The Travelers
231 episodes - Afar - Latest episode: almost 2 years ago - ★★★★★ - 184 ratingsThe Travelers is a weekly show about the inward journey of travel. Episodes explore themes such as curiosity, creativity, career, possibility, clarity, awe, wonder, space, and time. Nathaniel Boyle is an explorer of travel, storyteller, speaker, and the founder of Holocene, a community for creative people seeking to use travel to change or reclaim their life. Whether you're heading out or struggling to find your place in the world, this is a show about all of us, the Travelers.
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131: The Many Lives Travel Affords Us with Matt Gibson
November 05, 2014 18:48 - 36 minutes - 14.8 MBOn this episode, I’m sitting down with a Canadian outdoors adventurer, explorer of remote places, online entrepreneur and consultant, writer and photographer, snowboarding enthusiast, and digital jack of all trades -- whose skills have, I discover, led him to live different lives in multiple places he calls home. Matt Gibson lived and taught english in Taiwan for 6 years, where he learned to speak Mandarin and founded his own travel magazine. His website has been featured on Afar, the Atlan...
130: Creating Location Independence as a Writer with Gigi Griffis
November 04, 2014 16:50 - 37 minutes - 15 MBHow do you feel when I say, “Staying in your current job?” How do you feel when I say, “Taking a new job?” How do you feel when I say, “Starting your own business?” This last option was the one that this episode's guest knew she had to pursue, and one she eventually discovered she could do from a life of full-time travel. She also knew that she needed to see the world. Gigi Griffis has been to over 30 countries across 6 continents and living and working on the road for the past 2 years, ...
129: Live Life with a Sense of Urgency with Mandy France
November 03, 2014 12:59 - 38 minutes - 15.4 MB"I don't buy a lot of things. I buy pins on the map." Mandy France is the founder and contributing editor of The Responsible Traveler. She is a freelance travel writer and editor, a published children’s author and an illustrator. She is an ethical adventurer at heart. From trekking the Inca Trail in Peru to climbing the highest mountain in Africa, she’s made adventure a priority in life. She’s also a vegan which gives her further insight into what ethical travel is and how to be compassion...
128: Holding On to Your Travel Self At Home with Anne Lowrey
November 01, 2014 02:32 - 32 minutes - 13.2 MBAnne Lowrey is a small town girl who discovered the rest of the world. Those are her words — and she’s been to nearly 40 countries while still holding a full time job. She’s done this by prioritizing travel in her life, which is what I want this show to encourage you to do — at the very least. She’s a writer, editor, and content creator for hire - as well as a lover of good food, books and good hearts — spoken like a true explorer. You can find her work on her website, Part Time Traveler,...
127: Money Saving on Autopilot with Listen Money Matters
October 31, 2014 01:19 - 44 minutes - 17.7 MBSaving money is tricky. There are people listening who want to know how to save more at home, spend less on the road, or save more on the road so they can perpetuate their travels. So often, we ask travelers about travel saving strategies — and while I think the more well-traveled are particularly good at saving money on the road, saving money at home is equally - if not more important. And when I want to know more about money, then I want to spend time talking to the people who spend all ...
126: Life on a Sailboat with Rebecca Burg
October 30, 2014 01:47 - 34 minutes - 13.6 MBRebecca Burg is the author of the book Sail With Me, which chronicles her experienced as a home-owning, career-focused lady who gave up the security for an uncommon lifestyle — living aboard a small boat, earning a living with low-paying odd jobs instead of that steady career she once had. She wrote this book on her solar powered laptop while anchored at sea. I’m excited to get into what inspired this decision, and her story — as well as where this unconventional life has taken her, and the...
