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The Radio Vagabond
354 EXTRAORDINARY TRAVEL Randy Williams' Unique Journey

The Radio Vagabond

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 24, 2025 54:18


Join me in this episode of The Radio Vagabond as I chat with Randy Williams, aka R Dub, aka The Sultan of Slowjamastan. We talk about his legendary radio career, his adventures traveling to all 193 countries, and his quirky micronation, Slowjamastan. Plus, get inspired by Randy's advice for aspiring travellers.

GreenPill
Season 7. Ep. - 7 - Reimagining Nations: Vit Jedlička Talks Liberland & The Power Of DAOs

GreenPill

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 2, 2025 41:47


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The Mo'Kelly Show
Hour 2 | Dating Profiles & New Laws

The Mo'Kelly Show

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 2, 2025 37:09 Transcription Available


Chris Merrill is sitting in the host-chair for Mo'Kelly, and is talking about the LA Times curated “California Bucket List,” featuring unique experiences for each month of the year. And Chris's recommendation for your New Year's resolution. And Foosh on his dating app experience.// Foosh's dating profile. And as users seek alternatives to X (formerly Twitter), Bluesky and Threads offer distinct visions for text-based platforms.// California ‘micronation' offering reward after fathers, children allegedly burglarize, vandalize, property. / LA Law – The Law Makers, Law Breakers, and the times that there ought to be a law... CHP stopped a Rollis Royce and what they found inside was unexpected, to say the least.//  California lawmakers passed roughly 1,200 bills last year, including some that resulted in unforeseeable wins by Republicans, promising protections for consumers and small strides for those in the entertainment industry. And California raises the dollar limit for home projects the do not require licensed contractors.  

The Maverick Show with Matt Bowles
307: Watching Buzkashi in Afghanistan, Visiting Micronations, and How Not to Take the Iron Ore Train in Mauritania with Ric Gazarian

The Maverick Show with Matt Bowles

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 21, 2024 60:52


Hear Ric's stories from Afghanistan, Burundi, Chad, Eretria, Mauritania, Papua New Guinea, Abkhazia and Transnistria.  ____________________________________ Subscribe to The Maverick Show's Monday Minute Newsletter where I email you 3 short items of value to start each week that you can consume in 60 seconds (all personal recommendations like the latest travel gear I'm using, my favorite destinations, discounts for special events, etc.). Follow The Maverick Show on Instagram ____________________________________ In Part 2 of this interview, Ric Gazarian talks about his decision to pursue the goal of traveling to all 193 U.N. recognized countries. He shares stories of watching the sport of Buzkashi in Afghanistan, getting a private performance by the Royal Drummers of Burundi, and attending the Gerewol Festival in Chad. Ric talks about two very different train experiences in Eretria and Mauritania, describes his overnight tour of the Chernobyl Exclusion Zone, and explains why one of his most unique trips was to Papua New Guinea. He then discusses the contested definition of what constitutes a country, explains what a micronation is, and shares his experiences visiting Transnistria, Abkhazia, and the Principality of Sealand. Ric then talks about his “Counting Countries” podcast and his biennial conference “The Extraordinary Travel Festival”. Finally, he talks about how he designs culturally immersive travel experiences, how his perception of travel has changed over the years, how all of this travel has impacted him, and what travel means to him today. FULL SHOW NOTES WITH DIRECT LINKS TO EVERYTHING DISCUSSED ARE AVAILABLE HERE.  ____________________________________ See my Top 10 Apps For Digital Nomads See my Top 10 Books For Digital Nomads See my 7 Keys For Building A Remote Business (Even in a space that's not traditionally virtual) Watch my Video Training on Stylish Minimalist Packing so you can join #TeamCarryOn  See the Travel Gear I Use and Recommend See How I Produce The Maverick Show Podcast (The equipment, services & vendors I use) ____________________________________ ENJOYING THE SHOW? Please Leave a Rating and Review. It really helps the show and I read each one personally.  You Can Buy Me a Coffee. Espressos help me produce significantly better podcast episodes! :)

Get Rich Education
512: Rent Control is a Bad Plan, Own Land in a New Micronation with Liberland President Vit Jedlicka

