WanderLearn: Travel to Transform Your Mind & Life
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Take a profound and distant journey. Call it Deep Travel, Immersive Travel, Slow Travel, or Vagabonding. Francis Tapon guides you to the intersection of travel, technology, and transformation. The podcast will compel you to go beyond your comfort zone. Occasionally, you'll also delve into the misunderstood world of cryptocurrencies.
WanderLearn: Travel to Transform Your Mind & Life
6d ago
It's April 19, 2024: Bitcoin's 4th Halving is happening today! The block reward, doled out every 10 minutes, will drop from 6.25 to 3.125 BTC.
That translates into an inflation rate of only 0.85%, far less than gold or any other currency.
From now until 2140, the inflation rate will slowly decrease to zero.
This explains why Bitcoin has appreciated against inflating currencies over several years —and that it will continue since governments will always recklessly print money.
Watch the YouTube Video to See the Charts
It's easier to follow along.
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WanderLearn: Travel to Transform Your Mind & Life
1w ago
Glen Van Peski is a civil engineer who used his skills to engineer the lightest backpacking gear in the Solar System. Glen is the founder of Gossamer Gear.
Today, Glen releases his new book, Take Less, Do More: Surprising Life Lessons in Generosity, Gratitude, and Curiosity from an Ultralight Backpacker.
Sign up for his Virtual Launch Party on April 16, 2024.
In this interview series, Glen shares snippets of his book. The final episode is a flashback episode of Glen and Francis recording themselves chatting while hiking up San Francisco's historic Sweeney Ridge.
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WanderLearn: Travel to Transform Your Mind & Life
1w ago
Michael Zervos shares the countries he worries he may be unable to visit.
He also says what he will do if he runs out of time.
As of April 12, he's 20% done with his quest. He wrote to me, "I am going to be in Zambia the next two nights and then in Malawi with the night bus the next day after from Harare (in theory)."
You can watch this 3-min interview on YouTube.
Glen Van Peski has a new book!
Sign up for Glen Van Peski's free book launch virtual party on Tuesday April 16, 2024 3:00 pm EDT.
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WanderLearn: Travel to Transform Your Mind & Life
2w ago
Michael Zervos's attempt to set a speed record to travel to every country began with a stumble in Russia.
Watch the interview on YouTube!
Check out all my interviews with Michael.
On 4/4/24, he wrote to me: "Maputo has a lot of bribing but I never felt in danger. It was just pathetic at a point. The cops not even bothering to make infractions up sometimes. They just walked away with our documents. There were some more serious issues in DRC but I’ll have to tell you about them at a later time."
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WanderLearn: Travel to Transform Your Mind & Life
3w ago
Michael Zervos is trying to visit every country faster than anyone else while recounting the happiest moments in people's lives. In this interview series, we talk about his Project Kosmos.
Periodically throughout 2024 and 2025, I will interview Michael Zervos about his 1.5-year quest to travel to all the nations in the world faster than anyone else!
#1 Who is Michael Zervos & what is Project Kosmos?
Michael Zervos explains Project Kosmos and why he's trying to be the fastest person to travel to every country.
Watch this interview on YouTube
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WanderLearn: Travel to Transform Your Mind & Life
1M ago
Xavier Garneau shares why he walked 10% of the journey.
He also explains why he drank the local water and didn't take malaria pills.
He also has advice for those who want to follow in his footsteps.
Watch the 4th and final episode on YouTube!
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WanderLearn: Travel to Transform Your Mind & Life
1M ago
Many travelers brag that they are "adventurous" because they bag a famous peak, visit Vietnam, or eat escargot. Although I celebrate anyone who pushes their travel limits, let's calibrate our definition of adventurous.
My definition of an adventurous traveler is Francois Xavier Paradis-Garneau.
He's a 23-year-old intrepid Canadian who got the BBC's attention when he became the first Western tourist to do the ring road around Afghanistan after the Taliban took over.
In 2022, he upped the ante with an even more ambitious trip: a 3-month traverse of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DR ..read more
WanderLearn: Travel to Transform Your Mind & Life
2M ago
Brad Graff & Sam Sliman share advice on the Drakensberg Traverse in South Africa.
We discuss some worthy backpacking trips for 2024 and beyond.
00:00 Drakensberg Traverse Advice
06:40 Candidates for the next trek
The Most Extreme Backpacking, the Julian Alps in Slovenia More info
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WanderLearn: Travel to Transform Your Mind & Life
2M ago
Brad Graff & Sam Sliman return to the WanderLearn Show to report how their 5-day adventure on South Africa's Drakensberg Traverse went.
The short answer: it was a wet, sloppy, cold mess!
Watch the Video to get the long answer!
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You can post comments, ask questions, and sign up for my newsletter at http://wanderlearn.com.
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WanderLearn: Travel to Transform Your Mind & Life
2M ago
Gary Arndt explains why the Lightning Network may not be the panacea to Bitcoin's throughput issue.
Watch this interview on YouTube!
Gary Arndt is the host of the fabulous Everything Everywhere Daily Podcast.
Listen to my previous episodes with Gary Arndt:
How to Become an A-List Travel Blogger
Living Among the Riots in Minneapolis
Random Facts About Everything That Take You Everywhere
Riots in Minneapolis
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