WanderLearn Podcast
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Take a profound and distant journey. Call it:
- Deep Travel
- Immersive Travel
- Slow Travel
- Vagabonding
I will guide you to the intersection of travel, technology, and transformation.
The WanderLearn podcast will compel you to go beyond your comfort zone.
I wander all over the world and I share what I learn with you! In so doing, I hope you'll be inspired to do the same. Travel is the best university.
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Europeans evangelized about Christianity.
Nowadays, one European is promoting something more secular: the gospel of basketball.
Meet Toni Rodriguez.
For the last few years, he has been traveling through most of Africa with several basketballs in his car and not much else.
He really had a shoestring budget.
Listen to this podcast to hear how this Spaniard pulled it off.
Update: We recorded the podcast a couple of weeks ago when he was still in Africa. Tony is now back in Spain. He wasn't able to get through Sudan, so he drove back to Southern Africa and flew back to Spain.
You can review his journey at:
https://www.facebook.com/Titotonirodriguez
https://www.instagram.com/afroamericanquillo
Do you dream of doing a mega-bike trip? Is biking across the United States or Europe just not ambitious enough for you? Do you love repairing flat tires?
Then listen to Xavier Himma describe his epic bicycle trip from his home in Canada to southern Argentina. You learn:
- How many flat tires he got. (Try to guess now!)
- How a Latino tried to mug him while he was riding the bike!
- How close he got to getting run over.
- Why he calls his adventure "Follow the Hum of the Earth"
- How he skipped the Darrien Gap.
Last year, I stayed in Cairo's Sheraton hotel. I spoke with two representatives to learn about the dirty underbelly of running a luxury hotel in Egypt.
I asked them:
- When was the last terrorist act in Cairo?
- What's hard about running a 5-star hotel that most people don't think about?
- How can Egyptians run a casino when Islam forbids gambling?
- At 22:00, when the hotel realizes they won't sell out their rooms, why don't they just drop the price to $40 to at least make a little bit of money rather than lose money with the unused inventory?
For some background, read my article on Forbes.
https://www.forbes.com/sites/francistapon/2018/02/04/luxury-hotel-face-off-in-cairo-sheraton-versus-the-four-seasons-plaza/#5c754c0385fb
And see this YouTube video:
Tomas Higbey has been an environmentalist for over 2 decades. In this 45-minute profound and sometimes funny conversation, I debate environmentalism with him to get a rise out of him.
Listen to find out what he thinks is the:
- Most important environmental problem we're facing.
- Solution to global climate change.
- Elephant in the room regarding the environment.
- Urge to reproduce - are men and women different?
In the 2nd half of the conversation, we discuss some of his travels, specifically:
- Chile, where Tomas lived for 5 years.
- Africa, where Tomas traveled and worked in. He was in Somalia when there was a serious war going on.
Tomas is witty and always fun to listen to.
A skeptical teenager named Wolf asked me a bunch of questions about Bitcoin, so since his parents are one of my patrons, I am happy to address them.
The WanderLearn podcast focuses on travel, tech, and transformation, so Bitcoin fits in there.
Moreover, Bitcoin has important travel implications, especially when you go to places that have sanctions and other controls.
One hour before I recorded this episode, Bitcoin passed $10,000 - an important milestone. I recommended buying it in Dec 2018, when it was $3,500. I predicted it would double in 2019. If it drops to $7,500, I will be right!
I recorded this episode live for my Patrons. Although you can't see the video, I'm sharing the audio with you.
Frank Isaac was my roommate for a couple of months in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania.
Here are some of the questions I asked him:
- How is Tanzania's government fighting corruption? Is it working?
- It seems that African men are rarely at home. Is that largely the case or is that a myth?
- How are Ugandans different than Tanzanians (Frank lived in Uganda for a decade)?
- Do Tanzanians date between tribes?
- How popular is polygamy?
- Is witchcraft a big deal?
- How faithful are Africans to each other?
- Do African men spend much time with their children?
- Do men often abandon their kids?
- What's the future of Tanzania?
How Frank disappointed me
Here's a sad, true, and disappointing story about Frank Isaac. After this podcast, we got along great for a couple of months. There was never any sign of negativity or conflict.
- Hiking to Muxia on El Camino de Santiago
- Traveling To Every Country With 3 Kids
- How Blockchains Will Disrupt Everything - Stephen P. Williams
- The Smartest Guy In Cameroon - Africa's Einstein
- 3 Young Egyptians In Luxor
- Lessons from the Hunting Debate
- Brittany Longoria Explains Her Controversial Leopard Photo
- Are Hunters Responsible for the Decline of Africa's Wildlife?
- How Volara is Bringing Voice Assistants to Hotels
- Gossamer Gear's Founder Glen Van Peski on Backpacking
- Is Libya Still A Shit Show? Frederick Wehrey answers
- A Persian Goes To Africa
- When To Use Vacasa
- Do Africans Still Practice Witchcraft Or Is That A Myth?
- How To Make A Successful Documentary Movie About Mountains
- How To Do Good & Make Money in Africa - The Anou
- How Does Nigeria Compare to Other African Countries?
- Rolf Potts on Vagabonding, Souvenirs, and Getting Drunk at 5
- When Will iinside Give Us Intelligent Airports?
- Whether You Love or Hate Travel Tours, Check Out TourRadar
- A 66-year-old Adventurer Shows How To Live A Meaningful Life
- Vacasa Is A Full-Service Solution If You Have A Second Home
- Acting CEO of Rome2Rio Makes Partnership With Lonely Planet
- 7 Predictions For 2019
- JoAnneh Nagler Explains How To Make Money Being An Artist
- Tim Butcher - Author of Two Books on Africa
- AMA: Repairing the Schism Between Locals and Tourists
- How To Create A Top Travel Podcast
- The Winding Tree Foundation Founders Answer Criticism
- How To Use, Not Abuse, Couchsurfing
- Amtrak Travel Tips for 2019
- What To Do If You Can't Afford to Travel
- How To Become an A-list Travel Blogger - Gary Arndt Explains
- You're Wrong If You Think You Don't Have Time to Exercise
- Why You Should Always Read Your Alumni Obituaries
- Winding Tree's Blockchain-Based Technology Impacts Travel
- What It Takes to Set a Speed Record or FKT on the AT & PCT
- How To Accumulate Fuck-You Money So You Can Do Anything
- Travis Sherry, The Jetto App, and Getting Travel Bargains
- Introducing A New Travel Show
- Rick Steves Interviews
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