Get Rich Education

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 29, 2024 46:08


Wealthy business owners and landlords are vilified. Yet, wealthy actors, athletes, and singers are praised. This makes zero sense. Businesses and landlords provide essential services; entertainers don't. The White House recently published a “rent control light” plan. It's a bad idea and has almost zero chance of passing a divided Congress. I critique it. Hear my in-person sit-down interview the Liberland President, Vit Jedlicka. Liberland is a micronation in Eastern Europe, between Serbia and Croatia. It calls itself: “The freest sovereign state in the world, powered by the blockchain.” Learn about Liberland's: reason for existing, population, infrastructure, real estate, currency, geography, language, culture, problems, and more. You can purchase merits and become a citizen at Liberland.org. Resources mentioned: Learn more about the freest nation in the world, Liberland: Liberland.org For access to properties or free help with a GRE Investment Coach, start here: GREmarketplace.com Get mortgage loans for investment property: RidgeLendingGroup.com or call 855-74-RIDGE  or e-mail: info@RidgeLendingGroup.com Invest with Freedom Family Investments.  You get paid first: Text FAMILY to 66866 For advertising inquiries, visit: GetRichEducation.com/ad Will you please leave a review for the show? I'd be grateful. Search “how to leave an Apple Podcasts review”  GRE Free Investment Coaching: GREmarketplace.com/Coach Best Financial Education: GetRichEducation.com Get our wealth-building newsletter free— text ‘GRE' to 66866 Our YouTube Channel: www.youtube.com/c/GetRichEducation Follow us on Instagram: @getricheducation   Complete episode transcript:   Keith Weinhold 00:00:01  Welcome to GRE. I'm your host, Keith Weinhold. Why do people vilify wealthy business owners and landlords but praise wealthy actors and athletes? Rent control plans must be killed where the real opportunity is in today's real estate market. Then my in-person sit down interview with the president of the micro nation of Levelland today and get rich education.   Robert Syslo 00:00:27  Since 2014, the powerful Get Rich education podcast has created more passive income for people than nearly any other show in the world. This show teaches you how to earn strong returns from passive real estate, investing in the best markets without losing your time being a flipper or landlord. Show host Keith Reinhold writes for both Forbes and Rich Dad Advisors, and delivers a new show every week. Since 2014, there's been millions of listeners downloads and 188 world nations. He has A-list show guests include top selling personal finance author Robert Kiyosaki. Get Rich education can be heard on every podcast platform, plus has had its own dedicated Apple and Android listener. Phone apps build wealth on the go with the get Rich education podcast.   Robert Syslo 00:01:05  Sign up now for the get Rich education podcast or visit get Rich education.com.   Corey Coates 00:01:13  You're listening to the show that has created more financial freedom than nearly any show in the world. This is get rich education.   Keith Weinhold 00:01:29  Welcome to Greece. From Dubrovnik, Croatia, to Dublin, Ohio, and across 188 nations worldwide. I'm Keith Weinhold than you are inside episode 512 of get Rich education. You can set up your life so that you stop using your time to make money. Use the bank's money to make money. People come from scarcity families, just like I did with a scarcity mindset to think all debt is bad. Hang off debt won't make you wealthy. You don't build wealth. So by the time you reach age 62, you think, hey, I just paid off my last debt and now I can retire. It doesn't work that way. Well, why couldn't you retire sooner? Sheesh. So what do people mistakenly do? They end up working their whole life for people that have debt. Successful business owners and real estate investors carry debt.   Keith Weinhold 00:02:29  That's how they can own so much productivity and so many assets. And you know what's interesting here? Business owners and real estate moguls, they're the ones that often seem to be vilified, criticized, ridiculed for obtaining wealth when they took risks, took out loans and provided jobs or housing for others, yet Yet at the same time, somehow actors, athletes and singers are all praised for obtaining wealth as a performing artist. That makes zero sense. Why would you criticize a successful business owner like Amazon founder Jeff Bezos? Bezos probably made your life distinctly better by offering you convenient shopping for anything. Protein bars with a few clicks, free shipping, and pioneering drone delivery. A landlord is often vilified. Most landlords are mom and pop types that aren't even that wealthy. But even if they were, as long as they're not a slumlord, I mean, they took on risk debt, operating expenses, and being on call 24 over seven in order to provide others with housing. So with Bezos types and landlords, we're talking about taking risk to provide society with essentials like food and housing.   Keith Weinhold 00:03:58  And while the business owners get vilified baselessly performing artists like actors, athletes and singers do not. Yet they merely provide entertainment to society. Now I like entertainment and I follow sports to the NFL. Major League Baseball, the NBA. But their services are not essential. Take a movie actor. They get paid well for pretending to be somebody else. Consider how absurd that sounds. And yet they're praised for obtaining wealth from doing that. So this is really backwards. And, you know, I think that a lot of this resentment for business owners is that you can't really see what they do for you. Like, you can a performer that's on the front stage, like Beyonce or Lizzo or Taylor Swift, Business owners, real estate investors, they're on the back stage. And what an entertainer does front stage that is highly visible. I mean, that's my best guess about why this is. And a lot of the time it just comes back to these primordial human emotions like resentment and jealousy and envy. There is no reason to criticize the rich just solely for being wealthy Because deep down, it's all where we want to be.   Keith Weinhold 00:05:21  Anyway, how is Bezos bad and Lizzo good? I don't get it, but it's been that way for a while now. When you look at surveys of institutions that are most trusted over time, and it's been pretty much the same these past few decades, what's at the top of the polls are small businesses. People say that they're trusting of small businesses in your rental property. Business surely counts here. Small businesses trusted more than institutions like the media or politicians. So I encourage you on social media and wherever else to support small businesses. And it's kind of funny how friends they often might not put a like on your small business, though they say that they trust them and that they resent large businesses, you know? Then that friend turns right around and supports Apple, Coca-Cola, and Starbucks. people say they trust small business, but so often then they go patronize large businesses. Nothing wrong with patronizing large businesses, but you're just not doing what you're saying. So my point is, don't resent anyone just for financial success and consider outwardly supporting small businesses.   Keith Weinhold 00:06:40  If you indeed put a lot of trust in them yourself, just like much of America says that they do. Now, is there a movement afoot to disenfranchise big wealthy business owners or big landlords. I mean, we're talking about these very people that are resented. Well, one way is with rent control, that is capping the amount of rent that landlords can charge. Now, since Covid hit in March of 2020. Apartment rents are up 18% and single family rents are up 25%. Okay. Those are cumulative figures over this four plus year stretch. And that's actually not that much. It's about 5% a year. And now sure, political news has been like galactic big this month with the Trump shooting and the Biden drop out and the Kamala Harris endorsement as a Democratic frontrunner. And we rarely talk politics here for a few reasons. Number one, it's divisive. People lose their minds. Secondly, speculation is cheap. So much of politics is speculating on what might happen in the future. Well, there's one known here.   Keith Weinhold 00:08:01  Whether you like it or not, expect six more months of President Biden. And thirdly, politics is overblown. Its importance is inflated. A president rarely changes your life. But the good news in this is that you can your autonomy, your freedom, your decisions. You can change your life. So to put the politics aside, let's stick to a one issue subject. The white House revealed published what I call a rent control lite plan earlier this month. And to give some credit first, this the same plan it also repurposes publicly and to build more affordable housing. I sent you a link to the whole thing in our newsletter last week. Well, this rent control lite thing has almost zero chance of becoming law. VP Kamala Harris endorsed it on ex. President Trump would kill it even if it's revived under the next president. It has no realistic shot of passing a divided Congress. But let's look at this anyway. What was proposed is that if a property owner increases rent more than 5% annually, it would reduce tax incentives for large landlords.   Keith Weinhold 00:09:23  I'll tell you what large landlords are in a moment. Now, you could still increase rent by more than 5%. It would just reduce the federal tax breaks and it would have lasted for only two years. And the reason the white House put this proposal together for just two years is as a bridge to a time when more homes are expected to be built. I mean, that's the real intent here. And importantly, this all would have only applied to owners of 50 plus units. So that's mostly for apartment owners. Single family rental owners would be largely untouched, but consider how apartment owners could have lost their accelerated depreciation benefit, also known as their cost segregation. And note that I'm already talking about this rent control light proposal in the past tense, not the present tense, because this whole thing, it's just a bunch of virtue signaling to try to show that something is being done to rein in housing inflation. Well, this is really odd and awkward since the inflation came from the government in the first place.   Keith Weinhold 00:10:30  I mean, sheesh, this is like shooting someone in the foot and then trying to get praise for bandaging the victim that you just shot. Well, the federal government, they just don't do rent control on this level at all. They haven't. In fact, the feds haven't regulated rents on private buildings since World War two. So this really isn't a thing, but it just brings to light that rent control is a bad idea. It puts a cap on risk. Time after time after time. History shows us that it makes developers stop building. Now, the white House plan did have a carve out for new builds. Also, what this does is that landlords have no incentive to improve property. That's why it reduces housing supply, which is already low, and it creates long term dilapidated living conditions, like I touched on here just a couple episodes ago. But how weird to even make such an ill advised proposal. I mean, look, if government puts a price cap of $2 on a gallon of milk, then dairies will stop producing milk.   Keith Weinhold 00:11:41  Milk shelves are going to be empty. It's like in communist countries. This is why you saw photos of bread lines. When there are price controls, then manufacturers don't produce. And just the same, landlords would stop providing housing. If I didn't put a fine enough point on this yet. President Obama's top economist, Jason Furman. He probably said it best in the Washington Post. Furman says, quote, rent control has been about as disgraced as any economic policy in the toolkit. The idea that we'd be reviving and expanding it will ultimately make our housing supply problems worse, not better. End quote from President Obama's top economist 94% of economists agreed that rent control reduces quality and quantity of housing available. It is the most effective way to destroy a city. Aside from bombing it, what an ill conceived plan to regulate rents. That's rent control, but the most dangerous drinking game of 2024 that is still sipping at every mention of the interest rate lock in effect on a real estate or economics podcast. Though it's been two plus years since they made their dramatic rise.   Keith Weinhold 00:13:05  Many are still transfixed on mortgage rates. They recently hit a five month low below 7%, and a lot of people still expect mortgage rates to fall between today and next year, since inflation has now plunged from a high of 9.1% two years ago, down to 3% now, the Federal Reserve has held rates steady for more than a year now, and most don't expect any change either when they meet in two days. But be ready. Be prepared when mortgage rates fall substantially. Millions more buyers will qualify to buy a home, and this could substantially stoke housing demand and lift housing prices further. Now last week on the show, you heard gray investment coach narration. I discuss Libre land libre, land libre land. Earlier this month, I visited the exhibit hall at an event called FreedomFest. I saw the library and booth and I recognized their name, and I congratulated the people there in the booth. On that, the fact that I have heard of Liberland before, that's somewhat of a compliment to them. It shows me that they're doing something right, liberal, and is a small piece of land between Serbia and Croatia in Eastern Europe, and it apparently hasn't been claimed by any other nation for decades.   Keith Weinhold 00:14:32  The name Liberland, and I think it's easy to remember because it sounds like liberty. So that's how you pronounce it. Well, I got to talking to some of their representatives at the exhibit hall. They're all smart people, but there was no one person that had all the answers I was looking for. So I requested to speak with the president of Liberland. And about two hours later we made that happen. So today, shortly you will hear Liberland President Vit Jedlicka and I together. Now, the United Nations doesn't yet recognize Libya and all. Ask the president if other nations recognize it. Wikipedia calls liberal and a micro nation. It is seven square kilometers. That's almost three square miles. It's mostly forested. I don't believe there are any mountains there that I can see in the photos. It has Danube river frontage and just a few people there. The Danube river frontage is key because it contains an island that belongs to Leon, and also the Danube is key because it also connects to the Black Sea.   