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The Travel Wins is a weekly podcast interviewing athletes, entertainers and business people that travel for their work. A wide range of guests that include recent college graduates, Emmy winning television hosts, MMA fighters, private jet CEO's, Olympians, Navy SEALS and Grammy winning musicians with 40+ years of experience traveling the world. We talk about the daily grinds of scheduling, hotels, rentals, diet, fitness and family duties. Previous guests include Steve Stevens (Grammy winner, ...
Thomas Alan Waits (Pomona, California, 7 de diciembre de 1949), más conocido como Tom Waits, es un músico, cantante, compositor y actorestadounidense, famoso por sus canciones de tono áspero, inspiradas en escritores como Charles Bukowski y algunos de la generación beat, en especial Jack Kerouac. Waits tiene una voz distintiva, descrita por el crítico musical Daniel Durchholz como «si hubiese sido sumergida en un depósito de bourbon, ahumada durante unos meses, y luego llevada afuera y aplas ...
“Not Today Cancer” is a little harder when you are a mom of 2. Rachel Raines is my guest today. Rachel is a model, real estate agent and a mom of 2. Adding to an already difficult 2020 with the worldwide pandemic Rachel successfully fought cancer. We have a great talk about the struggles of raising children and the adventures of them growing up. A …
How can I empower tween and teen girls? Tedi Serge is my guest today. Tedi started Girl Powerful® which is a youth empowerment 501(c)3 organization with her sister Sonya. Started in 2014, Girl Powerful is designed to give tween and teen girls the social and emotional learning tools to build a strong sense of self. She took the opportunity of the lo…
Can I keep the family business moving forward using technology while raising 4 of my own children? Lizi Heaps is my guest today. She has taken the reigns from her mom as The Food Nanny to continue the legacy of cooking and baking. We have a great talk about how she started up the business after her mom let it slow down and how she uses social media…
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Doris Mayday | living dapper day
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How can I travel looking stylish and stay practical at the same time? Doris Mayday is a model, clothing designer and producer for Dapper Day events while living her vintage inspired lifestyle. Doris shares her story of the stereo typical upbringing of being the ”ugly duckling” as a teen growing into a sought after pin up model who designs clothing …
How do you build healthy and friendly neighborhood convenience stores? Varish Goyal is a businessman, father and husband who continues to build his family business of neighborhood friendly gas station convenience stores. Varish shared the background of the company and how he is continuing to grow the business with technology and leadership. He has …
Can you create mainstream fame from Tik Tok fame? Josiah Smith is an actor, father and husband who is finding fame making comedic skits using the Tik Tok app. He is now looking to see if he can leverage his Tik Tok fame and work his way into a “traditional” comedic show. For me the Tik Tok app is a new adventure into the social media world of platf…
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OP Almaraz team building his way to the top
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OP Almaraz is my guest on today’s podcast. OP is the president and founder of Allied Restoration. After years working for others and making them successful OP decided it was time to build his own company. Coming from a difficult but nurturing upbringing OP learned how to be successful and now shares his success with his team. Public speaking is jus…
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Steve Stevens | grammy winning guitarist
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Steve Stevens is my guest on today’s podcast. Steve shared stories and advice from his decades on the road. His guitar playing background started at the age of 7 and five decades later he is still rocking out on a regular basis with Billy Idol. Spending nearly 40 years, off and on, with Billy Idol has given him some rare insight to the music indust…
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Jason Redman | overcoming life on the X
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A forced career change taught him how to pivot on the spot. Jason “Jay” Redman is my guest on today’s podcast. Jay is a retired Navy SEAL, author, actor and public speaker. Being shot, while deployed in Iraq, made Jay’s career choice of being a career Navy officer change to healing and recovering and changing his career to being an author, actor an…
How do I make a smooth transition from Rapper to Author? R Prophet is my guest on today’s podcast. R Prophet is a rapper, actor and now author of the Amazon bestselling book “Grams to Grammys”. As one of the originators of the rap group Nappy Roots, R Prophet was nominated for 2 Grammys while traveling the world for tours and visiting the troops in…
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Lindsay Myers | travel on a budget host
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Can I travel the world on a budget? Lindsay Myers is my guest on today’s podcast. Lindsay is a luxury travel expert on a budget. Sounds like an oxymoron but Lindsay has figured out ways to travel luxuriously while on a budget. The best part of her experiences is that she shares her tips with everyone on her website and blog. As a business owner tha…
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David Baden | IMG agent for winter olympians
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What is really like being a sports agent? David Baden is my guest on today’s podcast. David is an agent for one of the largest agency firms in the world, IMG a division of William Morris Endeavor. His specialty is working with Winter Olympic athletes. David’s story is inspiring knowing that you don’t always get the exact career you thought you want…
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Wen Muenyi | laundry free clothing for travelers
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Has someone ever told you that your shirt stinks? Wen Muenyi is the CEO and Founder of HercLeon. A clothing brand designed as laundry-free clothing that is soft, colorful and easy to maintenance. The features of the Apollo shirt are the shirts don't have to be washed. Yes, you read that right -- their laundry-free shirt can be worn for days, weeks,…
