Global Travel Stories & Life Beyond Borders
Kristin Wilson jumps back on the podcast from isolation in Miami and shares the mental and emotional techniques she is using to keep her spirits up and remain productive under the COVID-19 Stay-at-Home Orders. She gives tips on meditation resources, the importance of limiting news and social media, and increasing substantive virtual social connections with...
Sean Tierney jumps back on the podcast from isolation in a remote villa in northern Bali. He shares tips on disaster preparedness and explains how he and his housemates have physically, emotionally and socially prepared for 6 months of quarantine. He shares techniques for keeping fit under lockdown, keeping spirits up, and also discusses the...
Ali Greene jumps back on the podcast from under COVID-19 lockdown in France to share Emergency work-from-home techniques that everyone can begin implementing immediately. She discusses best practices for maintaining routine in a changed environment, navigating new work-life-family balances, creating new ‘workspace’ boundaries, and tips for communicating and coordinating with others in the household. She...
Fuad Agoro discusses growing up in Chicago as the son of Nigerian immigrants, excelling at sports, and eventually discovering entrepreneurship and becoming passionate about world travel. Matt and Fuad discuss their travels in West Africa, especially in Senegal and Nigeria. Fuad tells the story of his visit to Lagos, Nigeria during the music-festival season in...
Kate Boyer shares her story growing up in Budapest, Hungary, and then moving to France and designing girl’s gymnastics outfits for the team she was coaching. Kate explains how, as a self-taught designer, she then began developing private label collections for exclusive resorts in St. Barth, eventually meeting her husband Shawn in Miami and co-founded...
WiFi Tribe co-founder and CEO Diego Bejarano Gerke share his experience growing up in different countries around the world, his identity of being half Bolivian and half German, and what the concept of “home” means to him. He talks about why he thinks Bolivia is the most under-rated country in South America, what it’s like...
Jonathan Kalan takes us on his journey of international travel, journalism, entrepreneurship and co-founding “Unsettled”—a global travel community of 2,000+ people from 80+ countries who are redefining the terms of their own work and lifestyle. Jonathan explains how, after college, he moved to Tanzania to open a pizza shop, and eventually transitioned into international journalism...
Liz Ribot shares her experience growing up in Puerto Rico, her travel journey, and ultimately co-founding Outsite—a global network of co-living spaces in some of the world’s most epic locations. She opens up about leaving her office job to pursue entrepreneurship, the importance of finding the right business partners, and then explains how the Outsite...
Bill Widmer takes us on his journey of growing up in Pennsylvania, deciding to nomad full time in an RV, and shares the pros and cons of RV travel life. He also opens up about and failing at multiple business ventures and takes us through his biggest setback of losing 90% of his income overnight,...
80: Virtual Business Leadership, Adjusting or Pivoting Under Quarantine, and Why Now is the Best Time to Start a Company with Liam Martin
Liam Martin jumps back on the podcast from under quarantine in Canada. He describes the impact COVID-19 has had on his two primary businesses—one of which increased sales and one of which was completely ground to a halt. He gives specific advice to entrepreneurs about how to assess the effects on your business, and how...