Keith Weinhold 00:15:40  And we'll see if it can be a tax free haven, which is apparently the intent. You might be able to see this working when you compare it to micro nations like Monaco and Liechtenstein. Some journalists have been skeptical about libre land. You'll see how I approach it with the president shortly. He champions laissez faire capitalism. Laissez faire means a minimal government. They're also making the new nation's laws transparent on the blockchain and an economy based on cryptocurrency. As for liberalized population, by March of this year, liberalism had 1200 registered citizens who had paid up to $10,000 for labor and passports, but fewer actually living in the nation now, working on it and building it. Neighbouring Croatia has at times been hostile and blocked off access to libre land. These past few years, you will hear some background noise in President Witte and his upcoming interview. So I ask for your attention and patience there and for all. We are in an exhibit hall at a conference. I'll just call him whit in the interview. And what does his day to day look like? He travels globally a lot, often trying to get into international diplomatic and friendship agreements.   Keith Weinhold 00:17:01  But how do you just adopt statehood out of nothing? That's what's interesting here. Now, when he describes libre land to me, you can't see it here in the audio only. But he often points to Liberty Island, an island on the Danube river that's part of Liberty. And does having a free nation mean that you have the freedom to do whatever you want on your land, or they're soon going to be hos there? I'll ask him that very question, literally. President and I coming up here shortly. First, as for more, I suppose, a familiar land here in the US. You can't make any money from the rental property that you don't own. We are here to help get you started being profitable that way. And it's free. Get some of those. Real estate pays five ways properties. Then we have access to a good number of them here at great a good variety, different property types, different geographies. But at times I'm asked where is the real estate opportunity today in this real estate market, with higher prices, higher rents normalize interest rates, higher operating expenses and low housing supply? Really the opportunity is in affordable housing.   Keith Weinhold 00:18:25  If I could just put two words to it. That's the short answer of affordable housing. Like I often say, provide housing that's clean, safe, affordable and functional in today's market really emphasizes the affordable. That's where the sustainable demand is. Since so many want to be first time homebuyers are priced out of the market currently, it's like a dam that's waiting to break once interest rates go lower compared to a year ago, America has a lower proportion of homeowners and more renters, and the renter numbers just look to keep increasing due to that low affordability. And also this surge of immigrants from the past year or so. That is why you want to own affordable rental housing now. Affordable housing really that can mean a few things in a physical form. That could mean mobile home parks, single family homes, duplexes to fourplex or larger apartment buildings, but in any case, an income producing asset. Do you know what that does for you? That's like an employee that's working for you 24 over seven and without the personality problems, and they never call in sick.   Keith Weinhold 00:19:40  And when you're looking for a property, it's easier to screen properties that it is higher in screen employees. We can help set up an entire real estate investment plan for you with properties like a couple properties. I'll detail for you here shortly. And I also sent you these property details in the second section of last week's newsletter. You also got to see a photo of one of them. And by the way, you can get our wealth building newsletter by texting GR 266866. Just do it right now. What's on your mind for our free? Don't quit your daydream letter. Text GR 266866. And what's been in our newsletter lately? I showed you exactly where I think home prices are going to go by the year 2028. I loved writing about that and researching that for you in the Don't quit Your Daydream letter. Also, in recent letters, you got need to know details about our banks in real trouble now. The Wolf of Airbnb sentenced to prison y new homes will keep getting smaller. Why you can't blame investors for pricier housing.   Keith Weinhold 00:20:54  Why prioritizing property is a huge mistake, and the ten cities where you will regret buying property. And if those stories don't interest you, if getting the first crack at profitable income property does not interest you, then you won't want to subscribe. But if it sounds like those details interest you again, you can get the don't quit your day dream letter by texting gray to 266866 available properties we've had at Gray Marketplace lately that our investment coach can help me with are these two brand new single family homes that make great rentals. The first one is in Prairie Grove, Arkansas. These are the places where the numbers work, and Arkansas has been named the most landlord friendly of all 50 states. It is four bed, two bath purchase price of 288 K and a rent of $2,200. Good numbers for a new build there. It's 1500 and 50ft². The second property, also a new build, is in Pinson, Alabama that's just northeast of Birmingham. And this single family rental is three bed, two bath. The purchase price is 303 K, the rent is $2,000, it's 1400 and eight square feet.   Keith Weinhold 00:22:14  And that rent to price ratio that's not as good as the first one in Arkansas. But of course, Alabama's got those ultra low property tax rates that you get to pay. Yet you can own it and reside in any state or nation. We can help set up an entire real estate investment plan for you, whether it's with properties like these or others, with our investment coaching and it is free for you. Yes, it is just this free as sun, fresh air and hugs. If you think you're ready to buy some real estate pays five ways property. Book a time to chat at Gray marketplace.com/coach to help connect you with a marketplace of income properties. That's grey marketplace.com/coach liberal and president what you'd like and I straight ahead you're listening to get rich education. Hey you can get your mortgage loans at the same place where I get mine at Ridge lending group Nmls 42056. They provided our listeners with more loans than any provider in the entire nation because they specialize in income properties. They help you build a long term plan for growing your real estate empire.   Keith Weinhold 00:23:32  With leverage, you can start your prequalification and chat with President Ridge personally. Start now while it's on your mind at Ridge Lending group.com, that's Ridge Lending group.com. And your bank is getting rich off of you. The national average bank account pays less than 1% on your savings. If your money isn't making 4%, you're losing your hard earned cash to inflation. Let the liquidity fund help you put your money to work with minimum risk Your cash generates up to an 8% return with compound interest year in and year out. Instead of earning less than 1% sitting in your bank account, the minimum investment is just 25 K. You keep getting paid until you decide you want your money back there. Decade plus track record proves they've always paid their investors 100% in full and on time. And I would know because I'm an investor, to earn 8%. Hundreds of others are text family 266866. Learn more about Freedom Family Investments Liquidity Fund on your journey to financial freedom through passive income. Text family to 66866.   Robert Helms 00:24:54  Everybody it's Robert Elms with the Real Estate Guys radio program.   Robert Helms 00:24:57  So glad you found Keith wine old and get rich education. Don't quit your day dream.   Keith Weinhold 00:25:11  Hey. Welcome back to get rich action. We're talking with someone that's going to explain a different subject to us. We're talking about starting up and the potential new nation. I was the president of that nation called Libre, Leon, I was there. President Witt, welcome in. Good to meet you. It's so good to have you here. And, you know, interestingly, we met at an event called Freedom Fest. So this is potentially so parallel with that as you're looking to develop your own nation now at a place like Freedom Fest, I think we have a lot of people that have a certain set of opinions, and a lot of people at a place like Freedom Fest, where you champion ideals, would probably love to tell you how they would like changes to be made in the United States. But I think if you ask that same person, okay, what if you begin with a clean slate? How would you begin a nation anew, but you're actually trying to do that? So tell us about Libber Land.   Keith Weinhold 00:26:04  It's pretty.   Vit Jedlicka 00:26:05  Exciting to.   Robert Helms 00:26:06  Hear Kennedy.   Vit Jedlicka 00:26:07  The candidate for president, talking about his plans to utilize blockchain to make the country transparent and or functioning. Libra is, I would say, at least 5 to 10 years ahead of any other nation states. And utilizing that, we are combining the best technology that is out there with the best ideas, ideology that is out there, which is, of course, libertarianism, making sure that the society as free as possible within some framework of basic rules. So this is exactly what we're doing. And we were looking for a piece of land to manifest that in physical world. And here we go. It's so liberal and it's a beautiful piece of land between Russia and Serbia that was not claimed by any other country for more than 35 years. We came there, we struggled with like we actually took nine years to even get inside of it properly. And now we're building and living there for more than a year.   Keith Weinhold 00:26:58  So this seven square kilometer plot of land between Croatia and Serbia, that is on the Danube floodplain, you've got frontage on the Danube river, even an island and the Danube river here in this Start-Up nation, if you will, of libre land.   Keith Weinhold 00:27:14  Really, as I've come to understand it, one real goal of liberalism is just to have any nation in the world recognize it as its own sovereign nation.   Vit Jedlicka 00:27:25  We actually got a couple countries to write or sign a regular deals, like with other states. We started with Somaliland, which was at the time unrecognized country. It's fully functional. Interesting story. It's actually former Peace of Somalia, which got independence like 25 years ago. And they're fairly finally prosperous and functioning, even without any recognition by any other country in the world. Now, they got recently recognized by Ethiopia. We followed up with Haiti agreement. We were signing a couple more agreements. Right now, I'm actually heading to one of the African countries to sign some friendship agreement. So it's not that the other countries don't recognize us now. We're working hard on diplomacy. You know, we have diplomatic relations with places like El Salvador, where we were on official diplomatic visits. So, of course, traditional form of recognition is one of our priorities.   Vit Jedlicka 00:28:13  But it's not the number one priority, really. Our number one priority is to finish a very close, a whole model of statehood and utilize the 745,000 people that applied for citizenship, for really real building of the country itself and the nation.   Keith Weinhold 00:28:31  Some recognition is coming slowly, but pulling back a bigger picture. Why do this? Why take this on? Why start your own nation?   Vit Jedlicka 00:28:39  Why not? I think leading by a good example is the best way to do things like talking about liberty. I did a lot of educational work on explaining people why liberty works, but it's much better to do things in the practical terms.   Keith Weinhold 00:28:53  Now, what's interesting is, you know, we've talked about freedom and the ideals of freedom earlier. This freedom mean freedom to do whatever you want.   Vit Jedlicka 00:29:03  You know, within some boundaries, of course, as long as you don't breach other people's freedoms and you have to find the right set up. And but right now, the problem with the current society is that there are so many regulations, you don't even know what you're reaching, and you're usually not reaching anybody's property or anybody.   Vit Jedlicka 00:29:20  It's just a bunch of stupid regulations that make your life tough. You cannot do business. You cannot even help your community. It's funny what kind of stuff we are dealing with in Croatia right now. There is a mosquito calamity in the neighborhood around Libre land and the local municipality don't have money to fix it. And they also don't let us to fix it because you have to have special license for fixing it. So everybody is suffering under the mosquito calamity, which is California.   Keith Weinhold 00:29:47  Okay, so that's an example of overregulation, potentially too many laws. You just brought up one of the limits of freedom, potentially. Well, we don't want people to be able to do anything or therefore they might be.   Vit Jedlicka 00:29:57  Able to hurt or to.   Keith Weinhold 00:29:58  Harm another person, but therefore that would be some sort of of law. And then there would be some need to sort of enforce that. So how does a start up country that wants to be a free nation, you know, how do you meet needs like laws and enforcement and perhaps a judicial process.   Vit Jedlicka 00:30:16  Or do you have a standard framework for the country? There is now a newly elected Congress. It's still a test election, but it has been already elected according to all the principles that the blockchain is bringing full transparency, immutability. It happens within the split of second of the very minimal cost. So all these things are actually already happening, and the Congress will now take all the laws that were prepared by the Preparatory Committee. And only if we have the whole framework of the laws necessary to run a state. I have 250 pages of regulations, very simple framework, which already allows a society to function quite well. And I would like to keep it that way. You know, keep the Constitution at the, let's say, the 20 pages and another 230 pages of different laws that define the the ways that the society should work. And anybody basically allowed to read all the regulations in the country within one day. It's not like here, right in the US.   Keith Weinhold 00:31:10  Yes. But its population grows, is the infrastructure grows, is more complicated, needs must be met.   Keith Weinhold 00:31:16  The size of government invariably and inevitably seems to expand with all existing nations in the world. I think the UN recognizes 193 sovereign nations currently. How do you keep the size of government from expanding over the long term in Libya?   Vit Jedlicka 00:31:32  It's a challenge. Of course, but the way we keep it is the way that there is only one institution that can make new laws, and it's kind of a corporate governance of liberalism. But that governance is in check by three other institutions that can get rid of the laws. The first and most important one is public veto. So majority of citizens can veto any law or regulations that they don't like. Second one is the Constitutional Court. So the Constitutional Court looks into the law if it basically is only focused on security and justice or diplomacy, so that the state shouldn't legislate on other things, really let other things to the private sector. So the Constitutional Court strictly looks if it adheres to that. That's another important institution. Then there is something like House of Lords of liberal minded, who can also veto the laws that the corporate governance the Congress actually creates.   