Podcasts about trips

On this episode, we talk about why having trips to look forward to is necessary, recent recognition in the Real Estate space, and whether real estate search just changed forever. Our PartnersMosaik: Your sidekick for streamlining operations to empower you as an agent and run a fully transparent process that brings your buyer and seller into the transaction with you. Let mosaik.io take your business to all-new heights! Schedule a consult today!StackWrap: If you are a broker or team leader and want to consolidate your tech stack into one easy-to-use platform to maximize your agents' adoption and usage of the tools you provide, check out StackWrap now by going to www.stackwrap.comJared James Academy: If you are an agent, a broker, or a team leader who knows your agents would benefit from ongoing training with Jared James, did you know you could join Jared James Academy for as little as $99/month? Visit jaredjamestoday.com/academy to learn more about your options for individuals, teams, and brokerages. We can't wait to have you in our community!

My guest this episode is Mike Carden. He's an author from England who came to writing in midlife. He has independently published six books. Many of them are humorous cycling travelogues. They mix history, conversation, and self-deprecating humor. Readers connect with his warmth and honesty. Find more author advice, tips, and tools at our Self-publishing Author Advice Center, with a huge archive of 2,000+ blog posts, and a handy search box to find key info on the topic you need. We invite you to join our organization and become a self-publishing ally. About the Host Howard Lovy has been a journalist for 40 years and now amplifies the voices of independent author-publishers and works with authors as a developmental editor. Find Howard at howardlovy.com, LinkedIn, and X. About the Guest Mike Carden lives and works in Dorset on the south coast of England and began his writing career around the start of the millennium, after years in marketing and sales for the textiles industry. He has since independently published six books, starting with a series of quirkily funny cycling travelogues, including The Full English: Pedalling through England, Mid-Life Crisis, and Truly Rampant Man-Flu. He later returned to a long-delayed project, a trilogy of historical novels based on the life of Alfred the Great, and successfully brought it to publication on his own terms. He is currently working on a new whodunnit set in the English Lake District.

China's railway authorities are expecting nearly 14 million passenger trips on the first day of the Spring Festival holiday on Sunday.

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on this episode we talk about our upcoming trips to New York and list our “hear me outs”

China has forecast over 2 million daily cross-border trips during Spring Festival, a 14% rise from last year, as more foreign visitors are joining the celebrations (01:02). Iran's foreign minister says a nuclear deal with the U.S. is achievable, while President Trump insists Washington will continue talks to reach an agreement (11:12). China's agricultural machinery is gaining ground in Brazil, boosting productivity from coffee plantations to family farms (24:07).

On the phone-in: Registered dietitian Brittany Brown answers questions about food management when it comes to diabetes. And off the top, we hear from a frequent Canadian traveller to Cuba and what the cancellation of trips means for some Cuban residents.

In today's Kelsey Unpacked, I'm opening up my wallet and sharing the 5 credit cards I'm carrying right now and why. I'm talking points, miles, and the travel perks that make trips cheaper, plus how I decide which card to use for everyday spending. Buy Me A Coffee: https://buymeacoffee.com/kelseygravesFollow me on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/kelsey_gravesFollow me on TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@mskelseygravesJoin us in the Trip Tales Podcast Community Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/1323687329158879Mentioned in this episode:- Points and Miles Resources: The Points Guy, 10X Travel, Wonderland on Points podcast, Katie's Travel Tricks and the Points for Normal People podcast, @letstraveltalk on Instagram and the Travel Reward University course- My Chase Sapphire Preferred® Referral Link:https://www.referyourchasecard.com/19u/R8JPUYZV1R- My Southwest Rapid Rewards Silver or Performance Business Referral Link:https://www.referyourchasecard.com/226f/720P5CNEZR- My American Express Gold Card Referral Link: https://americanexpress.com/en-us/referral/gold-card?ref=KELSEGm84o&xl=cp15- My Capital One Venture X Referral Link: https://i.capitalone.com/JcrIKYWpz

This week Seth and Josh welcome Nikolaj Coster-Waldau to the podcast! He shares all about his upbringing in Denmark, family trips to Spain in a Fiat 600, his adventures hosting a travel documentary series, the cultural nuances of Scandinavian countries, his love for Greenland, and so much more! Plus, he chats about Season 2 of “The Last Thing He Told Me” on Apple TV and Season 2 of his docuseries, “An Optimists Guide To The Planet. Watch more Family Trips episodes: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLlqYOfxU_jQem4_NRJPM8_wLBrEEQ17B6 Support our sponsors: DeleteMe Get 20% off your DeleteMe plan when you go to https://joindeleteme.com/ TRIPS and use promo code TRIPS at checkout. WildGrain Wildgrain is offering our listeners $30 off your first box - PLUS free Croissants for life - when you go to https://Wildgrain.com/TRIPS to start your subscription today. Fitbod Level up your workout in the new year. Join Fitbod today to get your personalized workout plan. Get 25% off your subscription or try the app FREE for seven days at https://Fitbod.me/trip Shipt Download the app or order now at https://shipt.com Marley Spoon This new year, fast-track your way to eating well with Marley Spoon. Head to https://marleyspoon.com/offer/trips for up to 25 FREE meals! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

I am joined by Dr. Stephen Cabebe, founder of Fit for the Magic, to break down a smarter, healthier, and far more realistic way to think about fitness through the lens of Disney. We start with Stephen's personal journey—how Disney shifted from a once-in-a-while vacation into a core part of his life, and the moment he realized fitness and Disney didn't need to compete with each other.From there, we dive into the Fit for the Magic philosophy: why consistency beats intensity, why movement should exist between trips (not just before them), and how Disney itself can become an anchor habit for long-term health.We also unpack why Disney trips are closer to endurance events than vacations—covering standing fatigue, posture, mental overload, and why step count is one of the most overrated metrics in the parks. The conversation goes deeper into the mental side of Disney, exploring decision fatigue, emotional highs and lows, and how fitness can improve patience, mood, and resilience.Food gets a refresh too, with a guilt-free approach to fueling for joy, not restriction. And we wrap things up with active recovery Disney-style, plus a fast-paced Main Street Lightning Round that's equal parts practical and fun.If you want to enjoy Disney more, feel better in the parks, and stop “starting over” every Monday—this episode is for you.FOLLOW STEPHENWebsite: www.fitforthemagic.comBook: https://fitforthemagic.com/disneyreadyPodcast: https://fitforthemagic.com/category/happily-ever-active/Instagram: @fit.forthemagic Book a Disney Prep Discovery Call: https://calendly.com/stephen-cabebe/30min

I'm hosting a small-group trip to Iceland in mid-August 2026, designed for travelers who want a thoughtfully planned experience rooted in nature, culture, and soft adventure.  Today, I'm sharing why hosting a group trip to Iceland feels like the right next step and how years of repeated visits have shaped the small-group trip I'm hosting. 

In today's episode, we welcome Matt and Brie Wenzel, a couple whose love story is practically written in passport stamps and Sandals memories. What started as a post-pandemic getaway to Sandals Ochi quickly turned into a tradition of milestone moments throughout the Caribbean, as Matt and Brie have now visited a total of eight Sandals Resorts. After falling in love with the Sandals experience, Matt popped the question at Sandals Grenada, and the pair later said “I do” at Sandals Royal Bahamian in 2025. And, this May, they're headed back to where their travels together began in Jamaica to celebrate their one-year anniversary at Sandals Dunn's River. Tune in to hear why Sandals has become such a meaningful part of their relationship, how they chose the perfect resort for each cherished moment, and the love story that has unfolded along the way.

