Podcast appearances and mentions of mike spencer bown

Mike Spencer Bown has been backpacking non-stop since 1990, and has visited all the world's countries, and quasicountries, on all seven continents.  Of the few people who have visited every country on Earth, Mike has been backpacking the longest, travelling light and living out of the same well-worn backpack. Because of this, he could be the world's most travelled man! Though he calls no single place home, he was raised in Alberta, Canada.   In this episode, we talk about his experience being the first tourist in Somalia, his fascination for solo wilderness camping, hitchhiking in Iraq and Congo, the interesting Turkmenistan,  the dangerous Chad, how he makes money for his travel fund, and some of the main reasons why he travels.  --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/reginstravels/message

A conversation with travel writer Mike Spencer Bown about his backpacking memoir, The World's Most Travelled Man: A Twenty-Three-Year Odyssey to and through Every Country on the Planet (2018)

A conversation with travel writer Mike Spencer Bown about his backpacking memoir, The World's Most Travelled Man: A Twenty-Three-Year Odyssey to and through Every Country on the Planet (2018)

This is one of my favorite podcasts this year. I admire Mike Spencer Bown. He's been traveling for the last 25 years. He's been to every country. He's the author of The World's Most Travelled Man. Does he deserve that title? He didn't even pick that title. His publisher did. We discuss whether that topic as well as these topics: How many Canadian provinces are there? He didn't know, even though he's Canadian! Sacrilege! Answer: 10. Alberta, British Columbia, Manitoba, New Brunswick, Newfoundland and Labrador, Nova Scotia, Ontario, Prince Edward Island, Quebec, and Saskatchewan. What does he have to do to claim that he's been to a country? How's Saudi Arabia now? We discuss Travel's Century Club.  How was it like to be in the first tourist in Somalia? Would he go to the moon or Mars? How's Antarctica? What about Kazakstan?  How are his language skills? How does he finance his travels? Why did he spend $50,000 in chickens? How much would it cost to reverse engineer the brain? Could the USA and Canada unite? How do you get a gun in Canada? In 300 years, is it better to live in Canada or the Sahara? What does he think about Bitcoin? What does he think of the future of Africa? If he were a time traveler going into the future, what would he expect to see? How was it like to go for months without speaking? You can follow Mike Spencer Bown on Facebook.   3 Sponsors 1. Tour Radar Do you want to take a life-changing travel adventure, but you either hate planning or you don't know where to start? TourRadar is a trusted online marketplace that helps you find, compare, and book multi-day tours that will expand your horizons through life-enriching travel experiences. Just type in a region you have always wanted to visit or your preferred travel style and TourRadar will do the rest. And right now, WanderLearn listeners can visit TourRadar for a chance to an amazing travel contest! Every month, there's a new contest! Enter at https://www.tourradar.com/wanderlearn  2. The Steelman Family Foundation Rene Steelman leads the Steelman Family Foundation which helps families with non-ambulatory children to acquire wheelchair-accessible vehicles. Their mission is to help families with children diagnosed with a permanent disability participate in the community. The Steelman Family Foundation also supports events to benefit cerebral palsy education and activities. They work exclusively with United Access and serve families nationally. Learn more and donate at https://steelmanfamilyfoundation.org 3. Health Access Sumbawa One of WanderLearn's top patrons, Kathy Kennedy Enger, asked me to draw attention to Health Access Sumbawa. I am happy to promote this remarkable nonprofit. In 2014, Jack Kennedy founded the organization to bring malaria control and healthcare to remote, impoverished communities. It started on the remote island of Sumbawa, Indonesia. Since then, it's expanded thanks to generous donations. Visit their website to learn more and to donate: https://healthaccesssumbawa.org More info You can post comments, ask questions, and sign up for my newsletter at http://wanderlearn.com. If you like this podcast, subscribe and share!  On social media, my username is always ftapon. Follow me on: http://facebook.com/ftapon http://twitter.com/ftapon http://youtube.com/user/ftapon http://pinterest.com/ftapon http://tumblr.com/ftapon Claim your monthly reward by becoming a patron at http://Patreon.com/FTapon Rewards start at just $2/month! If you prefer to do a one-time contribution, you can send it to my PayPal at FT@FrancisTapon.com If you prefer giving me Bitcoin, then please send BTC to my tip jar: 3EiSBC2bv2bYtYEXAKTkgqZohjF27DGjnV

