Travel. Culture. Connection.
Making tools for the mind that advance humankind.
Welcome to Why We Travel
Our vision is to create space in the intersection of work, travel, and culture; to build a place where worldly professionals experience interpersonal growth.
Work is what fuels us, travel moves us, and culture connects us.
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Recent Episodes
New episodes are released weekly every Wednesday.
Why We Travel: The Hero’s Journey
In this episode, Joshua Best, host of Why We Travel, shares his personal story, experience, and truth. A compelling tale of triumph and a vivid journey of life — Get to know about your new favorite digital nomad and podcast host.
Why We Host: Welcome to Thailand
Meet Miao, a Remote Year City Manager, and Ton, a former Remote Year city team member. Hear their story about what it’s like living and growing up in Chiang Mai, being a remote worker, and all things in between.
Why We Matter: Cultural Differences and Ethnic Minorities
Jin Hee Lim is a second year PhD student at the University of Oxford with research about minority groups. Today, we talk about cultural differences, ethnic minorities, and how to lower the barriers
Why We Explore: Getting Out Of Our Comfort Zone
Today’s episode is all about the importance of getting out of your comfort zone and making authentic connections with people. We talk about travel, people, and how language acquisition change how you perceive the world.
Why We Grind: The Magic of Muay Thai
How can you really deal with losing motivation? Professional Muay Thai Fighter and Musician, Casshan, shares his martial arts journey, finding balance, and lessons learned from the oh-so-famous daily grind and hustle culture.
Why We Heal: A Female Traveler’s Manifesto
In this episode, Kimberley of @ultimatefreedomclub, shares her journey of leaving her corporate job, traveling solo, healing the mind, and taking the big leap.
Why We Conserve: Diving Into Eco-Tourism
Many travelers don’t make environmentally choices every time they travel. But each step of the journey is all about being green. Featuring Bangearn, we dive deep into eco-tourism, sustainable travel, and going green. It’s all about commitment in here!
Why We Travel: Nomad By Design
Why We Travel’s vision is as simple – to create space in the intersection of work, travel, and culture; to build a place where worldly professionals experience interpersonal growth. Listen to the episode to know more about our upcoming launch for nomads like you!
Why We Return: The Road Back
Our host recalls the inspirations, processes, and the people behind the first of many seasons of the retrospective travel podcast. Thanks for everyone who tuned in and supported this season! We hope to sync in with you again for the next in-ear travel experience we’re putting together!
Host and Anthropologist Joshua Best (Mejor) uses a collection of personal interviews, academic research, and his own travel experiences to uncover the deeper reasons humans are compelled to migrate to new locations. Join Joshua Best as he flip the paradigm behind the labels: “tourists”, “nomads”, and “expats” with real stories from real people to better understand themselves, the world we live in, and ultimately unpack…Why We Travel.
NOMAD BY DESIGN
TRAVEL AND PERSONAL DEVELOPMENT
We help remote workers who would like to incorporate travel into their lifestyle learn how to be a digital nomad so they can live freely and save money, develop cultural competency and be part of a community of other diverse travelers to tell their story.
Gain insight into the pitfalls of being a digital nomad and how to overcome them.
Six 1-hour class sessions & six 1-hour group coaching calls
Develop a clear vision and plan to incorporate travel into your lifestyle with in depth coaching.
Lifetime access to course material
Access your own personalized framework that prepares you for your journey anytime, anywhere.
Free membership to Nomad by Design: Private Community
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