Nikki DeFalco, Vice President of Fundraising at the MS Society, shares how fundraising events are still the best way to build donor pipelines.There has been a surge recently in the following question: are events still worth it? The answer is, absolutely! Nikki and Trevor met on the podcast to discuss how community engagement, localization, and creating enjoyable experiences for attendees can lead to stronger donor pipelines for any nonprofit.Their conversation dives into:- Donor retention- The significance of feedback in event planning- Building and leading a fundraising team- The need for personal connection- Adapting communication for different generational preferencesHave a question or topic you'd like us to cover? Let us know https://hgafundraising.com/ask-your-questions/

In this special archive episode of With Flying Colors, Mark Treichel is joined by Steve Farr and Todd Miller — both former NCUA leaders — to revisit a foundational topic that continues to shape credit union supervision today: risk appetite, risk culture, and concentration risk.While regulators often emphasize capital levels, history shows that capital alone cannot offset poor risk governance. This conversation explores why concentration risk continues to challenge institutions — even those that appear well capitalized.Drawing on decades of regulatory experience, the team walks through the core components of a modern risk management framework and discusses how boards should think about oversight in today's environment.What We Cover

The trip that Prince Andrew, Jeffrey Epstein, and Ghislaine Maxwell allegedly took to Thailand was emblematic of the troubling, blurred lines between official duties and personal indulgence that marked Andrew's association with Epstein and Maxwell. According to multiple published accounts, the excursion was ostensibly part of Andrew's role as a trade envoy or a royal visit, but reports claim that it quickly devolved into a series of highly inappropriate activities far removed from any diplomatic mission. One biographer asserts that during the stay in Bangkok, Andrew arranged for dozens of women to be brought to his luxury hotel over several days—ostensibly under the cover of his official duties and at public expense—raising serious ethical and reputational questions about how he used his position and resources for private gratification rather than state business. These accounts, though contested and not part of official legal records, fit into a broader pattern of behavior that has dogged Andrew's public life with scandal and suspicion.Beyond the sensational claims of the Thailand trip itself, the involvement of Epstein and Maxwell highlights how Andrew's friendships with these figures repeatedly drew him into morally and legally fraught situations. Epstein and Maxwell were central figures in trafficking networks that exploited vulnerable young women, and their presence alongside Andrew on trips and at social events underscores the degree to which he tolerated or embraced company that should have been avoided. Even as Epstein's criminality became widely known, Andrew maintained contact with him and continued to socialize in ways that blurred accountability and oversight, culminating in diplomatic embarrassment, public outrage, and legal scrutiny years later. The Thailand episode is thus not an isolated scandal but part of a pattern of reckless behavior and poor judgment that has had lasting consequences for Andrew's reputation.to contact me:bobbycapucci@protonmail.comBecome a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-moscow-murders-and-more--5852883/support.

A lot of people plan trips around a big event or activity - like a concert, a golf tournament, or Wimbledon. With trips like these, it's often a great idea to bring in a professional. Juliet Huddy, travel vlogger and curator at JetSetJulietTravels.com, joins Rob Hart on the WBBM Noon Business Hour with the details.

The latest on the Bears' multi-state stadium search, making a concert or a game the center of your next adventure, and delivery robots getting “dirty looks” as they roll down city sidewalks.

This week's podcast delivers a hard-hitting reality check for RVers.:- We break down a viral insider video from a top RV dealer CEO who openly calls out price gouging, overproduction, copycat designs, and why so many buyers end up upside down faster than they expect. If you are shopping, or even thinking about it, this one matters.- We also cover an RV recall blitz affecting more than 18,000 RVs across multiple brands, including fire risks, fuel leaks, and labeling errors that should have never made it past quality control.- Plus, a growing warning for RV travelers as aging water systems cripple access at Big Bend National Park and other popular National Park destinations.- Our take on Love's expanding RV hookups, convenient but noisy and pricey- How AI is being used for RV Travel PlanningNo spin, no fluff, just straight talk about the RV lifestyle. Listen to the Monday News Edition wherever you get your podcasts or at RVPodcast.com.

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Chinese transport authorities say the country has recorded more than 1.4 billion domestic passenger trips during the first week of the 2026 Spring Festival travel rush.

The trip that Prince Andrew, Jeffrey Epstein, and Ghislaine Maxwell allegedly took to Thailand was emblematic of the troubling, blurred lines between official duties and personal indulgence that marked Andrew's association with Epstein and Maxwell. According to multiple published accounts, the excursion was ostensibly part of Andrew's role as a trade envoy or a royal visit, but reports claim that it quickly devolved into a series of highly inappropriate activities far removed from any diplomatic mission. One biographer asserts that during the stay in Bangkok, Andrew arranged for dozens of women to be brought to his luxury hotel over several days—ostensibly under the cover of his official duties and at public expense—raising serious ethical and reputational questions about how he used his position and resources for private gratification rather than state business. These accounts, though contested and not part of official legal records, fit into a broader pattern of behavior that has dogged Andrew's public life with scandal and suspicion.Beyond the sensational claims of the Thailand trip itself, the involvement of Epstein and Maxwell highlights how Andrew's friendships with these figures repeatedly drew him into morally and legally fraught situations. Epstein and Maxwell were central figures in trafficking networks that exploited vulnerable young women, and their presence alongside Andrew on trips and at social events underscores the degree to which he tolerated or embraced company that should have been avoided. Even as Epstein's criminality became widely known, Andrew maintained contact with him and continued to socialize in ways that blurred accountability and oversight, culminating in diplomatic embarrassment, public outrage, and legal scrutiny years later. The Thailand episode is thus not an isolated scandal but part of a pattern of reckless behavior and poor judgment that has had lasting consequences for Andrew's reputation.to contact me:bobbycapucci@protonmail.comBecome a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-epstein-chronicles--5003294/support.

From surviving the freeze to the fallout of "Music's Biggest Night," this week on The Vocal Lab, Jason and Shelby are diving deep into a Nashville ice storm that changed everything. While Shelby took advantage of the power outage to crush six books in a single week, Jason was busy hunkering down at a friend's house, watching the city turn into a literal ice rink.But the real storm? It was brewing at the 2026 Grammys. The duo breaks down:Billie Eilish's polarizing "F*** ICE" acceptance speech that has the internet on fire.Trevor Noah's final stint as host—was the comedy actually "funny" or just safe?Nicki Minaj's digital "unleashing" as she took to social media to drop bombshell allegations and conspiracy theories while the show aired.From the nature of award shows in a hyper-political era to the resilience of the Nashville music scene, Jason and Shelby aren't holding anything back.

Send us a textThe City of Kirkland's own Charlie Shannon tells how vendors can apply to join this summer's Juanita Friday Market while we dream up fresh possibilities. We also learn about new firefighters, the upcoming orientation for Green Kirkland stewards, what happened at the last council meeting, and what events are coming up in February. Plus, we share our gratitude for Kirkland blood donors and announce how to enter to win a luxury hotel stay and roundtrip airfare to Maui.Shownotes: www.kirklandwa.gov/podcast#20260205

Iceland travel advice isn't one-size-fits-all.  These unpopular opinions from 10 years of visits may change how you plan your trip to Iceland.