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Danielle Grant | mentoring your mindset
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Can I make a career of mentoring others mindset? Danielle Grant is my guest on today’s podcast. Danielle is a sought after Mindset Mentor, Author, Speaker, Educator, and Spiritual Gangster. Danielle shared her story on how she got started in the corporate world and then moved to the entrepreneurial world. She helps people with their mindset to succ…
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Brian Butler Au | suckerpunch is entertaining
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Can I switch careers and still be successful? Brian Butler-Au, founder and CEO of SuckerPunch Entertainment, is my guest today. SuckerPunch Entertainment is one of the most respected and established athlete management and marketing companies in all of Mixed Martial Arts. Representing fighters such as Rose Namajunas, Weili Zhang, Jens Pulver, Felice…
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Rudy Sarzo bass player quiet riot ozzy osbourne whitesnake
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How do you make a career out of playing music? Rudy Sarzo is my guest on today’s podcast. Rudy is best known for his bass guitar playing with Quiet Riot, Ozzy Osbourne, and Whitesnake, and has also played with several well known heavy metal and hard rock acts including Manic Eden, Dio, Blue Öyster Cult, Geoff Tate's Queensrÿche and Devil City Angel…
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Geir Ness | making the scent of Norway
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How do you start your own fragrance line? Geir Ness is my guest on today’s podcast. Geir is the founder of the fragrance company in his name. We had a great talk about entrepreneurship and what it takes to make a successful fragrance company. A true entrepreneur, that traveled 300 days a year for his company, is re-directing his efforts in new plac…
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Rob Koenen | boxed water is making a better planet
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What is involved in the marketing of water? Rob Koenen is my guest on today’s podcast. Rob is the chief marketing officer of the Michigan based company, Boxed Water. We had a great talk about sustainability, changes in business due to the lockdown, and future expansion plans. Boxed Water is doing great things outside of just providing great tasting…
When the lockdown isn’t the worst thing you’ve been thru in the past two years. AM Davies is my guest on today’s podcast. AM is a multi-faceted person who works to support and advocate for others who work as dancers and strippers. Her own background as a stripper, pole dancer and pole dancing instructor give her unique insights to what these worker…
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Darren Rude | business of YouTheory supplements
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Thank you for listening to this powerful interview with Darren Rude! What is an essential business that flourishes during a lockdown while helping people? Darren Rude is the CEO of Youtheory supplements. Darren and his wife, Patty, founded and operate the Irvine, California based supplement company. We had a great talk about how the lockdown has af…
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Chad Michael | team building businesses with AdVenture
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Will Chad Michael be a lockdown turnaround success story? Chad Michael is the CEO of AdVenture Games. His company builds fun and interactive games for companies to build their company morale and supports team building among each other. We had a great talk about the success of the company as well as the major shifts he’s made since the lockdown effe…
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Amanda Nelson | ExploringAmanda thru out Texas - The Travel Wins
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Can event manager Amanda Nelson find a new opportunity involving travel during the lockdown? Amanda Nelson is the CEO and content creator of ExploringAmanda. A unique property and destination focused brand, tripod traveller, and on a mission to inspire more independent travels. With her adventurous and often blunt opinions, Amanda's followers appre…
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Lucas Hoge | country singer going Hoge Wild pursuing his passions
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Can country singer Lucas Hoge pursue his passions outside of music? Originally from a town of 44 people in Hubbell, NE, Lucas is a country artist with Top 30 and Top 40 singles and his last album “Dirty South” went No. 1 on Billboard for Country album sales. He’s an avid outdoorsman and hosts the Sportsman Channel show “Hoge Wild”. Lucas has perfor…
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Matt Kovacs | public relations expertise for his clients
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How will the lockdown change the public relations industry? Matt Kovacs is my guest today. Matt is the president of BlazePR, a corporate brand focused public relations company based in Santa Monica, California. We had a great conversation about how corporate branding public relations work and the recent changes to business travel. The PR industry h…
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Greg Chumakov | millennial making a difference with Treedom co
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Can a millennial make a positive difference in the world? Greg Chumakov, Chief Operating Officer, is an impact entrepreneur dedicated to building software to provide large-scale change and a more equitable and holistic approach to education. He is currently the COO of Treedom, a service-learning platform for students designed to empower today’s you…
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Berny Martin | a fashion designer setting trends in fashion while residing in the midwest
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How do you start your own fashion show? Berny Martin is my guest today and he is a fashion designer, style consultant, custom tailor and founder of the Midwest Fashion Show. We had a great chat about his decision to start a fashion design company in the Midwest instead of New York or Los Angeles. While admitting that Carmel, Indiana isn’t the hub o…
