The Travelers Art

In this Travelers Art Coffee we answer an email about Social Media and the impacts on our lives and the places we love and cherish. How can we connect and share without ruining the very place we love so much? We will dive deep into what social media does and a way out from the time suck and damage that this social economy does to our travel experiences.Intro: :13 Email: 4:24Email Answer: 6:35 Closing Comments: 15:03Sharing is Caring: Please share this podcast with your friends & fellow travelers.Links:Music: Extreme Way, MobyCal Newport - TED TalkInterview with Lewis HowesThe Book Digital MinimalismInterview on Rich Roll PodcastTriston Harris - Joe Rogan - Interview - Social DilemmaJohann Hari - TED TalkDr Ramani the leading expert on Narcissism

Listening - Lessons from the vanIt's funny to consider that something as seemingly passive as registering sounds in sequence might require work, but it does. When we truly engage other people, we begin the process of connection-based discourse that could become the gateway to incredible opportunities and experiences that will ultimately transcend any guidebook or travel blog.In this travel podcast we explore the experience of remote travel in central Baja Mexico while traveling in a 1978 VW camper van. Listening is the soil by which the seed of friendship is sown. Intro: 00:21Story: 02:15 Closing Comments: 30:05Sharing is Caring: Please share this podcast with your friends & fellow travelers.Follow Us on InstagramBy: Don Mirra

Hello, I am back. It's been a long time since I posted a travel podcast. Life has a way at times to steal us from our passions, dreams and purpose. Please forgive my absence. This podcast is recorded on the road, from a location that prior to me going, I had no idea even existed. I am glad you are joining me for this short “Dispatch”.Intro:15A Reading: 2:20Perspectives: 6:08Disconnection: 7:56Closing Comments: 11:31Links: Carl SaganSharing is Caring: Please share this podcast with your friends & fellow travelers.Follow Us on Instagram By: Don Mirra Where to Listen: Podplay - Spotify - Amazon - Google Podcast

Can you stay in a nice posh hotel and still have an authentic travel experience? In this travel podcast we sit back with a good cup of coffee and talk about the problems and answers to staying in nice hotels while traveling and share some insights and perspectives on travel accommodations. I wanted to thank everyone for listening and subscribing to the podcast, you don’t have to listen, but you do, and I thank you. Email: 37 Answer: 1:07 Closing Comments: 6:35 Sharing is Caring: Please share this podcast with your friends & fellow travelers. Follow Us on Instagram Music: Buckwheat Zydeco, Jambalaya FrenchBy: Don Mirra Where to Listen: Podplay - Spotify - Amazon - Google Podcast

Travel and photography, they almost go hand in hand, for some of us it's the reason we travel. In this travel podcast we answer an email on travel photography. We cover topics on gear, when to photograph, what to photograph, how to photograph, philosophy of photography, black and white or color and a few tips and tricks. Photography is an art form that commands as little or as much of us as we are willing to share and dedicate to the craft. Intro: :39 Email: 2:31 Answer: 3:10 Closing Comments: 23:50Links: Don MIrra ReportageSharing is Caring: Please share this podcast with your friends & fellow travelers. Follow Us on Instagram Music: Duran Duran Girls on FilmBy: Don Mirra Where to Listen: Podplay - Spotify - Amazon - Google Podcast

In a world that keeps moving faster and faster we must find an antidote to the loss of our attention. In this travel podcast we come to grips with the effects of over planning a travel project. Even the seasoned travel can succumb to the fear of missing out and trying to cram to much into to little. Its a humbling story but a valuable one, be them the budding novice or seasoned veteran.Secret Spots: :28 Intro: 3:52 Story: 5:41 Closing Comments: 12:30Links: Simone WeilSharing is Caring: Please share this podcast with your friends & fellow travelers. Follow Us on Instagram By: Don Mirra Where to Listen: Podplay - Spotify - Amazon - Google Podcast

In a world fuel by instant hits of dopamine rewarded distractions, hijacking our lives, we have lost the ability to truly see, to feel, to remember. In this travel podcast we move through time, weaving events and experiences into a complex paradigm, transforming our world view and how to view the world. Warning this podcast might change the way you see the world as you travel and when you are back home. Intro: :39Story: 5:05A New Moment: 17:43Closing Comments: 20:20 Sharing is Caring: Please share this podcast with your friends & fellow travelers. Follow Us on Instagram Music: Cymande - DoveBy: Don Mirra Where to Listen: Podplay - Spotify - Amazon - Google Podcast

