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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I review $1 million 5-bedroom, 4-bath home from Vacasa.com.
This Arizona home could cost $2,000 to rent for 3 nights. But sometimes you can get it for half that price.
I interviewed a Vacasa rep in an earlier episode.
In this episode, I see how Vacasa does in practice.
Often, watching the YouTube video doesn't give you that much more information than just listening to the audio. However, this time, because I give a tour of a Vacasa home, you should really see the video.
.be"If you prefer to read over watching videos, read my review of Vacasa.
Have you tried Vacasa?
How was your experience?
Anamaria is a Tanzanian who has lived 7 months in South Africa. Since many people think that all African countries are quite similar, I asked her to compare the two countries.
We also delve into:
- Fidelity
- The Tanzanian government
- Witchcraft
- Racism in South Africa
- The future of Africa
We do a deep dive into witchcraft.
My wife, Rejoice Tapon, chimes in occasionally on the show.
Jennifer Peedom is a mountaineer and filmmaker who made my favorite documentary about the mountains. It's simply called Mountain. It's free for Netflix subscribers or you can rent it for $4 on YouTube:
The documentary has four elements and Peedom hits a home run on all of them:
- Cinematography: Peedom sifted through thousands of hours of mountain footage to find the best of the best. We about how she used Renan Ozturk's stunning climbing footage for about 60% of the film.
- Music: The Australian Chamber Orchestra delivers music that will move you.
- Narration: William Dafoe narrates with his raspy, unique voice.
- Writing: The brilliant Robert Macfarlane explains our "revolution of perception" when it comes to mountains. His lucid writing captures the paradox of mountains and explains why we are attracted to something so dangerous.
Most people (including Africans) would love it if Africa no longer needed charity. If Africa was able to economically stand on its own two feet, charities could focus efforts elsewhere. The planet would be better off.
Although parts of Africa are rich, most parts are still poor.
The question is: how can we help lift Africans out of poverty?
Nigeria's Election is Tomorrow!
On February 16, 2019, Nigeria will pick its new president. Learn more about the Nigerian election on Wikipedia.
In the 28th WanderLearn podcast episode, I interview Sharon Georgewill. She's a Nigerian from Port Harcourt.
She's traveled to many African countries. When I interviewed her in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, I asked her to reflect on her continent and her country.
As a bonus, Rejoice Tapon, my wife, interjected a few times during the interview.
You'll hear an unseen side of Nigeria and Africa.
After listening to this podcast, find out who won the election! On January 1, 2019, I predicted that Atiku Abubakar would win.
Was I right?
Vagabonding is a seminal travel book. The author, Rolf Potts, made people realize that they don't need to settle for just two weeks a vacation every year. Rolf shows you how you can travel for two months per year or even travel nonstop for two years!
In this podcast, Rolf and I discuss:
- How we both got drunk at an early age.
- How did he get into hiking and rock climbing?
- How does he stay in shape while traveling?
- What's more lucrative: writing books or writing articles?
- What's his Souvenir book all about?
- What's the difference between souvenirs and photography.
I recorded this one-hour conversation in 2018 when I was still in Cameroon. Rolf, who is from Kansas, was in New York at the time.
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