125: Following the Hunter S. Thompson Trail in South America with Brian Kevin
October 29, 2014 00:30 - 45 minutes - 18.4 MBToday's guest is the author of The Footloose American (get it on Amazon), a travelogue following the footsteps of famed-writer Hunter S. Thompson across South America. This was a journey I wasn't aware he'd ever taken that Brian recreated, studied, pulled out the stories from and became an expert on. I'm curious about the trip, how that changed him, and what sorts of stories he found along the way. Brian Kevin has written about travel, adventure, and culture for Travel and Leisure, Outside ...
124: Solo Female Travel Fears with Kelly Lewis
October 27, 2014 04:05 - 34 minutes - 13.7 MBKelly Lewis is an avid traveler with a love of writing. She’s also the founder of Go Girl Guides, a series of travel guides written by women specifically for women. And by the way, if you’re a guy, then give it a listen because Kelly’s got travel advice for all of us. I learned a lot about solo female travel through this conversation, a subject that I think is important for everyone to understand how to approach as something more nuanced than just an issue of fear. So, after growing up in ...
123: A Storied Career in Travel Photography with Robert Holmes
October 24, 2014 04:05 - 37 minutes - 15 MBOn this episode, Robert Holmes shares his stories from his career as a travel photographer, covering an expedition to Mount Everest and meeting Ansel Adams, and more. Robert Holmes career as one of the world’s most successful and prolific travel photographers has extended over 35 years. He was the first photographer to be twice honored by the Society of American Travel Writers with their Travel Photographer of the Year Award and he is the only photographer to be given the award 4 times, mo...
122: Dancing Around the World with Mickela Mallozzi from Bare Feet
October 23, 2014 13:05 - 42 minutes - 17.1 MBMickela Mallozzi is a dance instructor turned television host of the travel show called Bare Feet, which has aired on Travel and Escape and NYC Life, a PBS affiliate in New York. Starting in the Fall of 2015, Bare Feet will be nationally distributed on PBS in the US and Canada. Each episode, she travels to a new place and embeds herself into the people there through the traditions of dance. Occasionally, I speak with painters and photographers on this show, but I’ve never discussed dance — ...
121: Shivya Nath’s Life of Travel
October 22, 2014 10:13 - 42 minutes - 17.2 MB“Instead of wondering when your next vacation is, maybe you ought to set up a life you don’t need to escape from.” Today we’re talking to Shivya Nath, who at the age of 23 quit her job in the tourism industry to build for herself a life of travel as a social media consultant and entrepreneur. She’s a travel blogger at The Shooting Star, as well as the co-founder of India Untraveled, a company on a quest to help travelers gain greater visibility and exposure to the lesser known parts of Ind...
120: Exploring Location Independence with Jesse Krieger
October 21, 2014 04:05 - 46 minutes - 18.8 MBToday's guest got started traveling around the US as a young kid - visiting all the National Parks in a Volkswagen Van, right out of a postcard. Jesse Krieger has spent living as a musician in Vienna, touring Europe from there, and musicianship -= along with a strong desire to maintain a life of travel - led him to entrepreneurship, And that is as far as my intro can go because his story winds down a twisting path of careers, from the unexpected to the bizarre. However, Jesse helps others ...
119: Do Things That Scare You with Matt Karsten
October 20, 2014 16:40 - 36 minutes - 14.6 MBMatthew Karsten has been an Expert Vagabond for the past four years, and if you want to know what that means, then you’re in the right place because we are going to get to that. Matthew champions the belief that travel doesn’t have to be expensive, getting out of your comfort zone is healthy, and the world is a safe place — and so adventure is both attainable and good for you, no matter how old you are. In 2010, despite the bewilderment of his family, Matthew quit his job, sold it all and ...
118: Runaway with Juno Kim
October 17, 2014 12:21 - 36 minutes - 14.7 MBJuno Kim is the founder or Runaway Media, a career breaker, having escaped the confines of her cubicle and embracing the realistic life of full time travel. She covers her work at her blog, Runaway Juno, where she writes on her experiences and why she did what she did. She and I both believe in travel as a healing method of sorts — travel as therapy, even if you don’t believe you need it. It simply is, to us, "the best tool to make life better" — and those are her words. On this episode we...