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Greg Schwem | a corporate humorist having to pivot his business during the lockdown
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Imagine your corporate conference without him? Greg Schwem, business humorist, is my guest today and he has a great career making others laugh for a living. Greg started as a comic and quickly realized he has a gift for corporate humor. While sharing the stage with the likes of Celine Dion, Jay Leno, Leann Rimes, Kenny Loggins, Pat Benatar and othe…
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Traci Callahan | she elevates her beach volleyball game and life with a second chance
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What does it take to elevate your beach volleyball game? Traci Callahan is my guest today and she is making a comeback to the highest levels of beach volleyball. My interview with Traci took some wild turns as she discussed her career as a professional beach volleyball player. She spoke about her struggles with bulimia in college and the need to sw…
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Nicholas Hinrichsen | entrepreneur starting all over again and hoping for similar success WithClutch
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Is now the right to time to start a financial technology company? Nicholas Hinrichsen, co-founder of WithClutch and Carlypso, is my guest today and he thinks now is the right time, even with the lockdowns. After being raised in Germany and playing on the German national golf team, Nicholas decided to attend Stanford Business School in 2011 and star…
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Grant Chang | recent college graduate using corporate travel to see the world
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How important is corporate travel for a recent college graduate? Grant Chang is my guest this week. His work for Acellent requires him to travel several times a month to visit various accounts. He decided to work for Acellent after spending some time as a Cloud Engineer at Apple. We talk about his work at Acellent as well as what his expectations a…
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Hernan Sias | one half of the Business Bros podcast sharing his experiences
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Can you use a podcast to build your business? Hernan Sias is my guest today. He is one half of the podcasting team Business Bros and a real estate expert in San Diego. He is using the platform of podcasting to build his personal network while learning from his varied guests. He had to convince his brother to originally be a part of the show but now…
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Vanessa Demopoulos | MMA fighter and exotic dancer makes for a dangerous combination
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Is it okay to fight like a girl? That would be a compliment if being compared to this week’s guest, Vanessa Demopoulos. Vanessa is a professional mixed martial arts fighter, jiu jitsu fighter, author and exotic dancer. She has her first pro title fight on July 17 and she is excited about the chance to show her skills at LFA 85 in Sioux Falls, South…
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Travis Luther | a punk rocker turns to entrepreneurship and the business world
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How do you know if you’re ready to be an entrepreneur? My guest today, Travis Luther, is the president of a media firm, author, speaker and entrepreneur. I’ve met many entrepreneurs in my lifetime but Travis was actually a professor of entrepreneurship for MSU Denver. His company, Law Father, provides case development tools to law firms. Travis als…
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Michael Sticka | how does the Grammy museum pivot to keep interest during the lockdown?
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Can the Grammy museum continue to entertain visitors remotely during a lockdown? My guest today, Michael Sticka, is the President of the Grammy Museum located in Los Angeles. Michael shares how got started with museum and what his travel experiences are for the museum. We talked about what his job duties were before lockdown and how they had to piv…
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Adam Jackson | turning a hobby into a photography career
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Turning a hobby in to a career? Is it possible to turn a hobby you are passionate about into a paying career is a question I am often asked by friends and listeners. My guest today, Adam Jackson, is on the verge of finding out. Adam’s photography is getting him some recognition he didn’t think possible when he first started his hobby as he traveled…
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Mike Robbins | pivoting careers is nothing new for him
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Mike Robbins is a public speaker, author, an expert in teamwork and leadership and my guest on today’s podcast. Mike was a suggested guest by my sister who saw him speak a while back in Ojai, California. His career started out as a professional baseball player but then like many athletes he had to pivot his career into a new field after injuries re…
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Amanda Johansen | playing and coaching in the growing sport of women's lacrosse
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Amanda Johansen is my guest today. Amanda is an All Star professional lacrosse player and college coach based in the Baltimore area after playing for the inaugural USC women’s lacrosse team. She will always have the distinction of being the first women to score a goal for the University of Southern California lacrosse program. “Traveling is tough a…
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Brett Edwards | actor and author making the modern western novel a current subject
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Brett Edwards is my guest today. Brett is an actor and writer based in Los Angeles with his roots from Kentucky. His first book, Sacred Land: A Novel, is now available on Amazon or his website. He’s appeared in several movies and television shows including American Sniper, The Longest Ride, Westworld, Paranormal Incident and Grey’s Anatomy. He has …
