Workationing
70 episodes - English - Latest episode: over 3 years ago - ★★★★★ - 74 ratingsIn a time and place where you can work from anywhere, two ladies in their mid-to-late 27's have decided to — and they're calling it Workationing. 12 months, 12 countries, 12 professional and personal goals, and countless adventures. Is this a huge mistake or are they about to have the time of their lives? This is the Workationing Podcast.
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Ep 68: Lockdown, Baby! (Part 1)
February 16, 2021 14:47 - 35 minutes - 25.1 MBThe ladies are back from hiatus with some big life ch-ch-chaaanges – Ashley moves from Amsterdam to Scotland and has a baby, all during a pandemic. Kari hits Epernay, France with her new(ish) boyfriend Filip, and her old(ish) boyfriend Dom Perignon...and then she hits curfew, as Amsterdam locks down for the first time since WWII. The changing world of remote work is also discussed in depth, as well as the increase in opportunities for those who want to ditch their cubicles for good. W...
Ep 68: Lockdown, Baby! (Part 1)
February 16, 2021 14:47The ladies are back from hiatus with some big life ch-ch-chaaanges – Ashley moves from Amsterdam to Scotland and has a baby, all during a pandemic. Kari hits Epernay, France with her new(ish) boyfriend Filip, and her old(ish) boyfriend Dom Perignon...and then she hits curfew, as Amsterdam locks down for the first time since WWII. The changing world of remote work is also discussed in depth, as well as the increase in opportunities for those who want to ditch their cubicles for good. W...
Ep 67: Let’s Go Biohacking – Taking the Ice Plunge
May 16, 2020 11:07 - 48 minutes - 33.5 MBThe Gringas fill Kari’s bathtub with ice and then sit in it for six minutes each, while Kristin Weitzel of Warrior Woman Mode talks them through it. Can the ladies channel their inner Wim Hof and make it through gracefully, or do they splash like biohacking bitches? Warrior Woman Mode: warriorwomanmode.com The Yarlap (use coupon code Workationing to save!): https://yarlap.com/ BetterHelp Online Therapy: get a week for free via our affiliate link here – https://www.betterhelp.com/wo...
Ep 66: Biohacking Our Bodies with Kristin Weitzel
May 16, 2020 10:45 - 1 hour - 56.1 MBCoronavirus has us all thinking of ways we can optimize our bodies for peak performance – that is, unless you’re Kristin Weitzel of Warrior Woman Mode. Kristin’s been in this shit since ‘92 (as Biggie would say), and she’s here to walk us through the biohacking options – even if we’re stuck at home. The ladies talk about everything from Blue Cannatine, which is all the rage in Silicon Valley, to taking ice baths, which is all the rage in Kari’s bathtub. Wanna check it all out for yoursel...
Ep 65: Escaping India & Moving to Scotland During a Pandemic
April 15, 2020 21:17 - 59 minutes - 41.5 MBKari and Ashley are comin’ in hot from quarantine, and discuss in detail their experiences leaving India during the COVID-19 crisis – as well as what happened to their friends who came on Workation (one ends up under police lockdown, the other is still stranded in India a month later). The financial implications of COVID-19 have already hit the ladies hard, and they discuss their next steps – Ashley has a big move coming up, and big news about her family. Both ladies experience visa proble...
Ep 64: Hitting the Holi Festival in Goa, India – and Leaving Just in Time
March 31, 2020 20:48 - 54 minutes - 37.5 MBKari and Ashley hit three continents in three weeks, starting with the US for a work trip and Belgium for their friend Steve’s 40th birthday party. Ashley wins an orgasm faking contest, and Kari signs a major new PR client for The Content Factory. The next stop: Goa, India for the Holi festival. The Noname Guesthouse in Arambol sponsored the lady’s stay, and Holi was everything the ladies thought it would be (Google image search Holi, if you’re not familiar with it!). The ladies left Am...
