The Adventure Calls Podcast

In conversation with Libryia Jones, a leading remote work expert and co-founder of Wandering Moms talking about creating freedom in your life while working from anywhere. When her daughter was born, Libryia was in grad school, sharing a twin bed with her newborn, living on food stamps and WIC checks. When her daughter was around a year old, she saved up for her first international trip to Jamaica....

Welcome to Day 10, the final day, of the  Adventure Calls 2021 Global Relocation Conference. This interview aired live on Instagram on September 24, 2021.   Watch the interview on IGTV here:  https://www.instagram.com/tv/CUNNmwcouwn Get the 2022 Global Relocation Guide: https://jessicadrucker.com/guide Full conference line-up: https://jessicadrucker.com/live-relocation-conference About Damien O&ap...

 Welcome to Day 9 of the  Adventure Calls 2021 Global Relocation Conference. This interview aired live on Instagram on September 23, 2021.   Watch the interview on IGTV here:  https://www.instagram.com/tv/CUKpIq-Ienw/ Get the 2022 Global Relocation Guide: https://jessicadrucker.com/guide Full conference line-up: https://jessicadrucker.com/live-relocation-conference About Relocate Antigua Today&apo...

Welcome to Day 8 of the  Adventure Calls 2021 Global Relocation Conference. This interview aired live on Instagram on September 22, 2021.   Watch the interview on IGTV here:  https://www.instagram.com/tv/CUIIH0uo0dT Get the 2022 Global Relocation Guide: https://jessicadrucker.com/guide Full conference line-up: https://jessicadrucker.com/live-relocation-conference About Saurabh Bandagale, Founder o...

How To Move To Portugal Welcome to Day 7 of the  Adventure Calls 2021 Global Relocation Conference. This interview aired live on Instagram on September 21, 2021.   Watch the interview on IGTV here:  https://www.instagram.com/tv/CUFedEjoOpq Get the 2022 Global Relocation Guide: https://jessicadrucker.com/guide Full conference line-up: https://jessicadrucker.com/live-relocation-conference About Carm...

Welcome to Day 6 of the  Adventure Calls 2021 Global Relocation Conference. This interview aired live on Instagram on September 20, 2021.   Watch the interview on IGTV here:  https://www.instagram.com/tv/CUC-0PCoQG8/ Full conference line-up: https://jessicadrucker.com/live-relocation-conference. Get the 2022 Global Relocation Guide: https://jessicadrucker.com/guide   About Adler & Marlow Adler...

Welcome to Day 5 of the  Adventure Calls 2021 Global Relocation Conference. This interview aired live on Instagram on September 17, 2021.   Watch the interview on IGTV here:  https://www.instagram.com/p/CT7RPajKWt_/ Full conference line-up: https://jessicadrucker.com/live-relocation-conference. Get the 2022 Global Relocation Guide: https://jessicadrucker.com/guide   About Sylvie Froger Originally...

 Day 4 of the  Adventure Calls 2021 Global Relocation Conference aired live on Instagram on September 16, 2021. This is the area where people make the most mistakes. If you're moving abroad, planning on moving abroad, dreaming of moving abroad or already living abroad... you don't want to miss this.   Watch the interview on IGTV here:  https://www.instagram.com/p/CT4r1Z-qVtr  Full confer...

Welcome to Day 3 of the  Adventure Calls 2021 Global Relocation Conference. This interview aired live on Instagram on September 15, 2021.   Watch the interview on IGTV here:  https://www.instagram.com/p/CT2FytkokgZ/ Full conference line-up: https://jessicadrucker.com/live-relocation-conference. Get the 2022 Global Relocation Guide: https://jessicadrucker.com/guide   About Vanessa Wachmeister Vanes...

Welcome to Day 1 of the  Adventure Calls 2021 Global Relocation Conference, free and live on Instagram. This interview aired live on Instagram on September 13, 2021.   Watch the interview on IGTV here:  https://www.instagram.com/tv/CTw4Z5QoXy8/ Full conference line-up: https://jessicadrucker.com/live-relocation-conference. Thrive Tokyo: http://www.thrivetokyo.com. Get the 2022 Global Relocation Gu...

Welcome to Day 2 of the  Adventure Calls 2021 Global Relocation Conference, free and live on Instagram. This interview aired live on Instagram on September 14, 2021.   Watch the interview on IGTV here:  https://www.instagram.com/p/CTzgyEIITvg/ Full conference line-up: https://jessicadrucker.com/live-relocation-conference. My Paris Touch: https://myparistouch.com/?lang=en Get the 2022 Global Reloca...

