Episodes
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Published 10/22/18
Wish your road trips never ended? For Brent Rose, they don’t. Brent Rose is a freelance technology journalist who has spent the last 17 months living out of a van and road tripping around the United States. For Brent, what started as a year-long road trip has turned into an open-ended lifestyle. Brent tells us … Continue reading "Brent Rose: Inside the Life of a Location Independent Tech Journalist"
Published 12/18/16
Have you struggled with making your dreams a reality? Do you feel stressed out trying to find a compromise? When Jake Heilbrunn realized his passions and his life were not aligned, he left for Central America to help find fulfillment and discover his purpose. What he found was an incredible community of people, a beautiful … Continue reading "Jake Heilbrunn: Off The Beaten Trail"
Published 09/28/16
Karsten Aichholz is the perfect person to author the Thailand Starter Kit!, a website full of advice for ex-pats moving to Thailand. After nearly a decade of living in Bangkok, Karsten offers advice on everything from housing to fitness to grocery delivery in the Land of Smiles. In our entertaining and fascinating discussion, Karsten explains how he went … Continue reading "Karsten Aichholz: Gaming Entrepreneur and Creator of Thailand Starter Kit!"
Published 09/15/16
Marketing nomad Dylan Basile of Tree Tribe got my attention at the 2016 Nomad Summit when he presented on his eco-fashion company with a passion for sustainability. Since our meeting, Dylan has had a challenging year. At the time of this interview, he’s coming off a 6-month battle with dengue fever, which is a debilitating mosquito-borne disease he … Continue reading "Dylan Basile: Tree Tribe Plants 40,000 Trees while Co-Founder Survives Dengue Fever"
Published 09/11/16
The True Transient, Patrick Daley returns to the Love Affair Travel Podcast to tell us about another wild adventure across the United States… but this time it’s not by land! The last time we heard from Patrick he was hitchhiking across the country, today we learn of his current journey from NYC to Mexico via a … Continue reading "Patrick Daley: True Transient Crosses the USA again, this Time by Canoe"
Published 09/01/16
Taylor Conroy’s energy for life is contagious! Currently, he is the co-founder of Journey, an organization that designs trips for volunteers looking to make a difference by building homes in developing countries. In his role, Taylor is on a mission to revolutionize the way social change is funded. This is a great interview for travelers looking to make a difference in the … Continue reading "Taylor Conroy’s Full Force Journey to Change the Fundraising World"
Published 08/15/16
From high school dropout in Germany, to a self-driving car engineer in Silicon Valley, Stefan’s journey to co-founder of Mobile Jazz is anything but expected. I heard about Stefan’s innovative ‘happiness first’ business model from Johannes Voelkner of the Nomad Cruise, and knew I had to get Stefan on the show. In this interview Stefan shares his philosophy on prioritizing … Continue reading "Stefan Klumpp: Why Focusing on Happiness Makes this Company more Money"
Published 08/04/16
Need to fit your entire life (including computer) into a carry-on, use the same bag to summit a mountain, and then show up to a meeting looking the part? Well look no further, the Minaal backpack is here. Doug Barber, Co-founder of Minaal, shares how he and his friend Jimmy Hayes came to develop their … Continue reading "Doug Barber: The Minaal Story"
Published 07/28/16
Recession blues got you down? Feel like the corporate ladder could be kicked out from under you at any moment?  Why not take the fear of being disposed and transform it to a life of travel! Alex Jimenez, founder of Travel Fashion Girl, did exactly that. After leaving the corporate world of fashion and taking … Continue reading "Alex Jimenez: How one Girl Learned to Travel without Tours"
Published 07/21/16
Ever wanted to live and work remotely as a Digital Nomad? Sila Nur Isik is an entrepreneur from Istanbul, Turkey currently living in London, England. She has a masters degree in Graphic Design, runs an advertising agency called Mind The Ad and was one of the first 75 people to attend Remote Year. In this episode of Love Affair Travel … Continue reading "Sila Nur Isik: Remote Work and Around the World Office"
Published 07/14/16
Have you recognized that your life is too comfortable? Are you looking for a challenge that will sustain you and shape you? After a life-threatening accident, Birgit Pestalozzi finally decided to listen to her gut. She left the corporate world one year ago, and hasn’t looked back since. In that time, she has been instrumental in … Continue reading "Birgit Pestalozzi: From Corporate to Conscientious"
Published 07/07/16
Why be a travel blogger when you can be a sex blogger? “It’s just easier you know? Also, people appreciate you more!” Anyone can talk about travel, but it takes a more daring and carefree individual to have the courage to speak their mind on sex without reservation. Theresa Lachner is the Founder of the … Continue reading "Theresa Lachner: Sex Blogs are Better than Travel Blogs"
Published 06/30/16
Want to start an online business? After meeting Miles and Melanie earlier this month on the Nomad Cruise, I caught up with Miles while he was in Sintra, Portugal. Miles Beckler and his wife Melanie provide online information products, meditations and spiritual development courses. Miles is a wealth of knowledge and Melanie is also an incredibly driven … Continue reading "Miles Beckler: The Intersection of Meditation, Freedom and… Angel Encounters?"
