Near and Far
Near and Far
Podcast Description
Guests from around the world share stories and insights about travel, culture, and venturing beyond their comfort zones.
Podcast Insights
Content Themes
Focuses on travel, cultural insights, and personal growth with episodes covering topics such as adapting to unexpected challenges in travel with Becca and Phil Stich, budget travel tips from William Meany, and the intersection of personal history and adventure in episodes featuring guests like Bryn Thoms who discuss environmental restoration in Peru.
Guests from around the world share stories and insights about travel, culture, and venturing beyond their comfort zones.
Marina Steiner didn’t expect to build a life of travel, but an undergraduate certificate in global health set her on a journey to Nepal, New Zealand, central Asia, and beyond! From moving abroad without housing to trying fermented horse milk in Uzbekistan, Marina shows us the benefits of being comfortable with being uncomfortable, She shares how any of us can make an impact on a global scale through her work addressing health disparities affecting Himalayan home cooking, rural access to healthcare, and remediating the toxic byproducts from the destruction of the Aral Sea.
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Chapters
0:00 Introducing: Marina Steiner
0:55 Nepal, accessing rural healthcare, and cooking for the household
15:12 Leave a Review!
15:40 New Zealand’s cultural insights
27:17 Subscribe to the Near and Far Newsletter
27:44 Karakalpakstan and the destruction of the Aral Sea
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