This week, the guys are joined by Golf Aficionado magazine's Rob Spellman to talk all things golf travel. How to book, where to go and what to know

Jake Rotham from the Tall Tails Fishing Rodcast joins us today to chat fishing, camping, adventuring and heaps more! Rothy has some unreal stories to tell and this is one of our favourite chats to date.Go check out the Tall Tails Fishing Rodcast with Rothy and Mark LeCras!https://talltailsfishingpodcast.buzzsprout.com/2450969The 4WD Podcast powered by Tyrepower. Recorded at BackChat Studios built by grounded.Music by The Southern River Band.Tough Dog Making Tracks Across the World! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

What if getting paid to travel and shoot projects wasn't luck, but a repeatable framework? Good news, it is! Over the last decade we've shot paid projects in the US, Canada, Mexico, NZ, AUS, Iceland, Greece, Italy, France, Nicaragua, St. Lucia, South Africa, Indonesia, Thailand and more - using a repeatable pitching framework.In this episode, we break down exactly how we pitch brand trips that turn into paid shoots, using the Hawaii campaign we're on right now as a real-world example.This wasn't a vacation. This was a paid shoot. You don't need a massive following. You don't need brands to reach out first. And you don't need to wait until you're “big enough.”What you do need is a pitch that solves a real marketing problem and makes it easy for brands to say yes.In this episode, we chat about:Why most brand trip pitches fail and how to avoid itHow to make your pitch time-sensitive instead of vagueWhat makes a pitch low-lift for brands so it actually gets readHow to position trips as a marketing win, not a free vacationThe local test brands use to decide if they'll fly you out or hire a localWhat to include in a brand trip pitch deck using the 7 sections we rely onThe DM funnel we use to start conversations, with a real exampleWhy follow-ups matter more than talentIf you've ever pitched a trip and heard nothing back, or wondered how creators actually get paid to shoot in places like Hawaii, Iceland, or Europe, this episode gives you a clear, practical framework you can start using immediately.Want the entire pitching framework we use? Get the Pitching Masterclass and use code 2026 for $50 off - www.creativrise.com/pitchingmasterclassSAVE THE DATE & REGISTER! Our $10K per Month Creator Workshop is back - happening on February 25th at 4:30pm PST.In this workshop, we're breaking down what's actually working right now to build a creative business that consistently clears $10,000 per month — whether you're a photographer, filmmaker, social media manager or content creator.We'll walk through:The four stages every creative business moves through on the way to six figuresHow to build offers that scale to $10,000+/moHow to price your work so you can maximize every job in 2026How to increase demand with your marketing so you're not relying on hope or referralsIt's the exact framework we use in our own business day to day and we want to help you implement it.The workshop is live, free, and interactive, with plenty of time for Q&A. We cap spots to keep it focused, so you'll want to grab yours asap.Register here - www.creativrise.com/workshopRound 15 starts March 15th and applications go live to the waitlist on Feb 25th!If you are a photographer, filmmaker, content creator, or social media manager in the wedding or brand space, this is for you. Join the waitlist today!Learn more and watch real client stories at⁠www.creativrise.com⁠Free Tools & Trainings:→ Pricing Calculator: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠creativrise.com/pricingcalculator⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠→ Productivity Course: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠creativrise.com/productivity⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠→ $10K/Mo Creator Workshop Replay: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠creativrise.com/workshop⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠→ Money Management Training: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠creativrise.com/moneytraining⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠→ Fix Your Inquiry Form: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠creativrise.com/inquiryform⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Listen & Subscribe:→ Apple Podcasts: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠apple.co/creativrise⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠→ Spotify: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠open.spotify.com/show/creativrise⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Follow Along:→ Instagram: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠@creativrise⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ | ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠@joeyspeers⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ | ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠@christyjspeers⁠

Has your sales pipeline sprung a leak? Michelle Stark believes you’re likely missing some customers who should be traveling with you. A communications veteran with a special focus on tourism, she helps clients around the country build sales pipelines that deliver new customers — and repeat business from old ones. And she says it’s time to re-examine the way you sell and market in 2026. Michelle joins this episode of the podcast to discuss why you’re losing potential customers — and what you can do about it. She shares cost-effective marketing strategies for finding new leads and secrets to crafting emails people actually want to read. Plus, we have news about Celebrity’s rapid river cruise growth and a Hot Minute about what you can learn about selling from car dealerships. Insights from Michelle Stark Michelle had lots of valuable insight about building intentional purchasing experiences that make potential customers feel confident and excited to buy from you. Here's what she had to say about how your website and content should be structured for maximum sales: “Are you really optimizing your website for what we call capturability, making sure that you’re not gating information, that you’re not making your customers go through too many clicks to try to actually sign up and book with you? Are you providing things like travel policies and forms upfront where people can read through those and opt in very easily — just removing friction?” Plus, she had great perspectives on: Different marketing strategies for different market segments What role AI can — and can’t — play in a sales pipeline Keeping your pipeline flowing when you’re busy with other things Resources Mentioned in This Episode Learn more about Red Sage Communications at redsageonline.com. Follow Michelle Stark on LinkedIn. Apply to attend our OnSite FAM tour in Louisiana at grouptravelleader.com/la-fam. Key Moments From This Episode 1:28 — Travel News: Celebrity is doubling its river cruise fleet 2:39 — News From Us: A few spots let on our FAM to Louisiana 6:11 — Why Michelle Stark left broadcast TV for tourism marketing 8:15 — What is a sales pipeline, and how do you build one? 9:27 — Touchpoints that should be part of your sales process 13:00 — Crafting emails your audience will want to read 15:21 — Keeping your sales pipeline full 17:49 — Can you automate your travel sales pipeline? 24:16 — Marketing ideas for reaching the middle class 29:09 — Can AI do your travel sales for you? 45:15 — Hot Minute: What you can learn about sales from car dealerships Watch the Full Interview See the full interview with Michelle on our YouTube channel. About the Podcast Gather and Go with Brian Jewell is a tourism industry podcast that helps group travel leaders plan, promote and lead better trips. There are also tips and insights for destination marketers and others who support the tourism trade. Each episode reaches thousands of professional tour operators, travel agents and the volunteer group leaders they serve. The audience also includes destination museum leaders, church travel leaders and other tourism enthusiasts around the world. Each show includes an interview with a smart travel pro or an insightful person from outside tourism who’s expertise can help make travel businesses better. You’ll also hear travel news, road tips and more. New episodes are released about twice monthly. You can find Gather and Go wherever your listen to podcasts or subscribe by email.