Ep 63: New Decade, New Goals, New Adventures, Newly Single
February 03, 2020 22:48 - 56 minutes - 39 MBIt’s a new decade (depending on who you talk to), and the Gringas are ringing in 2020 in typically epic fashion – starting with a masquerade ball for New Year’s Eve. Kari goes through a breakup, and Ashley deals with a bike accident which kicks off a discussion about some of the most hardcore biking injuries the ladies and their friends have experienced in Amsterdam. The ladies talk about goal setting and achieving, as well as their New Year’s resolutions. Kari’s going to write a book, and...
Ep 62: Turkey Day in Turkey
January 29, 2020 16:12 - 1 hour - 43.9 MBAshley and Kari head to Antalya, Turkey to celebrate Thanksgiving and get their medical tourism on. The ladies kick it off with some Botox and fillers, at around a 75% discount on what they’d spend in the US or Amsterdam. Kari’s spent several months over the last year in Antalya, and she and Nico play host to a crew of six friends for the holiday. Sourcing a Turkey in Turkey turned out to be a surprisingly difficult endeavor, and the ladies visit a sketchy theme park. Ashley leaves her...
Ep 61: Celebrity Encounters, Summiting Utah & a Magical Mystery Birthday Tour
November 18, 2019 10:59 - 1 hour - 46.9 MBWorkationing has a new Gringa! Ashley Osmond is introduced to the podcast audience as the new co-host. She comes in hot with stories of her appearance as “Kate” on The Celebrity Apprentice and her high-profile family (she’s related to Donny and Marie Osmond). Kari met Ashley at a friend’s houseboat party in Amsterdam about a year ago, and the ladies became fast friends – and soon to be travel companions (The Workationing Podcast is going to Goa, India!). An experienced solo trav...
Ep 60: She Was An American Girl
September 16, 2019 18:37 - 1 hour - 67 MBThe Gringas are back, with an epic catch up and big news. Kelly’s coming in hot from Gainesville, Florida – the home of Tom Petty – with some massive career and life changes. She also found love in Cleveland! Kari’s in Antalya, Turkey and about to hit a mystery location that will be included in the next podcast episode. In this episode the ladies explain what they’ve been up to for the last several months, and how manifestation and trusting your gut can lead you to exactly the place wh...
Ep 59: Planes, Trains, and Automobiles: Traveling Across Europe!
January 02, 2019 18:06 - 56 minutes - 39.5 MBDespite making Amsterdam their home base for 2018, the Gringas have still been making lots of time to travel! Amsterdam is a great hub for traveling in Europe, and the ladies made it a point this year to take full advantage of that fact. From Turkey to Paris to popping to another country for lunch, Kari and Kelly have been up to a lot over the past few months -- and they’re ready to tell you all about their adventures! And it true Workationing style, this episode was recorded while the Gr...
Ep 58: Flying Planes and Shooting Our Way Out of the Zombie Apocalypse
November 30, 2018 10:45 - 34 minutes - 23 MBThe Gringas are back, and have knocked another two items off of their bucket lists: flying a plane and surviving the zombie apocalypse. Kari’s boyfriend Nico is introduced, Kelly’s brother comes to visit and they all go up (and scarily down) at the Rotterdam Flight Club. Next the ladies suit up at one of Europe’s biggest virtual reality experiences, where they enter into the zombie apocalypse and have to shoot their way to survival...and only one of them make it. Want to learn about digi...
Ep 57: Don’t Go Back to Sleep: How to Live Without Regrets
October 02, 2018 16:14 - 47 minutes - 33 MBThis is a tough one for Kari and Kelly. They recently lost a dear internet friend, Jodi Cullen, at the age of 40 to breast cancer. Jodi was a digital nomad and a bright light who inspired so many people in her too-short life. This episode is dedicated to her memory. Jodi’s death has the ladies thinking about how to live without regrets. Taking risks, living intentionally, and having integrity are all discussed. Kari and Kelly don’t have all the answers about how to live your life without re...
Ep 56: How to Become a Digital Nomad
September 17, 2018 08:29 - 1 hour - 50 MBAs fans of the Workationing podcast already know, Kari and Kelly huge advocates of the digital nomad lifestyle. The ladies have used their ability to work remotely to travel the world, knock countless items off their bucket lists, and generally live a more intentional and fulfilling life. However, being location independent isn’t all sunshine, rainbows, and killer shots for Insta. In this episode the gringas are keeping it very real about the fact that becoming a digital nomad takes a lot o...