117: How Trippy was Born from a Love of Travel with Founder J.R. Johnson
October 16, 2014 13:18 - 31 minutes - 12.8 MBJR Johnson is the CEO and founder of Trippy, a really fantastic Q&A website for anyone who has travel questions and wants answers from real people, or feels compelled to share their own travel stories and information. Formerly, JR founded Virtual Tourist, which became one of the largest travel communities in the world — and he's also started other companies which have since been acquired by Expedia. Having grown up in Southern California, I’m curious where in his life and why travel has pl...
116: Six-Figure Travel Blogging Tips from Gary Arndt – Part 2
October 15, 2014 17:22 - 26 minutes - 10.8 MBIn yesterday's session, Everything Everywhere's Gary Arndt shared with us how he went from software entrepreneur to world traveler, earning six-figures from his blog and traveling to over 160 countries in 7 years. If you want to create for yourself a life of travel, there are few people more accomplished than Gary in travel blogging entrepreneurship. Have a listen to part 1, if you haven't already or sit back and enjoy part 2 of my conversation with Gary Arndt. Today’s guest is known as one...
115: Getting Over Travel Fears with Gary Arndt – Part 1
October 14, 2014 04:05 - 31 minutes - 12.5 MBToday’s guest is known as one of the most prolific and trafficked travel bloggers in the world. Gary Arndt has been traveling around the world nonstop since 2007, across all 7 continents and over 160 different countries and territories, and writing and photographing his experiences on one of the biggest travel blogs out there, Everything Everywhere. He also podcasts at This Week in Travel with our mutual friend and podcasting legend, Chris Christensen. Because Gary got started at the right...
114: Use Airbnb to Live and Work Anywhere with Jasper Ribbers – Part 2
October 13, 2014 05:27 - 32 minutes - 12.9 MBGet $25 off your next Airbnb rental! This is part 2 of my conversation with Jasper Ribbers. Listen to part 1. If you’re interested in knowing everything there is to know about Airbnb, then today’s episode is for you. Today’s guest is the co-author of the book Get Paid for Your Pad, easily the most comprehensive resource I’ve seen on the subject of maximizing your profit from your Airbnb listing. He also runs the brand new podcast by the same name, Get Paid for Pad, which anyone interested...
113: Everything You Need to Know About Airbnb with Jasper Ribbers – Part 1
October 10, 2014 04:05 - 31 minutes - 12.7 MBGet $25 off your next Airbnb rental! If you’re interested in knowing everything there is to know about Airbnb, then today’s episode is for you. Today’s guest is the co-author of the book Get Paid for Your Pad, easily the most comprehensive resource I’ve seen on the subject of maximizing your profit from your Airbnb listing. He also runs the brand new podcast by the same name, Get Paid for Pad, which anyone interested in earning form Airbnb should check out. Jasper Ribbers has a place in A...
112: Understanding India with Lakshmi Sharath
October 09, 2014 04:34 - 31 minutes - 12.8 MBToday's guest is an Indian-born writer, photographer and media professional having worked at one of India's most read newspapers. Her work has been published by dozens of media outlets. In 2007, Lakshmi Sharath left her 15-year career to take a creative sabbatical to travel the world. Since then she's been to 25 countries across 5 continents and continues covering her journeys in her work, which is published internationally. I'm excited to get Lakshmi on the show to discuss why she travels...
111: Loving Iceland with Auður from I Heart Reykjavik
October 08, 2014 13:56 - 30 minutes - 12.2 MB"I don't think of myself as a traveler. I'm more of a curious person and I just have to go places to find my answers." Auður Olafsdottir runs the travel blog and tour company I Heart Reykjavik where she blogs about her home city and her amazing country waiting for her in her own backyard. Iceland, to me, is this lunar-like landscape with fjords, geysers, hot springs and mountains. I'm hoping today's guest can take us there and explain her love for Iceland, shine a light on a few lesser kno...