I'm back with the Five-Minute Friday episode! Today, we talk about travel, the gut microbiome and the ability to eat anything, anywhere in the world! I used to be a microbiologist, so today I'm going to nerd out a bit and uncover a little science. The world's most-traveled man, Mike Spencer Bown, told me that he believes his longevity, and the reason that he was able to travel for multiple decades, is his really good gut health. Without a strong gut microbiome, you may feel unhealthy, your digestive system may protest when you eat things outside your normal diet, and you may get sick more easily. To eat different foods comfortably, especially ones offered by the locals, I try to maintain a strong gut microbiome and eat a diet that supports that goal. For those who do not know, our guts contain a community of thousands of species of microbes, including bacteria and single-celled organisms, known as the microbiome. Come to think of it, there's way more bacteria in you than there are human cells! The community in your gut is really important for a lot of reasons. For example, it prevents disease and helps hormonal regulation in your body; it has even been called the second brain. Diversity is used to assess the strength of gut microbiomes. When I had mine sequenced a few years back, I found that I had one of the highest rates of diversity. This was a good sign because it meant that nutrients and vitamins were being produced in my body which were helping to keep me healthy. There are some key things you need to keep in mind when focusing on your microbiome health and diversity: prebiotics, probiotics, and eliminating irritants from your body. Hopefully, whether you are a traveler or not, you found this episode interesting and helpful. I love being able to share some of my microbiology background and to tie it to adventure for you! Let me know if you learned anything from this episode!

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Another great talk with Mike Bown, the most travelled man in the world. In this occasion we shared some beers and more travel stories. #Tourism #cost_of_travel #speed_of_travel #organ_donation #adventures #charitable_tourism #war #Vikings #slavery #boats #navigation #colonialism #diving #GoWithXenia #TravelTheWorld #LoveTravelling

Few and far between are those who can lay claim to visiting every country on the planet. Even rarer are the likes who can swap travel stories with Mike Spencer Bown. Having backpacked nonstop since 1990, the Ottawa-born, Calgary-raised Bown has hitchhiked through warzone Iraq and Afghanistan, explored the underground party scenes of Iran and … Continue reading Mike Spencer Bown: “If I knew [airport security] any better, I’d have to send them Christmas cards” →

Few and far between are those who can lay claim to visiting every country on the planet. Even rarer are the likes who can swap travel stories with Mike Spencer Bown. Having backpacked nonstop since 1990, the Ottawa-born, Calgary-raised Bown has hitchhiked through warzone Iraq and Afghanistan, explored the underground party scenes of Iran and … Continue reading Mike Spencer Bown: “If I knew [airport security] any better, I’d have to send them Christmas cards” →

The second podcast with Mike Spencer Bown, the most travelled man in the world. Here we talk further about travel, tourism industry, adventures, cultural differences, and fun. #Tourism #Travel #Economics #Adventure #GoWithXenia #TravelTheWorld #LoveTravelling

"You need some type of chaos to achieve creativity." - Michael Spencer Bown Today's episode is one of my all time favorites because today's guest is known as the "most traveled man," and is big hero of mine. Mike Spencer Bown has not only visited every single country in the world, he has also immersed into some cultures by living with tribes. One thing about living with the natives is that he did not expect how good the people were. They took him in, welcomed him to their community, taught him local customs like hunting, and took care of him. What is amazing about Mike is that he does all this traveling to share with everyone he meets. There was a even a time when somebody asked him to tell a story about his adventures; three weeks later, he was still going! Adventure to him means freelance traveling - going in and not knowing what to expect, what's going to happen next. Stories you will hear in this episode: Battling a Mountain Lion Hitchhiking through Iraq during the war Spending 90 days alone in the wilderness Making coffee tables out of coffee wood and earning a huge profit Explanation of how world religions interact How Mike carried $80,000 USD on his person Learning to hunt with natives when he couldn't speak the language The philosophy of capitalism vs. feudalism         Quotes: "I consider the wilderness more dangerous than traveling" - Mike Spencer Bown "Nepal is good for spiritual experiences - you can see deep time"- Mike Spencer Bown "Try to work the people, not the system"- Mike Spencer Bown "Learn to adjust to the culture you are in"- Mike Spencer Bown "Try to meet interesting people and they give you ideas"- Mike Spencer Bown "My stories have deviated from reality over time"- Mike Spencer Bown "Conservative countries are family oriented"- Mike Spencer Bown Continue the Adventure (Resources from this episode): www.mikespencerbown.com Mike on Facebook You might also like these episodes: AOA 128 | Gunnar Garfors | A Story From Every Country AOA 055 | Ladan Jiracek | Travel Wisdom From 80 Countries AOA 118 | Chris Guillebeau | Born For This - Find the Work You Were Meant to Do AOA 052 | Ben Keene | Creating Tribes Around The World You will also like: The Best Art Of Adventure Podcast Episodes AOA 050 | 50 Shades Of Adventure: The Best Ideas From The First 50 Episodes