Ep 55: Kelly Lost 100 Lbs!
August 27, 2018 09:04 - 54 minutes - 35.3 MBIt’s been a long road, but in the last year and a half your gringas have lost — we shit you not — almost 140 pounds. And Kelly has lost over 100 of that on her own. Both Kari and Kelly are loving this new healthier version of themselves and are proud of everything that they’ve accomplished, however, as they reflect back on the process it’s definitely a little bittersweet. The ladies discuss the traumatic life events that lead to the weight gain, struggling with body dysmorphia, the m...
Ep 54: Relationshit Part IV: The Aftermath
August 13, 2018 16:50 - 58 minutes - 38.6 MBAfter the releasing the Relationing Thrillogy, Kari and Kelly got TONS of letters from listeners who wanted to weigh in with their thoughts as well — and they decided to read some of their faves out loud. The ladies heard from a listener who has been on 93 Tinder first dates (the gringas were shook), a listener who is exploring polyamory as solopoly person, and they even read a letter calling them out for being a bit hypocritical. (Hey, a good point is a good point.) Kari and Kelly also d...
Ep 53: Relationshit Part III: When to Walk Away (and When to Run Away Screaming)
July 24, 2018 09:21 - 1 hour - 43.2 MBIn the final chapter of the Relationshit trilogy, Kari and Kelly talk about when to walk away from a relationship...and when to run away screaming. When you’re a person of a certain age, should you settle at some point? When do you know when it’s time to hit the “tap out” button, whether that means staying or going? If you don’t have a shared vision of the future, it might be time to go. See also: if you’re not sexually compatible or the chemistry just isn’t there. What happens when you’re...
Ep 52: Relationshit Part II: Dating in the Digital Era
July 13, 2018 20:49 - 1 hour - 54.6 MBIn Part II of the relationshit series, Kari and Kelly talk about dating in the digital era...starting with the decision to try online dating in the first place. Kari admits to her shocking history of internet dating (she’s a real O.G. on that front), and the ladies talk about Tinder strategies, first date escape plans and seeing your ex and his new wife post FB photos in front of the Christmas tree you bought years ago. The Gringas also have you covered on some strategies to make your Google...
Ep 51: Dating in Your 30s (and Beyond) – Welcome to the Thunderdome, Bitch!
July 04, 2018 18:58 - 1 hour - 73.8 MBThe ladies are finally making good on their promise to talk about relationshit, and in this ep they cover all aspects of dating in your 30s (and beyond). Everything is on the table, incuding exes and sexes, financial differences, dating with (or actively without) kids, sexual compatibility, age gaps and the “what if” relationships that failed along the way. The reality of dating while getting older (wait, is that my biological alarm I hear going off in the not-to-far distance) is hitting t...
Ep 50 - There Is No Spoon: Overcoming Mental Blocks
June 09, 2018 09:10 - 1 hour - 46.3 MBKari and Kelly have been working hard to launch their new training program for aspiring digital nomads. Along the way they’ve been having lots of discussions with people about the mental blocks that keep them from moving forward toward their goals, and they’re beginning to notice a pattern. From getting stuck in bad habits to grappling with imposter syndrome, there are a lot of mental landmines to maneuver around when you’re making a big change in your life. The ladies tackle the most comm...
Ep 49 - Depression, Breakups, Expatting and Getting Ma’med While Naked
May 14, 2018 17:34 - 1 hour - 50.1 MBIn the Giant Catch-Up, Part 2 the ladies dig into how they caught a major case of the winter blues. Business is booming, which required travel to San Diego and Edinburgh, Scotland...where the ladies holed up in their AirBnb and binge-watched Outlander. Both Kari and Kelly experience breakups, and faceplant off of the keto diet and into gaining a weird amount of weight in a very short period of time. Expatting and integrating into Dutch society proves to be more challenging than the Gringas...
Ep 48 - The Giant Catch-Up, Part I
April 26, 2018 08:27 - 1 hour - 49.3 MBLife can come at you fast, and the ladies have been busy with business, expatting to Amsterdam, conferences and travel. In this episode, Kari and Kelly catch you up on what they’ve been up to. There’s some Catskills cabin action (thanks, Jackson!), a long road trip (for Kelly), Kari heads to Cape Town to cage dive with sharks and taste wine in South Africa with her boyfriend (spoiler alert: they break up). The Gringas talk about moving to Amsterdam – Kari spends the holidays there, while...
Ep 47 - The Suzannah Weiss Interview
March 26, 2018 10:46 - 33 minutes - 22.3 MBAs usual, the gringas are actively recruiting for the International Girl Squad, and in this episode Kelly is talking to writer and fellow digital nomad, Suzannah Weiss. Suzannah is a contributing editor for Complex and Teen Vogue, and her writing has been featured everywhere from Glamour to Vice to The Washington Post. Suzannah’s writing has taken her all over the world as she explores questions of sexuality. She’s done everything from go to clothing optional resorts to orgasmic meditation...
Ep 46 - Keeping it Weird in Amsterdam (Part 2)
March 21, 2018 14:49 - 39 minutes - 26.4 MBIn this episode, things get weird. Kari throws a surprise party that fails on multiple levels, Kelly goes on a date with an emotional con artist, and the ladies talk about their upcoming return to the United States. It looks like Workationing is going to become a real business, and the ladies are considering incorporating...in the Netherlands. Two lawyers and a team of Dutch accountants later, the Gringas are trying to figure out if Amsterdam should become their new home base. Subscribe ...
Ep 45 - Keeping it Weird in Amsterdam (Part 1)
March 21, 2018 11:39 - 48 minutes - 31.9 MBAfter a short hiatus to catch up on new business, Kari and Kelly are back – and have quite a few stories to share from the 2.5 months they’ve been in Amsterdam. Kari goes to Paris and Barcelona with the guy she’s been seeing, and the ladies knock out two bucket list items: seeing a sex show and captaining a boat through the canals. The Gringas get a few visitors, too: Kelly’s friends Sarah and Tim come to visit, and the ladies also play host to Suzannah Weiss, a prolific sex and relationsh...
Ep 44 - Gringas in a Strange Land 2: The Dutch-ening
January 26, 2018 13:23 - 42 minutes - 28.2 MBKari and Kelly are settling into their new digs in Amsterdam, and loving life on the canals. However, the culture shock factor is more than they bargained for. It turns out that even outside of Latin America, your girls still feel very much like gringas After finally figuring out that the extremely fancy spot two doors down is actually a gym, Kari and Kelly sign up to work on their fitness. The staff, however, is none too pleased with their insistence on wearing their yoga pants in off the...
Ep 43 – We Made it to Amsterdam (And the Tinder Game is FIRE!)
January 17, 2018 15:36 - 32 minutes - 21 MBAfter leaving Prague early, the ladies are posting up in Amsterdam for at least two months...assuming they ever get into their new apartment. Pro travel tip: if you’re going to be digital nomad-ing, look for rental agencies that cater to expats. You’re going to save 50% on monthly Airbnb rental fees this way. The ladies get to find out how European and American banking systems differ, and that difference keeps them in a hotel for several extra days. The Tinder game out here is on fire, and...
Ep 42 – We Made it to Prague! (And Now We’re Leaving)
January 09, 2018 20:28 - 43 minutes - 28.8 MBKari and Kelly are finally getting to their European leg of Workationing – and they’re kicking it off in Prague (or actually, the hellish airport in Frankfurt, Germany). After missing their connecting flight and getting to spend an extra 8 hours touring the airport lounges in Frankfurt, the ladies arrive at their Airbnb in Prague, Czech Republic. As usual, things don’t go to plan. Due to “hot water issues” at the Airbnb they’d originally rented, they find themselves staying in the projects...
