Category: Episodes
When I Travel, I Can Breath Again
E17-When I Travel, I Can Breath Again Arequpia, Peru The friends you meet on the road are a special breed- they see you at your most uncomfortable, your most scrappy and sometimes desperate because of the extremeness of living life abroad. While we were living together, Jen got her backpack stolen and I got painfully…
How Dangerous is Traveling, Really?
Bonus Episode This is an excerpt of our conversation with Graham Hughes where we both get kind of ranty and I wanted to give it its own space now at a time when our thoughts about the world have been challenged. We recorded this conversation pre-Trump and pre-Brexit- so neither of us had the knowledge…
Graham Hughes and the Four Year Odyssey
E16- Graham Hughes and the Four Year Odyssey Get ready for our biggest episodes yet! This episode guest has touched EVERY country in the world with the man who has been to EVERY country in the world WITHOUT FLYING. We talk to GH who has crossed every border, tasted every cuisine, and said hello in…
A Life Made of Great Mistakes
E15- Life Made of Good Mistakes I met Deano at the base of a small waterfall in Costa Rica, outside of a small town named Uvita. I had trudged for an hour on a hilly dusty road in punishing heat, the type of humidity that sticks to you in. A thin layer of dust mixing…
How to Weather Long Distance Relationships
E14-Beyond Language San Jose, Costa Rica I met Gaby while I was volunteering in a hostel in Costa Rica. Born and raised in San Jose, Gaby thought she was going to go down the traditional path of education right into a career. However, her choice to work in a hostel, just to get some dinero…
The Rewards of Teaching English in Costa Rica
E13-What’s Meant For You, Won’t Pass You By…. San Jose, Costa Rica Sara and I also met at the hostel in San Jose, Costa Rica where she was working at a program that teaches English to locals. Sara says exactly what’s on her mind and has a specific pep about her that is emulated by…
How to Be Location Independent
E12-The Dive Master I was living in San Jose, Costa Rica working at hostel Beku, and my boss wanted to throw a party and I offered to make a cake. However, I had to use his oven in his apartment next door and he mentioned his roommate might be home. I baked alone that afternoon until…
I Ran Away to Become a Yoga Teacher in Guatemala
E11-Searching For Self Lake Atitlan, Guatamala This interview chose to stay nameless so we will call him David. I met David while visiting Lake Atitlan, Guatemala. He was working as a yoga instructor at a beautiful hostel overlooking the edge of the lake. I haggardly arrived late at night after a 3-hour whiplash of a…
How to Find the Pura Vida Life
E11-Life Full of Laughter Caryn and I bumped paths while still working in a hostel in Costa Rica. She is hard to miss between her immeasurable height, voice, and personality to match. As boisterous as her presence is, she is attracted to the relaxed, Caribbean sway that is hard to come by in frigid Minnesota.…
A World Filled with Sun
E10-A World Filled With Sun San Jose, Costa Rica I met Tina, from Finland, while making breakfast for the travelers at hostel Beku in Costa Rica. My main job while volunteering at the hostel was to make breakfast for all of the guests and other volunteers, which was nice to be creative and cook in…