Travel ignites change. It helps us identify what’s important and empowers us to dissect and challenge the status quo. Join Benjamin Morse, returned Peace Corps volunteer and world traveller, as he speaks with a wide range of guests who’ve reinvented themselves through exploration. Benjamin brings a personalized approach by offering his own perspectives as a father, ultra-endurance athlete, higher education professional, and plant-based individual. Wherever you are on your pursuit of greatnes ...
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Season Finale With Taylor Gallegos
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My guest today for the season finale is Taylor Gallegos. You may know Taylor from episode 5. He is my mentor, coach, friend, inspiration, muse, and so much more. Taylor is a painter specializing in murals and studio painting. His work focuses on unity, connection, love, environmentalism, and creativity. He’s particularly talented in portraiture wit…
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Elly Daftuar: Cultivating Community Through Art
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Elly Daftuar is a musician and multimedia artist from Ypsilanti, Michigan. She performs with many musical groups in southeast Michigan and has a long history of designing online experiences for universities, small businesses, musicians, and artists. In today's conversation, Elly treats us with a live performance of "Burn Out the Night" from her 201…
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Marcus Hall: Intersectionality in Travel
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Today’s guest is Marcus Hall. Marcus is a stunning and eloquent storyteller, who has used travel and connection as a means to understand himself and the world around him. I had the opportunity to work with Marcus at the University of Michigan, and it has been an amazing learning experience for me to unpack his story and continue to learn from him e…
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Drew Chafetz has a unique passion for both soccer and social enterprise and has become one of the foremost experts in engaging and mobilizing communities around the world through sport. Drew is the co-founder and CEO of love.fútbol, a nonprofit that partners with communities worldwide to create, reclaim, and redefine sports spaces as lasting platfo…
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Keesa Johnson: Designing Equitable Food Systems
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Keesa Johnson is shaping the future of food and co-designing agri-food systems with black and brown farmers across Michigan and beyond. In today's episode, I speak with Keesa about her experiences studying and practicing participatory "21st Century" design within the context of the wicked problem of equity and access in food systems. This conversat…
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Dr. Abdul El-Sayed: Identity, Travel, and Healing Politics
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Dr. Abdul El-Sayed is a physician, epidemiologist, educator, author, speaker, and podcast host. We first met back in 2017 while I was competing in a pitch competition for a start-up I had at the time, Abdul was the keynote speaker. He told an incredible story about his time as Detroit’s Health Director, where he often worked directly with kids who …
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Vitor Machado Lira: The Vegan Revolution and a Plant-Powered Life
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Exploring a plant-based or vegan diet? Looking for ways to reduce your impact on the environment? This episode is for you. Born and raised in Belo Horizonte, Brazil, Vitor is a passionate advocate for environmental conservation, community empowerment, and sustainable development. Vitor grew up a wildlife aficionado and football fan, and in 2008 at …
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AJ Moore: An Artistic Pursuit
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As an artist who has used art to travel the world and connect with people from all walks of life, AJ Moore is simply driven and dedicated to his craft. AJ is an accomplished artist in both digital and theatrical arts, along with traditional media. He’s also the host of a Youtube nature show he produces with his brother Tony called “It’s Nature Y’al…
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Jerome Moore: Black Americans Making Their Mark Abroad
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Jerome Moore served as a Peace Corps Volunteer in Paraguay, and currently runs an organization called Community Changers in Nashville, TN. He's also the host of several podcasts, one about travel and black identity called “Black Americans Making Their Mark: Stories Abroad,” along with another podcast called “Deep Dish Conversations.” Jerome is a ca…
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Ambassador Greg Engle: A Simple Prayer
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Today’s guest is Ambassador Gregory W. Engle (Ret.). Greg and I first met in Ethiopia in 2012 when he became the Peace Corps Country Director while I was a volunteer. Having served as a Peace Corps Volunteer in South Korea (1980-1981), his assignment as a Peace Corps country director brought his international career full circle in many ways. In thi…
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Robert Steinglass: Pioneering Public Health
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Robert Steinglass: Pioneering Public Health My guest today is Robert Steinglass. Robert is a titan in the global public health sector. He is currently an independent public health consultant who for 40 years strengthened immunization programs at all levels, across 50 countries around the world. He worked primarily in Africa, Asia and within Newly I…
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Dan Baker: Facilitating Peace Corps Journeys
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Facilitating Journeys Today’s guest is Dan Baker. Dan is an exceptional leader with decades of international experience working directly with the Peace Corps. He’s helped to articulate and facilitate the Peace Corps journey for hundreds, if not, thousands of volunteers over the years. He brings a unique mix of humility and confidence to his work, a…
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Jeff Butler: Transcendence Through Film
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My guest today is Jeff Butler. Jeff is an amazing and introspective person with many years of experience in film, storytelling, media production, and design. He is unparalleled in his ability to look deep within and share life’s lessons back out to those around him. Sometimes that happens through film and the scripts he writes, other times he invit…
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Molly Maher: Evolving Through Travel
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Evolving Through Travel Molly is a world traveller with a gift for storytelling, which allows her to bring years of travel experiences to life in a whole new way. She has a background in journalism, health IT, educational design, behavioral science, and user research. I’ve had the pleasure of working alongside Molly in her previous position within …
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Taylor Gallegos: The Art of Travel
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The Art of Travel. My guest today is Taylor Gallegos. He is my mentor, coach, friend, inspiration, muse, and so much more. Taylor is a painter specializing in murals and studio painting. His work focuses on unity, connection, love, environmentalism, and creativity. He’s particularly talented in portraiture with an uncanny ability to capture the ess…
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Sonia Howell: Finding Harmony Through Grit
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Finding Harmony Through Grit. In this episode I speak with Sonia Howell of South Bend, Indiana about her pursuit of genuine self through travel, resilience, grit, and humility. Sonia, who is originally from Drogheda, Ireland is fittingly a Senior Producer at Notre Dame Learning. We first met in a professional capacity while working on an online edu…
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Molly Green: Travel and Engage Authentically
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Travel and engage authentically. Today’s guest is Molly Green. In this conversation we talk about all things international development and community-based development. Molly has extensive experience living and working abroad, and is an expert in compassion and connection.Molly Green is a PhD Candidate in Health Behavior and Health Education at the …
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Ally Noel: The Pursuit of Passion
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Follow your dreams. Today’s guest is Ally Noel, a passionate practitioner of pursuing the things she loves and finding time for what’s important. Ally is an amazing yoga practitioner and teacher, and shares this gift with tens of thousands of people via her Instagram account. She is also a world traveller, returned Peace Corps volunteer, Ironman at…
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Bernard Smalls: Identity Across Culture and Context
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First, let me say welcome to the conversation, it's great to have you here! I’ve decided to embark on this journey as a way to reconnect with some of the most influential people I’ve met in my life and to share their stories with you. I’m here to bring people together from across different walks of life to discuss the things that really matter and …
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