In this episode of In-Ear Insights, the Trust Insights podcast, Katie and Chris discuss autonomous AI agents and the mindset shift required for total automation. You’ll learn the risks of experimental autonomous systems and how to protect your data. You’ll discover ways to connect AI to your calendar and task managers for better scheduling. You’ll build a mindset that turns repetitive tasks into permanent automated systems. You’ll prepare your current workflows for the next generation of digital personal assistants. Watch the video here: Can’t see anything? Watch it on YouTube here. Listen to the audio here: https://traffic.libsyn.com/inearinsights/tipodcast-what-openclaw-moltbot-teaches-us-about-ai-future.mp3 Download the MP3 audio here. Need help with your company’s data and analytics? Let us know! Join our free Slack group for marketers interested in analytics! [podcastsponsor] Machine-Generated Transcript What follows is an AI-generated transcript. The transcript may contain errors and is not a substitute for listening to the episode. Christopher S. Penn [00:00]: In this week’s In Ear Insights, let’s talk about autonomous AI. The talk of the town for the last week or so has been the open source project first named Claudebot, spelled C L A W D. Anthropic’s lawyers paid them a visit and said please don’t do that. So they changed it to Maltbot and then no one could remember that. And so they have changed it finally now to Open Claw. Their mascot is still a lobster. This is in a condensed version, a fully autonomous AI system that you install on a. Christopher S. Penn [00:35]: Please, if you’re thinking about on a completely self contained computer that is not on your main production network because it is made of security vulnerabilities, but it interfaces with a bunch of tools and hasn’t connected to the AI model of your choice to allow you to basically text via WhatsApp or Telegram with an agent and have it go off and do things. And the the pitch is a couple things. One, it has a lot of autonomy so it can just go off and do things. There were some disasters when it first came out where somebody let it loose on their production work computer and immediately started buying courses for them. We did not see a bump in the Trust Insights courses, so that’s unfortunate. But the idea being it’s supposed to function like a true personal assistant. Christopher S. Penn [01:33]: You just text it and say hey, make me an appointment with Katie for lunch today at noon PM at this restaurant and it will go off and figure out how to do those things and then go off and do them. And for the most part it is very successful. The latest thing is people have been just setting it loose. They a bunch of folks created some plugins for it that allow it to have its own social network called Mult Book, where which is a sort of a Reddit clone where hundreds of thousands of people’s open Claw systems are having conversations with each other that look a lot like Reddit and some very amusing writing there. Christopher S. Penn [02:12]: Before I go any further Katie, your initial impressions about a fully autonomous personal AI that may or may not just go off and do things on its own that you didn’t approve? Katie Robbert [02:24]: Hard pass period. No, and thank you for the background information. So I, you know, as I mentioned to you, Chris Offline, I don’t really know a lot about this. I know it’s a newer thing, but it’s like picked up speed pretty quickly. I thought people were trying to be edgy by spelling it incorrectly in terms of it being part of Claude, but now understanding that Claude stepped in and was like heck no. That explains the name because I was very confused by that. I was like, okay, you know, I, I think a lot of us have always wanted some sort of an admin or personal assistant for paperwork or, you know, making appointments and stuff. Like, so I can definitely see the potential. Katie Robbert [03:10]: But it sounds like there’s a lot of things that need to be worked out with the technology in terms of security, in terms of guardrails. So let’s say I am your average, everyday operations person. I’m drowning in the weeds of admin and everything, and I see this as a glimmer of hope. And I’m like, ooh, maybe this is the thing. I don’t know a lot about it. What do I need to consider? What are some questions I should be asking before I go ahead and let this quote unquote, autonomous bot take over my life and possibly screw things up? Christopher S. Penn [03:54]: Number one, don’t use this at work. Don’t use this for anything important. Run this on a computer that you are totally okay with just burning down to the ground and reformatting later. There are a number of services like Cloudflare, with Cloudflare’s workers and Hetzner and a bunch of other companies that have, they very quickly, very smartly rolled out very inexpensive plans where you can set up a open clause server on their infrastructure that is self contained and that at any point you just, you can just hit the self destruct button. Katie Robbert [04:27]: Well, and I want to acknowledge that because you said, you know, you started by saying, like, any computer, I don’t know a lot of people besides yourself and other handful who have extra computers lying around. You know, it’s not something that the average, you know, professional has. You know, some of us are using, you know, laptops that we get from the company that we work for and if we ever leave that job, we have to give that computer back. And so we don’t have a personal computer. Speaker 3 [04:59]: So it’s number one. Katie Robbert [05:01]: It’s good to know that there are options. So you said Cloudflare, you said, who else? Christopher S. Penn [05:06]: Hetzner, which is a German company, basically, anybody that can rent you a server that you can use for this type of system. What the important thing here is not this particular technology, because the creator has said, I made this for myself as kind of a gimmick. I did not intend for people to be deploying clusters of these and turning into a product and trying to sell it to people. He’s like, that’s not what it’s for. And he’s like, I intentionally did not put in things like security because I didn’t want to bother. It was a fun little side project. But the thing that folks should be looking at is the idea. The idea of. We’ve done some episodes recently on the Trust Insights livestream about Claude Code and Claude Cowork, which Cowork, by the way, just got plugins. Christopher S. Penn [05:58]: So all those skills and things, that’s for another time, but when you start looking at how we use things like Claude code. This morning when I got into the office, I fired up Claude Code, opened it in my Asana folder and said, give me my daily briefing. What’s going on? It listed all these things and I immediately just turn on my voice memo thing. I said, this is done. Let’s move this due date, this is done. And it went off and it did those things for me. Someone who hated using project management software like this now, I love it. And I was like, okay, great, I can just tell it what to do. And it does. And I actually looked. I opened up an asana looked, and it not only created the tasks, but it put in details and descriptions and stuff like that. Christopher S. Penn [06:44]: And it now also prompts me, hey, how much time do you think this will take? I’ll put that in there too. I’m like, this is great. I don’t have to do anything other than talk to it. Something like openclaw is the next evolution of a thing like Claude Code or Open or Claude Coerc, where now it’s a system that has connection to multiple systems, where it just starts acting like a personal assistant. I’m sure if I wanted to invest the time, and I probably will, I’m going to make a Python connector to my Google Calendar so that I can say in my Asana folder, hey, now that you’ve got my task list for this week, start blocking time for tasks. Christopher S. Penn [07:26]: Fill up my calendar with all the available slots with work so that I can get as much done as possible, which will make me more productive at a personal level. When people see systems like OpenClaw out there, they should be thinking, okay, that particular version, not a good idea. But we should be thinking about how will our work look when we have a little cloud bot somewhere that we can talk to, like a PA and say, fill up my calendar with the important stuff this week. Speaker 3 [07:58]: Right? Christopher S. Penn [07:59]: Yeah, because you’ve connected it to your son, you’ve connected your Google Calendar, you’ve connected to your HubSpot. You could say to it, hey, as CEO, you could say, hey, open agent, fill Up. Go look in HubSpot at the top 20 deals that we need to be working on and fill up John’s calendar with exact times that he should be calling those people. Right. Katie Robbert [08:24]: I’m sorry, in advance. I’m gonna do that. Christopher S. Penn [08:27]: He’s been saying, hey, it looks like Chris has gotten some time on Friday open agent. Go and look in Chris’s asana and fill up his day. Make sure that he’s getting the most important things done. That as a manager, you know, with permission, obviously is where this technology should be going so that you could, like, this is the vision. You could be running the company from your phone just by having conversations with the assistant. You know, you’re out walking Georgia and you’re like, oh, I forgot these three things and I need to do lunch here and I do this. Go, go take care of it. And like a real human assistant, it just does those things and comes back and says, here’s what I did for you. Katie Robbert [09:10]: Couple questions. One, you know, I hear you when you’re saying this is how we should be thinking about it. You are someone who has more knowledge than the most of us about what these systems can and can’t do. So how does someone who isn’t you start thinking about those things? Let’s just start with that question. You know, and I know that this, know I always come back to. I remember you wrote this series when we worked at the agency and it was for IBM. So you know, for those who don’t know, Chris is a, what, eight year running IBM champion. Congratulations on that. That is, I mean that’s a big deal. Katie Robbert [09:56]: But it was the citizen analyst post series that always stuck with me because I always, I’d never heard that terminology, but it was less about what you called it and more about the thinking behind it. And I think we’re almost, I would argue that we’re due for another citizen analyst, like series of posts from you, Chris, like, how do we get to thinking about this the way that you’re thinking about it or the way that somebody could be looking at it and you know, to borrow the term the art of the possible, like, how does someone get from. There’s a software, I’ve been told it does stuff, but I shouldn’t use it. Okay, I’m going to move on with my day. Katie Robbert [10:41]: Like, how does someone get from that to, okay, let me actually step back and look at it and think about the potential and see what I do have and start to cobble things together. You know, I feel like it’s maybe the difference between someone who can cook with a recipe and someone who can cook just by looking inside their pantry. Christopher S. Penn [11:01]: I, the cooking analogy is a great one. I would definitely go there because you have to know when you walk into the kitchen what’s in here, what are the appliances, what do we have for ingredients, how do those ingredients go together? Like for example chocolate and oatmeal generally don’t go well together. At least not as a main. It’s kind of like when you look at the 5PS platform we always say this in most situations do not start with the technology, right? That’s, that’s a recipe usually for not things not going well. But part of it is what’s implicit in platform is that you know what the platforms do, that you know what you have. Because if you don’t know what you have and you don’t know how to use them, which is process, then you’re not going to be as effective. Christopher S. Penn [11:46]: And so you do have to take some time to understand what’s in each of the five P’s so that you can make this happen. So in the case of something like an open claw or even actually let’s go, let’s take a step back. If you are a non technical user and you’re, let’s say you decide I’m going to open up Claude Cowork and try and make a go of this, the first question I would ask is well what things can it connect to? That’s an important mindset shift is what can I connect this to? Because we’ve all had the experience where we’re working like a chat GPT or whatever and it does stuff and it’s like fun and then like well now I got go be the copy paste monkey and put this in other systems. Christopher S. Penn [12:29]: When you start looking at agentic AI that where do I have to copy paste? This should be a shorter and shorter list every day as companies start adding more connectors. So when you go to Claude Cowork you see Google Drive, Google Calendar, fireflies, Asana, HubSpot, etc. And that’s your first step is go what does it connect to? And then you take a look at your own process in the 5ps and go of those systems. What do I do? Oh I every Monday I look in HubSpot and then I look in Google Analytics and then I look here and look here and go well if I wrote down that process as a standard operating procedure and I handed that sop as a document to Claude in cowork. I could literally asking, hey, how much of this could you do for me? Christopher S. Penn [13:21]: And just tell me what to look at. So first you got to know what’s possible. Second, you got to know your process. Third, you have to ask the machine can how much of this can you do? And then you have to think about and this is the important question, what, Given all this stuff that you have access to, what could you do that. I am not thinking about that. I’m not doing that. I should be. The biggest problem we have as humans is we do not. We are terrible at white space. We are terrible at knowing what’s not there. We. We look at something we understand, okay, this is what this thing does. We never think, well, what else could it do that I don’t know? This is where AI is really smart because it’s been trained on all the data. Christopher S. Penn [14:09]: It goes well, other people also use it for this. Other people do this. Or it’s capable of doing this. Like, hey, you’re asana. Because it contains a rudimentary document management system, could contain recipes. You could use it as a recipe book. Like you shouldn’t, but you could. And so those are kind of the mindset things. And the last one I’ll add to that. There’s something that I know, Katie, you and I have been talking about as we sort of try and build a. A co AI person as well as a co CEO to sort of the mirror the principles of trust. Insights is one of the first things