The Adventure Calls Podcast
This is a show with queer folks talking about moving, living and thriving abroad, and relocation specialists in countries around the world who can help you to do the same.
Putting queer folks front and center, Adventure Calls podcasts empowers LGBTQ+ folks and their families to move, live and thrive abroad. Host Jess Drucker interviews 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.
Episodes
65 episodes
Supporting your kids throughout the process of moving abroad, with Karlijn Jacobs
How can you support your kids in a country where you’ve never lived? How can you help them thrive abroad?That’s what we talk about in today’s Adventure Calls podcast episode.If you’re a parent considering a move abroad or planning...
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1:16:35
What Is It Actually Like to Move To Portugal, with LGBTQ+ expats Sue Reddel and Diana Laskaris
Over the past few weeks, Google searches around How To Move Abroad have skyrocketed, up more than 1000% percent overall.And many of those searches, especially for the LGBTQ+ community, are geared toward Portugal. Between the D-8 Digital ...
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1:20:46
Everything you need to know to move to Portugal in 2025 with relocation expert Rossana Veglia
Portugal has been at the top of almost every 'Best Places to Move Abroad' list for the last several years...but is it really? Anything that receives so much attention can't be real... can it? Well, it just might be! If you are inte...
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1:00:11
How Project 2025 will affect LGBTQ+ Americans, an interview with Uncloseted Media's Spencer Macnaughton
Should we stay or should we go now? That’s the question that LGBTQ+ folks and their families have been asking over the last several months of this 2024 election cycle. If Trump wins, are we safe? And just how bad will Project 2025 be for the LG...
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1:00:12
Solo Episode: A vision for how community can help queer folks thrive abroad
In this solo episode, Jess pulls back the curtain on Rainbow Relocation Strategies, sharing her personal journey and passion for empowering queer folks to thrive abroad. Discover the vision behind creating a global, supportive community and lea...
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22:25
How to Move to Mexico with Ivonne Paavan of Host Relocation
In this episode of Adventure Calls, host Jess Drucker sits down with Ivonne Paavan, founder of Host Relocation, to uncover the reality of safety and acceptance for LGBTQ+ expats and the local community in Mexico. Discover why more ...
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45:09
How to Become A Virtual Assistant and Work From Anywhere with Digital Nomad Kit founder Hannah Dixon
In part two of our interview with Hannah Dixon, we welcome back Hannah Dixon, a queer, British-American digital nomad currently based in Mexico. In this episode, we discuss her journey to becoming the founder of Digital Nomad Kit and her Virtua...
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25:13
Moving to Mexico and living as a digital nomad, with entrepreneur Hannah Dixon
In this episode of the Adventure Calls podcast, Hannah Dixon takes us through her journey of becoming a digital nomad and online entrepreneur, to her life in Thailand, Italy and currently as an official permanent resident in Mexi...
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36:10
Activism to Action: Latoya Nugent and Rainbow Railroad’s Crucial Work
Happy Pride, y'all! It's important to remember that Pride is a protest, first and foremost. In this powerful episode, Latoya Nugent shares her emotional journey from renown LGBTQ+ advocacy in Jamaica to finding safety in Canada through Ra...
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58:15
Everywhere is Queer, with social entrepreneur Charlie Sprinkman
Ever been in a new town or city and wondered where all the queers are? Charlie Sprinkman is here to help us with that!On this episode of the Adventure Calls podcast, we talk to the founder of the world's first interactive map that catalo...
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31:23
Living As A Queer Couple In Samara, Costa Rica
Ever wondered what would happen if you just quit your job, packed your stuff and moved to the beach in Costa Rica? Jay and Aaron Quinn have done just that. In the first months of 2024, the couple quit their jobs and moved from the U...
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45:14
Your Passport to Pura Vida: Expert Advice from a Costa Rica Relocation Specialist
Join us as host Jess Drucker and Relocate Now Costa Rica Founder, Sarah Elena, discuss relocating to Costa Rica, from navigating visas, the housing market, education and local culture. Hailing originally from Virginia, Sarah Elena h...
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40:48
From Gaywired to Pink Media: Matt Skallerud's Impact on LGBTQ Media
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 ...
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26:04
An American Expat's Kiwi Adventure: Story Time of Relocating and Thriving in New Zealand
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 accou...
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20:39
Life-long expat and adventurer Bridget Romanes on relocating to New Zealand
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 bu...
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56:38
We’re Back! Adventure Call’s New Focus For 2024 And Beyond
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 trium...
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Season 4
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Episode 50
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9:25
Living and working from anywhere with Chase Warrington
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...
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Season 3
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Episode 36
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46:26
International Impact with Diem Founder, Emma Bates
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...
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Season 3
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Episode 35
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18:04
The leap from a small town Michigan to a life in Denmark, with Career Consultant Kate Dahl
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 leve...
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34:11
Katheryn Gronauer talks the Japanese Bathhouse and Feeling At Home in Tokyo
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 ...
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Season 3
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Episode 45
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44:29
Lauren Pelkey, children's book author and entrepreneur, on settling in Colombia
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 extr...
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Season 3
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Episode 44
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39:45
Flourishing in Barcelona after American Dream Burnout with Christine Job
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...
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38:45
Clément Monnet: Founder of Cinessance, the Netflix for French Films
This is the first show in a new series called International Impact, interviews with expat builders, creators and entrepreneurs whose products and services not only impact the world, but the key ingredient is the time spent abroad by the company...
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Season 3
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Episode 42
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21:10
On Leaving Los Angeles and Finding Fame in Mexico, with Cafe Con Leche Travels
One year ago, Travis came home to his Los Angeles apartment after a run and said to his partner, David, "Let's get out of here." David is a singer and Travis is a writer / standup comic, and the two entertainers had lost most gigs due to ...
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Season 3
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Episode 41
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41:45
Charly Stoever Is Creating Financial Freedom From Playa del Carmen, Mexico
Charly Stoever is a non-binary Latinx money coach and former licensed stockbroker who helps LGBTQ & BIPOC folks points hack, invest, & build wealth so that they can start taking control of their money and find their freedom. In ...
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Season 3
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Episode 40
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