Vit Jedlicka 00:32:23  So one institution to make laws and three institutions to get rid of it.   Keith Weinhold 00:32:28  Else about what's there now, the natural resources, the population and the infrastructure.   Vit Jedlicka 00:32:33  Well, that's the beautiful territory with the island next to liberal land. This is part of liberal land. It's called Liberty Island. It's a long, beautiful sandy beach. Right now, the under construction, there is 24, three houses in this area. So it will be one of the third thing will be the tourism. And we need to be able to host the visitors. We are planning two major music festivals and conferences in the summer, which will take place in August and in September. Of course, you're very well invited. We want to promote the tourism in Berlin, but also in the whole region. The biggest resorts. And it's like that with any country that is prosperous around the world. Be it Hong Kong or Singapore, is not the natural resources. It's the capacity of people to freely make, trade and do business.   Keith Weinhold 00:33:20  You're right.   Keith Weinhold 00:33:20  In fact, a place like yes, Hong Kong or Singapore or even Japan itself have been exemplary of that. A place can be prosperous without having many natural resources. It's truly about the ingenuity of the people we talk about. The people tell us more about the population.   Vit Jedlicka 00:33:35  The population. Right now we've got 800,000 people, almost that sign up for citizenship, which is a huge pipeline. I think the reasonable like ideal population of Liberal would be around 140,000. So we cannot even accept everybody to physically live in liberal land because we would be so overpopulated. Right now we've got some thousand citizens and 6500 residents that basically went through the pipeline, and there is a couple dozens of people living on the territory of liberal lands and working and building stuff. So it's kind of fun to see that initial development. very early into the development. There is still a quite a bit of obstacles to really speed up the development of the brand, mainly installed by Croatia, but we're very happy that after all these years we're able to actually be there physically and develop stuff.   Vit Jedlicka 00:34:23  So we're building a small hospital. There are seven construction workers that take care of it. We're also building the Treehouse resort. There is another ten guys working on that, and that there is a bunch of people that came to settle and they're helping with some stuff for the site. And then there is around 150 people that live around Liberal and that are connected and are supporting the movement. Well.   Keith Weinhold 00:34:44  Now we're a real estate platform. We're going to have both public land and privately.   Vit Jedlicka 00:34:50  Every land is private, in a sense. In labor land. The deal is that right now, people can actually come to the land and claim piece of land if they have enough merit. There is are the the shares of liberal land and can actually not even exchange them if they just have them. They have the right to settle things for fun, which is kind of exciting even though there are all these obstacles. But we're helping people to get over them and get the development of the country going as fast as possible.   Keith Weinhold 00:35:16  Can a person purchase merits or purchase land in labor land right now?   Vit Jedlicka 00:35:21  Anybody that donates to Libre land on the website gets the merits.   Keith Weinhold 00:35:26  Are there going to be things like Hoa's in Libre land? Is that something that you foresee? What is actually homeowners associations where you have neighborhoods and boards in those neighborhoods where you know they need to approve of things like, hey, you can only paint your home for different colors, and you need to mow your grass within every two weeks.   Vit Jedlicka 00:35:46  Well, that surely there will be different types of associations and liberal. We're not going to force one or the other type. This property development here on Liberty Island, the three houses and this area will be kind of association of sort. We want to have 24 people that that invest into the tree house, and they would act as a community. They will help each other, but they will also have the place to visitors. To really make sure that we have a good initial settlement for the permanent population. And I would like every single one of these guys to like some nice story behind how they came to live and then why they're building a house there. We want to make a reality TV show out of it as soon as possible as well.   Keith Weinhold 00:36:28  What about currency? The euro is used in the area. But you mentioned blockchain earlier, and I don't think you plan on using the euro in liberally. Tell us about that. We don't do.   Vit Jedlicka 00:36:38  That. We use liberal and dolar. We use liberal and merit. Those are the main currencies that are tied with our blockchain. And the pound dollar was launched on exchanges three months ago, reading quite nicely, steadily at 2 USD per $1 billion. So this is like also demanded currency by our suppliers.   Keith Weinhold 00:36:56  Is it a cryptocurrency? Yes.   Vit Jedlicka 00:36:58  It's just my own currency of our blockchain. Our blockchain is standalone. It's not depending on any other blockchain. Our citizens are the one ones that securely network and run the network. They run the servers. Every single citizen in Lebanon has the right to run the run the network. That's kind of all we know. We're not really being dependent on any other network like Ethereum or Polkadot. We are simply running our own thing with its own main token. The main token is liberal dollar, but the main political token is liberal and varied, and that also comes with the political voting rights.   Keith Weinhold 00:37:32  Do you foresee there being a future rental property market on libre land?   Vit Jedlicka 00:37:39  Oh, of course, of all these, all these three houses are meant to be for rental for bigger events or team building. So this is something that is happening right now, and I wish we could have at least, you know, 50 bedrooms there by the end of summer.   Keith Weinhold 00:37:54  You know, we talked about how society might work on liberally, and why don't we pull back a bit more and talk about that physical geography, because you chose an area that's basically on the Danube floodplain. So it's probably pretty fertile and it's near some other populated nations. But of course, there are some areas of the world that no one else is claiming. Tell us about how you chose this area over. All the others in the.   Vit Jedlicka 00:38:16  Area was in the most reasonable place, I would say, between the two countries that had war, and they learned to sort out things in a peaceful way. And, you know, Antarctica is also on claim, but you don't want to stay there.   Vit Jedlicka 00:38:27  It's for freezing, right? This particular place is heart shaped. It's seven square kilometers. It was a culturally similar environment to where I was born, so I was considering it as a perfect place to start. And you can fit.   Keith Weinhold 00:38:39  You can get all four seasons in Libre land. What else should one know about Libre land that they come approach you with questions about what do people really want to hear about?   Vit Jedlicka 00:38:50  They of course are interested in the sport. They want to see how what kind of utility does it have? They're a bunch of countries where you can use it to get in and out, which is kind of cool. But the main utility for Americans, for example, is that they use it on crypto exchanges, or they use it with different financial institutions as a second passport. If the US passport is not good for that, it's a great membership club, you know, in the country that is just being born. And and it's a great social gathering. Think about this. 35,000 Americans that sign up for citizenship as well.   Vit Jedlicka 00:39:22  We've got a small consulate in every bigger state, or at least a representative person. The branch, for example, here is representing liberals in Washington, D.C. so we've got a nice network of nice guys all around the place, and then a potential big supportive network with all of these people that sign up for citizenship.   Keith Weinhold 00:39:41  Now, how do you get the word out about libertarians so that people can get interested? Of course, we are an example of this right now, as our audience is learning about liberal land and the pros and cons of this concept of a potential condition. How do others learn about it?   Vit Jedlicka 00:39:55  There were articles written in Liberal, and I believe in more than 40,000 different medias actually, so we were pretty heavily covered in past. I believe more than 1 or 2 billion people learned about it through the media outreach, but the word is also spreading from person to person. Like people like it. They get on board their friends, their families. It's kind of exciting to see that.   Keith Weinhold 00:40:18  What about the language in the culture that you see developing here? Will it feel European just based on its geographic proximity? Is that what you foresee, or does it have more to do with where the inhabitants come from?   Vit Jedlicka 00:40:31  The English, of course, is number one language, but we are also developing liberal English out of all the mistakes that we make in English, that makes the language a little bit difficult to learn and understand.   Keith Weinhold 00:40:41  Americans have to learn English.   Vit Jedlicka 00:40:43  We've got a quite nice culture there, which is, of course mixture of the local Slavic culture with this international make sense nowadays, people, a lot of people from Scandinavia that are moving in. I think we've got a very good German group now coming. There is quite a few Americans that are being involved. It's quite difficult, for example, for Americans to stay liberal. And right now we have to improve our relationship with Croatia because Americans are being banned from actually, for some strange reason.   Keith Weinhold 00:41:15  Okay, still some antagonism with your neighbor Croatia. That's kind of.   Vit Jedlicka 00:41:20  The situation.   Keith Weinhold 00:41:20  In Croatia has created some access problems as well. Tell us about that.   Vit Jedlicka 00:41:25  Well, there's been solved. Last year we when we we we came in to liberalize with more than 60 people at the same time. So they had no means of preventing that access. And since that time actually have free entry in an hour of liberalized. We have a small border crossing there with the with the Croatian police and kind of agreement that we can pass in and out, which is nice.   Keith Weinhold 00:41:46  Try to keep things smooth with Croatia there on the one side of Liberal and here this new Start-Up nation. And we're talking with president Vit here of Liberal. And are there any last things that people need to know about liberalism before I ask how they can go to your website and learn more? Are there any just other last things I think we should know?   Vit Jedlicka 00:42:05  It's a great opportunity to visit now with these two festivals. Those are nice social gatherings. It's the floating metal festival in August. That's the way.   Keith Weinhold 00:42:14  Man. Like the Burning Man.   Vit Jedlicka 00:42:15  Yeah, about the float. That's floating, man. Because we're on Danube. And then there is the Liverpool Echo, which is a major international festival that has moved on this year, which is based on an article, a famous Mexican festival that will be a probably the biggest cultural event this year.   Keith Weinhold 00:42:33  Well, literally. And be a success if it is a net exporter rather than a net importer, because it's difficult to have sectors for everything from industry to agriculture in Beyblade.   Vit Jedlicka 00:42:46  Well, our biggest export is freedom. Ideas like it's like Chile spreading like wildfire. think about it. Like for two months we had the biggest immigration in the world. We go to the United States, where there was more people applying for citizenship of liberal. And then there were applicants for green cards in the United States. The idea itself, it's something that the time has come. There is amazing interest in building new countries, building free countries. And right now I can see that we are on the right track when people like Canada are pushing for transparency through blockchain, because we know what they are talking about. We have already done it and we are applying it in the real world.   Keith Weinhold 00:43:24  Well, it's an interesting experiment in this way. You, the listener of the viewer, you can follow it as an experiment, as an example of what to not do or what to do as live land develops. Why don't you let our audience know how they can learn more about it?   Vit Jedlicka 00:43:42  Fairly easy to apply for citizenship.   Vit Jedlicka 00:43:44  You can first become your resident and then come and help some different means. Or you just directly go for the citizenship. It's an investment of $10,000 or donation of $10,000. And you become a member of of our community with the passport and with the right contacts to the right people. That will really help you to get the best out of the community.   Keith Weinhold 00:44:04  Well, I don't have a great chat with a national president every day, but I sure did today. Thanks so much for your time. It's been interesting learning about liberalism. Thank you very much.   Vit Jedlicka 00:44:15  Made me think UK and I hope to see you a liberal one.   Keith Weinhold 00:44:17  Maybe you will. It sounds like a donation of ten K gets you a liberal and passport. Like I said earlier, as of March 1200 people had paid up to that amount for the passport. Music festivals and conferences in Libya. In the next few months, that could be a way to check it out. Now, it's certainly something I'd need to know more about before I could either endorse it or reject it.   Keith Weinhold 00:44:48  Citizenship in Libya planned to get more of the skeptic side. The criticism I would visit the Libyan Wikipedia page and get ready for some dismissal of its diplomatic recognition there. Then you can visit Libre Land Oregon, learn more about citizenship status, the passport actually helping with the construction of the territory and earning libre land merits, which is a cryptocurrency. If you find it interesting, it's a matter for you to do some deep due diligence on next week. The King of Commercial Real Estate will be here with us. Until then, host Keith Wendell. Don't quit your day, Adrian.   Speaker 6 00:45:31  Nothing on this show should be considered specific, personal or professional advice. Please consult an appropriate tax, legal, real estate, financial, or business professional for individualized advice. Opinions of guests are their own. Information is not guaranteed. All investment strategies have the potential for profit or loss. The host is operating on behalf of yet Rich education LLC exclusively.   Keith Weinhold 00:45:59  The preceding program was brought to you by your home for wealth building. Get rich education.com.

