Episodes
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Guinness world record holders for longest journey by scooter and sidecar. First people to circumnavigate the globe by scooter and sidecar. Producers of the Armchair Adventure Festival... These guys know how to adventure!
We sat down with them at the ATFF (Adventure Travel Film Festival) and had a rather revealing insight into how they managed this ridiculous exploit and the similarities and differences between their World Loop and ours!
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https://asseenfromthesidecar.org/
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For the past twenty-five years, Belinda Kirk's professional life has revolved around adventure. She's seen it change people first hand: turning the timid into the confident, the addicted into the recovering, and the lost into the intentionally wandering. As a force for change, adventure can be powerful like few others.
Joel sat down with here to find out more about her journey, her mindset and why she believes adventure is one of the greatest forces for good out there!
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Stephan Meurisch is a passionate long-distance hiker and globetrotter. He ran several marathons, walked the Spanish Way of St. James and even walked from Munich to Tibet, a journey that would change his entire life. He also helps other people to realise their lifelong dreams and passes on his experiences in lectures, workshops and as a coach.
Joel sat down to have a chat with Stephan and learn about some of the highs and lows of his previous long distance adventures as well as the huge walk he is currently on and what we can all learn from such journeys! -
We were lucky enough to meet Anja during our time in Bulgaria, and noticed quickly how much knowledge she had to offer regarding cryptocurrencies - a field in which we'd always been interested, but didn't know where to start. In Anja's own words:
The ones who want to get rich quick and get into Bitcoin without any educationThe ones who dismiss this "Bitcoin hype" and wait for group #1 to lose all their moneyThe ones who sense that Bitcoin will become really important for their financial future, and are curious to learn more before risking any money
There are three kinds of peopleYou'll be unsurprised to learn that she chooses to work with the third kind.
Joel sat down with Anja to take a quick, yet insightful dive into the world of cryptocurrencies and what the average person needs to know if they're considering dipping their toes in!
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There are many routes that people take to travel the world, but a growing trend is to become a digital nomad. This usually involves digitising your current job role or branching out into an industry where you can work remotely.
We've been at Coworking Bansko in Bulgaria for a while now and have met all sorts of digital nomads. But Christin Maschmann is definitely an unusual case!
Joel sat down with her and got to know the ins and outs of the Poker world, how it helped Christin to visit different countries, some of the insane stories that came from it and some of the serious struggles she's had along the way!
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Caravanistan: Serving the latest updates, sharing vital information and just generally saving all sorts of travellers throughout Central Asia and beyond!
We've used this website and it's forum A TON over the years and we were overjoyed when the founder was keen to sit down with Joel and have a chat about the website and all things Central Asia! -
Everyone dreams of the open road and being able to travel where and when they like. But for the vast majority of people, employment in a fixed location is the main reason this isn't possible.
As technology improves, new works sectors open up and traditional work environments evolve, the idea of being a 'digital nomad' is becoming a reality for more and more people around the world!
Joel sat down with Matthias from Coworking Bansko (in Bankso, Bulgaria) to find out about how he started his venture ahead of the curve and why Coworking Bansko has been so successful.
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The Mission? To Walk the length of Africa's wildest rivers in the battle against wildlife crime.
In 2016-17 Chaz Powell spent 137 days walking over 3000km from source to sea along the Zambezi River and, frankly, it's incredible he's still alive!
This chat with Chaz covers all the ups and downs that from this trip and more but also his broader ideas and plans for how to keep life wild into the future!
Having explored and hiked the globe for over 16 years now, Chaz currently lives his life as an Explorer, Expedition Leader and Survival Guide. His ongoing project ‘The Wildest Journey’ is all about his wildest journeys by foot along Africa's wildest rivers with an aim to raise awareness for wildlife conservation and anti poaching.
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Unlike the stuffy explorers of old, Austin Vince realised the previous century of British ‘exploring’ was rather self-centred. He hopped on his motorcycle in 1995 with some friends and circumnavigated the world himself to learn from his fellow man - becoming the first Westerners to cross the recently-collapsed Soviet Union in the process!
Ever since, Austin has embodied the classic British exploratory spirit - encouraging the next generation to look past apparent borders and differences through his Adventure Travel Film Festival.
Here he tells Joel about how the UK, and beyond, truly is a melting pot of cultures... As well as some of the incredible surprises he came across along the way!! -
Most of us have a hobby we'd happily swap our day jobs for but, as we all know, it's not quite that simple. Andre from Bucharest Romania, better known by his social media handle Abubus World, managed to turn his passion for photography while on the move into a fully fledged career and wants to now help support others chasing this dream.
In this episode Andre covers how he got into photography, developed this hobby and eventually formed a career out of it.
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Travelling these days is fairly straight forward (well, Pre-COVID at least): You search for flights online, book some accommodation and receive instant confirmation. Then as long as you have your passport and phone things will probably work out pretty well.
But how was it done before apps and the internet made everything 'instant'?
Getting your mail forwarded to the next city and hoping you arrive in time?
Writing articles on a typewriter in a tent!?
We spoke to the ever fascinating Rosemary & Pork Belly about how they started their adventures - back in a time before the safety and predictability we take for granted these days! -
"Most travel narratives are written by superb travellers: people who crave adventure, laugh in the face of danger, and rapidly integrate into foreign cultures... But what about someone who is paranoid about traveler’s diarrhoea, incapable of speaking a foreign tongue, and hates not only flying but driving, cycling, motor-biking, and sometimes walking in the full sun..."
Based on this description we weren't sure if the Global Convoy and Jeremy Hance would have that much to discuss in an interview. But we were quickly proved wrong as Jeremy's openness and honesty regarding his struggles, mental challenges and fascinating line of work drew some surprising parallels between our own adventures, the average person's travels and Jeremy's own journeys through life.
More information on Jeremy and his new book can be found at his website:
https://jeremyhance.com/
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Driving a loop of Planet Earth is pretty tough. Doing that loop in crappy cars on the verge of breaking down is much tougher. But we think we've found a method of transport which wins the award for both toughness and just being ridiculous in general!
Ed Pratt set out to unicycle the entire world when he was 18, and here's what happened... -
Chances are high, you've already heard enough about how your government is handling COVID-19 (we feel the same way!) but it's interesting to consider how it's affected different countries and cultures.
From governmental policies to the geography of a region, the reactions and results around the world have been vastly different, so we asked our community if anyone would be willing to share their viewpoint and some information about how COVID has affected their country and their lives within it!
This episode covers Kyrgyzstan, India, Portugal, Iraq & Berlin! -
Welcome to the podcast... we're new here!
As with all our endeavours our plan is simply to jump into it and learn/improve as we go! So I guess you could call this our 'Pilot' episode.
We kick things off with a conversation we had, all the way back at the beginning of 2019, with @PoorAndInDanger, a digital nomad who's made a name for herself by ignoring the typical form of influencer travelling - 5* hotels, beaches, etc. - and set off alone with $200 dollars in her pocket just to see what she could do!
