Episodes
Today on the podcast, Mitko is joined by Peter Fabor, the founder and CEO of SurfOffice which facilitates remote working retreats for some of the top remote companies. During this episode, Peter shared how a surf trip to Gran Canaria inspired him to start a coliving and coworking business, why coworking is a terrible way to make money, and we discussed some ideas on what the future of hospitality and workspaces could look like.
Published 03/15/23
Today on the podcast, Mitko is joined by Weh’yee Barkon, a founder and investor, focused on developing the future of work in Africa. Weh’yee has been living in Africa for several years and in that time has used his start-up experience in the US to start multiple businesses, from a strawberry farm to a transportation business all while helping to popularize the African continent as a source of remote work talent and as a destination for digital nomads.
Published 03/09/23
Today on the podcast, Mitko is joined by Isaac, the founder of Overemployed.com. If you haven’t heard of overemployment yet, strap in, because this is wild. Overemployment is the idea of having multiple full-time jobs as a knowledge worker. At the time of this recording, the over-employed subreddit has over 135,000 members that earn top salaries from 2 or more full-time jobs without their employers having any idea.
Published 01/25/23
Today on the podcast, Mitko is joined by Sid Pandiya, the co-founder and CEO of Kona, a burnout prevention platform for remote teams which live in your company’s Slack.
Published 01/20/23
Today on the podcast, Mitko is joined by his friend Jordan Carroll, one of the top remote work recruiters and the author of the new book “Remote For Life: How to Find a Flexible Job & Fast Forward to Freedom”.
Published 01/18/23
Today on the podcast, Mitko is joined by a travel writing legend - Tim Leffel. Tim has been a travel blogger since the early 2000s and is the award-winning author of The World’s Cheapest Destinations, Travel Writing 2.0, and a book on living abroad long term - A Better Life for Half the Price.
Published 12/21/22
Today on the podcast, Mitko is joined by Paul Slater, the cofounder of BillionMinds, a training program that uses behavioral science to help maximize your professional and personal effectiveness as a remote worker.
Published 12/15/22
Today on the podcast, Mitko is joined by Ric Pratte, the founder of AVL Digital Nomads, a group dedicated to promoting Asheville, North Caroline as a digital nomad destination and helping connect nomads and remote workers in Asheville.
Published 12/09/22
Today on the podcast, Mitko is joined by Matthew Grollnek, the Lead in Employability and the Future of Work for the Mastercard Foundation in Africa. His work focuses on exploring ways that future economic trends, new forms of work, and emerging technologies can help young people access dignified and fulfilling work across Africa.
Published 12/07/22
Today on the podcast, Mitko is joined by Alex Harling from DynamiteJobs.com. Alex has been living in Colombia with his wife Lina for the last 2 years and during this episode, the two discussed why Colombia is so attractive for digital nomads if Colombia is a safe place to set up a home base, and what Alex’s top recommendations are for cities to base from why in Colombia. If you’ve been curious about Colombia, this is the digital nomad guide you’ve been waiting for!
Published 11/25/22
Today on the podcast, Mitko is joined by Ken Weary, the COO of HotJar. Since joining HotJar in 2016, he has scaled the remote first culture of the company from a team of 14 to over 350 people distributed across more than 50 countries (and growing). In his role, he oversees the company’s Finance, People, Compliance, and Business Operations divisions.
Published 11/23/22
Today on the podcast I am joined by a favorite guest here on TRL, Goncalo Hall. Goncalo has just returned from Pipa, Brazil where he is in the process of launching the first Digital Nomad Village in Brazil. During this episode we discussed what makes Brazil such an attractive destination for digital nomads, what most people get wrong about traveling in Brazil, and Goncalo also gave us a behind the scenes look at the business of launching nomad villages and what he’s doing to make each village...
Published 11/18/22
Today on the podcast, Mitko is joined by Taylor Jacobson, the founder, and CEO of FocusMate - a virtual coworking community with a mission to help everyone do their best work. FocusMate connects thousands of people across 193 countries worldwide to sit side-by-side, via video, to keep each other company, cheer each other on, and hold one another accountable while working remotely.
Published 11/16/22
Today on the podcast, Mitko is joined by Vance from My Latin Life, a site dedicated to helping you travel and live in Latin America since 2014. Vance and Mitko took a deep dive into why you should consider visiting or setting up a home base in Latin America.
Published 11/11/22
Today on the podcast, Mitko is joined by Raimee Iacofano, or as you may know on social media Raimee Travels. Raimee has been working remotely for the past 6 years in roles related to the content, social media marketing, writing, and video production. She has worked for the hugely popular blog NomadicMatt, helped create the My Travel Journal with Matt Kepnes himself, and currently works as the Head of Content for Onomy where she helps empower young adults with the important information they...
Published 11/09/22
Today on the podcast, Mitko is joined by return guest Dan Andrews, the co-host of the Tropical MBA Podcast and the co-founder of Dynamite Circle and Dynamite Jobs.
Published 11/04/22
Today on the podcast Mitko is joined by Iwo Szapar, the founder and CEO of Remote-How the world's leading marketplace for remote & hybrid work experts, and Co-founder of the Remote-First Institute.
Published 11/02/22
Today on the podcast Mitko is joined by Kaleem Clarkson, the COO of BlendMe Inc, a remote people operations consultancy that helps startups and small businesses transform into high-functioning remote or hybrid workplaces.
Published 10/26/22
Today on the podcast Mitko is joined by Sarah Hawley, the founder, and CEO of Growmotely which connects culture-first companies and professionals from all over the world to do great things. Sarah is also the author of Conscious Leadership.
Published 10/19/22
Today on the podcast Mitko is joined by Cassie Holmes, a professor at UCLA’s Anderson School of Management where she focused her research on the most important topic of all - happiness.
Published 10/12/22
Today on the podcast Mitko is joined by Jon Hillis, the founder of Cabin City, one of the first decentralized cities in existence. They discuss what it actually means to be a decentralized city, the overlap of remote work and Web3, and why over the next 20 years we will see a dramatic shift in the way we live.
Published 10/05/22
This is an outtake from my weekly newsletter Remote Insider where I share the top news in remote work and the digital nomad movement so you're never the last person in your friend group so you never have to feel like you’ve been living under a rock. It's completely free and has been called "mandatory reading" by other subscribers. To get the full scoop you can subscribe at thatremotelife.com/remoteinsider
Published 10/03/22
Today on the podcast Mitko is joined by Crosby Melendi, a freelancer, entrepreneur, and content creator who routinely shares tips about working remotely and what it’s like to live as a full-time digital nomad.
Published 09/28/22
This is an outtake from my weekly newsletter Remote Insider where I share the top news in remote work and the digital nomad movement so you're never the last person in your friend group so you never have to feel like you’ve been living under a rock. It's completely free and has been called "mandatory reading" by other subscribers. To get the full scoop you can subscribe at thatremotelife.com/remoteinsider
Published 09/26/22