In the Seasonal lifestyle, the ultimate goal is to get paid to do what you love in incredible locations. During this episode, I ask Dave to describe the best day possible on the mountain and he crafts this snowy paradise in which he's...working. I knew I had come to the right person. Dave is a backcountry ski guide, instructor, and educator, he hol…

Life is full of lessons. Some are fun, some are not. Some are quick, some take time to fully learn. One of the more complex lessons in life is that you can do exactly what you’re ‘supposed’ to do and still be miserable. Katelyn Keith took that lesson and responded by building an incredible life for herself working and traveling between Hawaii and A…

There are many ways to help yourself and others in the Seasonal lifestyle. Krista Dixon's story shows us that as she goes through Wilderness Therapy, sea kayaking, working at Mount Baker ski area, and now onto becoming a travel nurse. In this episode, we talk about avalanche safety, meteor showers that lead to the biggest tip of your season, and ho…

Shelly Page is a musician, author, illustrator, storyteller, and has spent time as a child wrangler on land and sea. In this episode, we talk about ‘small world’ stories, how she found herself skipping a flight in Amsterdam on 4/20, and the worst part about caring for children on cruise ships (their parents).You can find Shelly at shellypagemusic.c…

When the guest takes guests out in a helicopter to go surfing in Alaska, there isn’t much need for a caption or introduction, and that’s exactly what Scott Reierson does. In this episode, we talk about the lurking bulk of stellar sea lions, how tour owners are like Indiana Jones, and how sharing your passions with people can be the best part of a t…

Occasionally, people find their dream job. Sometimes, they also happen to be great at it. That’s what happened to Bethany Stivers when she found the job of Trip Leader, someone who gets paid to take people on amazing trips into the outdoors. In this episode, we talk about the evolution of a backpack with legs into a fearless hype man, a great reaso…

Somebody has to do it, why not you? A Seasonal dream job is always within reach, finding it and trying to get it is usually the only thing stopping us.Nikohl Miller is a kiteboard instructor from Virginia who has kiteboarded and instructed in some of the most amazing locales on Earth. In this episode, we talk about where Nikohl has felt culture sho…

The Seasonals Podcast is kicking off 2021 with an incredible storyteller with a wide-ranging resume. Josh Goldstein’s story takes us from Philadelphia to Israel to New Zealand to Albuquerque to New York City to Alaska and involves one of my favorite experiences I’ve heard about on the podcast. In this episode we talk about some of the Alaska experi…

Sara Kurtz has been an English teacher in Moscow, a bartender in OBX, a deckhand in Australia, and so much more. In this episode, we talk about what you need for a three year working holiday trip to Australia, her trip to Sierra Leone and the non-profit she started from that trip, and what Russians REALLY think about Americans that come to the Moth…

Matt Moore (along with Kelcy Fowler) is co-Owner of CoolWorks. A job board and source of inspiration for the Seasonal industry. Matt grew up in North Carolina before beginning his own Seasonal adventure by heading out to Wyoming. In this episode, we talk about how Covid is affecting the Seasonal life, how meeting your soulmate is occasionally an un…

Brendan Lyle took the advice of a best friend and made the journey to Alaska to begin his Seasonal experience. After an illustrious few years as a zipline guide, he transitioned into selling tours to cruise ship passengers. In this episode, the three-time salesman of the year and I discuss the biggest lesson he’s learned from sales, his biggest hom…

Brian Bailey is an Exploration Cruise Director and an accomplished singer and performer. When I sat down with him for this episode, he had been at sea for 44 days. In this episode, we talk about adversity and his brush with Latin fame performing musical theater in Central America, the beauty (and smell) of seeing 200,000 penguins, and about how Cov…

No matter what plans you lay out for life, inevitably, they change or get scrapped altogether. In the face of that truth, Olivia Gambelin has chosen to embrace uncertainty and give up on a comfort zone. She’s currently living in Brussels, Belgium where she is the founder and managing director at Ethical Intelligence Associates. In this episode, we …

Meghan Young is training to be a commercial pilot while working seasonally in Alaska. In this episode, I ask what I think is the most ridiculous question I’ve never asked before, Megan tells me about a bar bathroom job interview (both interviewer and interviewee were unknowingly in different bar bathrooms), and we talk about what it’s really like g…

Vicky Taylor is a dual citizen of Sweden and England who lives in Japan for most of the year. She writes and translates for various projects and companies online. One of her articles about Seasonal work in Japan was featured in Issue 03 of The Seasonals Quarterly Magazine. In this episode of the podcast, Vicky and I talk about her year-long trip ar…

Maddie Cobb has worked on a trail crew in the Adirondacks of New York, as an au pair in France, as a Wild Land and Hotshot Firefighter, and now as a French teacher in Vermont. In this episode, we talk about a class she created and teaches called She Persists, the excitement and struggle of working in a fire, and Maddie gives us a detailed view of a…

For many travelers and adventurers, Antarctica is on the list of future destinations. For most, it usually stays on the list, unexplored and always in the distance. But for some, further than the tourists who stop once in awhile, there are those who live and work in Antarctica, and who find that the continent makes and leaves a lasting impression o…

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