The Adventure Calls Podcast

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Putting queer folks front and center, the Adventure Calls podcasts gives LGBTQ+ folks, their families and allies the inspiration and information you need to move, live and thrive abroad. The podcast includes interviews with experts on relocation, immigration, nomadic and other travel-based lifestyles, international education, finding global queer communities and all the grainy details of actually making a life abroad. 

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From Gaywired to Pink Media: Matt Skallerud's Impact on LGBTQ Media

Apr 08 2024 26 mins  
Join us on Adventure Calls as we traverse the evolving landscape of LGBTQ travel media with industry pioneer Matt Skallerud. Uncover the pivotal intersection of marketing and true queer-friendly destinations, discovering if the places that woo you as a traveler are ready to embrace you as a local. Dive into a compelling conversation that redefines the meaning of inclusive tourism a

An American Expat's Kiwi Adventure: Story Time of Relocating and Thriving in New Zealand

Mar 19 2024 20 mins  
In this episode of Adventure Calls, you'll hear American expat Elissa Johnsen in her own words, as she narrates through her incredible journey of relocating with her family to New Zealand during COVID, offering an inspiring firsthand account of embracing change and creating a new life abroad.Elissa is a Maryland native turned New Zealander who embarked on a life-altering journ

Life-long expat and adventurer Bridget Romanes on relocating to New Zealand

Mar 05 2024 56 mins  
Bridget Romanes is the visionary principal of Mobile Relocation, a consultancy that aids people in the complex process of moving and settling into New Zealand life. Born and raised in New Zealand herself, Bridget's early life was anything but ordinary. Her father, a mountaineer who ascended the Himalayas with the legendary Sir Edmund Hillary, infused Bridget's childhood w

We’re Back! Adventure Call’s New Focus For 2024 And Beyond

Feb 27 2024 9 mins  
Join Jess Drucker in the return of Adventure Calls as she shares her personal journey of expanding her family and launching a new company, and reveals the exciting new direction of the podcast focused on the adventures, challenges, and triumphs of LGBTQ folks and their families relocating internationally.Below are the key takeaways from this episode:The podcast will now have a spec

Living and working from anywhere with Chase Warrington

Jun 02 2022 46 mins  
On Adventure Calls, we talk to international American expats living around the world and on today’s episode you’ll meet Chase Warrington, an American expat currently based in Spain. Chase Warrington is the Head of Remote at Doist, a remote-first company with 100 employees based in 30+ countries spanning all time zones. He's lived in a handful of countries and has been work

International Impact with Diem Founder, Emma Bates

May 05 2022 18 mins  
Diem is a social knowledge sharing app for women and non-binary folks founded by Emma Bates, an international branding and marketing rockstar originally from the UK who grew a blog to over 100,000 followers at age 19, and continued on to become Head of Global Marketing at Away.On this International Impact episode of Adventure Calls, Emma talks about living and thriving in New York

The leap from a small town Michigan to a life in Denmark, with Career Consultant Kate Dahl

Feb 03 2022 34 mins  
Everyone seems to be talking about remote work and moving abroad. Is it really so easy? In some countries it is! In others, like Denmark, it's not so simple. In Denmark, life is good. Really good. Danes report an exceptionally high level of satisfaction with work-life balance, food, culture and quality of life in general. Foreigners who live here also report higher satisfactio

Katheryn Gronauer talks the Japanese Bathhouse and Feeling At Home in Tokyo

Jan 19 2022 44 mins  
This week on Adventure Calls, I talk to Katheryn Gronauer, Founder of Thrive Tokyo, a company based in Tokyo that helps expats transition successfully to life in Japan. With a Japanese mother and an American father, Katheryn was raised between Florida and Tokyo, and has spent her life dissecting how different value systems have shaped her identity and world view. We talk about ever

Lauren Pelkey, children's book author and entrepreneur, on settling in Colombia

Dec 21 2021 39 mins  
Lauren Pelkey is a children's book author, blogger and entrepreneur based in Bogota, the capital of Colombia and one of the highest capital cities in the world at 8,661 feet above sea level.Lauren is no stranger to living life at the extremes. In today’s interview, Lauren talks about applying for an Australian visa, getting approved only hours later and then quitting her jo

Flourishing in Barcelona after American Dream Burnout with Christine Job

Dec 09 2021 38 mins  
Christine Job is a business strategist and the award-winning podcaster behind the Flourish in the Foreign podcast. She went from following all the 'right' steps toward the American Dream in the United States to taking a sabbatical to walk Spain's 500-mile Camino de Santiago pilgrimage, connecting with Spanish life, and relocating to Barcelona. Her podcast was recentl