Travel Like a Boss

Originally recorded July 2023. Nomad Summit 2025: Get Tickets at NomadSummit.com 10% off with coupon code: johnnyfd10

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In this podcast, we talk to Johnny FD Jen - a famous travel vlogger who chose Ukraine as his new homeland. Johnny moved to Kyiv from San Francisco in 2021 and it was here that he met the beginning of the great war. Since then, he has survived power outages with Ukrainians, volunteered with Repair Together, and systematically raised money for the needs of the Armed Forces and Armed Forces of Ukrain...

It's been a few years since I've spoken to my old friend Nicholas Gregoriades who has since went through a tough divorce, business and life move. Here's what he's been to up since, and how he got through it all. Nic's Links: https://linktr.ee/nicholasgregoriades

In this episode I'll go through the history and future of the Nomad Summit and how it's affected the lives of many people who attended. "Hey There Johnny, Alex was here visiting me recently in Panama. At one point we were reminiscing about living in Playa, what's transpired since then and how we met at the Digital Nomad Summit. We began talking about how many people we met from th...

Here's a Q&A with a solo episode intro about the Nomad Summit conference and travel plans for 2023-2024. Watch the ⁠2nd part Q&A here on YouTube. ⁠

I met and trained with Will "the kill" Chope in 2011 at Phuket Top Team, since then he's fought professionally around the world, including for the UFC. We reminisce about our times living in Phuket, talk about prices and how inflation has affected Thailand since, and what it would take for a young wanna be fight pro to get started today. Will Chope: instagram.com/asiawillthekill John...

In this episode, I interview three Ukrainian guys currently living in a city south of Kyiv to see what life is like there and what they think of foreigners who live in Ukraine now. Pavlo, Slava, and Bogdan are tech and science workers and are examples of some of the brightest minds of the Ukrainian workforce. Their podcast is called Технічна База (technical base). It's mainly in Ukrainian, but...

One Year Later Johnny FD updates his life, travel, and business and explains why it's been exactly one year since the last episode.

In this episode I interview Alina Mcleod, a popular full time travel youtuber. She has been a full time content creator for the past two years, is currently traveling around Ukraine. We talk about how she recently got covid despite being double vaccinated, and how it may have helped her stay symptom lite. Topics include travel restrictions, how she earns money while traveling, and how long it took...

After a lucrative career as a Vanlife Youtuber racking up millions of views on some of his more popular videos, digital nomad Kevin Martin has decided to sell his Van and go through the complications of moving to Thailand. In this interview I ask him why he would give up the easy fame and fortune and his mindset behind the process. This interview is continued on Episode 189 of the Invest Like a Bo...

This week I sit down with Martin Hetzel who grew up in Australia and made the move to the UK as a young man taking a risk for a better job and life. Now he's earned enough money to pursue his passions not be locked into a standard 9-5 life. But he refuses to ever retire, and here's why.  Sponsor: https://athleticbrewing.com/ Code: BOSS20

Dean Graziosi is a multiple New York Times best selling author, entrepreneur, and investor. Sign up for the Free 5 Day Challenge with Tony and Dean: http://Ownit45.com  Dean has started or played a major role in over 14 successful companies that have changed lives all around the world – including the new Mastermind.com platform. His mission for over 20 years has been to deliver self-education...

This week, I sit down and interview Frank Song who is a former Wall Street investment banker and private equity investor. Today he runs an eight-figure international business worth over $20,000,000. We met here in Kyiv, Ukraine where Frank is living now, after leaving the Bay Area, California where he grew up. We talk about lifestyle, why he chose to settle down in Ukraine when he can afford to li...

This week I talk to Andrew who recently arrived in Thailand and is going through the mandatory COVID quarantine there. We talk about the process of traveling to Thailand in 2021, the regulations, flight, airport, and nerd out about how he was able to do some hotel mile hacking to get hotel Elite status and access during the process. We talk about getting permanent residency in Taiwan and Ukraine a...

This is an unexpected second solo episode in a row as I had decided to leave Sri Lanka a month early and move to Kyiv, Ukraine. Here are some of the topics I discussion in this recording: Why I left Sri Lanka Internet and Wifi in Sri Lanka Safety in Sri Lanka Process of Leaving and flying to Ukraine Winter in Kyiv Costs of lIving here Why I like it 
Why I’m staying.

Options for Staying more than...

This is a solo episode where I go through everything that I've learned in this past year, a recap of the best episodes and which ones you must listen to twice. The goals I've achieved and what it takes to be successful in 2021.  I talk about digital nomad events, achieving passive income financial goals, being single again, what a Sigma Male is and why I've become more of an introvert, opting...

Author Tim Leffel, who was recommended in Tim Ferriss' Book "The 4-Hour Workweek" is a resident of Mexico, talks about the second edition of his book A Better Life for Half the Price, out now as an e-book and paperback. Shot in the UNESCO World Heritage colonial city of Guanajuato, it show some local prices and the benefits of moving abroad to a place where you can drastically cut your monthly liv...

Mikkel has spent more than 20 years in continual travel around the world, to over 100 countries including Colombia, North Korea, Zimbabwe, and Iran. He's the author of the #1 Best-Selling book Expat Secrets on Amazon. His goal is to help people generate additional streams of income, eliminate your tax bill, and take advantage of offshore structures so you can travel the world freely and never have...

In this episode I interview Mike Swigunski, author of Global Career: How to Work Anywhere & Travel Forever. Mike has worked and traveled in over 85+ countries over the past decade and loves writing about remote work and entrepreneurship. He's currently in Tbilisi, Georgia and we talk about his favorite countries to work from as a digital nomad, costs of living, and what he thinks of Georgia compar...

This weeks interview is with Mr. Nomad Numbers where we talk about the Costs of Living Worldwide for digital nomads, what his favorite and least favorite countries have been to live and work in. And we also talk about the Taiwan Gold Card Visa that allows remote workers and business owners an easy way to travel and live in Taiwan and even bring their family.

Mita Carriman is a digital nomad from New York. We met in Playa Del Carmen last year at Nomad Summit Cancun and she's been traveling full time for 3 years. She's now living in Barbados as a Digital Nomad.  We talk about the pros and cons of Barbados Welcome Stamp, which is the first Digital Nomad/Remote Worker visa ever sponsored by a country. Take a listen to the episode, it's a great one.  Show...

Will Chope has traveled the world like a boss. He's found a way to follow his passion, create a dream job, and get paid to fly around the world. Not only is the airfare and hotel paid for, but he also gets to fly home with thousands of dollars and more if he wins.  Johnny and Will catch up for the first time after living next door to each other in bamboo huts back at Phuket Top Team in Thailand.

This week's interview is with millionaire affiliate Charles Ngo who has been super successful with online marketing since 2008. We talk about how he stays productive, motivated, and continues to stay ahead of other entrepreneurs without burning out. In this long interview, we dive deep into how Charles started, why he moved to SE Asia as a digital nomad, and why he chose to then move to Miami, Man...