that I think about every single time I try to solve a problem is this a problem that can solve with an algorithm? This is something that I Learned from Google 15 years ago. Christopher S. Penn [14:56]: Google in their employee onboarding says we favor algorithmic thinkers. Someone who doesn’t say, I’m going to solve this problem. Somebody who thinks, how can I write an algorithm that will solve this problem forever and make it go away and make it never come back? Which is a different way of thinking. Katie Robbert [15:14]: That’s really interesting. Speaker 3 [15:17]: Huh? Katie Robbert [15:18]: I like that. And I feel like. I feel like offline. I’m just going to sort of like. Speaker 3 [15:23]: Make that note for us. Katie Robbert [15:24]: I want to explore that a little bit more because I really, I think that’s a really interesting point. Speaker 3 [15:31]: And. Katie Robbert [15:31]: It does explain a lot around your approach to looking at this. These machines, as you’re describing, sort of the people are bad with the white space. It reminds me of the case study that was my favorite when I was in grad school. And it was a company that at The Time was based in Boston. I honestly haven’t kept up with them anymore. But it was a company called Ideo and ido. One of the things that they did really well was they did basically user experience. But what they did was they didn’t just say, here’s a thing, use it. Let us learn how you’re using the thing. They actually went outside and it wasn’t the here’s a thing, use it. It’s let us just observe what people are doing and what problems they’re having with everyday tasks and where they’re getting stuck in the process. Katie Robbert [16:28]: I remember this is just a side note, a little bit of a rant. I brought this case study to my then leadership team as a way to think differently about how, you know, because were sort of stuck in our sales pipeline and sales were zero and blah, blah. And I got laughed out of the room because that’s not how we do it. This is how we do it. And, you know, I felt very ashamed to have tried something different. And it sort of was like, okay, well that’s not useful. But now fast forward jokes on them. That’s exactly how you need to be thinking about it. Katie Robbert [17:03]: So it just, it strikes me that we don’t necessarily, yes, we need to understand the software, but in terms of our own awareness as humans, it might be helpful to sort of maybe isolate certain parts of your day to say, I am going to be very aware and present in this moment when I’m doing this particular task to see. Speaker 3 [17:31]: Where am I getting stuck, where am. Katie Robbert [17:32]: I getting caught up, where am I getting distracted and then coming back to it? And so I think that’s something we can all do. And it sounds like, oh, that’s so much extra work, I just want to get it done. Well, guess what? Speaker 3 [17:45]: Those tasks that you’re just trying to. Katie Robbert [17:47]: Survive and get through, they are likely the ones that are best candidates for AI. So if we think back to our other framework, the TRIPS framework, which is. Speaker 3 [17:57]: In this list somewhere, here it is. Katie Robbert [18:01]: Found it. Trust, insights, AI trips, time, repetitiveness, importance, pain, and sufficient data. And so if it’s something that you’re doing all the time, you’re just trying to get through, may be a good candidate for AI. You may just not be aware that it’s something that AI can do. And so, Chris, to your point, it could be as straightforward as. All right, I just finished this report. Let me go ahead and just record voice, memo my thoughts about how I did it, how it goes, how often I do it, give it to even something like a Gemini chat and say, hey, I do this process, you know, three times a week. Is this something AI could do for me? Ask me some questions about it and maybe even parts of it could be automated. Katie Robbert [18:50]: Like that to me is something that should be accessible to most of us. You don’t have to be, you know, a high performing engineer or data scientist or you know, an AI thought leader to do that kind of an exercise. Christopher S. Penn [19:07]: A lot of, a lot of the issues that people have with making AI productive for them almost kind of reminds me of waterfall versus agile in the sense of, hey, I need to do this thing. And you know, this is this massive big project and you start digging like, I give up, I can’t do it. As opposed to a more bottom up approach, you go, okay, I do this as possible. What if I can automate just this part? What if I can automate just this part? What if I can do this? And then what you find over time is that then you start going, well, what if I glue these parts together? And then eventually you end up with a system. Now that gets you to V1 of like, hey, this is this janky cobbled together system of the way that I do things. Christopher S. Penn [19:47]: For example, on my YouTube videos that I make myself personally, I got tired of putting just basically changing the text in Canva every video. This is stupid. Why am I doing this? I know image magic exists. I know this library, that library exists. So I wrote a Python script, said, I’m just going to give you a list of titles. I’m going to give you the template, the placeholder, I’ll tell you what font to use, you make it. This is not rocket surgery. This is not like inventing something new. This is slapping text on an image. And so now when I’m in my kitchen on Sundays cooking, I’ll record nine videos at a time. AI will choose the titles and then it will just crank out the nine images. And that saves me about a half an hour of stupid typing, right? Christopher S. Penn [20:33]: That stupid typing is not executive function. I’m not outsourcing anything valuable to AI. Just make this go away. So if you think and you automate little bits everywhere you can and then you start gluing it together, that gets you to V1. And then you take a step back and go, wow, V1 is a hot mess of duct tape and chewing gum and bailing wire. And then that you say to with, in partnership with your AI, reverse engineer the requirements of this janky system that we’ve made to A requirements document. And then you say, okay, now let’s build v2, because now we know what the requirements are. We can now build V2 and then V2 is polished. It’s lovely. Like my voice transcription system V1 was a hot mess. Christopher S. Penn [21:16]: V2 is a polished app that I can run and have running all the time and it doesn’t blow up my system anymore. But in terms of thinking about how we apply AI and the sort of AI mindset, that’s the approach that I take. It’s not the only one by any means, but that’s how I think about this. So when someone says, hey, open call is here, what’s the first thing I do? I go to the GitHub repo, I grab a copy of it, make a copy of it, because stuff vanishes all the time. And then I dive in with an AI coding tool just to say, explain this to me what’s in the box. Christopher S. Penn [21:53]: If you are a more technical person, one of the best things that you can do in a tool like Claude code is say, build me a system diagram, analyze the code base and build me system. Don’t make any changes, don’t do anything, just explain the system to me and you’ll look at it and go, oh, that’s what this does. When I’m debugging a particularly difficult project, every so often I will say, hey, make a system diagram of the current state and it will make one. And I’ll be like, well, where’s this thing? It’s like, oh yeah, that should be there. I’m like, yeah, no kidding it should be there. Would you please go and fix that? But having to your point, having the self awareness to take a step back and say show me the system works really well. Christopher S. Penn [22:39]: If you want to get really fancy, you could screen record you doing something, load that to a system like Gemini and say, make me a process diagram of how I do this thing. And then you can look at it with a tool like Gemini because Gemini does video really well and say, how could I make this more efficient? Katie Robbert [22:59]: I think that’s a really good entry point for most of us. Most machines, Macs and PCs come with some sort of screen recorder built in. There’s a lot of free tools, but I think that’s a really good opportunity to start to figure out like, is this something that I could find efficiencies on? Speaker 3 [23:19]: Do I even have documentation around how I do it? Katie Robbert [23:22]: If not, take this video and create some and then I can look at it and go, oh, that’s not right. The thing I want to reinforce, you know, as we’re talking about these autonomous, you know, virtual assistants, executive assistants, you know, these bots that are going to take over the world, blah, blah. You still need human intervention. So, Chris, as you were describing, the process of having the system create the title cards for your videos, I would imagine, I would hope, I would assume that you, the human reviews all of the title cards ahead of, like, before posting them live, just in case you got on a particular rant in one video, it was profanity laced and the AI was like, oh, well, Chris says this particular F word over and over again, so it must be the title of the video. Katie Robbert [24:14]: Therefore, boom, here’s title card. And I’m just going to publish it live. I would like to believe that there is still, at least in that case, some human intervention to go. Oh, yeah, that’s not the title of that video. Let me go ahead and fix that. And I think that’s. Go ahead. Christopher S. Penn [24:29]: There isn’t human intervention on that because there’s an ideal customer profile that is interrogated as part of the process to say, would the ICP like this? And the ICP is a business professional. And so, you know, I’ve had it say, the ICP would not like this title and it will just fix itself. And I’m like, okay, cool. So you, to your point, there was human intervention at some point, and then we codified the rules with an ideal customer profile. Say, this is what the audience really wants. Katie Robbert [24:54]: And I think that’s okay. Speaker 3 [24:56]: I think you at least need to. Katie Robbert [24:57]: Start with that for V1. You should have that human intervention as the QA. But to your point, as you learn, okay, this is my ideal customer, and this is what they want. This is the feedback that I’ve gotten on everything. Take all of that feedback, put it into a document and say, listen to this feedback every time you do something. Make sure we’re not continually making the same mistakes. So it really comes down to some sort of a QA check, a quality assurance check in the process before you just unleash what the machines create to the public. Christopher S. Penn [25:31]: Exactly. So to wrap up Open Claw, Claudebot, Multbot, slash, whatever they want to call it this week is by itself not something I would recommend people install. But you should absolutely be thinking about, what does a semi autonomous or fully autonomous system look like in our future, how will we use it? And laying the groundwork for it by getting your own AI mindset in place and documenting the heck out of everything that you do so that when a production ready system like that becomes available, you will have all the materials ready to make it happen and make it happen safely and effectively. Christopher S. 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This week Seth and Josh welcome Nat Faxon to the podcast! Nat talks all about living in Manchester-by-the-Sea (Sorry Seth, not “on” the sea), his time at boarding school, learning life lessons the hard way at ski school, and what he calls the “Ibiza of the Alps” — relax… if you can. He also shares memories from Singing Beach, memories from filming The Descendants and The Way Way Back, and more! Plus, Nat chats about his hit Apple TV+ series Loot, out now! Ka'Chava Go to https://kachava.com and use code TRIPS for 15% off your first order. BluelandBlueland has a special offer for listeners. Right now, get 15% off your first order by going to https://Blueland.com/TRIPS IQ BarIQBAR is offering our special podcast listeners twenty percent off all IQBAR products—including the Ultimate sampler pack—plus FREE shipping. To get your twenty percent off, text TRIPS to 64000. Message and data rates may apply. See terms for details. Marley SpoonThis new year, fast-track your way to eating well with Marley Spoon. Head to https://MarleySpoon.com/offer/trips for 45% off your first order and free delivery. Mint MobileReady to stop paying more than you have to? New customers can make the switch today and for a limited time, get unlimited premium wireless for just $15 per month. Switch now at https://MINTMOBILE.com/TRIPSUpfront payment of: $45 for 3-months, $90 for 6-months, or $180 for 12-month plan required ($15/month equivalent.). Taxes & fees extra. Initial plan term only. Over 50GB may slow when network is busy. Capable device required. Availability, speed, & coverage varies. Additional terms apply. See https://mintmobile.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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We sit down with Joanna from the Oregon chapter of Girl Camper to talk all about RVing in Oregon and what makes traveling throughout the state such a great experience. Joanna shares how she first got started as an RVer, what sparked her love for life on the road, and how RV travel has created opportunities for adventure, community, and lasting memories.We explore some of her favorite RV destinations across Oregon, including coastal campgrounds, mountain locations, and peaceful forest settings that are perfect for slowing down and enjoying the outdoors. If you are planning an RV trip through Oregon or looking for fresh travel ideas, this conversation is full of helpful tips and inspiration for RVers at any stage of their journey.Joanna also introduces listeners to the Girl Camper organization, a nationwide community designed to support women who love camping and RV travel. We talk about how Girl Camper builds friendships, encourages confidence in the outdoors, and connects women through shared adventures.This episode offers real travel stories, practical insight, and a closer look at RV life in Oregon. Tune in to hear Joanna's journey, discover great places to explore by RV, and learn more about how the Girl Camper community is helping people experience the joy of the open road. Be sure to subscribe to RV Out West for more RV travel conversations, destination guides, and stories from across the Pacific Northwest and beyond.Send us a textSign up for our Newsletter Please follow the show so you never miss an episode. We ask that you also kindly give the show a rating and a review as well. Learn more about RV Out West over on our website at www.rvoutwest.com Join in on the conversation via social media:InstagramFacebook

