Culture Cult Travel Show

EPISODE SWAP! While we are waiting for Season 3 to drop March 1st , here is a podcast recommendation I have for yall: While She's Away Podcast . If you want to learn how to make travel part of your life this podcast is a great one for you! While She's Away: This week I get to chat with Hayley Crone, a freelancer, entrepreneur and digital nomad! Hayley shares her story and tells all about...

During the Season break, here are some talks with my Grandmother Lollie if you want some advice and wisdom from a 90 year old with your morning tea. Today we talk about the book Life of Pi , the advances of technology, and the balances of life. I hope y'all enjoy, and record your grandma's yall! Want to ask Lollie a question? Email me at culturecultshow@gmail.com  Text for a shoutout! Su...

From where to get the best free bathroom with a view.. to really how many hours you should prep for the Mexico City Airport. These are 10 honest tips from my travels there. It's one of my favorite cities! Put it on your list y'all. For the best CDMX  tour guide and driver, Luis, contact me on instagram : @culturecultshow Text for a shoutout! Support the show Want your episodes early? Sig...

We are talking New Orleans y'all! We talk about the famous Dungeon bar and it's dark inspiration born from a real life murder. We cover our crazy New Orleans  stories and end on telling weird world news stories from the south. It's a packed episode. I hope y'all enjoy this episode as I continue working on  finishing season 3! Dare to visit The Dungeon Bar? Text for a shoutout!...

SEASON FINALE!   This is the story of Mai or Omai, a man out for revenge. He is a Polynesian man from the magical island of  Raiatea  and he traveled all the way to England to speak to the King of England with a message. He also has ties to the very infamous captain James Cook. He is a like a Polynesian Pocahontas his story is very much untold, and I am honored to share it! Tune in and find out! F...

Last country of the season! Country #7 and today we are covering how ancient Polynesians found their islands and what happens when British sailors find paradise in the now French Polynesian islands. It's the infamous story of  HMS Bounty and how to lead to today's  strange island of Pitcairn! Tune in and find out! Find more about show notes, sources and travel tips from this episode on o...

Today's travel story with is with travel podcaster, Carol Springer from Where Next podcast. From Bungee jumping in New Zealand,  backpacking Europe with little money to taking wrong trains in Poland. Carol has me on the edge of my seat with her travels across the globe. To listen to Where Next: Spotify:  https://open.spotify.com/show/6RjEMvwRCf6VmW2NSJJEUn?si=b98c29057fd742a0 Apple: https://p...

Country #6 El Salvador! Today we talk with a Salvadoran friend about his culture and tell a story of a man who saved 40,000 Jewish people from the holocaust and how his story and legacy was almost forgotten. His name is José Arturo Castellanos Contreras. Tune in and find out! Find more about show notes, sources and travel tips from this episode on our instagram: @culturecultshow Send in your trave...

On Today's episode, guest Kellen Geha and I tell about the time we got bombarded by a paparazzi and he tells us a ghost story from his ancestral home in Mexico City.. and at the end of the episode we all get an unexpected surprise. Find more about show notes, sources and travel tips from this episode on our instagram: @culturecultshow Send in your travel stories, corrections or comments to cu...

Country #6! We are covering El Salvador with Kenia Lazo, who is native to El Salvador. She talks about her home country but also El Salvador's global winning beach soccer team who is barely reported.  She tells us her personal story of watching these unsuspecting local fishermen take the global stage in beach soccer. Want to Join the Cult? The Beach Soccer team- See where they come from : htt...

On this travel story, I tell my story of when I got bit by a monkey in Thailand and we end on a fan story of surviving the night after eating a deadly cashew in Asia. To learn more about deadly cashews: https://www.slowfood.com/cashew-nuts-a-toxic-industry/ Need a graphic designer? Check out cult member Megan Ailand's work https://www.meganailanddesigns.com/ Find more about show notes, source...

Country #5! Romania.  In this week's episode we get to hear from our guest first hand experience on what it was like living in Post- Communism and Post- Chernobyl Romania in the 90's. Then we cover an untold story of a women who achieved great heights in aviation, but also risked everything in activism against her oppressors. Want to book your stay at the Applewood Manor? https://www.app...