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Cake by Courtney | Courtney Rich comes back and updates us with her latest project Courtney: Beyond The Cake
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Cake by Courtney owner, Courtney Rich, is my guest today. This isn’t déjà vu. Courtney is my first guest to be a repeat guest on my podcast. She is a self taught, baker extraordinaire who is using the lockdown situation to improve her relationships at home and interact on her social media platforms on a more personal basis. We had a great follow up…
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Wendy Hill | sharing the stories of a Las Vegas cocktail waitress
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Wendy Hill – Vegas Stories Imagine all the crazy things you would see and the people you would meet after working nearly two decades in a major casino on the Las Vegas Strip. While most people slept, Wendy worked nights as a casino cocktail server during her 20’s and 30’s. She recalls the fast cash, partying while working, meeting famous people and…
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Morgan Weske | making a career from roller skating being a dance skater
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Morgan Weske - Happiness Is a Pair of Roller Skates Is happiness the key to a successful career? In this episode of The Travel Wins, I catch up with roller skating sensation, Morgan Weske, to discuss how her passion for skating created unexpected opportunities. Learn how Morgan broke into show business, survived as a professional backup dancer, and…
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Ariel Garten | meditation with technology using MUSE: a brain sensing headband
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Ariel Garten is my guest today. She is a neuroscientist, mom, entrepreneur and co-founder of a company that creates MUSE: a brain sensing headband. It was exciting to speak with Ariel about meditation and how it can be a benefit for business travelers. Any interest in reducing jet lag, improving focus and being at your best you can after traveling …
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Jim Cressman | country music agent, manager and concert promoter Invictus Entertainment
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Jim Cressman is my guest today. Jim is the founder of Invictus Entertainment Group based in Canada. He works as music agent to some incredible country music artists like, Aaron Pritchett, George Canyon, Cory Marks, Brett Kissell and several others. To expand and learn more about the music business, Jim expanded his business into show producing and …
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Chris Gratton | 30 years of touring with the biggest music names in the world gets interrupted
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Chris Gratton is my guest today. Chris’s experience in being a tour director, tour producer and production manager for some of the biggest acts in the music business is unprecedented. We spoke about the cancellation of the Justin Bieber 2020 tour due to the corona virus and the negative effect it had on his crew of 87. We also spoke about how techn…
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Ryan Motes | team roper cowboy with a legacy traveling the states
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Ryan Motes is my guest today. Ryan is a professional cowboy competing in team roping on the PRCA rodeo tour and is a 5 time National Final Rodeo qualifier. I was excited to speak with Ryan on the show as I’ve known Ryan for almost a decade now and I appreciate speaking with him every chance I get. Like many of the cowboys, Ryan grew up in a family …
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Bobby Genovese | making a life out of being an entrepreneur while having fun with his family
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Bobby Genovese is my guest today. Bobby is an entrepreneur, father, friend and philanthropist who lives life by the mantra “who has more fun than us”. It was a great chat with Bobby to hear about a different mentality regarding business travel. He travels the world working on projects he “wants” to work on. He brings his children with him as much a…
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Ed Soares | MMA influencer, LFA president and family man staying busy
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Ed Soares is my guest today. Ed is the CEO of LFA (Legacy Fighting Alliance). LFA is a fast growing Mixed Martial Arts (MMA) promotion based in Southern California. He also a manager of MMA fighters and started the Blackhouse MMA gym operations. As a husband and father of two daughters, Ed has to balance home life and business while traveling appro…
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Corinne Quiggle | recent Pepperdine graduate making beach volleyball a career
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Corinne Quiggle is my guest today. A professional beach volleyball player, Corinne has already traveled extensively around the states and internationally. We talk about the current status of the upcoming volleyball season and how the Covid19 lockdown could potentially affect the season. She talks about her love of travel and how playing professiona…
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Lex Gillette | business travel takes on a whole new meaning when you can't see
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Lex Gillette is my guest today. Elexis "Lex" Gillette is a blind Paralympic athlete originally from Raleigh, North Carolina and now training in Chula Vista, California. Lex competes in T11 (track) and F11 (field) events for the United States. I was excited to speak with Lex about his travels around the world for track and field as well as his trave…
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Todd Eldredge | world champion figure skater and 3 time Olympian and family man
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Todd Eldredge is my guest today. Todd’s career as a figure skater is storied and decorated as a world champion, 3 time Olympian and Hall of Fame inductee. He has traveled the world for ice skating, including moving several times to different states to work with his coach. We have a great chat about his travels in his competitive days and how much d…