NUFC suffer a 4–1 defeat at Anfield and Ed and Olly dig into what went wrong: the five‑minute collapses, Pope's error, and a worrying away‑form pattern that's defined the season.They pay tribute to Jamal Lascelles as he heads to Leicester, reflecting on his 12 years at Newcastle, his leadership through the Ashley era, captaining promotion and title wins, and his role in the club's recent rise.With transfer deadline day passing quietly, they debate whether signing no one in January is a big mistake, talk leadership after Lascelles and Trips, and preview a daunting Carabao Cup second leg at Man City, including line‑up headaches and what it would take to pull off a miracle.--------------JOIN OUR PATREON for so much moreFollow us on Twitter/X @nufcblogcastPlease consider giving us a good review if you enjoy what you hear!See all our episodes here - https://shows.acast.com/nufcblogcast Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

It's tradition for travel publications and others to pull together inspirational lists for travel, and late last year Power List travel company Chase Travel published a list called "26 Trips to Take in 2026." On this episode, Karen Magee, president of Valerie Wilson Travel, and Hillary Reinsberg, head of content for card and connected commerce at Chase, talk about inspiration for the list and how it was created, consumer travel trends and, of course, specific destinations on the list itself and where travelers might get inspiration for the year ahead. Winter series: This episode is part of our annual Winter Series, where we feature some of our favorite recent Folo by Travel Weekly discussions. This episode was originally published Dec. 8 and has been edited for length and clarity. Episode sponsor This episode is sponsored by the Globus family of brands https://www.globusandcosmos.com Related links 26 Trips to Take in 2026 https://trips.chase.com Travel Weekly's Preview 2026 https://www.travelweekly.com/preview-2026See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has acknowledged that he flew on Jeffrey Epstein's private jet on two occasions during the 1990s. One flight was a family trip to visit his mother in Palm Beach, and the other was to South Dakota for a fossil-hunting excursion with his wife and children. Kennedy has stated that these trips took place before Epstein's crimes were publicly known and emphasized that he was never alone with Epstein. He characterized the flights as benign and unrelated to the network of abuse and trafficking that would later be exposed.Despite his explanation, the revelation has drawn public scrutiny, especially given the broader pattern of influential figures maintaining social ties with Epstein. Kennedy's presence on Epstein's plane, even in the early years, adds to the perception of how deeply embedded Epstein became in political, financial, and social circles. While Kennedy insists he had no knowledge of Epstein's criminal behavior, his name now appears among a long list of prominent individuals linked to Epstein's travel and hospitality—connections that continue to raise questions about proximity, privilege, and selective awareness.to contact me:bobbycapucci@protonmail.comsource:RFK Jr. admits he flew on Jeffrey Epstein's jet twice (nypost.com)Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-epstein-chronicles--5003294/support.