My Latin Life Podcast
Building a Floating Country at Sea | My Latin Life Podcast 161

My Latin Life Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 13, 2024 76:23


Atlas Island is a passionate group of liberty minded "Seasteaders" who believe in serving humanity by enabling people to choose the kind of society they want to live in. The Seasteading Institute has conducted extensive research and demonstrated that this is possible, even within the existing legal framework.

Ridiculous History
Micronations: How Liechtenstein Became A Country

Ridiculous History

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 11, 2024 37:04 Transcription Available


The Principality of Liechtenstein is a small, landlocked country out in the alpines -- and while it's a tiny nation, it has an enormous depth of history. In today's episode, Ben, Noel and Max continue their exploration of micronations with the last remnant of the Holy Roman Empire.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Health Freedom for Humanity Podcast
Ep 83: Taxation, US Citizenship & Escaping the Matrix with Brandon Joe Williams

Health Freedom for Humanity Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 9, 2024 150:46


Enjoy this episode? Please share it with at least ONE friend who you think needs to hear it! In this insightful episode of The Way Forward, Alec engages in a deep conversation with Brandon Joe Williams, author, securities attorney, and foreign national of The Amnesty Coalition.  Key Discussion Points:  Understanding Common Law and Status Connection: Brandon delves into the intricacies of common law, status connection, and how definitions were redefined post-1865 to blur the lines between personhood and corporate entities.  Misinterpretations and Confusion: They explore the misinterpretation of terms like "strawman" and the cloud cover of confusion surrounding the 14th amendment.  Bridging the Gap: Brandon discusses bridging the gap between common law status correction space and the mindsets of Voluntaryism and Anarcho Capitalism.  Contracts and Engagement: The conversation touches upon contracts, how individuals can engage better as natural persons, and the psychological warfare employed by certain entities to make individuals contribute and defend.  Incorporation and Escaping the Matrix: Brandon sheds light on incorporating the US government into the District of Columbia and strategies for navigating taxation, US citizenship, and escaping the metaphorical matrix.  Brandon Joe Williams brings a distinct perspective honed through personal encounters with legal complexities. This firsthand experience infuses his insights with a raw authenticity, offering listeners a compelling narrative intertwined with profound legal understanding. About Brandon Joe Williams:  Brandon Joe Williams, a seasoned author, securities attorney, and foreign national at The Amnesty Coalition, brings a wealth of experience and insight to his legal practice. As a lawyer at Williams and WILLIAMS Law Group, Brandon is dedicated to providing comprehensive legal services to his clients. With a unique perspective rooted in his experiences, Brandon offers invaluable guidance and expertise in various legal matters.  Explore more about Brandon and his practice at www.williamsandwilliamslawfirm.com The Way Forward podcast is sponsored by: NEW BIOLOGY CLINIC: Experience individually tailored terrain-based health services with virtual consults, practitioner livestreams, movement classes, and more. The New Biology Clinic's motivation is to make you healthy and keep you that way. 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Experience the fusion of organic purity and scientific excellence at https://organicmuscle.com, and unlock a 15% discount with code "FORWARD15" at checkout. ————————— For more on The Way Forward, please visit: https://thewayfwrd.com Visit our online marketplace for discounts on a variety of the best holistic health brands and products: https://thewayfwrd.com/store/ For all of our links, visit: https://www.flowcode.com/page/thewayforward Support The Way Forward and Alec's work: https://thewayfwrd.com/donate/ FIND YOUR PEOPLE! Join The Way Forward to connect with like minded men and women near you, businesses near you, and more! The best part? You pay whatever you want!: https://thewayfwrd.com/membership-sign-up/ Do you run a freedom-oriented or holistic health-oriented business? Join our FREE business directory here: https://thewayfwrd.com/directory-form/ You can watch The Way Forward Podcast on YouTube, Unite, Bitchute & Rumble Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/@TheWayFwrd Unite: https://unite.live/channels/the-way-forward/the-way-forward Bitchute: https://www.bitchute.com/channel/a3s3CiyELVd8/ Rumble: https://rumble.com/user/TheWayFwrd ————————— *This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed in whole or in part without expressed written permission from The Way Forward, LLC. The purpose of this presentation is to convey information. It is not intended to diagnose, treat or cure a condition; nor is it to be considered medical or legal advice, opinion or recommendation. This information is presented in the spirit of service for all.* 0:00 -  0:44 - Introduction 2:53 - How it got started 18:31 - Civil War and Corporate Overlay 27:40 - The Organic Act 30:22 - 14th Amendment 39:20 - Bridging The Gap  49:10 - District of Columbia Corporate System Installed  58:07 - Naturalization 1:07:10 - Bound Into Jurisdiction 1:17:55 - Self Naturalization and Micronations 1:23:21 - Naturally Engaging in Contracts 1:29:34 - Thoughts, Feelings, and Beliefs 1:46:23 - Common Law and Non-Aggression 1:55:50 - Manufactured Illusion 2:02:10 - Emergency Banking Act of 1933 and Social Security Act of 1935 2:11:37 - 18USC8 Obligations or Other Securities To The United States 2:20:01 - Closing Thoughts

Nightlife
Meet the Grand Duke of Westarctica, the micronation with a purpose

Nightlife

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 30, 2024 22:07


What does it take to create your own micronation?  In the case of Westarctica, just a few letters stating the intent to do so

My Latin Life Podcast
How to Build a Country From Scratch | My Latin Life Podcast 151

My Latin Life Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 6, 2024 87:03


Andy J Starr is an organizer for nearly every micronation project out there. He is based in Merida, Mexico and host of the Merida Freedom, Palau Digital Residents, and Country Founders telegrams groups. Join the LatAm Insiders for the full course: https://mylatinlife.com/latam-insiders/

My Latin Life Podcast
What is the Repubic of Verdis?? (+Liberland and Skychatters) | My Latin Life Podcast 149

My Latin Life Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 28, 2024 53:22


Ever heard of the Repubic of Verdis? I hadn't either. In this episode we talk to Victor Musilek, a vocal supporter of Repubic of Verdis and of Liberland. We doscuss micro nations, crypto, travel, and everything in between. Join the LatAm Insiders for the full course: https://mylatinlife.com/latam-insiders/

Travel Tribe Podcast
#44 | Micronations with Ric Gazarian

Travel Tribe Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 14, 2023 20:23


Ric Gazarian, the founder of Extraordinary Travel Festival, joins the Travel Tribe X Podcast to discuss the world of micronations. We discuss a range of topics including:

Chewing the Fat with Jeff Fisher
Wandering in a Daze… | 12/7/23

Chewing the Fat with Jeff Fisher

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 7, 2023 42:35


Kangaroo apprehended… Micronation in Nevada… 12 Days of Christmas cost went up… GTA VI sets record… chewingthefat@theblaze.com Apple 3 Trillion again… NYC charging and fining... Youtuber off to jail… Too hot to hibernate in Siberia?... www.blazetv.com/jeffy Promo code: Jeffy… Penguins microsleeping… Bugs on Mars… 3D homes on Moon?... Who Died Today: Dennis Brown 46… Wasabi for memory… Melatonin for kids?... ER Christmas Decoration visits… Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

featured Wiki of the Day
Micronations and the Search for Sovereignty

featured Wiki of the Day

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 25, 2023 2:08


fWotD Episode 2395: Micronations and the Search for Sovereignty Welcome to featured Wiki of the Day where we read the summary of the featured Wikipedia article every day.The featured article for Saturday, 25 November 2023 is Micronations and the Search for Sovereignty.Micronations and the Search for Sovereignty is a non-fiction book written by the Australian lawyers and legal academics Harry Hobbs and George Williams about micronations and their legal status within international law. Written from an academic perspective, it is one of few works on micronational movements and the earliest-published book to focus largely on the legal aspect of micronations. The book concerns the definition of statehood, the place of micronations within international law, people's motivations for declaring them, the micronational community and the ways by which such entities mimic sovereign states.Both Hobbs and Williams specialise in international law; Hobbs is a human rights lawyer and Williams is an Australian constitutional law professor. Micronations and the Search for Sovereignty was published by Cambridge University Press as an ebook on 23 December 2021, and in hardcover and paperback formats in January 2022. The work's legal and non-dismissive academic approach to micronations garnered positive reviews. Hobbs and Williams authored a subsequent publication for a broader audience, entitled How to Rule Your Own Country: The Weird and Wonderful World of Micronations, which was published by the University of New South Wales Press in November 2022.This recording reflects the Wikipedia text as of 00:15 UTC on Saturday, 25 November 2023.For the full current version of the article, see Micronations and the Search for Sovereignty on Wikipedia.This podcast uses content from Wikipedia under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License.Visit our archives at wikioftheday.com and subscribe to stay updated on new episodes.Follow us on Mastodon at @wikioftheday@masto.ai.Also check out Curmudgeon's Corner, a current events podcast.Until next time, I'm Emma Standard.

The Sweeper
The Antarctic micronation with a football team, island time in the Coupe de France & the Costa Rican mascot race

The Sweeper

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 20, 2023 41:47


Sweeper co-hosts Lee Wingate & Paul Watson have (quite literally) gone to the ends of the earth for this episode, Part 1 of which kicks off with a trip to Antarctica - where a Belgian-backed micronation has launched its own football team to mark its 15th anniversary - and continues with a look at the representative from St. Pierre & Miquelon that travelled 4,000km to the French mainland to play a cup tie. The unique away day theme continues in Part 2 as we look at quirky geographical features that some fans have to navigate to get to away games: there's an undersea roundabout in the Faroe Islands, a bridge that bypasses Bosnia on the Adriatic Coast and a Swiss stadium that requires two cable cars to reach. We then talk about the La Liga squad that missed their flight and read some more of your e-mails about former footballers who have gone into politics. It's all about stupid stories in Part 3. The annual Costa Rican mascot race ends in victory for Lula the cow - or is it Gary? - and a wealthy businessman pays £17,500 for his 22-year-old son to get 10 minutes of game time in the Czech third tier. Finally, Paul recaps a memorable bonus podcast and we look ahead to some exciting stories from Wales and the USA for next time. RUNNING ORDER: Part 1 - The Antarctic micronation with a football team & island time in the Coupe de France (00:50) Part 2 - Unusual European away days, missed flights in La Liga & former footballers who have gone into politics (17:03) Part 3 - The epic Costa Rican mascot race & the Czech father who paid big money for his son to play (31:52) The Costa Rican mascot race: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i-uUWC-_RVI

Blackletter
The Micronation Chronicles: Unveiling the Quirky Realms of Sealand and Beyond

Blackletter

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 21, 2023 4:11


Join Tom Dunlap as he delves into the fascinating world of micronations—tiny, self-declared independent countries often existing in legal gray areas. Exploring the concept of micronations as symbolic gestures, protests, or declarations of sovereignty, Tom introduces listeners to notable examples like the Republic of Molossia, Hutt River Province, and the Conch Republic.However, the highlight of this episode is the riveting tale of the Principality of Sealand. Tom recounts how a British man named Roy Bates declared an abandoned sea fort off the coast of England as the independent Principality of Sealand, complete with its own prince. Legal battles and dramatic incidents ensued, revealing the intricate dynamics between these micronations and established countries.In this thought-provoking episode, listeners gain insight into the world of micronations, learning about their quirky origins, legal complexities, and the surprising impact they can have on people's lives. So, tune in for an intriguing exploration of these small yet captivating self-proclaimed countries."