What does home mean when you live in a new place? Can you ever go home again, truly home once you leave? On today's episode, I talk to The Jazzy Nation founder Jasmine Okocha, a traveler and expat who has lived in Morocco and India, and is currently based in Washington DC with her husband Gozie, a United States Diplomat, while they await the news of his next assignment abroad.  You’ll hear he...

After doing everything right and living the way she was supposed to, Jai Essence found herself broke and broken trying to figure out how to make ends meet and have a happy life in the US. Jai taught for years in Houston, then Dubai, before arriving in Rwanda. At age 40 she moved overseas determined to take the time to find herself, and discovered much more than that! Now the CEO of Jai Essence Ent...

A few weeks ago, I set up a survey to find out more about the Adventure Calls audience. The results were both obvious and surprising. Here's what I learned about you, and what is in the works to lead you closer to what you truly want. A massive thank you to all who filled out the survey. One winner received a paperback copy of my book, How To Move Abroad And Why It's The Best Thing You&a...

Katherine is the epitome of expat excellence. She turned a few months' internship at a national paper in Costa Rica to a reporter role at the Tico Times, the most well-known English language newspaper in Central America. From there, she became the Managing Editor of the Tico Times, and a speech writer for Costa Rican President and Nobel Laureate Oscar Arias during his second term. Today, she...

This week’s episode is a bit different.  It's about YOU.  Your culture. Although it is not your intention, when you move abroad, you are exporting your culture to another country, too.  After all, you don't just show up and learn about new ways of living. You learn them through the lens of your home culture.  And there can be clashes there. Misunderstandings. And understanding how your c...

A life lived abroad in Tokyo and Berlin has led Expat Empire founder David McNeill to a happy life in Porto, Portugal. If it's good enough for the founder of the expat empire, is Porto right for you? In this episode, immerse yourself in expat life in Portugal before listening to David's story and advice for those looking to move abroad. Finally, stick around to the end for list of the to...

This week on Adventure Calls - a simple, two-minute survey . As a light at the end of the pandemic tunnel starts to appear, people are reaching out via email and DM more than ever for expat coaching. Many times, people want coaching, but would prefer something less expensive. I am looking to create a product that can best serve the most people so that everyone who wants to move abroad CAN move abr...

A rookie mistake leaves Jess cursed at a Mayan ruin during a Catholic holiday in Guatemala. Immerse yourself in a trip to Guatemala. While it might be fun for you to listen to, it wasn't fun for Jess and her best friend Tracey to live through. In fact, not once, but twice in ten years, Jess was taken down by a trip to Tikal. This is the story of the first time that happened, with some rookie...

Immerse yourself in Granada, Spain before listening in on the conversation with the two co-founders of Sincerely, Spain. Claudia Neiman and Dani Norwell.  In today's conversation, we talk about life in Spain, and we get real about the challenges of expat life. What drew today's two guests here is wildly different, although they're both from the US Midwest. Claudia Neiman and Dani No...

This is the one about the time when I tried to make a joke, offended a sweet grandmother in her own kitchen, and everyone ended up laughing at me, not with me. And I survived! What's the worst that can happen while you're learning a language in a new country? I feel like my story is a good example of how embarrassing it can get, and yet I wouldn't change it for the world. Can you mo...

Immerse yourself in the sounds and story of Munich, before settling into the inspiring story of Wander Onwards founder, Vanessa Wachmeister, a wealth coach and travel hacker who personally has 10 income streams and is set to retire well before 50. She's a proud Chicana originally from Los Angeles, and has lived abroad for over seven years in China, England, and now in Munich, Germany. Her lif...

Let’s kick off the Re:Call series with a memory I’ll never forget. The one where getting rammed by a buffalo changed the course of my life.  Welcome to the first Adventure Re:Call episode. As a walking worst case scenario, I've been robbed, had broken bones, been broken up with, been broke financially, lost passports and paperwork, had rare tropical diseases... You name it, and I've prob...

Katy Sewall and Tiffany Parks run the celebrated podcast, The Bittersweet Life.  Tiffany has lived in Rome for over 15 years, while Katy, an NPR veteran, co-hosts and produces the show from Seattle. The childhood friends reunited for one year in Rome in 2013, when Katy moved with her husband there for his fellowship. Katy and Tiffany launched the podcast then and have never looked back. At first,...

Patrick Smith is an American, based in Tokyo, Japan who has been living a double life. That's right! By day, Patrick has been a humble, genuinely enthusiastic English teacher for over nine years now. By night, he has recently amassed nearly one million followers on TikTok, where he posts lighthearted skits about life in the classroom, and life in Japan. His online presence is exploding, and r...