110: A New Place Every 91 Days with Mike and Juergen
October 07, 2014 13:40 - 40 minutes - 16.3 MBJuergen and Mike are self-proclaimed born-wanderers and life-long learners of new cultures, on the road to explore as much of the world as they can. How they're going about doing this is smart, and a route that I would recommend anyone who writes or blogs about their travels considers as a model for earning money on the road. Every 3 months, Juergen and mike travel to a new destination, immerse themselves in the culture, and write about their experience at For 91 Days. When they're done, th...
109: Stocktrading To Fund Your Travel Life with Marcello Arrambidé
October 06, 2014 14:39 - 34 minutes - 13.8 MB"I don't think sitting in a car for an hour, just to get yelled at by same guy... Just to do something that you don't enjoy. To have all that stress for no reason only to get back in the car, to go back home to try to alleviate the stress for the day? I just don't think that's what life should be about." Today’s guest has been to around 80 countries in in the past 5 years, having visited all 7 contintents and living in 12 different countries in 5 different continents. That’s awesome to be a...
108: 5 Steps to Save Confidently for a Travel Life with Paula Pant
October 03, 2014 15:01 - 40 minutes - 16.4 MB"As a little kid, I shuttled back forth between Ohio and Kathmandu, Nepal. Which I realize might make me sound worldly, except for the fact that my worldview was so limited that I thought the whole world was no bigger than Ohio and Nepal." In 2008, today’s guest quit her job and sold it all to backpack across the Middle east, Asia and Europe for two years. This set in motion the desire for a lifestyle that incorporated travel as a regular part of the no longer boring routine. In this epis...
107: Photography and Space Tourism with Eric James
October 02, 2014 05:18 - 30 minutes - 12.2 MBToday's guest is an innovator, creative artist, aviator, “working on world changing innovations and connecting with people all over the world.” Eric James is an avid traveler and he’s flown a fighter jet, which is pretty cool. He’s also tentatively set to be one of the first photographers to be on Virgin Galactic’s early space flights. I’ve been itching to get some one to come on and discuss space tourism. I’m looking forward to learning more about Eric’s background, his fear of flight, ho...
106: “Where Are Your Borders?” with Ginger Kern – Part 2
October 01, 2014 04:05 - 27 minutes - 11.1 MBThis is part 2 of my conversation with Ginger Kern. Listen to part 1. Today we’re exploring what I mean when I talk about becoming an Explorer, or taking the mindset of an explorer into everything you do. Ginger Kern has spent the last 4 years traveling the world and observing the effects of travel on happiness, or how travel can make us feel more at peace with ourselves. She manages the summits put on by The Higher Purpose Project and recently co-founded the MBADventures Pilot Experience...
105: Choosing the Traveler’s Mindset with Ginger Kern – Part 1
September 30, 2014 04:05 - 24 minutes - 9.85 MBToday we’re exploring what I mean when I talk about becoming an Explorer, or taking the mindset of an explorer into everything you do. Ginger Kern has spent the last 4 years traveling the world and observing the effects of travel on happiness, or how travel can make us feel more at peace with ourselves. She manages the summits put on by The Higher Purpose Project and recently co-founded the MBADventures Pilot Experience - which involves escaping with likeminded people on life-changing adve...
104: Get Inspired to Explore with Passion Passport’s Zach Glassman
September 29, 2014 04:05 - 38 minutes - 15.3 MB"That idea that there are walls around me never existed... There's a humanity that unites us all." - Zach Glassman Two years ago, Zach Glassman left his job in corporate finance to make travel a bigger priority in his life, and the experience he had was transformative. Rather than ever come back to play the role of the person he was before he left, just last year he founded Passion Passport, a community of storytellers, photographers, and explorers — coming together around a mutual passion...