Ep 41 – Leaving Las Vegas and the Liberty Movement
January 02, 2018 15:18 - 38 minutes - 25.8 MBKelly and Kari have arrived in Prague, and now that they’ve had some time to reflect on their experiences at FreedomFest (and the experience of others – they received dozens of messages from other women in libertarianism outlining similar experiences with misogyny). Ultimately, Kari decides that she can no longer be part of a movement that tolerates disrespecting women to such an extensive degree. After 15 years in the liberty movement, it seems like a big decision – but it’s definitely ti...
Ep 40 – What Happens at FreedomFest in Vegas (Doesn’t Stay in Vegas)
November 14, 2017 14:47 - 51 minutes - 33.7 MBKari and Kelly are in Las Vegas for the FreedomFest conference, which apparently draws quite the male chauvinist crowd. The ladies detail their experiences at the conference – both Kari and Kelly were approached by different men at the conference, who asked the ladies to prostitute themselves. One man is the president of a libertarian think tank (he offered to fly Kelly to exotic locations in exchange for sex), the other is a fairly large donor (he asked Kari if she’d like to be his escort...
Ep 39 – Desert Road Trip to Bury our Dear Friend Dom (Bucket list #8-9)
November 07, 2017 22:59 - 38 minutes - 25.4 MBKari and Kelly are back from hiatus and coming in hot from the Paris hotel and resort in Las Vegas – they're in town for FreedomFest, a libertarian conference. In this episode, the ladies talk about about two bucket list items they crossed off on the way there: road tripping from Los Angeles to Las Vegas, and burying their dear friend Dom in the desert. The ladies rent a fancy car, and inspired by the movie Fandango (starring THE Kevin Costner), they get a shovel and start digging a hole i...
Ep 38 – We Lost 105 Pounds!
September 18, 2017 15:15 - 42 minutes - 27.6 MBIn a time and place when you can lose weight from anywhere, two ladies in their mid-to-late 27s have decided to – and so far, Kelly and Kari have lost over 100 pounds this year (combined). The ladies have received many emails about their weight loss journey, and in this episode they talk about how they managed to lose the weight equivalent of a chubby fifth grader. Kelly’s about to get a full feature in Women’s Health for her efforts! Traveling the world while working as digital nomads, yo...
Ep 37 – Workationing’s 6-month Recap and Reflection
September 08, 2017 14:15 - 46 minutes - 31 MBIt’s been a year since Kari and Kelly decided to embark on the adventure that became Workationing, and six months since they’ve been on the road. It’s been quite a trip so far, and now that the ladies have been “out here” on the road for a while, they’re wondering why it took so long to make the jump. In the beginning, it seemed like all of the barriers to entry into this digital nomad travel lifestyle were insurmountable. However, as the ladies learned, once you take the first step an...
Ep 36 – Where We Went Wrong: The Acapulco Edition
August 29, 2017 08:57 - 29 minutes - 19.7 MBKari and Kelly have successfully escaped from Acapulco, and are in San Diego, California breathing the sweet air of American freedom. They left a few days earlier than planned, but it wasn’t soon enough. Several mistakes were made in the planning process of this leg of the Workationing adventure – chiefly, the ladies never should’ve landed in Acapulco in the first place. Once again, decision fatigue set in and led the Gringas somewhere weird – and unfortunately, that wasn’t the only error ...
Ep 35 – Dear God, Get Us Out of Here!
August 22, 2017 10:14 - 49 minutes - 33.3 MBThe ladies HATE Acapulco, and can’t wait to get out. June was the deadliest month in Acapulco’s history, with 2,234 murders – it’s very murdery out here, and the Gringas are ready to leave. Aside from all the killing that goes on courtesy of the cartel activity in the area, there are other problems. Gabriela the Airbnb host has turned into a Code Red stalker, and has done everything from send a “real estate agent” in to take pics of the house (pre housekeeping service) to text message Kell...