You have kids, a demanding career and want to travel. Is it possible to have a deeper authentic experience with just two weeks off? In this travel podcast we address the demands of domestic life and how to get the most out of your travel experience when you have limited time and a demanding life. It comes down to our approach and writing few things down. Intro: 1:08Email: 5:11Meditation: 17:17Closing: 19:25Sharing is Caring: Please share this podcast with your friends & fellow travelers. Follow Us on Instagram By: Don Mirra Where to Listen: Podplay - Spotify - Amazon - Google Podcast

We have a great update on whats going on with the Youtube Channel which many will be happy to hear. Have you ever found yourself stressed and in some cases scared, but you take a moment to think, smile and handle it? In this travel podcast we take a journey that will be boarding on surreal for many listeners. This was a wonderful story to relive and tell. I know you are going to like it. YouTube Update: 2:04Story: 3:00Closing Comments: 13:34Links: The Khyber PassSharing is Caring: Please share this podcast with your friends & fellow travelers.Music: Afghan Rubâb by Humayun Sakhi Follow Us on InstagramBy: Don MirraWhere to Listen: Podplay - Spotify - Amazon - Google Podcast

Returning from travel, be it a long or short trip can be difficult and at times ostracizing. In this travel podcast we answer an email about coming home after traveling and how to limit the problems and keep our integrity intact after life changing or sculpting experiences. To be transparent this email answer was recorded a while ago and I thought I lost it but found it on an external drive. So you will hear a difference in sound quality. Intro: :47Email: 2:10Closing: 8:31Music: Dave Brubeck - Take FiveSharing is Caring: Please share this podcast with your friends & fellow travelers. Follow Us on Instagram By: Don Mirra Where to Listen: Podplay - Spotify - Amazon - Google Podcast

In this short travel podcast I share my intentions of having a podcast about the philosophical aspect of travel. This episode was inspired by a number of emails that were asking why I was doing the podcast and what is so important to have a philosophical approach to travel.Links Wade Davis BioWade Davis TED TalkSharing is Caring: Please share this podcast with your friends & fellow travelers. Follow Us on Instagram By: Don Mirra Where to Listen: Podplay - Spotify - Amazon - Google Podcast

What happens when you want to travel and your partner doesn’t? What do you do to address this issue? You love them but you crave to travel. Do you just walk away and say goodbye to them? In this travel podcast we will have a chat about this very topic. For full transparency I recorded the email and answer before I did the introduction. I actually though I lost this file and found it hidden on an external hard drive. If you plan on any kind of travel be it domestic travel or international travel this podcast will give you tangible skills to avoid a relationship failure due to traveling.Intro: 2:03Email: 3:37Answer: 4:19Closing Comments: 10:19Sharing is Caring: Please share this podcast with your friends & fellow travelers.Follow Us on InstagramMusic: Dave Brubeck - Take FiveBy: Don MirraWhere to Listen: Podplay - Spotify - Amazon - Google Podcast

In this travel podcast we learn how important it is to travel light and keep our travel items down to the essentials. Together we cross a country border at night without proper paperwork, meet fleeing refugees. We encounter armed thugs and all the while trying to not implode from the stress and thankful that we remember that light is right.Intro: 1:29The Youtube Saga: 2:00Travel Style: 2:23The Story: 4:19Closing Comments: 19:37Sharing is Caring: Please share this podcast with your friends & fellow travelers.Follow Us on InstagramMusic: Ashes To Ashes, Hans ZimmerBy: Don MirraWhere to Listen: Podplay - Spotify - Amazon - Google Podcast

Should you take a Spiritual Travel vacation, yoga retreat, or something similar? In this travel podcast we get an update on whats going on with The Travelers Art Youtube channel. We read an email about someone that wants to take a spiritual travel vacation to heal from a bad relationship. Its good question and it deserves a well thought out and considered answer. We will learn about Spiritual Bypass what Retreat means and learn about a common problem in spiritual travel which is spiritual materialism.Intro: 1:17Email: 4:24Spiritual Bypass: 6:08Retreat: 7:32Spiritual Materialism: 10:49Can You Do A Spiritual Trip: 12:52Closing Comments: 14:39Links:Spiritual Bypass - Spiritual Materialsim - JP SearsSharing is Caring: Please share this podcast with your friends & fellow travelers.Follow Us on InstagramBy: Don MirraWhere to Listen: Podplay - Spotify - Amazon - Google Podcast

In this travel podcast we take a journey to the mountains of El Salvador where in the company of farmers we enjoy the power of simple pleasures, the art of paying attention, the power of the subtle but significant, and why the magic in the world is right before your eyes, you just have to look up.Intro: 2:41The Story: 5:04Dinner 13:13Missed Moments: 14:08Closing Comments: 15:38Sharing is Caring: Please share this podcast with your friends & fellow travelers.Follow Us on InstagramMusic: Bamboléo, Gipsy KingsBy: Don MirraWhere to Listen: Podplay - Spotify - Amazon - Google Podcast