103: Trek the Annapurna Circuit with Kristin Addis
September 26, 2014 04:05 - 24 minutes - 9.93 MBAfter growing up in Southern California, Kristin Addis found herself an investment banker who couldn’t ignore the call to adventure. So in 2012, after a year-long recovery from a debilitating shoulder surgery helped her realize she wasn't satisfied with her career, she quit her job, got rid of her stuff, and chose experiences instead, hitting the road independently to explore without guide books and using just her wits. Today she writes about what she finds at her travel blog, Be My Travel ...
102: How Kristin Addis Quit Her Job to Travel Solo – Part 1
September 25, 2014 07:59 - 24 minutes - 9.69 MB"I'm not going to spend my youth doing something I don't love. It seems really flip-flopped to me that we spend our youth working so that we can go travel when we're older when we might not make it that far in life, or have the ability to carry a bag anymore." - Kristin Addis After growing up in Southern California, Kristin Addis found herself in the role of an investment banker who couldn’t ignore her own inherent curiosity. In 2012, following a year-long recovery from a debilitating shoul...
101: The Beauty of Reckless Abandon with Chris Plough – Part 2
September 24, 2014 04:52 - 23 minutes - 9.6 MBToday’s guest is someone I met in Portland while attending World Domination Summit in July 2014. He shared this high energy and enthusiasm story about a motorcycle ride through the frozen Siberian landscape to the Arctic Circle. Everything he had to say about the story and why he was doing it, why he was sitting on that bike in the freezing cold captivated me and so I’m bringing his story to your ears. His name is Chris Plough. After the death of his parents, Chris began a downward trajecto...
100: Inspiration from 100 Travel Experts
September 23, 2014 05:34 - 19 minutes - 7.78 MBI can’t believe this is the 100th episode of The Daily Travel Podcast. I am so thankful to all of you listening to the show. You are the fuel that powers this show — and I’d like to just be sure you know how thankful I am that you’re out there and that this show is resonating with you. I’ve heard from so many people who have told me that because they were inspired by this show that they’ve actually booked that trip — their first big or independent adventure overseas, and I can’t tell yo...
99: Overcoming Loss on the Mongol Rally with Chris Plough
September 22, 2014 13:22 - 36 minutes - 14.5 MB"I often find that some of the hardest moments that hit, and you think there's no way to recover from it... right after that are some of my best stories, best moments, best successes. So ride them through and try to find another way to work it out. I think that's the key to turning those events around." - Chris Plough Today's guest is someone I met in Portland while attending World Domination Summit in July 2014. He shared this high energy and enthusiasm story about a motorcycle ride throug...
98: 3 Steps to Becoming a Travel Blogger with C.C. Chapman – Part 2
September 19, 2014 12:47 - 28 minutes - 11.3 MBThis is part 2 of my conversation with content expert and world traveler, C.C. Chapman. Check out part one! C.C. Chapman is a lover of travel and online content, which for those of you who don’t care about that sort of thing, means he loves helping people make the things that you read or listen to, like this show, even better. He’s a sort of secret travel writer, his blog has a travel category packed with compelling, emotional content, and he also keynoted the Travel Bloggers Exchange (TBE...
97: Tell Amazing Travel Stories with C.C. Chapman – Part 1
September 18, 2014 13:37 - 30 minutes - 12.1 MBC.C. Chapman is a lover of travel and online content, which for those of you who don’t care about that sort of thing, means he loves helping people make the things that you read or listen to, like this show, even better. He’s a sort of secret travel writer, his blog has a travel category with a lot of good content, and he also keynoted the Travel Bloggers Exchange conference in 2012 — this is the new media travel conference of conferences. But two years is a long time in travel, and digital...
96: Find and Live Your Legend with Scott Dinsmore
September 17, 2014 04:20 - 39 minutes - 15.7 MBToday’s guest bills himself as an entrepreneur and an explorer, and is definitely a man after my own heart. As such, Scott Dinsmore is the guy behind Live Your Legend, a revolution of people out to change the world by doing work they love. On there, Scott talks about finding the work that makes you come alive — as well as adventure and exploration of both the world, and the day-to-day. In other words, he’s out to help you solve the problem of feeling stuck in the dull nagging ache of routin...