Ep 34 – Cartel Country 2: Gringas in Acapulco
August 18, 2017 18:43 - 1 hour - 40.3 MBSantiago is back in town (check out the Medellín episodes to get the full story on this character), and he came just in time to see Kari and Kelly through some sort of crazy food poisoning flu situation. Kelly finally Googles Acapulco, which – turns out – is the most dangerous city in Mexico, and has been since 2012. The ladies talk about some of the cartel activity that occurs in the Pearl of the Pacific, including: assassinations via jet ski, multiple heads on pikes outside of government...
Ep 33 – Staying in John Wayne’s Sex Dojo (Bucket List #7: The Los Flamingos)
August 15, 2017 09:05 - 38 minutes - 25.5 MBThe ladies are having a hell of a time in Acapulco, and not in the good way. To escape from their Airbnb compound for a couple of days, they decided to hit up the local hotspot all of the cab drivers keep telling them about: The Los Flamingos Resort, which was once owned by John Wayne. The entire hotel is pink, kitschy and everything Kari’s ever dreamed of in a throwback resort. Formerly referred to as Hollywood Gang Hideaway (from 1950-1984), the resort – and in particular, Casa Tarzan, t...
Ep 32 – We Made it to Acapulco, Mexico!
August 09, 2017 08:49 - 39 minutes - 25.3 MBThe ladies have gone from Montreal to Boston to live tweet from the Pride parade (work is tough sometimes), and have now settled into their Airbnb in Acapulco. How’d they find this place? It starts with Kiwi.com, the Flo Rida music video for Whistle and a $177 one-way flight – and ends with some killer views and regrets. Acapulco is hot AF, and the sweat situation is making it a real challenge to stay hydrated. Kari got sick almost immediately upon arrival, and a stranger broke into the ap...
Ep 31 - Harsh Truths from Your Gringas
July 30, 2017 14:56 - 1 hour - 43.4 MBThis one is mostly for the ladies, but guys, there’s lots for you to learn here, too. On this episode Kari and Kelly are talking about some of the harsh truths that they’ve come across while doing this whole intentional living thing. One of the harshest of these truths is that what you look like actually does matter — and not just in some abstract way. It actually affects every part of your life from how you are perceived by others (do they think you are likeable, trustworthy, and compete...
Ep 30 – Bitcoin, Ethereum & Altcoins (oh, my!): Hodling on to Cryptocurrency and Regret
July 06, 2017 17:57 - 35 minutes - 22.3 MBKari and Kelly have known about Bitcoin since the early days...one got in, the other is hodling on to some bithurt. In this episode, the ladies talk about their histories with cryptocurrencies and the insane amount of regret they – and other people they know – have about not buying in soon enough (or not hodling on long enough). Don’t know what hodl means? No prob, Kelly’s got you covered with a dramatic reading of the HODL forum post that went viral. There’s also an acapella rendition of ...
Ep 29 – Getting Unstuck: How to Escape a Shitty Situation
June 30, 2017 18:48 - 52 minutes - 35.5 MBThe most powerful force in the world is habit, and the ladies are creating some new ones for themselves. One of these habits is clocking 10,000 steps on their FitBits each day, which leaves a lot of time for talking. Specifically, talking about escaping. The Escape Room activity during Kelly’s birthday got the ladies thinking about ways in which they’ve been trapped, and ways they see their friends getting trapped in situations that prevent them from being happy, accomplishing goals and re...
Ep 28 – Escape Room and Poker Tournament (Bucket List #5-6), Plus Kelly’s BD
June 28, 2017 16:11 - 35 minutes - 48.5 MBOperation: Make Kelly Cry was a smashing success, and Kelly had one of the best 27th birthdays she’s ever had. To celebrate another year of being 27, the ladies had a bucket list weekend: two items crossed off of their bucket lists in two days. The first bucket list item was escaping the zombie apocalypse at A/MAZE Montreal, a big warehouse that features several different escape room scenarios. After being infected with the zombie virus, Kelly and Kari must escape out of a locked room, cre...
Ep 27 – We Made it to Montreal!
June 22, 2017 03:14 - 45 minutes - 63 MBKari has her car back for this leg of Workationing, and the ladies made it through Vermont, across the Canadian border and into their Airbnb in the Pointe St. Charles area of Montreal. Approximately a third of the way through the gentrification process, this neighborhood is about as diverse as they come. Plus, Jock is in town – the Gringas first met him in Medellin, and he randomly happens to be staying in Montreal for business. Fancy cars intermingle with crackie looking homeless people i...
