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(Don't) hurry up and wait... In Alaska
From LN Lurie | Part of the Where in the World is LN? series | 09:47
I struggle with the "hurry up and wait" mentality. Alaska helped me get over this.
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Haiyan Disaster Relief
From LN Lurie | Part of the Where in the World is LN? series | 14:54
Stories from disaster relief workers Ian Burgess and LN Lurie
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American Road Trip (USA ROADTRIP) i-10
From LN Lurie | Part of the Where in the World is LN? series | 29:55
Driving an Airstream trailer across i-10
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Road trips across America are a national past time. I’ve taken one at least every year for over the past decade. But this story isn’t about me! It’s about Whitney and Ben who (willingly) kidnapped Matthewwhile driving an airstream trailer from coast-to-coast on I-10.
Whitney wanted to build a tiny house for herself, so she bought an airstream and renovated it in Florida. But she needed to drive it across the country back to California. She called her Bestie (Ben) for help. In Austin, Tx, they (willingly) kidnapped Matthew.
And the three of them embarked on a journey that changed their lives forever.
Worries
From LN Lurie | Part of the Where in the World is LN? series | 13:01
Whenever I travel, I always hear heaps of worries/warnings.
Are they actually valid? That’s what we find out.
Whenever I travel, I always hear heaps of worries/warnings.
“YOU COULD GET MUGGED!”
“THE WORLD IS DANGEROUS!”
“Just stay home, already!”
These things aren’t just local to me. It happens to everyone! Including my friend, Victor (from Victorstravels.com).
He went on a bike trip and got the same warnings.
Are they actually valid? That’s what we find out.
Kilimanjaro - Before the climb
From LN Lurie | Part of the Where in the World is LN? series | 13:15
All the things going through my head before I climbed Kilimanjaro
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Man! What an adventure!
This episode is : LN’s adventure of climbing Mt. Kilimanjaro. Part 1- “Before the Climb”.
All sorts of anxiety, how I picked the tour company, what questions I asked, packing list, itinerary, my inner thoughts, etc.
Kilimanjaro - The CLIMB!
From LN Lurie | Part of the Where in the World is LN? series | 22:22
My experience of climbing the Roof of Africa!
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A continuation of part 1 – this podcast talks about the actual climb up Kilimanjaro.
Thanks to Mattea Fleischner, Shannon Jacobs, Bonnie Louie, Adi Voloder, our guide Davis, our cook, Dr. Delicious, and All the amazing porters who hauled my crap up that volcano!
A local bar in Namibia
From LN Lurie | Part of the Where in the World is LN? series | 09:07
I wanted to go to a bar in Impalila Island, Namibia. I couldn't because I'm white. Good thing- because I wouldn't have wanted to be there anyway.
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- A local bar in Namibia
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A tiny island, the size of manhattan, is home to 4,000 villagers. I wanted to go to the local drinking hole.
Glad I didn’t.
WARNING: it gets graphic around min 5.
Things I learned (didn’t record): It’s amazing how just a little push will empower people. Everyone wants to feel useful. If you don’t have that feeling, then you find yourself filling your life with useless crap. (drinking, arguing, pictures of cats….) I wonder what would happen if more options of careers were given to those people. Would they enjoy life more? Would there be more or less crimes? How would it change their culture or life? I don’t know the answer to this, sadly, but I find myself wondering if this thought is a “white-first-world thought” or if it’s an ACTUAL (potential) solution.
Maybe time will tell.Elephant Controversy in Africa
From LN Lurie | Part of the Where in the World is LN? series | 10:18
To cull or not to cull. That's the question.
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- Elephant Controversy in Africa
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A short story of my family watching an elephant family trying to help/rescue a baby elephant who is too short to climb a ledge when danger (lion) is around.
Followed by a piece of Elephant Culling and the controversary around it. The different ways that it has been done (from birth control to killing the big bull, to killing the whole herd).
Falling Apart
From LN Lurie | Part of the Where in the World is LN? series | 14:44
Stuff always falls apart while traveling. Plans change, health declines. Items disintegrate… Relationships fade… It doesn’t always happen, but it’s usually inevitable, no matter where you are, as nothing is made to last forever.
This episode will talk about just that… Things falling apart.
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- My adventure pants biting the dust in Alaska
- Renting a car (and breaking down) in Bulgaria
- Relationships falling apart in Zagreb, Croatia.
Falling Apart
From LN Lurie | Part of the Where in the World is LN? series | 14:44
Stuff always falls apart while traveling. Plans change, health declines. Items disintegrate… Relationships fade… It doesn’t always happen, but it’s usually inevitable, no matter where you are, as nothing is made to last forever.
This episode will talk about just that… Things falling apart.
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- Falling Apart
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- My adventure pants biting the dust in Alaska
- Renting a car (and breaking down) in Bulgaria
- Relationships falling apart in Zagreb, Croatia.
S-k-o-p-j-e! The capital of Macedonia!
From LN Lurie | Part of the Where in the World is LN? series | 14:58
What would you do if you had 100Million Euros (or more!) to spend on a country? What would you spend it on?
The leaders of Macedonia chose statues… And lots of them.
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- S-k-o-p-j-e! The capital of Macedonia!
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When you look at statues, what do you see? How much time do you spend? How much money should be spent on statues?
Hundreds of them......
Listen as we explain the statues (or, try to…) and then the potential explanation of how these things came to be.
Buzludzha
From LN Lurie | Part of the Where in the World is LN? series | 08:09
I visited (ahem...broke into) Buzludzha. An abandoned communist building in Bulgaria. I describe my adventure going through it- but my microphone picked up something weird.... Something... unexplainable.
Meow (Zoey's Last Adventure)
From LN Lurie | Part of the POW (Podcast of Wonder) series | 07:32
A sound-designed piece from a cat's perspective on her last adventure.
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- Meow (Zoey's Last Adventure)
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Zoey (the cat) wakes up hearing birds. Realizing she's hungry, she wakes up, stretches, goes outside to go hunting. Runs into another cat (and fights with that hussy with the tail job!), cleans and checks her other statuses...
"Health is ok. Hunger is high... what is this 'love warning' beeping?"
First thing is first- she needs to eat something. She finds, hunts and kills a squirrel, but on her way back with the head (to deliver to her human's bed) she gets hit by a car.