Published 06/23/16
What if you wanted to start a school? Not just any school, you wanted to teach the California school curriculum while teaching students about organic farming, yoga, robotics and more? Would you do it if you lived in Japan? Would you do it if you didn’t have any money? Would you do it if you didn’t even speak … Continue reading "Jonathan Yaffe: From Vagabond to AnyRoad Entrepreneur"
Published 06/16/16
Imagine moving to a new city and living rent-free for months… or visiting a dream destination and staying in a luxurious home with an equipped kitchen and furry pets to keep you company. Today more and more people are traveling as house sitters. House-sitting has changed the way I travel and live my life. Blogger and … Continue reading "Dani Heinrich of Globetrotter Girls: Joys, Pains and Tips for the Aspiring House-sit Connoisseur"
Published 05/12/16
Welcome back to the show! Here we go – Another adventure, another traveler, another helluva inspiring story. You ready? We’re still in Chiang Mai, staying in a beautiful apartment, and talking to entrepreneur, ironman, and founder of the Unleash Yourself Podcast, Michael Carbone (Check out his Instagram). So listen in as we chill next to … Continue reading "Michael Carbone: Unleash Yourself and Sign Up for the Race"
Published 04/28/16
The story about the crack smoking guy driving a fancy Audi wasn’t a great selling point… In 2015, Pat quit his job, sold 95% of his possessions, and hitchhiked across the United States. In this episode, Pat and I discuss his subsequent world travels, strategies for successful hitchhiking, making films, and awe experiences from years of travel. Travel … Continue reading "Secrets to Successful Hitchhiking from True Transient: AVOID CRACK AND FANCY AUDIS"
Published 04/21/16
Picture the scene. We’re in Chiang Mai and it’s the 2016 Songkran Festival. People are outside obliterating each other with water pistols. Kids are laughing. Blues musicians are playing their hearts out … and there I am sat down with my MacBook preparing to interview the amazing Johannes Voelkner. Why? Well because he’s the founder … Continue reading "Johannes Voelkner: Taking Digital Nomadism out to Sea with Nomad Cruise"
Published 04/14/16
If you flew to Panama with a lot of debt, a little cash, no experience and nothing but a plan to make money online, would you still play it cool? A common theme of this podcast is to explore transition. No one gives permission to do this stuff. It takes a leap of faith to make it happen. I love … Continue reading "Is Chris Hughes the Coolest Digital Nomad Alive Today?"
Published 04/07/16
In 2015 V (Veronica) and I ran an internet business which empowered us to spend the whole year island hopping in the Caribbean and driving across the United States. During that time we took a boat from the Dominican Republic to Puerto Rico, flew to Miami, drove to New Orleans, New York, Canada, Detroit, Chicago, Yellowstone … Continue reading "An 11 Month Road Trip Funded by Making Money Online While Traveling"
Published 04/03/16
Welcome back to the show everyone. Today I’m talking to the brains and mastermind behind KoHub – the tropical coworking space in Koh Lanta – James Abbot. James was a digital nomad before there was even a name for it. He used to divide his time between programming remotely using his collection of 3G sim … Continue reading "James Abbot: From Living on a Boat to Building a Coworking Space"
Published 03/31/16
Marcus Meurer and I have businesses that don’t involve location requirements. That empowers us and people like us to live in a new city every 1-3 months. It’s great for individual freedom, but what about community? Marcus Meurer is the mind behind a lot of companies. He is now focused on the problem of community for the digital nomads. He … Continue reading "Marcus Meurer: Building a Better World for Digital Nomads"
Published 03/24/16
Host of the Travel Like A Boss Podcast. Muay Thai fighter. Scuba diver. Dropshipping entrepreneur. Living the digital nomad dream. Introducing, Johnny FD. “Thailand has a million dollar sunset for the price of a beer.” – Johnny FD (Tweet It) Travel Topics: Leaving the US with $6000 and no plans of staying indefinitely Finding a … Continue reading "Johnny FD: Fighting, Diving, and Dropshipping across Thailand"
Published 10/01/15
A #1 selling American recording artist. Host of the Rebel Creative Podcast. Helping location-independent artistic businesses to thrive. A sonic chameleon. A musical nomad. Introducing, Deane Ogden. “You gotta make the decision to do it. It doesn’t end up being worth it, to wait.” – Deane Ogden (Tweet It) Travel Topics: How the internet disruption … Continue reading "Deane Ogden: Living As A Musical Nomad"
Published 09/24/15