10, 2023 10:00 - 1 hour - 55.9 MB

In our Campfire Chat series, I sit down with the people you'll get to meet at our adult summer camp and largest event of the year, Camp Indie. In this episode, you'll hear from two past camp attendees who loved it so much in 2021 that they are coming back, Jason Robinson and John McKenzie, on how they were both able to quit their jobs and start traveling the world - and use Camp Indie as a launch point. If you're looking to break free of the 9-5 or are already a digital nomad, traveler, or...

Guests

Zeona McIntyre
3 Episodes
Alastair Humphreys
2 Episodes
Ruth Soukup
2 Episodes
Adam Braun
1 Episode
A.J. Jacobs
1 Episode
Chris Guillebeau
1 Episode
Dave Lee
1 Episode
Gary Arndt
1 Episode
Grant Baldwin
1 Episode
Jason Lewis
1 Episode
Jon Levy
1 Episode
Matt Giovanisci
1 Episode
Natalie Sisson
1 Episode
Scott Dinsmore
1 Episode
Thomas Frank
1 Episode
Tim Urban
1 Episode

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