Mike Spencer Bown - 193 countries Mike is a true traveler and explorer, who over a twenty plus year time period has traveled to every country in the world. Mike shared with me some incredible travel tales, including a road trip with a nun in a war-torn, African country.   Mike has been on the road for over twenty years, exploring and discovering the remote corners of our planet.  He travels slow and espouses a simpler lifestyle with all of his belongings in one bag.     More about Mike Spencer Bown:   Born in: Canada Passports from: Canada Favorite travel book:  I like old Jack Vance fantasy travel books such as The Dying Earth and Cugel’s Saga.  Also, early travel accounts such as the First Footsteps in East Africa.   Favorite travel site:   I’m kinda old school, not a big user of the internet. I don’t travel with electronics, not even a phone or camera. Must carry: Mosquito net, a Swiss Army knife, Flagyl (for Giardia) and Coartem ( for Malaria).  I bring a collared shirt for embassy visits.  I also bring an outfit similar to what an NGO or U.N. inspector would wear, including clipboard for impersonating officials to get past roadblocks. And finally a journals for writing in. Favorite food: Any kind of exotic fruit or fish. Favorite drink:  Soursop juice.  Chinese whisky with ‘special’ herbs. Favorite Airline:  The cheaper the better. For example, I liked those old Tupolev flying in Iran. Favorite Hotel:  I like to find one that used to be the best hotel in the city, but say, in the 1920s, and nothing has been done to upgrade or refurbish it, so it's a charming semi-ruin, in the $5 to $10 a night range. Facebook   mike.s.bown       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 225 countries and territories. The Century Club states that there are 324 sovereign nations, territories, enclaves, and islands. The Most Traveled Person states that there are 875 unique parts of the world. The Best Traveled states that there are 1281 unique 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. Disclaimer: I will earn a fee if you order from Amazon/Agoda.

People with great stories to tell are the most interesting friends and podcast guests. Mike Spencer Bown has the most stories to tell. After 23 years spent traveling to every country in the world, now he is ready to tell us about how the world really is. One of the most inspiring people you could ever meet. Mike is a wealth of knowledge, literary talent, and storytelling showmanship. #Travel #backpacking #storytelling #spies #visas #war #rebels #cocaine #corruption #adventure #guerrillas #wildlife #relationships #media #book_writing #brutality #GoWithXenia #TravelTheWorld #LoveTravelling

"Good people greatly outnumber nasty people, worldwide. There is a network that existed long before facebook, and it is the network of persons of good will, who will introduce and pass you to other persons of good will, such that you can take a friendly look around a town, a nation or the world, as you like. There is no similar network among nasty people, they are on their own, and if you know what is good for you, leave them alone." – Mike Spencer Bown 23 years of adventures spent wandering the world has led Michael Bown to visiting every country and every region on Earth, from war-torn Mogadishu to living with pygmies in the Congo, all of this giving him credence to lay claim to the title of the world’s most travelled person in human history. This is not simple. Hitchhiking, multiple arrests in foreign countries, multiple bouts of malaria. But that’s the point. It’s the willingness to endure challenge, and the kindness of the strangest of strangers that delivers the story we’re looking for. And today we get to know Mike Spencer Bown. In this piece, we explore the time Mike's spent in solitude living in the woods and how this has prepared and conditioned him for a life of perpetual travel to everywhere on this planet. In this episode, we get into Mike's time spent in solitude living in the woods and how that experience conditioned him to become a perpetual traveler capable of going to everywhere in the world.   Become a Friend of the Show: Please subscribe and review! It just takes a second and you can help the show increase its rankings on iTunes just by this simple and quick gesture. We’d be grateful for a review. Leave one here. If you do, click here to let me know so I can personally thank you! Your Feedback If you have an idea for a podcast you would like to see or a question about an upcoming episode, email me! I’d love to hear from you. Thank you so much for your support! The post 205: Being the Most Traveled Person with Mike Spencer Bown appeared first on The Daily Travel Podcast.

Mike Spencer Bown has been on the road for 23 years and has some of the best travel stories you'll ever hear. From impersonating a UN security officer to cannibals and killer bees to rave parties this is an episode you won't want to miss.

We meet up with the World's Most Travelled Man (23 years and over 195 countries), who is from Ottawa originally, to talk about why he started, how he could afford it, some interesting stories and tips for others! We have great music from Tindervox as well!

We meet up with the World's Most Travelled Man (23 years and over 195 countries), who is from Ottawa originally, to talk about why he started, how he could afford it, some interesting stories and tips for others! We have great music from Tindervox as well!