95: An Artist Without Location with Candace Rose Rardon
September 16, 2014 14:27 - 38 minutes - 15.6 MBCandace Rardon is a writer, speaker, sketch artist and illustrator out telling stories about the world through her words and watercolors. You can see these stories on her blog and portfolio The Great Affair. Among other publications, her work has been featured in National Geographic's magazine. As an artist, Candace’s work has opened doors for her to experience the people in the places she’s been, and to take home with her the stories that define who she’s always becoming. Along with her re...
94: Chris Guillebeau’s Quest to Visit Every Country
September 15, 2014 04:05 - 23 minutes - 9.39 MB"Travel gave me all the confidence... I guess I didn't have a lot of self-esteem. I grew a lot as a person just by undertaking challenges and being in difficult situations and just by realizing, 'I can probably figure things out.'" - Chris Guillebeau A single trip to Africa set in motion a course of events that would make an impact on the world. Certainly my world, and the world of many of my friends. Today’s guest has been to all 193 countries, while championing above all a life of unconv...
93: Explore Alaska and Antarctica with Adventurer Laurent Dick
September 12, 2014 04:05 - 41 minutes - 16.8 MBThis session's guest has been running independent tours for people of all ages through some of the colder regions of the world for over 20 years, including tours of Alaska and sailing trips to Antarctica - both of which really piqued my curiosity. Laurent Dick grew up in Switzerland and like so many of the Swiss, speaks four languages. And for the past 25 years, he’s lived in Alaska with his wife and son where started his tour company, Wild Alaska Travel. I’ve always been curious about the...
92: Showing Your Kid the World with Talon Windwalker
September 11, 2014 04:05 - 22 minutes - 9.01 MBThis episode's guest is many things - including an author and writer, running coach, scuba instructor, Zen monk. He’s also a single father of an adopted son. In 2011, he left his career to explore a nomadic lifestyle with his then 9-year old son, believing that by ‘world schooling’ him, he can give his son the greatest opportunity, the chance to experience and learn about the amazing and complex world in which we live. Talon Windwalker shares these stories, struggles, and experiences on his...
91: Youngest American to Visit Every Country in the World with Lee Abbamonte
September 10, 2014 05:20 - 37 minutes - 15.1 MBIn this session, I have the privilege to talk to the person who holds the world record for being the youngest American to visit every country in the world. Lee Abbamonte appears regularly on Fox, Travel Channel, NBC, CNN, BBC, ESPN and many others as well as the New York Times, Washington Post, Conde Nast, to name merely a few. Arthur Frommer called him the Marco Polo of the 21st century and Samantha Brown said his ‘gumption is a jewel all travelers - would be and expert - can rely on.'” A...
90: Embrace Your Inner Weirdness with Chris Backe
September 09, 2014 05:48 - 35 minutes - 14.4 MBChris Backe left Kentucky for Korea, where he lived in Seoul and taught English as a way to create for himself an opportunity to make travel a bigger, more regular part of his day-to-day. Last year, he and his wife moved to Thailand -where they’ve been bouncing between cities and exploring as much as they can of a very popular country. But to make things interesting, Chris has this fascination with the WEIRD things he encounters on his travels and he covers the beat of weird across Asia o...
89: The Value of Travel Stories with Lavinia Spalding
September 08, 2014 19:15 - 28 minutes - 11.4 MBToday we're talking about the value of stories in travel or life and why they matter to the individual and society. I want us to explore why travel matters and today's guest gives us the chance to do exactly that. Lavinia Spalding is the author of two books, With a Measure of Grace: Recipes of a Small Town Restaurant and Writing Away: A Creative Guide to Awakening the Journal Writing Travel, which helps travelers find an authentic story and access tools to better chronicle their journeys as...