Ridiculous History
Micronations: The Amazing Story of Vatican City

Ridiculous History

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 8, 2023 49:26 Transcription Available


Despite the name, Vatican City is an independent, sovereign nation -- and its history may surprise you. In today's episode, Ben, Noel and Max explore the story of the Vatican from its origins all the way to the modern day.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Ascension of the Chessmen
#178 - Scientology, Micronations & Contract Killing w/ Brandon Joe Williams

Ascension of the Chessmen

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 20, 2023 115:38


Brandon Joe Williams is a state national, author & Scientologist. We discuss Scientology, Micronations & how to kill contracts we've been manipulated into. Link to Brandon's website:https://onestupidfuck.com/

Une histoire particulière, un récit documentaire
L'Arbézie, l'hôtel passe-frontière 2/2 : Une micronation …familiale

Une histoire particulière, un récit documentaire

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 2, 2023 27:59


durée : 00:27:59 - Une histoire particulière - Dès 1958, l'Arbézie devient une principauté dont les membres arborent fièrement des titres de noblesse : Bernard Abez est prince, son fils Alexandre, prince consort et les femmes de la famille sont baronnes ! Un joyeux phalanstère rythmé par la bonne humeur et la bonne chère. - invités : Bernard Arbez Prince héritier de L'Arbézie ; Marie-Colette Arbez Épouse de Bernard Arbez, prince héritier de L'Arbézie; Alexandre Peyron Fils de Marie-Colette et Bernard Arbez; Véronique Fille de Marie-Colette et Bernard Arbez; Bérénice Fille de Marie-Colette et Bernard Arbez; Lucie Fille de Marie-Colette et Bernard Arbez; Angèle Petite fille de Marie-Colette et Bernard Arbez; Johanna Arrière petite fille de Marie-Colette et Bernard Arbez; Stéphane Niveau Explorateur

France Culture physique
L'Arbézie, l'hôtel passe-frontière 2/2 : Une micronation …familiale

France Culture physique

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 2, 2023 27:59


durée : 00:27:59 - Une histoire particulière - Dès 1958, l'Arbézie devient une principauté dont les membres arborent fièrement des titres de noblesse : Bernard Abez est prince, son fils Alexandre, prince consort et les femmes de la famille sont baronnes ! Un joyeux phalanstère rythmé par la bonne humeur et la bonne chère. - invités : Bernard Arbez Prince héritier de L'Arbézie ; Marie-Colette Arbez Épouse de Bernard Arbez, prince héritier de L'Arbézie; Alexandre Peyron Fils de Marie-Colette et Bernard Arbez; Véronique Fille de Marie-Colette et Bernard Arbez; Bérénice Fille de Marie-Colette et Bernard Arbez; Lucie Fille de Marie-Colette et Bernard Arbez; Angèle Petite fille de Marie-Colette et Bernard Arbez; Johanna Arrière petite fille de Marie-Colette et Bernard Arbez; Stéphane Niveau Explorateur

John Landecker
MicroCon comes to Joliet hosted by the Queen of Ladonia

John Landecker

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 23, 2023


Micronations exist all over the world, but on June 30th to July 2nd their diplomats will be in Joliet for the 2023 MicroCon! Listen below as John Landecker speaks with Queen Carolyn Shelby from the Nation of Ladonia. Her Majesty is the host and coordinator of the 2023 MicroCon. Get more information here!

The John1911 Podcast
Trail Mix Bullets

The John1911 Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 14, 2023 78:26


Episode 305 of the John1911 Podcast is live:   Grader blade works.  Is Tucker in trouble? Trump is definitly in trouble.  Bud Lite acted like The Jerry Springer show.  Slowjamastan.  NBA Gun Channels?  J.P. Morgan Chase settles with Epstein victims.  The John Lennon second shooter theory.        Danny & Marky John1911.com "Shooting Guns & Having Fun"

The Mo'Kelly Show
A "Slowjamastan" Exclusive & LAPD Updates

The Mo'Kelly Show

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 13, 2023 31:56


ICYMI: Later, with Mo'Kelly Presents – An exclusive, in-depth conversation with Randy 'R Dub' Williams — the self-appointed sultan of the micronation ‘Slowjamastan'…PLUS – A look at LAPD's efforts to crackdown on ‘street takeovers' and catalytic converter thefts - on KFI AM 640 – Live everywhere on the iHeartRadio app

KFI Featured Segments
@LaterWithMoKelly - Randy ‘R Dub' Williams & The micronation of ‘Slowjamastan'

KFI Featured Segments

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 13, 2023 17:53


ICYMI: Later, with Mo'Kelly Presents – An exclusive, in-depth conversation with Randy 'R Dub' Williams - the self-appointed sultan of “Slowjamastan”…The 11.07-acre micronation named for its leader's love of slow jams; which bans the wearing of ‘Crocs,' outlaws eating ‘string cheese' incorrectly and now boasts its own flag, currency, and national anthem!!!

Ridiculous History
Micronations: How a Guy Got Ran Out of Town and Created San Marino

Ridiculous History

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 6, 2023 43:37


While San Marino may not make many international headlines, this micronation has one of the most fascinating origin stories in all of Europe. In today's episode, Ben, Noel and Max explore how a formerly rural area just about 6 miles from Rimini became a home for a stonemason hoping to get away from it all.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Ridiculous History
Micronations: Monaco is More than a Casino!

Ridiculous History

Play Episode Listen Later May 16, 2023 55:14


For the vast majority of the world, Monaco seems like something out of a billionaire's fever dream -- completely surrounded by France, this tiny country is perhaps best known for the wealth of its residents and its opulent approach to gambling. However, there's much, much more to the story. In today's episode, Ben, Noel and Max explore the origin story of this unique micronation, from the ancient past to the modern day.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Backyard History
The Principality of Outer Baldonia: Nova Scotia's Whimsical Micronation

Backyard History

Play Episode Listen Later May 9, 2023 23:57


In 1949, a little Canadian island off of the coast of Nova Scotia declared itself to be its own country.     Calling itself The Principality of Outer Baldonia, it quickly developed all of the trappings of an independent nation: it had its own currency, postage stamps, its own flag, and a coat of arms boasting on it pictures of a tuna fish, a sheep, and a smiling lobster.    It soon became “one of the zaniest hoaxes in the history of international affairs.”    https://backyardhistory.ca/the-long-reads/f/the-nova-scotian-island-that-declared-independence

Seasteading Today with Joe Quirk
Micronations Discussion

Seasteading Today with Joe Quirk

Play Episode Listen Later May 4, 2023 56:14


On February 4, 2023, we hosted a Seasteading Social about Micronations in our Discord channel with guest speakers were Taz Riot, founder of Freeport, and Jan Spiekermann, co-founder of Ethos Island. **The speakers represent their own views and not the views of The Seasteading Institute.** Taz Riot formed Freeport in 2016 and followed international procedure to announce it to the UN. Freeport helped provide humanitarian aid to Sierra Leone during an Ebola virus outbreak, working with NGOs is a way to be recognized as a micronation by the UN.  Jan Spiekermann holds the title of Knight of the Order of the Melting Mountain, Grand Duchy of Flandrensis. Flandrensis is an environmental nonprofit organization that uses micronationalism to raise awareness for climate change and Antarctica. Micronations have some autonomy but not necessarily sovereignty. They build parallel structures to existing nations. Micronations can have varying recognition from the UN. Microstate or city state is the name for something like a micronation that does have recognition from the UN. The guests and participants talk about the strategy of forming a micronation for seasteads, Rose Island, and Sealand. Audio editing by Lyka Sherylle Mae Rambac.

The RSnake Show
S05E01 - Fascinating World of Micronations: History, Diplomacy, and Sovereignty with Queen Carolyn Shelby

The RSnake Show

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 13, 2023 117:30


The RSnake Show was graced by royalty when her majesty, the Queen of Ladonia, Carolyn Shelby visited. Carolyn and RSnake discussed the background of micronations and how they differ from nation states and micro-states. They also discussed some of the more interesting aspects of running a micro nation, some of the history of other micronations, how they are created, diplomacy, and what kind of person wants to build one. They also touch on sovereign citizens and camouflage passports.   FOLLOW US ON: Website: https://www.rsnake.com Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TheRSnakeShow/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/TheRSnakeShow Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/TheRSnakeShow/ Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/4wHHBk84wU9MQ7loDha7BK Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/the-rsnake-show/id1606954901 YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@thersnakeshow

The Young Pioneer Podcast
S1, Ep 6: How to Buy Your Own Island & Start Your Own Micronation with Jodie Hill

The Young Pioneer Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 6, 2023 63:48


On Episode 6 of the Pioneer Podcast, Gareth Johnson and Justin Martell interview Jodie Hill. Jodie Hill is a well-traveled English lawyer who was instrumental in helping to setup the world's first crowdfunded tropical island. She is also the Prime Minister that same Island's micronation, the Principality of Islandia!For more information on how you can visit our "destinations your mother wishes you'd stayed away from" visit us at youngpioneertours.com.

