Episodes
In this episode, we pick up where we left off last week. Greg is 1,000 miles from the coast to complete his journey across the continent of Africa. His last ride ends up being perhaps the worst one yet and he enters a Zen-like state to get through it....
Published 02/16/21
We pick up where we left off on Greg’s epic journey across the continent of Africa. On this week’s episode, Greg discusses his time in the Central African Republic. He makes his way from Zongo to Bangui across the Ubgangi River (after having to bribe to...
Published 02/09/21
Greg continues sharing his stories from his epic adventure across Africa. On this episode, he’s just left Bumba after recovering from malaria. He stays at a Hotel Californiaesque place in Lisala where he hears a knock on the door only to be surprised by...
Published 02/02/21
This is the second part of our back-to-back episodes with André Ripa. You can learn more about his transformative work at Spirit Musique, where he merges music and powerful imagery with today’s most compelling technologies. Spirit Healing Arts is his...
Published 01/23/21
André Ripa is our guest on back-to-back episodes. His work with Spirit Musique promotes human transformation through the creation of immersive entertainment experiences that merge uplifting music and powerful imagery with today’s most compelling...
Published 01/22/21
Greg Traverso vividly describes his encounters with the military in Zaire.  From an intense moment out of nowhere when machine guns are drawn, to a little bent nail serving as the lock on the door of his shack inside a remote military outpost, to an...
Published 01/14/21
On this week's episode, Greg shares the story of how he and his wife Susan traveled together on their epic overland adventure from Kenya to Zaire through all kinds of hurdles and hoops to see the endangered mountain gorillas.  To get there and back they...
Published 01/08/21
Sam Richardson wakes up excited about life everyday with a sense of adventure and wonder. Whether it's climbing Kilimanjaro or up the side of a volcano in search of Mountain Gorillas in Rwanda, studying in Ghana, or hiking or biking around his home in...
Published 12/31/20
In this episode, Bob Spoerl interviews his co-host Greg Traverso about Greg’s epic expedition across the continent of Africa. Hitchhiking, traveling by matatu, boat, foot, and canoe, Greg makes his way across the breath of Africa from the Indian Ocean...
Published 12/24/20
On this week's episode, Greg and Bob are joined by Abby Guthmann. Abby is a Ph D. student at the University of Minnesota and a member of the Lion Center Team under Dr. Craig Parker. Abby discusses the fascinating conservation work she does near the...
Published 12/17/20
On this week’s episode, Greg and Bob are joined by David and Ronah Saunders who lead the Red Rhino Outreach Project in Kenya. The two met in Kenya and have been a transformational travel duo ever since. They discuss the role travel plays in their life...
Published 12/10/20
Join us for the very first installment of Metamo, a podcast about adventure and transformational travel. Metamo provides modern explorers with a more fulfilling way to travel. In this episode, Greg Traverso, founder of Metamo, shares the story about how...
Published 12/03/20
Welcome to Metamo, a podcast where we explore with you and our guests travel topics that push the boundaries in celebration of the human experience. Co-hosts Greg Traverso -- who has spent more than 20 years organizing African adventures from...
Published 11/25/20