88: Two Unusual Ways to Save Money on European Roadtrips featuring Cori George
September 05, 2014 04:53 - 24 minutes - 9.93 MBDid you know that if you need a new car, you can buy one, get flown to Europe and put up in a nice hotel, receive a tour of the factory with lunch, and can then drive it for as long as you'd like around Europe before the manufacturer will ship it overseas so you can pick it up back home? This is through the Volvo Overseas Delivery program. And while Volvo might be out of a lot of people's price range, today's guest has a creative spin on using the cost of the vehicle to defray the overall c...
87: Finding Microadventure in Your Backyard with Bryan Harris
September 04, 2014 11:52 - 36 minutes - 14.8 MBToday I want to talk about a prevailing motif on this show which is the idea that adventure is relative. You don’t need to go far, like Jodi Ettenberg said in episode 10, “What does off the beaten path really mean? This idea that you can only satisfy the new by going to far flung places, I don’t think it’s very accurate… You can have really meaningful, messed up experiences right in your own backyard if you’re open to experiencing them. The only difference is the cultural gaps are smaller.” ...
86: How to Make Your Own Microadventures with Alastair Humphreys
September 03, 2014 05:59 - 31 minutes - 12.7 MBSubscribe on iTunes, Stitcher Radio, Soundcloud or TuneIn "The most rewarding travel experiences are the ones that are quite difficult and you’re slightly pushing your limits all the time." - Alastair Humphreys When I first conceived of this show, I was doing some preliminary research and I stumbled upon this trailer for a movie called Into The Empty Quarter in which these two British guys wandered across a barren portion of Earth spanning the width of the Rub Al Khali desert that runs acr...
85: How to Find Free Accommodation Anywhere with Nora Dunn – Part 2
September 02, 2014 04:05 - 29 minutes - 11.8 MBThis is part 2 of my conversation with Nora Dunn. Listen to Part 1. In 2006, today’s guest left a career in financial planning to embrace the desire of perpetual travel, which she has been doing for the past 8 years. This includes train journeys across Canada and Australia, relief work in Asia, life in New Zealand, on a boat in the Caribbean, wandering across Europe. And more. This show is about helping others to create lives of travel, whatever that means to you – and today’s guest is a s...
84: How to Make Full Time Travel Financially Sustainable with Nora Dunn – Part 1
September 01, 2014 05:17 - 28 minutes - 11.5 MBThis is part 1 of my conversation with Nora Dunn. Listen to Part 2. In 2006, today’s guest left a career in financial planning to embrace the desire of perpetual travel, which she has been doing for the past 8 years. This includes train journeys across Canada and Australia, relief work in Asia, life in New Zealand, on a boat in the Caribbean, wandering across Europe. And more. This show is about helping others to create lives of travel, whatever that means to you – and today’s guest is a s...
83: Taking a Leap Into a Life of Travel with Rachel Johnson
August 29, 2014 04:03 - 25 minutes - 10.1 MBToday’s guest recently quit her job to take the plunge and make travel a bigger priority in her life. Rachel Johnson and her husband couldn’t resolve their conflicting work schedules so they did what any perfectly rational couple would do: They both quit. Now they’re moving to Kuwait City, of all places, to teach english and feed their curiosity and explore an amazing and complex part of the world that scares many people to even visit. They’re writing about their experience over at The Migh...
82: Exploring Your Culture Through Food with Sarahlynn Pablo
August 28, 2014 04:07 - 35 minutes - 14.4 MBSarahlynn Pablo is a food and culture writer who covers the food scene in her home city of Chicago, which is an enormous and delicious food scene to cover — while also exploring her heritage as a second generation Filipino-American citizen. Sarahlynn is a contributor to multiple books on both the topic of Chicago food and Pinoy culture, and how travel and culture come together beautifully through the expression of food, and why this matters. We really connected on these topics - so I’m thr...