General Knowledge Podcast
GKP S5/E9 - NPC Templates, AstraZeneca Discontinued, Micronations

General Knowledge Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 6, 2023 82:53


G'day folks, On tonight's show the boys are back together for a great discussion. Have you noticed that it seems like people around us (the NPC's) seem to only react to you when there's some sort of interaction that needs to take place, otherwise they seem to go back to that automaton type behaviour? Or what about how people throughout history and even now seem to look-a-like? They say everyone has a twin. But why is that? It's as though the programming running this simulation we call life has limitations. Why else would it create NPC's that look the same? AstraZeneca was quietly removed from the market here in Australia. The OG COVID19 shot is now no more! Why is that? Could it be because of it's horrendous safety profile? Good ol' Jim Penman the man behind Jim's Mowing (and the rest!) pulled an April Fool's joke. Who fell for it? Well the mainstream media of course! Even politicians got caught out for his hilarious jest. But what if he really did create his own micronation called Jimland? Did you know Australia hosts the most micronations in the world? Fascinating. Please be sure to give us a 5 Star Rating and Review on Apple Podcasts and any other podcasting app you use. It really will help our reach. Want to support the show but don't like Patreon? Here's the solution... BUY ME A COFFEE! https://www.buymeacoffee.com/GeneralMaddox/membership NEW STUBBY COOLERS AVAILABLE NOW! Enjoy a "Conspiracy Beery" with friends and start the conversation. 2 stubby coolers for $10 (inc Postage. Australia only). They are double sided with each image you see. The GKP logo on one side and the Conspiracy Beery on the other side. See images below! Pay via my PayPal account and make sure your postage details are in the payment details. http://paypal.me/LeeMaddox79  or Direct Bank Transfer. Please contact me to arrange: editor@realnewsaustralia.com Remember the Bonus Content shows are available now to all Patreon supporters for just AU$7 a month! Now 41 Bonus shows are available just for those who see value in what we do. Including a 5 part series on the Port Arthur Massacre, The Electric Universe with Physicist Wal Thornhill, The Moon Landing Hoax & The Titanic Conspiracy! PLUS!!!... every Patreon member gets a video version of every episode of the regular show too! Instead of donating money to a charity that most likely won't pass on your full donation to whomever needs it, why not sign up as a patron over at our Patreon account for all the bonus content and extra podcasts! https://www.patreon.com/RealNewsAustralia   PayPal donations can be made me here at RealNewsAustralia.com to help pay for costs associated with bringing you this show if you don't want any extra bonus content for your support.   As always make sure you subscribe and give us a 5 star rating on iTunes with a nice little review to help us out! Please consider sharing on social media to ensure we reach a bigger audience!    We're relying on YOU!   Links:  https://www.patreon.com/RealNewsAustralia - Join Today! BUY ME A COFFEE! https://www.buymeacoffee.com/GeneralMaddox/membership http://paypal.me/LeeMaddox79- Support today!   https://www.facebook.com/StrayaOfficial/photos/pcb.2259116117623009/2259115800956374/ https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/doppelgaengers-genes-make-them-act-alike-too-d095vcvgz https://www.cell.com/cell-reports/fulltext/S2211-1247(22)01075-0 https://twitter.com/humanvibration/status/1491784720673349632/photo/1 https://tottnews.com/2023/04/04/astrazeneca-discontinued-australia/ https://tottnews.com/2023/04/02/jims-mowing-founder-secedes/  

The Young Pioneer Podcast
S1, Ep 5: The World's Foremost Micronations Scholar Johnny Blair

The Young Pioneer Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 5, 2023 97:46


On Episode 5 of the Pioneer Podcast, Gareth Johnson and Justin Martell interview Jonny Blair. Blair is a famous travel blogger from Northern Ireland, football fanatic and author/owner of dontstopliving.net. He is the foremost expert on micronations, and on this episode the group share their thoughts on which micronations truly 'count' as a country.For more information on how you can visit our "destinations your mother wishes you'd stayed away from" visit us at youngpioneertours.com.

Conversations
George Williams – the whacky world of micronations

Conversations

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 4, 2023 49:00


Micronations are home to fascinating, often eccentric characters who construct their self-declared countries in their own image, with pomp, pageantry and passports to boot.

Conversations
George Williams – the whacky world of micronations

Conversations

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 4, 2023 49:00


Micronations are home to fascinating, often eccentric characters who construct their self-declared countries in their own image, with pomp, pageantry and passports to boot.

The Crypto Vigilante Podcast
Unveiling Liberland: The Bold Micronation Betting Big on Bitcoin and Liberty

The Crypto Vigilante Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 21, 2023 15:13


What up, Vigilantes? You guys can probably tell I've been busy traveling around to events where the brightest like-minds are gathering.  I recently returned from such an event in Mexico; The Liberland Mexico City Representative Office Launch Event. For those that don't know: Liberland, officially known as the Free Republic of Liberland, is a micronation… The post Unveiling Liberland: The Bold Micronation Betting Big on Bitcoin and Liberty

Winging It Travel Podcast
Micro Nations Tour Episode 2 - Vatican City, Rome + Summary

Winging It Travel Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 18, 2023 20:33


Hello and welcome to the second episode of this series where I talk about our second part of this trip into Vatican City and Rome. I give some tips of how to do Vatican City, what not to do when visiting the Colosseum and a little summary of the whole trip. I really interesting week to test out how to travel between these micro nations and thoroughly enjoyed the experience. Hopefully this will inspire you to see these countries. Be inspired!Winging It Travel PodcastHost/Creator/Writer/Composer/Editor - James HammondProducer - James HammondPodcast Art Design - Swamp Soup Company - Harry UttonPodcast SupportDiscovery Car Hire - https://www.discovercars.com/?a_aid=Jhammo89Merch Store - https://www.teepublic.com/stores/winging-it-travel-podcast?ref_id=25823Want some insurance whilst travelling and/or working remotely? Book below with SafetyWing.https://safetywing.com?referenceID=wingingittravelpodcast&utm_source=wingingittravelpodcast&utm_medium=AmbassadorBook Flights With Expedia Canadahttps://prf.hn/click/camref:1100lqfY7/creativeref:1100l68075/destination:https://www.expedia.com/Flights?siteid=1&langid=1033Book Hotels with Hotel.comhttps://hotels.prf.hn/click/camref:1101lqg8U/creativeref:1011l66932/destination:https://uk.hotels.com/?pos=HCOM_UK&locale=en_GBBuy Me A Coffee - https://www.buymeacoffee.com/wingingitEtsy StoreBuy my Digital Travel Planner - https://www.etsy.com/ca/listing/1220056512/digital-travel-planner?click_key=c580edd56767d7b03612dfae3b122f32e15fe1ec%3A1220056512&click_sum=80ff0159&ref=shop_home_recs_2Stickers - https://www.etsy.com/ca/listing/1216492546/winging-it-travel-podcast-stickers?click_key=ed1139c660585f268a8192aa8c136a5915118968%3A1216492546&click_sum=b8a8a048&ref=shop_home_recs_1&frs=1Contact me - jameshammondtravel@gmail.com or message on my social media on the links below.Social Media - follow me on:YouTube - Winging It Travel Podcast https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC173L0udkGL15RSkO3vIx5AInstagram - wingingittravelpodcast - https://www.instagram.com/wingingittravelpodcast/TikTok - wingingittravelpodcast - https://www.tiktok.com/@wingingittravelpodcastFacebook - Winging It Travel Podcast - https://www.facebook.com/jameshammondtravelTwitter - https://twitter.com/PodcastWingingReview - please head to Podchaser and leave a review for this podcast - https://www.podchaser.com/podcasts/winging-it-travel-podcast-1592244 or alternately you can leave a review and rating wherever you get your podcasts!MY SISTER PODCAST/YOUTUBE CHANNEL - The Trendy Coffee PodcastPlease follow and subscribe below.YouTube Channel - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCgB8CA0tAk3ILcqEZ39a33gPodcast Links - https://linktr.ee/thetrendycoffeepodcastThanks for your support, James

History Class: After Hours
The Countries That Aren't Really Countries - Micronations

History Class: After Hours

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 20, 2023 31:44


Join us today as we discuss some unrecognized nations in various parts of the world --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

Bottle of Brown
Episode #67 - Brown Bulletin!

Bottle of Brown

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 23, 2022 72:01


Our weekly Brown Bulletin with Danny and Leon; recorded on November 6.Pour a dram and let's look at the news for the week…URL Links from the episode:https://www.forbes.com/sites/joemicallef/2022/11/03/is-scotch-whisky-the-next-alternative-asset-class-should-it-be/ "Inflation-proof" I-bonds get new interest rate (msn.com)PHOTOS: Meet the 'Dictator' of Nevada's Micronation, Molossia (insider.com)Circle K chain signs a deal with one of America's largest cannabis producers : NPRI'm a Parenting Educator: Here Are 5 Things I Never Do With My Own Kids – NBC New York8FACT By 9GAG on Instagram: “Cause my brain always comes up with imaginary problems when I daydream.”Recorded on Thursday, 6 November 2022Email the show at bottleofbrown@gmail.comLeave us a voicemail! +1-602-529-4562

Historable
Episode 70 - The Republic of Molossia: A Micronation Inside the U.S.

Historable

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 19, 2022 52:19


Within the state of Nevada there exists a sovereign independent nation you may have never heard about (we certainly hadn't until this episode!). This week, Michelle tells you all about the amazing place known as the Republic of Molossia. Founded by Kevin Baugh, this micronation is seriously legit. Hear all about their history, creative customs and more!