Chapters00:00 Choosing the Right Dog02:34 Challenges in Hunting Trips04:46 Employee Management Struggles06:31 New Hunting Technology: Beeper Collars12:50 Differences Between Bird Dogs and Hounds17:45 Beeper Collar Features and Functionality22:51 Bark Detection Issues with Garmin Collars30:34 Troubleshooting Collar Malfunctions43:54 WBHA Dinner and Community Engagement45:39 A Relaxed Convention Experience50:00 Dinner and Auction Fun51:34 Podcasting Plans and Consistency59:50 Hound Hunting Regulations and Perspectives01:36:32 Closing Thoughts and Future Topics  We would like to thank those who support this podcast. Special thanks to Double U Hunting Supply for sponsoring this episode. www.dusupply.comhttps://www.youtube.com/@DoubleUHuntingSupply/podcasts

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Seth and Josh are back with the monthly listener episode, and it's the first one of 2026! From a bear trap story, to camping in the snow, all the way to Perth, Australia, our listeners showed up with funny stories to boot! Plus, we also hear feedback from one listener who wants everyone to reconsider Winnipeg's food scene! Want to submit your family trips story for our next listener episode? Or send a question in to Seth and Josh? Submit your voicemail to speakpipe.com/familytripspod! Watch more Family Trips episodes: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLlqYOfxU_jQem4_NRJPM8_wLBrEEQ17B6 HexcladFind your forever cookware @hexclad and get 10% off at https://hexclad.com/trips #hexcladpartnerCashAppParents:Download Cash App Today: https://capl.onelink.me/vFut/4aafc4yf #CashAppPod. Cash App is a financial services platform, not a bank. Banking services provided by Cash App's bank partner(s). Prepaid debit cards issued by Sutton Bank, Member FDIC. See terms and conditions at https://cash.app/legal/us/en-us/card-agreement. Direct deposit and promotions provided by Cash App, a Block, Inc. brand. Visit http://cash.app/legal/podcast for full disclosures.AG1 Go to https://DRINKAG1.com/TRIPS to get their best offer… get 3 FREE AG1 Travel Packs and 3 FREE AGZ Travel Packs, plus FREE Vitamin D3+K2 and AG1 Welcome Kit with your first AG1 subscription order! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Chris is heading off on a work trip, so discussion turns to which RPGs or board games you squeeze into your suitcase when traveling. With snow days and work trips imposing on our schedules, it’s a short episode–but we’ll be back next episode with a detailed breakdown of Andy’s epic Arkham Horror RPG weekend.

This week, Louis Virtel is joined by TV writer Rheeqrheeq Chainey to discuss the Brooklyn Beckham family drama, Oscar nominations, the new Mel Brooks documentary The 99 Year-Old Man!, TikTok shop, and the never-ending Heated Rivalry press tour. Dylan O'Brien also joins Louis to discuss working with Rachel McAdams on his new film Send Help. Get a free can of OLIPOP: Buy any 2 cans of Olipop in store, and we'll pay you back for one. Works on any flavor, any retailer. Go to drinkolipop.com/TRIPS. That's drinkolipop.com/TRIPS. OLIPOP is sold online (drinkolipop.com + Amazon) and available in the soda aisle and with the chilled beverages at thousands of retailers nationwide, including Walmart and Target.  Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

If giving advice is a hobby, let's add it to the list, right next to mahjong, running, AND needlepointing (the January essentials). Hotline Gals is open, and the two ‘professional yappers' are reporting for duty. Look, we know we typically try to justify literally EVERYTHING for you…but this week we share a few (kinda hot) takes. Advice on the friend you think is a guaranteed bridesmaid, and now you don't even talk? Uninvited to the wedding after giving ONE opinion?! Planning a CO-ED bachelorette party??? Ummm yeah, that last one…not really Brock and Dani's speed (sorry). Nevertheless, we hear you, we see you, annnd we HOPE this is good advice!!Take proactive care of your health and head to https://opositiv.com/gals, or enter GALS at checkout for 25% off your first purchase.This new year, fast-track your way to eating well with Marley Spoon. Head to https://MarleySpoon.com/offer/GALSONTHEGO for up to 25 FREE meals! Shop our favorite bras and underwear at https://SKIMS.com. After you place your order, be sure to let them know we sent you! Select "podcast" in the survey and be sure to select our show in the dropdown menu that follows. GOTG LTK https://www.shopltk.com/explore/Gals_on_the_Go GOTG Newsletter https://gotg.substack.com/ Gals On The Go Instagram https://www.instagram.com/galsonthegopodcast/ Brooke's Youtube Channel https://www.youtube.com/brookemiccio Brooke's Instagram https://www.instagram.com/brookemiccio/ Danielle's Youtube Channel https://www.youtube.com/c/daniellecarolan Danielle's Instagram https://www.instagram.com/daniellecarolan/ Business inquiries can be sent to: GalsOnTheGoGroup@caa.comDanielle's LTK: https://www.shopltk.com/explore/daniellecarolan/productsets/11ee5d6284a6acf19fd50242ac110003 Brooke's LTK: https://www.shopltk.com/explore/brookemiccio/productsets/11ee5d662bea0b67931d0242ac110004 GOTG YouTube Channel (watch full episodes with video!) https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCkCy3xcN257Hb_VWWU5C5vABusiness inquiries can be sent to: brookeanddaniellepodcast@gmail.comGals on the Go is a lifestyle podcast hosted by influencers and YouTubers Danielle Carolan and Brooke Miccio. Starting in 2018, this weekly podcast highlights conversations about friendship, navigating your 20's + early adulthood, social media trends, relationships, family and so much more. Gals on the Go focuses on having real, raw, and honest conversations in an effort to “pull back the curtain” on what may look like perfect and glamorous lives on social media. STAY TUNED FOR NEW EPISODES EVERY WEDNESDAY!See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Join Buzz Knight on Takin’ A Walk for an inspiring replay conversation with Grammy-nominated bluegrass virtuoso Sierra Hull, one of the most accomplished mandolin players of her generation. From performing at the Grand Ole Opry at age 10 to earning critical acclaim as a singer-songwriter and instrumentalist, Sierra shares her remarkable journey through the world of acoustic music. In this compelling episode, Sierra Hull discusses her early start in bluegrass music, growing up immersed in traditional Appalachian sounds, and how she developed her distinctive mandolin style that blends technical mastery with emotional depth. She reflects on her experiences working with legendary producer Alison Krauss, the creative process behind her acclaimed albums including “Weighted Mind” and “25 Trips,” and what it means to honor bluegrass tradition while pushing the genre forward. Sierra Hull opens up about navigating the music industry as a young female instrumentalist, the mentors who shaped her career, her approach to songwriting that connects personal storytelling with universal themes, and the evolution of contemporary bluegrass music. She also shares insights into her work as an educator at Berklee College of Music, passing on her knowledge to the next generation of acoustic musicians. Whether you’re a bluegrass enthusiast, mandolin player, aspiring musician, or music history lover, this episode offers valuable insights into artistic development, staying true to your roots while innovating, and building a sustainable career in acoustic music. Sierra Hull’s story exemplifies dedication, talent, and the timeless power of bluegrass music. Subscribe to Takin’ A Walk with Buzz Knight for more in-depth conversations with legendary musicians, Grammy winners, and music industry icons who share the stories behind the songs that shaped our lives. Like this show, share with your friends and leave a review here. Review #knight #walk #best musician interview podcast #Sierra Hull interview #inspiring music interview Support the show: https://takinawalk.com/ See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.Support the show: https://takinawalk.com/See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

This week, Seth and Josh have Taran Killam on the pod! Taran talks about growing up in Big Bear, California and what it was like for his family to move to Los Angeles from a small ski town, childhood trips to Rosarito, Lake Mojave, and his first trip to London! He also shares funny stories about owning a camper-truck, participating in a stage reading of Star Wars, his fond memories of the Grand Canyon, and so much more! Plus, Taran chats about his NBC show “STUMBLE” and ABC show “HIGH POTENTIAL” out now! Watch more Family Trips episodes: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLlqYOfxU_jQem4_NRJPM8_wLBrEEQ17B6 Support our sponsors: Mill Try Mill risk-free for 90 days and get $75 off at https://mill.com/trips and use code TRIPS at checkout. DeleteMe Get 20% off your DeleteMe plan when you go to https://joindeleteme.com/ TRIPS and use promo code TRIPS at checkout. Super Power Take the guesswork out of getting healthy in 2026. Get full body testing that goes 5x deeper than an annual physical and a personalized action plan that tells you exactly what to do next. All for just $199. Go to https://Superpower.com and use code TRIPS for $20 off your membership this year. AG1 Go to https://DRINKAG1.com/TRIPS to get their best offer… get 3 FREE AG1 Travel Packs and 3 FREE AGZ Travel Packs, plus FREE Vitamin D3+K2 and AG1 Welcome Kit with your first AG1 subscription order! Marley Spoon This new year, fast-track your way to eating well with Marley Spoon. Head to https://MarleySpoon.com/offer/trips for up to 25 FREE meals! " Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

One of the very best parts of hosting the Geekin' on Walt Disney World Podcast is reconnecting with longtime listeners and friends — and this week's episode is a perfect example of why. In Episode 652, I'm joined by one of our favorite returning Geeks and longtime friend of the show, Bill Carmichael, for a thoughtful, honest, and refreshingly old-school Disney trip report. Bill recently took a short Thanksgiving getaway to Walt Disney World with his family, and what makes this conversation special isn't just what they did — it's how they approached the trip. Fewer park days, more intention, and a real focus on enjoying the moments instead of rushing through a checklist. This episode is a great reminder that Disney magic doesn't always come from doing more — sometimes it comes from slowing down.

Emma and Isabel begin with Amanda & Kyle officially announcing their split before discussing the RHOP ladies in Aspen (17:50), part 2 of the RHOSLC reunion (37:30), and the continued Salley/Craig/Austen drama on Southern Charm (52:15). ShopMy: https://shopmy.us/shop/commentsbycelebs Get 15% off your first order plus free shipping at BollAndBranch.com/comments with code commentsSKIMS.com - after you place your order, be sure to let them know we sent you! Select "podcast" in the survey and be sure to select our show in the dropdown menu that followsCowboycolostrum.com/CBC and use code CBC at checkout for up to 25% off your entire order IQBAR - text CBC to 64000 to get 20% off all IQ products plus free shipping See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Ever wondered what happens when a celebrity cruise turns into a wild poop prank fiasco? Join Opie as he grills DJ Whoo Kid and rapper Waka Flocka on the infamous "poop dollar" incident aboard Gronk's party ship, complete with wrestling antics, a head-giving legend, and mind-bending stories of weed empires, edibles, shrooms, and DMT revelations. Tune in for unfiltered laughs and eye-opening insights that might just change how you view partying and altered states—don't miss this irreverent ride!The Best and LAst Year of Radio series is a look back at Opie's last year of radio at SiriusXM4/17 Waka Flocka Carl Ruiz DJ Whoo Kid Sherrod Small

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