#108: Travel expert Leigh Rowan joins Chris to discuss his most recent trip to the interior of the ice-capped continent of Antarctica. Leigh describes the luxurious dwellings and unique expeditions available to tourists and breaks down the cost of a breathtaking journey to one of the world's coldest, windiest, and most desolate continents.
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Apr 8
Stop Overthinking and Start Deciding with Derek Sivers
#273: Learn to stop overthinking and make better decisions. Chris and Derek discuss how optimizing can go wrong, a coin flip trick for making decisions, journaling as a superpower, how your actions might reveal what you actually want, and more. Derek Sivers is an entrepreneur, wr ... Show More
1h 52m
Apr 1
My Process for Booking Travel with Points & Miles
#272: Learn how to turn your points into significantly better travel experiences by following a simple, repeatable system. We cover how to plan, find award availability, choose the right tools, and decide between portals vs. transfers, plus the mindset shifts that make the whole ... Show More
54m 29s
Feb 2021
Antarctica: Facts About The Coldest Continent
This talk is on Antarctica, one of the seven continents. It contains the geographic South Pole, and is situated in the Antarctic region of the Southern Hemisphere. It is the fifth largest continent, bigger than Australia and Europe. When you think of this place, what comes to you ... Show More
2m 26s
Dec 2021
Antarctic Treaty: Protecting the icy continent
It’s widely regarded as the most successful treaty in the world, and it was the first arms control agreement established during the Cold War. The Antarctic Treaty, which came into force in 1961, protects what is one of the most unspoilt places on earth, from mining, from military ... Show More
38m 59s
Jan 2024
110. Antarctica: The Continent that wouldn’t be Conquered
Antarctica, the great land of ice. It was first spotted in the early years of the 19th century but it wasn't until 1895 that humans, in the form of a Norwegian expedition, actually landed on one of the world's most inhospitable places. With that expedition the Heroic Age of Antar ... Show More
43m 28s
Nov 2023
World Tour for Climate Change: Hitchhiking, Biking, and Low-Carbon Travel With Megan Routbort
Megan Routbort is one half of a French-American duo on a mission to tell stories of optimism about the people working to find solutions against climate change. At the time of this recording, they’re six months into their three-year voyage, visiting "climate hotspots" and explorin ... Show More
1 h
Feb 2023
Leadership Lessons from a Disastrous Arctic Expedition
<p>You've probably heard of Ernest Shackleton, and his ill-fated Antarctic expedition. The <i>Endurance</i>, the ship on which he and his crew sailed, famously became trapped in ice, sunk, and set the men and their indomitable leader off on an arduous journey to safety and rescue ... Show More
55m 2s