In this short yet vital podcast we reflect on loss, values, and life. I encourage everyone to take a moment to listen to this travel podcast and reflect on what it means to them.Intro: 1:08The Story: 1:36It’s Never To Soon: 4:24The Question: 7:06Closing Comments: 7:39Sharing is Caring: Please share this podcast with your friends & fellow travelers.Follow Us on InstagramMusic: Bitter Sweet Symphony, The VerveBy: Don MirraWhere to Listen: Podplay - Spotify - Amazon - Google Podcast

In this Travelers Art Coffee we the share some important news for The Travelers Art Podcast that I think will please everyone. Everyone is talking about the New Normal. In this podcast well look into what Normal means and the power of the New Normal when we travel.News: :36 SecondsNormal & New Normal: 1:22Closing Comments: 11:44Links:WordBook - AppleSharing is Caring: Please share this podcast with your friends & fellow travelers.Follow Us on InstagramBy: Don MirraWhere to Listen: Podplay - Spotify - Amazon - Google Podcast

Episode 3, part two. We continue to explore the idea of "Assume it’s the last trip you’ll ever take". In part one we took a trip to South East Asia and missed out on an amazing adventure that ended up haunting us decades later. This episode finds us correcting our mistake from the past travel experience and getting a once in a life time experience while stuck in Bali Indonesia during the COVID-19 lockdown.Sharing is Caring: Please share this podcast with your friends & fellow travelers.Follow us on InstagramMusic: Dont Change by INXSBy: Don MirraWhere to Listen: Podplay - Spotify - Amazon - Google Podcast

In this TAC we get our first voice memo, have a deep chat about coffee, answer an email about going on the first trip and a short rant on bucket lists. All of this an more in this travel podcast.Sharing is Caring: Please share this podcast with your friends & fellow travelers.By: Don MirraMusic: Dave Brubeck - Take FiveWhere to Listen: Podplay - Spotify - Amazon - Google Podcast

Part one of a two part episode. In this travel podcast we take a trip to a distant far off land, befriend a painter, run across a cobra, have milk tea and discover a key lesson about travel and making choices.Sharing is Caring: Please share this podcast with your friends & fellow travelers.Follow us on InstagramBy: Don MirraWhere to Listen: Podplay - Spotify - Amazon - Google Podcast

Our second TAC. In this travel podcast we respond to an email on the topic of the the Traveler and the Tourist. We update on Episode 3. New ways to connect with the podcast. We also dive into Travel Romance and Sex while you are traveling.Sharing is Caring: Please share this podcast with your friends & fellow travelers.Follow us on InstagramBy: Don MirraMusic: Dave Brubeck - Take FiveWhere to Listen: Podplay - Spotify - Amazon - Google Podcast

The first Travelers Art Coffee. Join us for a open forum discussion about the art and philosophy of travel. In this first show “Am I a Traveler or Tourist”?Sharing is Caring: Please share this podcast with your friends & fellow travelers.Follow us on InstagramBy: Don MirraWhere to Listen: Podplay - Spotify - Amazon - Google Podcast

The term a good day to die is born from the idea that if we prepare for the end of our lives we live a more full life. But we can take that point of view and apply it to many aspects of our lives. In this short story we take a journey and discover how important it is to have things sorted out and taken care of back home before we leave for a trip. In so doing we prevent or our trip from being hijacked by events back home.Sharing is Caring: Please share this podcast with your friends & fellow travelers.Follow us on InstagramBy: Don MirraWhere to Listen: Podplay - Spotify - Amazon - Google Podcast

Join us for this episode as we take two trips that help us understand the idea that our travels begin before we leave home. On of these stories has never been told before. If you feel these stories have value then hit that subscription button (by the way, there is not cost to subscribe to a podcast). I would love to hear your thoughts on this podcast, visit www.thetravelersart.com and send me a message.Sharing is Caring: Please share this podcast with your friends & fellow travelers.Follow us on InstagramBy: Don MirraMusic Notes:The Red Army Choir sings the Soviet NationalJimi Hendrix ‘Hear My Train A Comin' (Acoustic)Jimi Hendrix 'Voodoo Child' (Slight Return)Where to Listen: Podplay - Spotify - Amazon - Google Podcast

Welcome to The Travelers Art podcast. In this series we will explore and discover the stories and experiences that inspired the book The Travelers Art. If you are new to travel or a seasoned veteran there will be something for everyone in this series. The podcast has numbered episodes but they are not tied together, so feel free to can skip around as you see fit. So grab your bag, get in the van and wake up the traveling artist within all of us.Let’s Go!