Welcome to Paradise (It Sucks)

Pioneertown was an old movie set built by Gene Autry for his westerns and has one famous honky tonk music venue on the premises - it’s called Pappy and Harriets Pioneertown Palace. But this wasn’t a good old time listening to beautiful country and western music in the desert… in fact, this trip - hit a lot of bad chords... Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/

This is a story about a young woman’s 21st birthday celebration… crapping out. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week’s story involves an electric vehicle, an ill-advised road trip from Chicago and unlimited Lederhosen. Yeah, you heard the right. Follow along as we travel from the icy lakes of Lake Michigan to the honky tonkin streets of Music City, USA. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week’s three-story episode is packed with tales about abandonment, too much alcohol, secret jail cells, shower-toilets, social media and termination. And it all happens in one of our most familiar places: A cruise ship. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week we hear tales of restless children, diapers, open air drug use, contaminated drinking water, raw sewage, a little bit of rock n roll, lame DJ’s and oh yeah - dirty hippies. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week's episode involves arctic temperatures, machismo, stubbornness, hidden fees and oh yeah - the loss of extremities. In fact the game is afoot. As they say. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week’s episode takes place in a classic vacation setting, the real-life place that most people probably think of first when someone says the word “vacation.” And that’s the South Pacific. Fiji, to be more precise. Beautiful waters. Idyllic islands. White sands. Exotic fruits. Tropical storms. Rain. Wind. Discombobulation. Listen as Sara Schulting Kranz, host of the Liv

This episode has everything. An idyllic fantasy of a South Pacific wonderland shattered. Hardline government agents enforcing agricultural rules. Accidental property damage? You don’t want to miss. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week’s episode is packed with tales about blood-pumping, death-defying acts undertaken during vacations. Sponsors: HelloFresh- Go to HelloFresh.com/50andrew and use code 50andrew for 50% off plus free shipping! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The episode for those people who use their vacation to go on a anxiety-filled, action-packed, to-the-extreme experience only to perhaps risk their lives along the way. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices