Kooky Conversations

With the Kooks' 5 year anniversary of their original, wild trip bicycling across the country, they reflect and reminisce on the adventure across the United States that quite literally changed their life. Sam and Arden look back on some of the best memories and worst times (but what made for funny stories). They share how three and a half months on the bike forced them to take action and also allow...

The Kooks find themselves with a lot of extra time to reflect and dive into creative thinking. They explore what creativity means to them and what drives it. They explain the ways they get into a creative mindset and why it has seemed to grow while traveling. Also talking about how it can be hard to be creative in your day to day but finding time and friends to push you to be more creative. Lastly...

On this episode, The Kooks talk about the not-so-fun parts of long term travel. After months on the move, there are definitely a few things they miss from home or dislike while on the road. From falling behind in careers to actually crying thinking about the things and people they left behind, they share the parts that aren’t so glamorous. Sam and Arden talk about their recognition of their privil...

Travel days can be difficult. Long hours on uncomfortable airplane, bus, train and motorbike seats can lead to some really dreading the day of travel. The Kooks dive into their experience and tips for the long travel days, including their must haves to make the hours pass on their favorite (& least favorite) ways to travel. Sam shares how to save money and find the sweet sweet deals like break...

After having an amazing weekend traveling to the Japanese alps with the Kooks’ sister-in-law, Mizuho, and her family, Sarden felt inspired to look at what makes traveling with family, well, interesting 🤪 Arden shares about a trip that solidified his love for the outdoors and Sam explains why she thinks self-awareness sits at the root of making family trips run smoothly. Sam’s questions to Arden:...

ON TONIGHT'S EPISODE OF KOOKY CONVERSATIONS! Two kooks dive into hard hitting questions about intentions, things they're learning, and the meaning of life..... Oookay, but seriously- we actually explain what our intentions are for this so called podcast. We ask less silly questions this time and (try to) focus on some deeper ideas. Sam figures out her hidden talents and Arden realizes he needs to...

Well I guess we are uploading this.... wasn't sure if we were going to do this or not but here we are in typical Kook fashion. Sam had an idea to record our conversations and do weekly check ins. It's short, raw and unedited and will probably stay that way so you can really see how our conversations go. The first episode is just us asking each other some serious and not so serious questions. Sam's...