Today's travel story is with an old Alabama friend, Tony Hearns. We cover road trips across the US, "bathroom buffets" in Vegas  and a fan story written in about a night walk almost gone wrong in Costa Rica. Want to hear the crazy post-talk with Tony about his near death experience with a   TWO Tornadoes in ONE day?  Join the cult and become a member!  For $5 a month you get fun pos...

Country #5: Romania! Today we are covering the haunted Hoia Baciu forest, Romania's politically powerful witches and the incredibly talented but overlooked Romani people. Check out below for the cozy Romania country side video mentioned! You'll thank me later. Find more about show notes, sources and travel tips from this episode on our instagram: @culturecultshow Send in your travel stor...

Have you ever had a crazy plane trip?  This travel story will have you beat, as it was just simply suppose to be one little flight to New York.. This is a drinking episode, have a drink handy to drink with us! Think you have a better crazy plane ride story? Email it in to culturecultshow@gmail.com to be read allowed! Enjoy! Find more about show notes, sources and travel tips from this episode on o...

Country #4! I randomly spun the globe and landed on Zimbabwe. In this episode we talk about one of the worlds oldest civilizations Great Zimbabwe and how people are mysteriously going missing the in the rivers of Zimbabwe and are mermaids involved? Tune in and find out! Find more about show notes, sources and travel tips from this episode on our instagram: @culturecultshow Send in your travel stor...

In this week's special episode, we cover how therapy and culture can intertwine with Arab-American therapist, Elizabeth Shahid from Your Story Therapy LLC . We cover several topics such as:  What it is like growing up with mixed cultures, East vs West mentalities, should cancel culture be canceled, and the beauty of Arabic culture. And since it is a travel story episode ,we end on a hilarious...

We have a special travel story with travel podcaster James Hammond, host of the Winging it Travel Podcast . We  cover crazy times in South East Asia , border control mishaps, the northern lights and a fan story about flying in style under another person's name. Enjoy! Also show some love by leaving a rating or review on your favorite platform, it means the world! Cheers   To check out James&a...

SEASON 1 FINALE! Country #3.  Let's uncover a real-life Greek tragedy full of adulteries, backstabbing, lifelong enemies, and the skeptical deaths of two sisters.  Find more about show notes, sources and travel tips from this episode on our instagram: @culturecultshow Send in your travel stories, corrections or comments to culturecultshow@gmail.com Subscribe , Rate, and Review!   You know you...

DISCLAIMER: In the episode, I mention one of these stories is funny and you can quickly hear me going from giggles to shock.  I must have a bad memory from when I first heard the stories told to me because both are horror stories, and the fact they are true is horror itself. Alabama is a beautiful place in many ways, but this episode will have you wondering what you would do in the same situations...

Country #3 This is a bloody episode and guest Kris Soekotjo is back on to tell it with me. Whether you are a history freak or not, you can still appreciate the terror it would've been like to grow up as a Spartan and the bravery of Greece's national hero, Laskarina Bouboulina who played a huge role in Greece's independence today...  In this episode, we cover the harsh life of being...

It's another cousin! Guest Emma Collins joins me in this purely chaotic episode of people getting kicked in the shins and off buses, and  expensive drunken mistakes. Emma's roommate pops on at the end to tell an impromptu near-death experience that has her laughing but us speechless. Again, just pure chaos. Enjoy! Find more about show notes, sources and travel tips from this episode on o...

Country #3 ! In today's short and sweet episode on Greece, Grandmother Lollie  returns and we read out our favorite greek myths. You will learn how the Greeks understood the reason behind seasons, where the root of the word Narcissism is from, and how scenes from Harry Potter can be traced back to ancient Greek myths. It's a Greek story time but told with some southern class. Find more a...

On this week's travel story,  friend and guest Megan Ailand and I go over that one strange time we had while driving on the foggy coast of Big Sur, California. To this day we still can't comprehend what really went on. Did we encounter a national park ghost? Can one be cursed by taking a rock? Lastly, we end on one fan's written travel story of a scarring trip to the happiest place...

Country #3 In this first episode of the Greece series, hear about the ancient society from a true southern treasure, scholar, and historian, my Grandmother Lollie. We will go over her time in Greece and also how intertwined and influential Ancient Greek culture is to Western society from the Olympics to FedEx commercials. So grab some tea, get cozy and get ready for some knowledge. Find more about...