Language of Bromance
438 Welcome to Molossia Your New MicroNation

Language of Bromance

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 13, 2022 61:59


Welcome to the two newest citizens of Molossia!!! Give a listen to the Language of Bromance in Episode 438 Welcome to Molossia Your New MicroNation. Email Bros@LanguageofBromance.com Get your LOB Merchandise at the Language of Bromance Tee Public Store. Like us on Facebook Leave a Review and Subscribe on Apple Podcast, Google Podcast, Spotify, and Stitcher. Become a LOBarmy Patreon About Language of Bromance Language of Bromance is a weekly Improv Comedy Podcast that was created by Richard and Shawn in 2014.  Releasing a new episode every single Sunday featuring new weird stories from history, news, movies, and more.  They are a 2022 Podcast Awards Best Male Host Slate Nominee Podcast. The duo has performed live at the Kansas City Comic Con, Planet ComiCon, The Chicago Podcast Festival and more.  Language of Bromance has also been featured as part of Kevin Smith's SmodCo Pod U and BBC Radio Show World Have Your Say. A few stories Language of Bromance has covered are The Great Emu War, The Ninja of Heisei, and Lioness of Brittany.  The duo has also created staple episodes where they draft from specific topics, LOB Movie Pitch, Brolloween to celebrate Halloween season, and Super Question.

ChipChat
No flag no country!

ChipChat

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 11, 2022 123:32


Biden and the Dems did way better than anybody expected, we have fun talking about how relieved we are. But just in case we talk to Her Imperial Majesty Christina 1&2 of Cycoldia, and learn how to make our own micronation!

SBS Russian - SBS на русском языке
Fed up with your country? Why not make your own - Недовольны своей страной? Почему бы не создать свою собственную!

SBS Russian - SBS на русском языке

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 16, 2022 5:51


If you're not happy with your country, how about creating your own? Micronations is the name given to fake countries created by individuals, and Australia is famous for hosting several. The phenomenon was seen as eccentric, but in recent years has turned into a creative form of activism that got the attention of academics. - Если вы недовольны своей страной, как насчет создания собственной? Микрогосударства или микронации — так называют фальшивые страны, созданные отдельными людьми, и Австралия известна тем, что здесь есть несколько таких стран. Раньше это считалось чем-то эксцентричным, но в последние годы это явление превратилось в творческую форму активизма, привлекшую внимание ученых.

SBS World News Radio
Fed up with your country? Why not make your own

SBS World News Radio

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 14, 2022 4:31


Micronations is the name given to fake countries created by individuals, and Australia is famous for hosting several.- The phenomenon was seen as eccentric, but in recent years has turned into a creative form of activism that got the attention of academics.

Gadfly
Dominion of Melchizedek

Gadfly

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 19, 2022 72:04


Hey, y'all! This week we return to the wild world of micronations. The Dominion of Melchizedek really had no set location, but where they did reside was deep within multiple financial scams throughout the '90s.

Counting Countries
Sultan Of Slowjamastan 

Counting Countries

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 13, 2022 86:09


Please check out the www.extraordinarytravelfestival.com To buy ticket, use code ETF to save $50 This is a special episode of Counting Countries.  Like many in the community I have a keen interest of de facto states and micronations.  I love the idiosyncrasies of crossing the border into an Abkhazia or Transnistria.  As I have shared with listeners before I was fortunate to visit the Principality of Sealand with the Extreme Traveler International Congress.  I have been following the new micronation of the Republic of Slowjamastan on social media, founded by the Sultan Randy Williams better known to listeners as Ramblin' Randy, a former guest of Counting Countries.  He was first interviewed in Episode 36 in July of 2017.  He was just at 86 countries at that time.  Besides traveling up a storm, Randy has created a micronation in California.  As you know, micronations range from high comedy to the deadly serious.  The Sultan has poured in a ton of effort and money into creating this desert kingdom.  This is a really fun project.   I would like to thank everyone for their support of Counting Countries, especially my Patrons:  Phillip Jones, Simen Flotvik Mathisen, Ted Nims, Bisa Myles, Thor Pedersen, and Adam Hickman for supporting this podcast. They help pay for the production of this podcast.  You can support this podcast by going to Patreon.com/CountingCountries.  You can also support Counting Countries be writing a review or sharing this podcast with a travel lover.  My patrons hear extra content, like an additional 40 minutes of my last conversation with Jorge Serpa and Lucy Hsu.As many of you have heard, Stefan Kraswoski and I have teamed up to host the Extraordinary Travel Festival, the world's largest gathering of accomplished travelers. This will take place in Yerevan, 2022.  We are excited to produce this event to help grow our community while organizing great events, and hosting some amazing experiences. Please go to ExtraordinaryTravelFestival.com to see our speakers, our sponsors, and some of the trips we are hosting.  Check back often since there are frequent updates.  If buying a ticket, please use code ETF to save $50.  Hope to see you in Yerevan.      I was in Bangkok for this recording while the Sultan was in San Diego.   Please listen in and enjoy.    Thank you to my Patrons …. Phillip Jones, Thor Pedersen, Adam Hickman, Bisa Myles, Ted Nims, Lucy Shoe, and Garying Chan. Be the first on your block to sport official Counting Countries apparel!   And now you can listen to Counting Countries on Spotify! And Alexa! Subscribe on Apple Podcasts today! And write a review! About Sultan Of Slowjamastan Counting Countries Check out the Sultan's first appearance. And check out the Republic of Slowjamastan's website.  About Counting Countries Counting Countries is the only podcast to bring you the stories from the dedicated few who've spent their lives on the singular quest of traveling to every country in the world. Less people have traveled to every country in the world than have been to outer space. Theme music for this podcast is Demeter's Dance, written, performed, and provided by Mundi.  About GlobalGaz Ric Gazarian is the host of Counting Countries. He is the author of three books: Hit The Road: India, 7000 KM To Go, and Photos From Chernobyl.  He is the producer of two travel documentaries: Hit The Road: India and Hit The Road: Cambodia.   Ric is also on his own quest to visit every country in the world. You can see where he has traveled so far and keep up with his journey at GlobalGaz.com How Many Countries Are There? Well… that depends on who you ask!  The United Nations states that there are 193 member states. The British Foreign and Commonwealth office states that there are 226 countries and territories. The Traveler's Century Club states that there are 329 sovereign nations, territories, enclaves, and islands. The Most Traveled Person states that there are 949 unique parts of the world. The Nomad Mania divides the world into 1301 regions.  SISO says there are 3,978 places in the world.   Me? My goal is the 193 countries that are recognized by the UN, but I am sure I will visit some other places along the way.

Engines of Our Ingenuity
Engines of Our Ingenuity 3277: Small Countries

Engines of Our Ingenuity

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 4, 2022 3:49


Episode: 3277 Microstates, Micronations, and the impulse to create small countries.  Today, Very small countries.

Bureau of Lost Culture
Birth, Death - and Frestonia

Bureau of Lost Culture

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 4, 2022 59:15


The People's Republic of Frestonia, a countercultural micronation, was formed in three streets in North Kensington in the heady years of late seventies London.   *Long before the Occupy movement, a group of squatters, radicals, artists and activists decided to fight back against a local authority bent on evicting them from their homes and declared the area independent of the UK. Drawing huge media interest, some derision and lot of goodwill, they had their own passports, stamps and theatre and even applied to join the United Nations.   One of them, the psychotherapist Josefine Speyer, Frestonia's minister of Culture, comes to visit the Bureau for an hour or so to tell us what it was all about - and all about the countercultural journey she made to live there from her youth in Germany. We hear of communes in Berlin and Scotland, travelling in a gypsy caravan in Wales, home births and hash cookies in a cow shed and of some of the many alternative projects initiated by her radical activist husband Nicholas Albery.   *And we learn how they came to found the Natural Death Centre, blowing the lid on the secretive cabal that controlled the funeral industry and returning death and dying back to where it belongs - with the people..   For more about Frestonia:  http://www.frestonia.org A list of Micronations: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_micronations For the Natural Death Centre: http://www.naturaldeath.org.uk More on Josefine:  https://deathcafe.com/profile/25/    

The Mike Wagner Show
Founder of “WE”landia David Ferdinand talks about the upstart micronation as modern-day Ellis Island!

The Mike Wagner Show

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 28, 2022 53:59


Founder of “WE”landia David Ferdinand talks about the upstart micro-nation as a modern-day Ellis Island accepting all people on Earth and do not require government ID (deep state) with the motto of Do. No. Evil.! David is also the team leader of the BioDome Project out of Sao Paolo, Brazil and shares his story on how he started “WE”landia to try and make things possible for people to reach their potential and thrive! Find out more information about the new amazing nation founded by David Ferdinand on all streaming platforms! #davidferdinand #welandia #saopaolo #brazil #evoultionisland #governmentid #donoevil #micronation #biodomeproject #amazon #audible #iheartradio #spreaker #spotify #itunes #googleplay #applemusic #youtube #anchorfm #podbean #mikewagner #themikewagnershow #mikewagnerdavidferdinand #themikewagnershowdavidferdinand --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/themikewagnershow/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/themikewagnershow/support

The Mike Wagner Show
Founder of “WE”landia David Ferdinand talks about the upstart micronation as modern-day Ellis Island!

The Mike Wagner Show

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 28, 2022 48:53


Founder of “WE”landia David Ferdinand talks about the upstart micro-nation as a modern-day Ellis Island accepting all people on Earth and do not require government ID (deep state) with the motto of Do. No. Evil.! David is also the team leader of the BioDome Project out of Sao Paolo, Brazil and shares his story on how he started “WE”landia to try and make things possible for people to reach their potential and thrive! Find out more information about the new amazing nation founded by David Ferdinand on all streaming platforms! #davidferdinand #welandia #saopaolo #brazil #evoultionisland #governmentid #donoevil #micronation #biodomeproject #amazon #audible #iheartradio #spreaker #spotify #itunes #googleplay #applemusic #youtube #anchorfm #podbean #mikewagner #themikewagnershow #mikewagnerdavidferdinand #themikewagnershowdavidferdinand --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/themikewagnershow/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/themikewagnershow/support

foXnoMad Podcast
Let's Buy An Island And How To Turn It Into A Micronation w/Marshall Mayer

foXnoMad Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 22, 2022 56:39


Marshall Mayer crowdfunded an island off the coast of Belize and is in the process of turning it into a micronation. We talk about turning the idea into a reality and how you can become an investor or citizen of the Islandia. Lets Buy An Island: https://www.letsbuyanisland.com/ Intro/outro music by: Particle House Other music by: Ooyy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices