Will McGough

The Wake and Wander Podcast

Society EN ↓ 30 episodes

Travel. Adventure. Discovery. A podcast about travel with guests from around the world. Hosted by Will McGough, travel writer at CNN, Forbes, and Outside Magazine.

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Will McGough

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#5 - Small Ski Areas Selling Out to Big Corporations and the Future of Skiing With Scott Grasser 13.03.2025 1:01:51

Scott Grasser is the owner of Lost Trail Ski Area in Montana. He joins the podcast to discuss the unpredictability of ski travel, what it's like to own a ski area, weather anxiety, why lift tickets keep increasing in price each year, Lost Trail's unique operating schedule, how decreasing snow totals may or may not affect the ski industry in the future, the trend of big corporations buying up small...

#4 - Antarctica on a Budget and Why It's Easier to Visit All 7 Continents Than All 8 Hawaiian Islands with John Holman 26.02.2025 1:38:48

John Holman is a professional executive coach, speaker, and world traveler from Honolulu, Hawaiʻi. He joins the podcast to discuss how to travel to Antarctica on a budget and makes the claim that it's easier to visit all 7 continents than it is to travel to all 8 Hawaiian Islands. Also in this episode, Will expresses his frustration with getting denied Global Entry and the rising popularity of TSA...

#3 - Rapping On a New York City Bus Tour and Virtual Tourism with Matt "Boy" Pierce 12.02.2025 1:19:10

Matt "Boy" Pierce is a rapper and producer in New York City and the creator of the " Ambient New York" YouTube channel. He is a live performer and freestyle rapper on a bus tour called The Ride NYC. He joins the podcast to discuss his inspiring journey of going from a New York marketing and advertising specialist to a full-time hip-hop artist, his role as a freestyle rapper on a bus tour, how The...

#2 - Traveling with your Grandma with Brad Ryan 30.01.2025 1:13:03

Brad Ryan is a veterinarian, travel influencer, and the creator of the Grandma Joy's Road Trip Instagram account. He joins the podcast in Antarctica to discuss the surprising reason he began traveling with his grandmother when she was 85, the trials and tribulations of traveling with your grandmother to every single National Park, the personal growth that intergenerational travel can spark, and hi...

#1 - Skiing to the South Pole with Sunniva Sorby 13.01.2025 1:20:37

Sunniva Sorby is an expeditioner, historian, guide, citizen scientist, speaker, and the "Godmother" of the HX Nansen, an expedition-style vessel exploring the Arctic regions. She is best known as a member of the first women's team to ski to the South Pole in 1993. She joins the podcast to discuss this harrowing, near 700-mile journey as well as her thoughts on tourism to the polar regions. Recordi...