Ep 26 – Gringas on a Diet: The Hangering
June 06, 2017 13:40 - 44 minutes - 61.3 MBIf there’s one thing Kelly and Kari love, it’s being on a diet – and in Montreal, Canada they’ve decided to get serious about it. Since Workationing started, Kelly is down 50 pounds and Kari’s knocked off 15 – but there’s still a little ways to go before they reach their goal weight. The Gringas are thoroughly enjoying dieting delicacies like raw cauliflower, vitamin gummies and all the eggs they can handle. Kelly can’t stop lunging everywhere, and Kari plans to ride her burpee downtown. ...
Ep 25: Kari’s Birthday & Favorite Place in the World
June 02, 2017 17:32 - 29 minutes - 40.7 MBIt’s Kari’s birthday, and the ladies are spending the time at the world famous Indian Head Resort in beautiful Lincoln, New Hampshire. Kari often says that it’s entirely possible that she’s going to travel the world looking for the perfect place to live, only to end up back in Lincoln. Kari is VERY excited to tell the listeners about Lincoln. Lincoln is like the land that time forgot and has a bit of everything: trained bears, dinners on trains, moose watching, skiing, rock climbing, an ic...
Ep 24: Adventures in Coliving
May 25, 2017 22:41 - 41 minutes - 56.8 MBKari and Kelly are in Manchester, New Hampshire for the next week – and they’re sharing a large house with five other adults, like a grown-ass version of The Real World. What happens when seven people share a space on an ongoing basis? Is it amazing, or a recipe for disaster? The ladies talk about their experiences, how much coliving rentals cost in both the US and abroad, plus what’s included. Coliving has always been sort of a hippie thing, but millennials are taking it over – or at leas...
Ep 23: Living Intentionally – What’s it Mean, and How Do You Do It?
May 16, 2017 21:00 - 50 minutes - 69 MBIntentional living has been a primary focus for Kari and Kelly throughout the whole Workationing process – dating back to the very beginning, when they first decided to become digital nomads in the first place. In this episode, the ladies talk about the 5 Ws of living intentionally (which they stole from a journalism club in high school). Who is your life right now, and do they belong there? What are you doing, and are you happy about it? When is the right time, if not now (note: there wil...
Ep 22: Floating in an Isolation Tank (Bucket List Item #3)
May 11, 2017 01:39 - 38 minutes - 53 MBThe Gringas have learned from their mistake in Medellín, and so they decided to front-load their bucket list item for this leg of Workationing: floating in an isolation tank. What’s it like to float in a black box filled with 93.5º water and 850 pounds of Epsom salt? They’ve always wanted to find out, and they tried it...for the full 90 minutes. Some people hallucinate while floating in isolation tanks, as if they’re on LSD or magic mushrooms. Other people take strokes off of their golf ga...
Ep 21: The Matt Simon Interview
May 04, 2017 16:02 - 38 minutes - 53.2 MBAfter Medellín, the ladies have questions about drug policy and its impact on Colombia – and they’ve found a man with answers. Matt Simon is the New England Political Director and Policy Analyst for the Marijuana Policy Project, and he came to visit the Gringas for a week in Medellín. In this interview, Kari and Kelly ask Matt about drug policy in the United States, and what the ramifications of the international War On Drugs are in places like Colombia. Is there a better way to approach d...
Ep 20: Kicking Our Bucket Lists
May 03, 2017 01:29 - 50 minutes - 69.2 MBComing in hot from a long layover at the Fort Lauderdale Delta Sky Club lounge, the ladies are so relieved to be out of Medellín they’ve decided to refocus on their bucket lists. When you start living more intentionally, you find more time to handle the important things – like crossing items off of your bucket list. But before you can do that, you’ve got to figure out what’s on that bucket list in the first place. Kari and Kelly wrote out their bucket lists, and in this episode they talk...